Microsoft Agent Technology Platform - Selection Guide

M365 Copilot Chat Agent Builder vs Copilot Studio vs Azure AI Foundry

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Copilot Chat Agent Builder

Quick & Personal

Difficulty: Very Low (No coding)
Persona: End users, Business analysts
Best for: Rapid personal or small-team copilots, FAQs, lightweight knowledge bots
Knowledge: Up to 4 websites, 20 SharePoint sites
Custom LLM: No
Sharing: Link sharing with M365 users
Typical time to value: Near-instant (Minutes to Hours)
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Copilot Studio

Balanced & Scalable

Difficulty: Low-Medium (Drag & drop)
Persona: Business users, Makers, Low-code Developers
Best for: Org-ready copilots (employee/customer-facing) with enterprise connectors, governance, department and LoB solutions, Conversational agents with dialog flows ,Multi-channel customer service
Knowledge: 1000+ connectors, SharePoint, websites
Custom LLM: Via Azure AI Foundry)
Sharing: Teams, web, mobile apps
Typical time to value: Moderate (Hours to Weeks)
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Azure AI Foundry

Enterprise & Advanced

Difficulty: High (Coding required)
Persona: Developers, Data scientists
Best for: Engineering bespoke AI apps/agents with full model lifecycle control, maximum flexibility in infrastructure and deployment controls
Knowledge: Any data source
Custom LLM: Yes, (11000+ models)
Sharing: Enterprise endpoints, containers
Typical time to value: Extended (Weeks to Months)