Academy Preview: Building Secure AI Agents with MCP and Copilot

The AI chatbot on your website is helpful, but you know its limits. You ask questions, and it immediately answers, but the actual work is still left up to you at the end of the day. You think, “If only AI could clock in and take some of this weight off my back.”

Enter agents, the artificial intelligence moving the AI era beyond static tools and towards involvement in daily operations. The best part? Modern agent-building platforms along with the emergence of Model Context Protocol (MCP) now enable any business to harness the power of agentic AI. However, if there are clear skies ahead, why do so many agentic initiatives still fail?

The real problem occurs when leaders jump the gun with the assumption that early adoption will put you above competitors. Instead, case studies demonstrate that a balance of technical knowledge and experience-based judgment are critical to reaching the untapped potential that agentic systems can deliver. So, take initiative by allowing CJ Combs, an AI strategy executive at Columbus Global, to equip you with the firsthand knowledge necessary to not only lift agentic projects off the ground but also secure them at scale during his Academy workshop, “Agentic Workflow Lab: Building Secure AI Agents with MCP and Copilot.”

During the single-day workshop, running on October 11th, attendees will:

• Learn how to build quality agents and then design “Plan-Act-Observe” agentic loops, enabling their autonomous coworkers to complete multi-step tasks
• Be introduced to MCP as the secure bridge connecting agentic workflows with internal data and applications
• Receive a comprehensive governance framework, so agentic projects not only get off the ground, but also sustain themselves without the need for constant maintenance

Walk away with the hands-on knowledge to build, secure, and scale agents that aren’t just “nice to have” but designed to solve real-world bottlenecks that constantly challenge all kinds of teams. Attendees new to or considering Microsoft AI solutions should strongly consider this workshop to gain the base understanding necessary to begin implementing agentic systems. Registered attendees who complete this workshop will earn 8 CPE credits.