Microsoft Copilot for Coding Training is designed to help developers and technical professionals use Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot capabilities to accelerate software development. This course focuses on AI-assisted coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and collaboration, enabling participants to write better code faster while maintaining quality, security, and best development practices.

• Understand how to use Microsoft Copilot for AI-assisted software development
• Generate, review, and optimize code using AI-powered coding assistance
• Improve developer productivity through automated code suggestions and debugging support
• Apply prompt engineering techniques for coding and development workflows
• Use AI assistance for documentation, testing, and code refactoring tasks
• Understand secure and responsible AI usage in software development environments

• Software developers and engineers
• Application architects
• DevOps and platform engineers
• Technical leads and development teams
• IT professionals involved in coding and automation

• Basic programming knowledge in any language
• Familiarity with IDEs and development workflows
• Understanding of software development concepts

• Using Copilot for AI-assisted code generation
• Improving code quality and productivity with AI
• Debugging and refactoring using Copilot
• Writing tests and documentation with AI support
• Applying secure and responsible AI coding practices

By the end of this training, participants will be able to use Microsoft Copilot confidently for AI-powered coding, improve development speed and quality, generate tests and documentation, and adopt responsible practices for secure and effective AI-assisted software development.

Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Developers
• Overview of Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot
• How Copilot supports modern software development
• Understanding AI-assisted coding workflows

AI-Powered Code Generation
• Generating code snippets and functions
• Language-agnostic coding with Copilot
• Improving accuracy with better prompts

Prompting Techniques for Coding
• Writing effective coding prompts
• Context-aware and file-level prompting
• Avoiding common AI coding mistakes

Debugging and Refactoring with Copilot
• Identifying bugs and errors
• Refactoring legacy code
• Improving readability and performance

Testing and Quality Assurance with AI
• Generating unit and integration tests
• Test case design and coverage improvement
• Validating AI-generated code

Documentation and Code Explanation
• Generating inline comments and documentation
• Explaining complex logic and workflows
• Supporting onboarding and knowledge transfer

Security, Compliance, and Responsible AI Coding
• Secure coding practices with AI
• Managing intellectual property and licensing
• Ethical considerations in AI-assisted development

Hands-on Coding Workshop and Use Cases
• Real-world coding scenarios
• End-to-end AI-assisted development exercises
• Participant practice and feedback

• Fundamentals and features of Microsoft Copilot
• AI-assisted code generation and debugging workflows
• Prompt engineering for coding tasks
• Code optimization, refactoring, and documentation generation
• Testing and developer productivity enhancement scenarios
• Practical hands-on coding exercises using Microsoft Copilot

• Participation in hands-on coding exercises
• Practical AI-assisted coding assessment
• Code quality and best-practice review

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Participants who successfully complete the training will receive an AcadNXT Certificate in Microsoft Copilot for Coding Training, validating their expertise in AI-assisted software development using Microsoft Copilot tools.