Power Virtual Agents Microsoft Copilot Studio
Legacy names Power Virtual Agents, Bot Framework Composer
Graphical low-code SaaS studio for building, orchestrating, and governing custom AI agents, conversational bots, agent flows, and Microsoft 365 Copilot extensions.
Naming timeline
- Power Virtual Agents & Bot Framework Composer
Power Virtual Agents launched as a low-code SaaS bot builder alongside the open-source Bot Framework Composer visual IDE.
- Microsoft Copilot StudioCurrent name
Subsumed Power Virtual Agents and Bot Framework Composer capabilities into Microsoft Copilot Studio for building custom agents and extending Microsoft Copilot.
What is Power Virtual Agents called now?
Power Virtual Agents was consolidated into Microsoft Copilot Studio, with the latest change on 15 November 2023 (Microsoft Ignite 2023 Consolidation & Rebrand). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Bot Framework Composer. Graphical low-code SaaS studio for building, orchestrating, and governing custom AI agents, conversational bots, agent flows, and Microsoft 365 Copilot extensions. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Copilot Studio
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*) | Microsoft.PowerPlatform Microsoft.BotService/botServices |
|---|---|
| Azure CLI (az) / PowerShell | pac copilot az bot |
| Entra ID / Azure RBAC Roles | Power Platform Administrator System Customizer Environment Maker |
| Terraform Resources (azurerm_*) | azurerm_bot_service_azure_bot |
Existing Power Virtual Agents bots automatically transitioned in-place into Microsoft Copilot Studio agents without breaking webhook or channel endpoints.
Notes & disambiguation
- Announced at Microsoft Ignite on November 15, 2023, Microsoft Copilot Studio consolidated Power Virtual Agents (launched in November 2019) and the visual authoring capabilities of Bot Framework Composer into a single conversational and autonomous agent platform.
- Accessed via copilotstudio.microsoft.com, it integrates directly with Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Bot Service, and Power Platform connectors to support both low-code makers and pro-code extensibility.
- Power Platform CLI commands remain under pac copilot / pac pva, while underlying Azure channel registrations and pro-code skills interoperate with Microsoft.BotService/botServices.
Sources & official documentation
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