Studio tour
By the end of this page you will know your way around the Copilot Studio and how changes are saved.
Prerequisites
- A Copilot created (Create a Copilot).
The layout
The Copilot Studio is a split screen: configuration on the left, a live preview on the right.
Header
Along the top you’ll find:
- A back arrow, your Copilot’s name, and a Copilot tag.
- A brain status pill showing the bound agent or system — or No brain bound. Click it to jump to the Brain tab.
- A save-status pill — it appears after your first change; see Saving your work below.
- A Deploy button. This simply opens the Deploy tab; it isn’t a separate publish action.
The five tabs
The left pane has five tabs:
| Tab | What you set | Covered in |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Theme, colors, logo, header and welcome text, custom CSS | Appearance |
| Behavior | Suggested prompts, threads, message length | Behavior |
| Brain | The AI Agent or Multi-Agent System that answers users | Bind a brain |
| Test | A read-only viewer of the chat’s event stream | Test |
| Deploy | Your URL, who can use it, and embed code | Deploy |
Live preview
The right pane renders your Copilot exactly as configured — every change you make appears instantly. A device toggle lets you view it as Fullscreen, Desktop (a floating bubble on a mock page), or Mobile.
Until a brain is bound, the preview shows a sample conversation so you can see the styling. Bind an agent on the Brain tab to chat for real.
Saving your work
There is no Save button. The Studio saves automatically a moment after you stop editing. The save-status pill reflects the state:
- Saving… — a change is being written.
- Auto-saved <time> ago — everything is saved.
- Save failed — click to retry — the last save didn’t go through; click the pill to try again.
Configuration changes take effect on a deployed Copilot within about a minute — you don’t redeploy to restyle or re-brand it.