IT scenario: IT helpdesk chatbot

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Available with: Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio Scenario level:
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KPIs impacted

NPS

Reduce costs

Value benefit

Cost savings

Employee experience

Using Copilot to create an IT helpdesk chatbot


1. Create a chatbot

Create a custom copilot bot by describing what you want it to do, including instructions, including triggers, knowledge to pull answers from including links and support documentation, and actions such as creating a helpdesk ticket.

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Copilot Studio

Activity: Create an agent in Copilot Studios by describing what you want it to do, and adding resources and actions for it to take, and triggers for different flows.

2. Add internal policies

Add internal help policies for your Copilot bot to use when answering questions.

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Copilot Studio

Activity: Add a link to an internal troubleshooting document Trigger, and add a description “return answers about troubleshooting connection issues.”

3. Ticket Status

Allow users to check the status on helpdesk tickets they have raised.

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Copilot Studio

Activity: Add a trigger to connect with your helpdesk ticketing tool “return answers on current tickets for this user”. Make responses more personalized under Topics in Adaptive Card.

4. Connect to a human

Allow to transfer a conversion to an agent if Copilot cannot solve.

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Copilot Studio

Activity: Add “transfer conversation” to an agent in Topics.

5. Update support documentation

Leveraging the feedback collected, use Copilot in Word to update employee resources and knowledge bases.​

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Copilot in Word

Sample Prompt: Compare this support document with the feedback document and recommend any updates or changes needed to address the feedback collected in the support document.

6. Reporting

Use Copilot in Word to help draft a report on employee help topics to determine potential improvements.

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Copilot in Word

Sample Prompt: Draft a report showing trends in employee help topics to help us understand where the most complaints are centered so we can improve these processes or offerings.

1Access Copilot at copilot.microsoft.com or the Microsoft Copilot mobile app and set toggle to “Web”.
2Access Copilot at copilot.microsoft.com, the Microsoft Copilot mobile app, or the Copilot app in Teams, and set toggle to “Work”.

The content in this example scenario is for demonstration purposes only. You should evaluate how Copilot aligns with your organization’s business processes, regulatory requirements, and responsible AI principles.