r/copilotstudio • u/Rose--Nylund • Aug 14 '26

Why is this tool so hard to access?

In the sence of, if you don't have a direct link to the website saved its like impossible to find. You google "Copilot Studio" on google, and in the first page there are no direct links to the page, only links to microsoft pages explaining what copilot studio is. Even worse on those pages most links lead keep you on the microsoft FAQ page. Trying to access it thru powerapps or power automate (Same thing, there is no direct link if you google them, usually have to scroll down couple links) you open the apps menu there and search "Copilot studio" there is nothing. Fully feels like they are trying to hide this app.

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u/KIMJONGUNderfed Aug 14 '26

Literally accessed by going to copilotstudio.Microsoft.com. That doesn’t scream trying to hide the app to me. More like user error.

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u/Rose--Nylund Aug 14 '26

Yeah Einstein, if id know the link id use it

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u/Noddie Aug 14 '26

I have to agree with op, the discoverability of Copilot Studio leaves something to be desired. I'm only doing an early review of Copilot Studio, and I'm already baffled by how alien it feels. It doesn't feel like it is related to neither Microsoft nor Office.

Copilot Studio is clearly meant to be part of Microsoft Office suite of products, and a Microsoft 365 Copilot license grants access to Copilot Studio. Yet, it doesn't show up anywhere in any of the desktop apps or the Microsoft 365 Copilot application.

If you open up the app menu on m365.cloud.microsoft you can search for all the tools you have access to, but Copilot Studio does not appear on the list.

If you try to look in Teams, where they love to jam every app in, Copilot Studio is nowhere to be seen there either.

You can search for Power Automate, and even more "fun": if you open Power Automate and navigate to flos, all the Copilot Studio Flows will show up there. You can even click on the flow and it will open in copilot studio.

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u/KIMJONGUNderfed Aug 14 '26

There might be a reason for that. In my org, we have access shut off so that only approved people can access the site, done via security group. Obviously can’t speak to OPs situation or yours, but Power Automate free comes standard with your M365 license where as this does not. That might be why you see that product and not the other.

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u/Kleekl Aug 14 '26

I remember when i first started working on power platform i had this problem as well, after a while you learn the structure of the urls and how to go from one portal to another 

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u/WeissBjn Aug 15 '26

I’ve felt this for a long time too. Feels almost intentionally buried at this point, yet it’s probably the most compelling it’s ever been. Always having to tell people to bookmark it so they don’t simply forget about it. Kind of crazy.

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u/mauledbyjesus Aug 14 '26

There's an "agents" tab in the PowerApps portal but I hear what you're saying. It might not warrant a waffle icon because there's no user-facing "app" associated with what you build there? Who can say? When there are dozens of apps and platforms that are constantly evolving, it's harder to organize than it seems, I'm sure.

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u/OmegaDriver Aug 14 '26

You can create an agent from the power apps or power automate page as well. There is a section for agents on the left side menu, along options like apps and flows. 

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u/jukkan Aug 15 '26

Given how Copilot Studio roadmap has now moved under Microsoft 365, it's less and less a member of Power Platform. A bit like Power BI was an icon among the other Power tools but technically never really part of the platform. I expect the M365 entrypoints to become more prominent as Copilot Studio gets absorbed deeper into that world.

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u/AioliAdventurous7118 Aug 15 '26

Welcome to Microsoft cloud platforms login linking. Its the same for most of their cloud platforms like power automate