M365 Roadmap Features Tracker declarative agent

Summary

The M365 Roadmap Features Tracker agent shows how users can easily stay up to date with the latest Microsoft 365 roadmap features. It integrates a Microsoft Graph Connector to monitor and deliver the latest updates, offering a hands-free solution for staying informed.

The agent uses a Microsoft Graph Connector that ingests Microsoft 365 roadmap features. This connector serves as a knowledge base to keep teams informed about updates on Microsoft 365 Roadmap features, facilitating proactive adaptation to changes, new releases, and deployments across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, and more.

Overview

Prerequisites

• Teams Toolkit Visual Studio Code Extension version 5.0.0 and higher or Teams Toolkit CLI
• Microsoft 365 Copilot license
• Microsoft 365 account for development.

Minimal path to awesome

• Clone this repository (or download this solution as a .ZIP file then unzip it)

• Clone this repository and follow the minimal path to awesome in order to Ingest M365 Roadmap content in Microsoft 365

• Ingest M365 Roadmap content in Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Graph connectors using C# and .NET

• Change the connection_id of the capabilities section in the declarativeAgent.json If you are going to use sample of ingesting Microsoft 365 roadmap as is, then the connection id will be roadmapmicrosoft365

 "capabilities": [
    {
      "name": "GraphConnectors",
      "connections": [
        {
          "connection_id": "<replace_with_connection_id>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]

Follow the steps to deploy your agent

1. First, select the Teams Toolkit icon on the left in the VS Code toolbar.
2. In the Account section, sign in with your Microsoft 365 account if you haven't already.
3. Create Teams app by clicking Provision in "Lifecycle" section.
4. Select Preview in Copilot (Edge) or Preview in Copilot (Chrome) from the launch configuration dropdown.
5. Once the Copilot app is loaded in the browser, click on the "…" menu and select "Copilot chats". You will see your declarative agent on the right rail. Clicking on it will change the experience to showcase the logo and name of your declarative agent.
6. Ask a question to your declarative agent and it should respond based on the instructions provided.

Tools and Frameworks

What's included in the template

Folder	Contents
.vscode	VSCode files for debugging
appPackage	Templates for the Teams application manifest, the GPT manifest and the API specification
env	Environment files

The following files can be customized and demonstrate an example implementation to get you started.

File	Contents
appPackage/declarativeAgent.json	Define the behaviour and configurations of the declarative agent.
appPackage/manifest.json	Teams application manifest that defines metadata for your declarative agent.

The following are Teams Toolkit specific project files. You can visit a complete guide on Github to understand how Teams Toolkit works.

File	Contents
teamsapp.yml	This is the main Teams Toolkit project file. The project file defines two primary things: Properties and configuration Stage definitions.

Contributors

• Mohammad Amer - M365 Development MVP

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	March 10, 2025	Initial solution
1.1	April 06, 2025	Enhanced the agent instructions and conversation starters

Addition information and references

• Declarative agents for Microsoft 365