Ben Appleby, Author at Microsoft Copilot Blog

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Group Product Manager, Copilot Studio

Ben Appleby is a Group Product Manager in Microsoft Copilot Studio, leading the Agentic Runtime team that is responsible for the models, orchestration, tools, and evaluation systems that power enterprise agent experiences. His team focuses on the technical foundations that make AI agents reliable, powerful, and measurable at scale. At Microsoft since 2009 across Power Automate, Power Apps, Microsoft 365, and Office 365 Security & Compliance, Ben has spent over a decade shipping cloud products at scale and holds multiple patents in security, compliance, and hybrid identity.

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May 28 2 min read

Mistral joins Copilot Studio’s growing lineup of model providers

Copilot Studio adds Mistral Medium 3.5, expanding model choice with in‑region data control, strong multilingual performance, and admin governance.