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Overview
Copilot is designed to benefit everyone in an organization. From leaders to IT professional managers, Copilot offers features that streamline tasks, automate workflows, and enhance collaboration. Its adaptability means that it can be customized to meet the unique needs of any organization. The ability to extend its capabilities through plugins makes it a continually evolving asset that can adapt to the ever-changing landscape of business needs.
To understand the vision for Microsoft 365 Copilot business, we recommend starting with Satya Nadella’s announcement and the resources below, then click through to see tailored resources for specific roles.
Additional resources
Business User
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, believes that the advent of next-generation AI will revolutionize our work methods and usher in a new era of productivity growth. Microsoft 365 Copilot, is a tool that embodies this vision. It aims to enhance efficiency, foster innovation, and boost productivity within an organization. To understand the vision for Microsoft 365 Copilot business, we recommend starting with Satya Nadella’s announcement.
In addition, we have curated a selection of additional resources to assist users in discovering and implementing this game changing advancements in technology.
Leader
We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from technology. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, believes that the advent of next-generation AI will revolutionize our work methods and usher in a new era of productivity growth.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a tool that embodies this vision. It aims to enhance efficiency, foster innovation, and boost productivity within an organization. To understand the vision for Microsoft 365 Copilot business, we recommend starting with Satya Nadella’s announcement.
In addition, we have curated a selection of additional resources to assist business leaders in discovering and implementing this game changing advancements in technology.
Adoption Manager
Driving adoption of Microsoft Copilot is both unique and just like the adoption of any technology. It is a human centric action, an ongoing user and stakeholder engagement process. We have modified the standard Microsoft 365 Adoption Framework for this project and included it below and in the full adoption kit. This is a starting point and can be customized to fit your organization’s methods for sharing new service with your team.
Additionally, utilize Microsoft 365 technology to drive the adoption by using our Center of Excellence (CoE) best practices to build your own community of practice for training, questions, support, and information improves the velocity of delivering user satisfaction.
IT Professional
We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from technology. IT Professionals and admins play a critical role in an organization’s ability to prepare for and leverage the power of AI.
Check out our admin documentation to find the most up-to-date information on technical requirements, policies, enabling users, and reporting.
In addition, here are several other resources that have been specifically selected to help IT Pros and admins start this exciting journey.
Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Developer
For developers, Microsoft 365 Copilot isn’t just a tool for personal productivity; it’s a platform that can be extended and customized to fit specific organizational needs. The ability to develop plugins for Copilot opens up a world of possibilities for enhancing its functionality. Whether it’s integrating with third-party services, automating complex workflows, or adding new features, developers have the freedom to tailor Copilot to better serve their teams and clients. This extensibility makes Copilot not just a tool, but a versatile framework that can evolve with the changing demands of modern software development.
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What’s new in Copilot
Last updated on December 5, 2023
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Inviting Copilot into your day accelerates your ability to improve your productivity, create compelling content and unleash your creativity. Don’t just take our word for it. View our content below to understand the Art of the Possible.
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Already have a Copilot license? Check out Copilot Lab for more prompts to try, quick tips for better prompts, and more. If you don’t have a license yet, download these tips in the meantime.
Build your prompt skills
Prompts are how you ask Microsoft 365 Copilot to do something for you — like creating, summarizing, editing, or transforming. Think about prompting like having a conversation, using plain but clear language and providing context like you would with an assistant.
Improve your productivity
Copilot for you
Writing prompts is how you ask Copilot to do things on your behalf. Our Copilot Lab experience will help you to find your Power Prompts – those phrases you share with Copilot that accelerate your productivity, freeing you from day to day tasks like summarizing meetings and helping you to prepare for your next important meeting.
Try these featured prompts
Remember to include specifics like a person’s name or a topic:
Where was I mentioned?
Summarize emails where I was mentioned recently. Make it details, highlighting the sender and categorizing by topic
Learn moreCreate content
Copilot for your team
Copilot for your team is a powerful tool that helps you collaborate more effectively with your colleagues. Copilot works seamlessly with Microsoft 365 and other popular apps, so you can access your files and data easily. With Copilot, you can save time, improve quality, and boost productivity across your entire team.
Try these featured prompts
Remember to include specifics like a person’s name or a topic:
Help me write
Write an email to my team about our top priorities for next quarter from file
Learn moreCommunity & Events
Join our community to ask questions in our forums and to connect with other community members. Watch this space for our future community calls to meet others using Microsoft 365 Copilot, as well as on-demand training, both of which will be coming soon. We can’t wait to hear what you are doing with Copilot alongside you in your day.
Join our next Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) event on December 6, 9:00 AM PT.
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Copilot in your favorite Microsoft apps
Microsoft 365 Chat
Combine the power of AI with your work data to unlock productivity and uplevel skills.
Learn moreCopilot in Teams
Have more effective meetings, easily catch up on chats, and find information faster.
Learn moreCopilot in Outlook
Start emails quickly, generate a summary, and catch up on long emails easily.
Learn moreCopilot in Word
Start a draft, add to an existing document, rewrite text, or generate a summary.
Learn moreCopilot in PowerPoint
Create beautiful presentations, organize and summarize presentations, and more.
Learn moreCopilot in Whiteboard
Creating, organizing, and understanding ideas has never been easier.
Learn moreFastTrack self-service deployment guide
The Microsoft 365 Copilot setup guide gets you up to speed on Copilot, which revolutionizes collaboration and takes advantage of AI to automate tasks such as writing, editing, and data visualization across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Copilot also simplifies the creation of meeting summaries. Our setup guide facilitates smooth integration, allowing your organization to automate work processes and enhance collaboration seamlessly.
