Microsoft 365 Copilot First Look
Link
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/microsoft-365-copilot-first-look/
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An overview of Copilot
- Generative AI tools integrated into many Microsoft applications
- Can use data in your calendar, emails, chats etc. to give personalized results
- Currently only available in Business and Enterprise plans of Microsoft 365
- Copilot in Excel only works for files stored in the cloud, while in Word it also works with local files
- Works in macOS, [Windows](…/Microsoft Windows/) and [Web](…/Web development/) versions of Microsoft 365
- Needs to be purchased by an administrator
Generate drafts or review existing documents in Word
- Shortcut:
Alt+I - Or press the button in the “Home” ribbon
- Type
/to reference up to three files that the data should be sourced from - Always review generated content for errors
Analyze data in Excel
- Can only analyze data formatted as tables
Create and improve presentations in PowerPoint
- Can transform Word documents to slides
- Can organize slides into sections
Draft e-mail messages and summarize conversations in Outlook
- Only works in the new version rolled out in 2023 (which is basically an installable PWA of the web version)
- Can be invoked by typing
/or pressing the Copilot button on the “Message” ribbon - Can generate drafts of different styles and lengths
Get summaries of meetings and chats in Teams
- Works only with chats of a certain length
- Press the Copilot button near the top right of a chat to show the Copilot panel
- Can summarize long chats
- Can find information in the chat history
- Transcription needs to be enabled to use Copilot in a meeting (so it only works with languages that can be transcribed)
- Can tell latecomers what already happened in a meeting, if they join more than five minutes after it started - ask e.g. “What did I miss?”
- Integrates with the “Recap” feature in Teams to enable asking questions about past meetings