Full day · Two parallel tracks · Expert coaching throughout
Agent Build-A-Thon
Build agents that actually work, for real business outcomes — in days, not quarters. Bring one real use case from your own business, and in a single day, with Next Dimension technical experts coaching you the whole way, walk out with a working agent. Not an exercise — a result you can take back and use.
1
Full day
ONE DAY · ONLINE / IN-PERSON
2
parallel tracks
EXPLORER · CREATOR
1:1
expert coaching
SME OFFICE HOURS
1
agent prototype
YOURS TO KEEP
Why join
Take your agent from an idea to something that runs.
Most teams get stuck having watched plenty of demos but never shipped one of their own. This day is built to fix that: every team brings a real pain point and gets hands-on right away, coached by Next Dimension technical experts — no lectures, just building. We close with a shared Showcase, so your work gets seen and you leave with concrete advice for the next step.
Value
One day in, wins on both sides.
For the enterprise
Low investment, fast validation
- Results in a day: turn "can AI actually help us?" from a boardroom debate into a prototype you can see.
- A real use case, moved forward: produce something you can keep building on, centered on your own pain point — not wasted on a toy exercise.
- Spot your AI talent: see who has agent thinking in the thick of it, and pick your seed candidates for the follow-on Frontier workshop.
- Low-risk trial: with coaching on governance and enterprise readiness, safely map out what it takes to reach production.
For the individual
A tangible sense of achievement
- Built with your own hands: actually stand up a working agent, instead of "heard it, forgot it."
- A finished piece: leave with something resume-worthy you can demo live, plus a completion badge.
- Seen: exchange with other teams and get on-the-spot feedback from technical experts — your confidence and perspective both level up.
- A next step: walk away with a clear path from prototype to production, so you can keep going back home.
Two tracks · Parallel all day
Business and technical, each on its own best path.
Same day, same room — business and technical run on parallel tracks, each with the tools that fit best, coming together to present when the time comes. No one has to compromise.
Track A
Explorer track
Business leaders / decision-makers
Use no-code tools to turn an idea into a running agent, fast — built around one real workflow.
Track B
Creator track
Technical / partner teams
Use Copilot Studio and GitHub Copilot to connect data and orchestrate, then host the agent on Microsoft Foundry.
The day's flow
The rhythm of the day.
Morning · 2h
Ideate & scope
Frontier Firm five-minute vision → Agent fundamentals crash course → each team locks in the real business use case they brought.
Bring your pain point
Late morning · 1.5h
Build sprint I
Build hands-on by track, with expert office hours and 1:1 Q&A on hand throughout.
Lunch
Talk over lunch
Trade notes across teams and browse the official sample repos (copilot-camp · CopilotStudioSamples) to steal a head start.
Afternoon · 2h
Build sprint II
Explorer polishes the experience; Creator goes GitHub Copilot → Foundry hosting and connects Fabric data.
Early evening · 0.75h
Advisor deep dive
Governance, Agent 365 enterprise readiness, compliance — a direct answer to "can this go to production?"
Wrap-up · 0.75h
Showcase & feedback
Both tracks come together; each team demos in ≤5 minutes, with live expert feedback and next steps recorded.
Your work gets seen
What you take away
When it wraps, you have something in hand.
- A working agent prototype built around your own business use case
- A Showcase demo recording
- A completion badge (Credly-style)
- A one-page next-steps checklist from prototype to production
Agent Builder
Copilot Studio
GitHub Copilot
Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Fabric
Agent 365
Who it's for · Registration notes
Who should come, and what to prepare first.
Who it fits
Built for these people
- Business leaders / decision-makers who want to validate AI's value fast
- Technical / engineering staff who want to build their first — or even a production-grade — agent
- Partner teams who need to deliver agent solutions to their clients
- Ideal: a cross-functional squad that shares a common pain point
Prerequisites
Have this ready before you come
- Form a team of 2–5 people from the same organization
- Bring one real business use case
- Access to M365 Copilot / Copilot Studio (or use the trial tenant we provide); for the Creator track, we recommend at least one member with basic coding experience
- (Optional) do a short self-paced warm-up beforehand (Agent fundamentals / Agent-in-a-Day) so you can skip the basics and go straight to building — but it's fine if you don't; we'll take you from zero.
Register
Bring one real use case, take one agent back.
Set up a one-day Agent Build-A-Thon for your team. Tell us how many people are joining and your business focus, and we'll line up the tracks, the experts, and the venue.