# Agent vs. Copilot vs. flow

Microsoft 365 Copilot is the assistant Microsoft ships. An agent is your version: scoped instructions, your knowledge, your actions. A Power Automate flow is deterministic automation an agent calls. Most real deployments use all three together.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/microsoft-agents/2

_Deploy Agents on Microsoft: Copilot Studio, Fabric & Power Platform — lesson 2 of 20 (DEFINITION)_

Microsoft 365 Copilot is the assistant Microsoft ships. An agent is your version: scoped instructions, your knowledge, your actions. A Power Automate flow is deterministic automation an agent calls. Most real deployments use all three together.

Source: [Microsoft Learn — Agents in Copilot Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-copilot-studio/fundamentals-what-is-copilot-studio?utm_source=robauto)

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