Choosing the Right AI Agent Builder Is Sometimes “AND” Not “OR”.

With AI evolving so fast, it’s easy to feel like you’re constantly trying to keep up (I've just accepted that there's too much out there at this point).

I was re-watching one of Lisa Crosbie's videos (highly recommend it btw) to try and make myself feel better by staying on top of the newest AI features within the Microsoft space.

She broke things down into three core sections - which inspired this post.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:

🔹 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 - Perfect for end-users who need a simple AI chatbot for personal/internal use inside Microsoft 365.

🔹 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 - Ideal for makers/Power Platform Devs looking to create business process chatbots with external connections.

🔹 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝘆 - Built for code-first developers who need full control over AI models and orchestration for custom AI applications.

💡 Lisa makes a great point that 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻 "𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿/𝗼𝗿" 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 - they can work together depending on your needs. But this guide should help you understand where each one shines.

🔗 Huge thank you to Lisa for inspiring this post! Check out her video here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALWxSlq2Fs&t=858s