Energy and Resources scenario: Assisted alarm investigation

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

Operational efficiency

Employee satisfaction

Value benefit

Cost savings

Employee experience

Using Copilot to assisted alarm investigation


1. Analyze the alarm

The control room operator receives an alarm and asks a Copilot Studio Agent more information about the alarm’s error code, the alarm’s message and the asset associated to it. Copilot summarizes information about the asset and provides an extended description of the alarm.

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Copilot Studio Agent

Benefit: Ask Copilot to create a table with detailed description of the alarm and involved asset information.

2. Identify root cause

The operator asks Copilot what are the potential causes of the problem. Copilot retrieves information from O&M knowledge management and provides the most common causes.

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Copilot Studio Agent

Benefit: Highlight the most common causes from O&M knowledge base and service history.

3. Recommendations for solutions

The operator recognizes the potential cause from a past incident and asks how that was resolved in the past. Copilot retrieves information and provides a procedure to follow.

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Copilot Studio Agent

Benefit: Quickly find the procedure to follow.

4. Inspect the asset

Unable to resolve the alarm from the control room the operator opens a maintenance ticket and requests an inspection. The operator asks Copilot to create a summary of the problem to speed up the creation of the ticket.

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Copilot Studio Agent

Benefit: Open a ticket faster with an accurate description of the problem.

5. Improve O&M knowledge base

The inspection discovers that the alarm was triggered by a faulty sensor. The operator asks Copilot to create a report and add it to the O&M knowledge management as it was a not documented problem.

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Copilot Studio Agent

Benefit: Keep improving the company Knowledge Base with Copilot generated reports.

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

2Access Business Chat at copilot.microsoft.com or the Microsoft Copilot mobile app and set toggle to “Web”.

3Copilot agents allow Microsoft 365 Copilot to access your company-specific apps. In the past, this would have required an API call to get data from a system of record. 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.

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.