Build your first AI agent in 45 minutes
Everyone’s heard about AI assistants. This 45-minute build-along is about what comes next: AI agents you build yourself, no code required. You’ll see a real agent in action, then build your own business-focused agent alongside a Microsoft specialist using Microsoft’s Agent Builder. No coding, no technical background, no agent-building experience needed.
Agents are what comes next
Everyone has heard about AI assistants. Agents are the next step: instead of just answering, they reason, act and deliver an outcome. In 45 minutes a Microsoft specialist shows you the difference, takes you from simple retrieval through to autonomous agents, and gets you building one yourself. If you have ever assumed agent-building is a developer’s job, this session proves otherwise.
Four reasons this is worth your time
You leave with a working agent
A business-focused agent you built yourself, ready to use the next morning.
You build it yourself.
On your own laptop, in Microsoft’s Agent Builder, with a specialist beside you.
No coding required
No technical background, no agent-building experience. If you can use a browser, you can build one.
It comes from Microsoft.
Delivered by Microsoft’s own team, through aibl’s partnership with Microsoft.
Ashley Jeggo
AI Workforce Lead, Microsoft
Alison Wright
SMB Director, Microsoft UK&I
Forty-five minutes, hands on
A Microsoft specialist shows you what separates an assistant from an agent, then walks through a real one, Ali’s gardening agent, built on live weather, Gardeners’ World and RHS data. You then build your own, step by step, in Microsoft’s Agent Builder.
How the session runs
Indicative timings.
Assistants vs agents
About 5 minutes. What an agent is, and how it differs from the assistant you already use.
From retrieval to autonomy
About 10 minutes. A real agent in action, Ali’s gardening agent, built on live weather, Gardeners’ World and RHS data.
Build your own
About 25 minutes. Everyone builds a simple Copilot agent, step by step, in Microsoft’s Agent Builder.
Next steps
About 5 minutes. Where to take it next, including our full-day Agentathons.
Build your own day across the event
aiblLIVE runs as five pillars, one for each function where AI is landing, plus a strategy layer.
Follow the one that matches your remit, or move across them and build your own day.
Customer
CCOs, CX Directors, Heads of Customer Success and Contact Centre Operations.
Explore the Customer trackEfficiency
COOs, CFOs, Chief Transformation Officers, VP Operations and Operational Excellence leads.
Explore the Efficiency trackAI Infrastructure
CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, Chief AI Officers, Heads of Data and AI Governance.
Explore the AI Infrastructure trackTransformation
CEOs, MDs, founders and Heads of AI or Transformation with the mandate across the business.
Explore the strategy layerPractical, hands on AI adoption
aiblLIVE is a working day, not a spectator sport.
A handful of formats carry the day, each with a clear job, and your pass is the whole event: follow one track end to end, or move freely across all five tracks and every format and build your own day. You are never tied to a single track.
At the centre is the Discovery Zone, the working hub that runs from the first coffee to the closing drinks.
Operator case studies
15 minutes from leaders who have put AI into production: the problem, the workflow, the result.
Hands-on workshops
45 minutes building with real AI tools on a real business challenge. Bring a laptop, leave with a workflow.
Live demos
Real tools on real data, run by the operators and partners who built them. Ask what worked, what broke and what it cost.
Boardroom roundtables
45-minute closed-door peer discussions under the Chatham House Rule.
Smart Networking
Meet the peers and partners worth your time, in a room that is 78% C-suite, MD or business owner.
Micro-consultations at the Expert Bar
Pre-booked 20-minute one-to-one appointments with specialists, matched to the challenge you bring.
Frequently asked questions
Is the workshop included in my aiblLIVE pass?
Yes, it is included with your pass. Seats are limited and pre-booked, so reserve your place when you register.
Do I need to be technical?
No. If you can use a web browser, you can build an agent. It is built for business people in any function, not developers.
Do I need to be a Microsoft customer to take part?
You’ll need a Microsoft 365 Business account to build along on your own laptop. Set up Copilot Chat, the free version, and sign in with that account before you arrive.
What should I bring?
A laptop, with Copilot Chat, the free version, set up and signed in with a Microsoft 365 Business account. You build your agent on it and leave with it working.
How long is it?
45 minutes.
Will I actually leave with something I can use?
Yes. You leave with a working AI agent you built, and a practical sense of how easy it is to get started.
Book your place
Building your first AI agent is one of many hands-on sessions at aiblLIVE London on 20 October 2026. Seats are limited and pre-booked, so reserve your place when you register.
