Agent in a Day - Online workshop is a free beginner course from Microsoft Learn, online. It ends with a free badge. Microsoft Learn doesn't say how long it takes.
For business users and citizen developers who want to build working agents in Copilot Chat and Copilot Studio by doing, not reading. The four labs go from a simple agent to an autonomous one, which is further than most no-code material. The caveats: you need a licensed Microsoft environment, there's no time estimate, and it's written to support an instructor-led day. For a lighter start, try Transform your everyday business processes with agents from Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft Learn path of four hands-on labs for business users and app makers: build agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, build a conversational agent in Copilot Studio, add tools, and make an agent autonomous. Designed to accompany the instructor-led Agent in a Day course.
More courses on AI agents and agentic AI.
See also: Microsoft Copilot training.
Business professionals.
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
An environment with a licensed user to complete the exercises.
Free. Free on Microsoft Learn; labs need a licensed environment.
Certificate: free badge. Microsoft Learn trophy and module badges.
Microsoft is based in the US. We checked this course on the provider's own page on 12 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI agents and agentic AI: Creating Copilot Studio agents (Wise Owl).
See also: free and funded training by nation.
It's free.
Yes: free badge. The provider calls it "Microsoft Learn trophy and module badges".
It's a beginner course. Prerequisites: An environment with a licensed user to complete the exercises.
Start any time.
Most are. Agent in a Day - Online workshop and Build foundational generative AI skills are free or free to learn, as are 7 others; the rest are paid.
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate: Paid. Price not shown by provider. Fees are shown as Microsoft shows them and never converted.
Cardiff and Vale College
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Cardiff and Vale College
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