The App Builder is similar in some sense to AI “vibe coding” tools that have gained traction of late, said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates. The feature may appeal to “staff like marketing, sales, HR, etc., that need to build simple apps that users can interact with, and not have to take weeks or months by delegating the app creation to devop staff,” he said.
In addition, a new Workflows agent coming to M365 Copilot lets users set up workflows such as sending emails or managing calendars with natural language prompts. It’s based on the existing Agent Flows feature in Copilot Studio, Microsoft said.
M365 Copilot Workflows allows users to create their own agentic-based workflows.
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Users first describe a task — perhaps a software bug reporting workflow that automatically replies to the sender, confirming that their request is being handled. The agent will then generate the workflow, connecting to apps such as Outlook and Teams when necessary. A visual outline of the automated tasks is shown, with users able to make changes using natural language. How the automation is used can be trakced once it’s live.
