{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Copilot Studio.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garypretty/\n\n## What Gary builds\n\n- [Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.md), graded D, 53.2/100, in Workflow automation. Microsoft's official MCP server for Copilot Studio, a local stdio bridge run with npx. After Microsoft work-account sign-in it exposes Copilot Studio's hosted tools for building, testing and monitoring agents and workflows, and for connector setup. Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Copilot Studio, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Achint Srivastava](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/achint-srivastava/), VP of Software Engineering, Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author\n- [Bill Gates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bill-gates/), Co-founder, Microsoft\n- [Brandon Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-werner/), Principal Product Architect; Agent ID creator\n- [Dan Hellem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-hellem/), Principal Product Manager, Azure DevOps\n- [Darrel Miller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/darrel-miller/), Partner API Architect\n- [Dong Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dong-li/), Partner Director; Head of Product, Azure Speech and Voice Agents\n- [Eric Imasogie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-imasogie/), Senior Product Manager; Microsoft Learn MCP server owner\n- [Faraz Siddiqui](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/faraz-siddiqui/), Senior Technical Program Manager; Product Manager for Azure Maps Geospatial APIs\n- [Julie Strauss](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/julie-strauss/), Vice President, AI Sales, Marketing and Incubations\n- [Paul Allen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-allen/), Co-founder, Microsoft\n- [Pieter de Bruin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pieter-de-bruin/), Technical Program Manager; Learn partnerships and MCP integrations\n- [Sandeep K Sen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sandeep-k-sen/), Product Manager, Azure MCP and CoreAI\n- [Shawn Henry](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shawn-henry/), Principal Group Product Manager; Product Lead, Microsoft Agent Framework\n- [Tianqi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tianqi-zhang/), Principal Software Engineering Manager; Learn knowledge-discovery and MCP team\n- [Vamshidhar Kommineni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vamshidhar-kommineni/), Group Product Manager, Azure Storage\n- [Yury Semikhatsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yury-semikhatsky/), Principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Gary Pretty?\n\nGary Pretty is principal Product Manager at Microsoft Copilot Studio.\n\n### What does Microsoft make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP from Microsoft. Microsoft's official MCP server for Copilot Studio, a local stdio bridge run with npx. After Microsoft work-account sign-in it exposes Copilot Studio's hosted tools for building, testing and monitoring agents and workflows, and for connector setup.\n\n### How are Gary's tools graded?\n\nMicrosoft Copilot Studio MCP is graded D, 53.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/garypretty/\n- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/bill-gates\n- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/verified-accounts\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/\n- https://x.com/Microsoft/with_replies\n- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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