topic · AB-620

AB-620 Copilot Studio Authentication: Identity & Security Boundaries

Learn how authentication, identity, and security boundaries work in Microsoft Copilot Studio for the AB-620 AI Agent Builder Associate exam. This lesson explains user-provided vs maker-provided credentials, REST API authentication, HTTP request node secrets, MCP authentication, Allow all governance, and connected-agent data boundaries. Core rule: tools do the work. Knowledge grounds the answer. Authentication decides whose authority is used. Governance decides whether the boundary is safe.

Video summary

Learn how authentication, identity, and security boundaries work in Microsoft Copilot Studio for the AB-620 AI Agent Builder Associate exam. This lesson explains user-provided vs maker-provided credentials, REST API authentication, HTTP request node secrets, MCP authentication, Allow all governance, and connected-agent data boundaries.

Study notes

  • Chapter coverage includes Authentication is the boundary question and REST API auth options.
  • Later coverage includes MCP tool governance and Exam cues and final rule.

Chapters

  1. Authentication is the boundary question
  2. REST API auth options
  3. MCP authentication
  4. Exam cues and final rule