Microsoft's real-time agent design guidance frames two first decisions, how the conversation is controlled and how speech is handled end to end, and says these shape cost, latency, flexibility, compliance and operational complexity.

Checked 2026-09-30

Conversation orchestration and speech mode shape cost, latency, flexibility, compliance, and operational complexity.
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Copilot Studio real-time agents
Subsystem
design-guidance
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions,
  title  = {Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions},
  note   = {Source note ivr-modernization-copilot-design-first-decisions, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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