Copilot and you – Empower Your Productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot

For quite some time already, a lot of buzz is happening around Microsoft 365 Copilot. Since November 1st, Microsoft 365 Copilot is finally generally available for ‘everybody’. So the big question now is, how can I get it and what can I do with it?!

First of all, why the quotes around ‘everybody’. Well, in order to get Copilot within your organization you will need to purchase a minimum of 300 seats, next to your Microsoft licenses that needs to be at least Microsoft 365 E3/E5. To purchase these seats, Copilot will cost you $30 per user per month, and is only available via a ‘lead status’(support from a Microsoft Commercial Executive is needed to transact it).

These are quite some bumps to get started but don’t worry too much.. Microsoft is also focusing to bring 365 Copilot to small and medium-sized businesses. When this will happen is not clear yet, but it will be available for the masses. Hopefully also in a less costly way.

So, what can 365 Copilot do for you within Microsoft 365?

If its’s productivity, collaboration, Dynamics, ERP or Power Platform Copilot can be used for a lot of things Microsoft 365. Here are quite some things Copilot can already help you out with:

• Teams: You can use Copilot in Teams chat and channels to catch up on conversations, summarize discussions in meetings and generate replies.
• Word: You can use Copilot in Word to add more specified text and bring an idea to life.
• Outlook: You can use Copilot in Outlook to summarize long email threads and get the main points. Imagine getting a summarize of what happened during your vacation leave in your e-mail box.
• PowerPoint: You can use Copilot in PowerPoint to create a draft presentation from a topic or a document or include and generate new slides to your slide deck. It also gives the possibility to generate new images with DALL-E.
• Loop: lets you collaborate with others on dynamic and interactive content. You can ask Copilot to generate content from a prompt or refine existing content with suggestions or even generate images with DALL-E.
• PowerApps: Copilot can help you design your app screens by generating layouts, components, and formulas based on your data and app purpose. Copilot can also help you customize your app appearance, navigation, functionality and even testing the created app.
• Dataverse: Copilot can help you create data tables from scratch or from existing sources, such as Excel, SharePoint, or SQL. Copilot can also help you define the columns, relationships, and rules for your data tables.
• OneNote: You can use Copilot to create notes, outlines, and summaries from your voice or text input. You can also use Copilot to generate questions and answers from your notes to help you study or review.
• OneDrive: You can use Copilot to organize, rename, and tag your files and folders in OneDrive. You can also use Copilot to search for files and folders across Microsoft 365 using natural language queries.
• SharePoint: You can use Copilot to create and update SharePoint sites, lists, and libraries. You can also use Copilot to generate content, web parts, and workflows for your SharePoint sites.
• Dynamics 365: You can use Copilot to create and update records, entities, and forms in Dynamics 365. You can also use Copilot to generate reports, dashboards, and charts from your data.
• Forms: You can use Copilot to create and edit forms, surveys, and quizzes in Forms. You can also use Copilot to generate questions, options, and logic for your forms based on your data and goals.
• Sway: You can use Copilot to create and update Sway presentations, newsletters, and reports. You can also use Copilot to generate content, images, and layouts for your Sway projects.
• Stream: You can use Copilot to create and edit videos in Stream. You can also use Copilot to generate captions, transcripts, and summaries for your videos.
• Planner: You can use Copilot to create and update tasks, plans, and buckets in Planner. You can also use Copilot to generate suggestions, reminders, and progress reports for your tasks.
• Whiteboard: You can use Copilot to create and edit digital whiteboards, sketches, and diagrams in Whiteboard. You can also use Copilot to generate shapes, icons, and templates for your whiteboards based on your input and context.
• Power BI: You can use Copilot to create and edit data visualizations, dashboards, and reports in Power BI. You can also use Copilot to generate insights, trends, and predictions from your data using natural language queries.

Next to the above list, Copilot integrates with Windows 11 and also supports working with Devops. A lot of cool and useful features already, I will deep dive some more into some of them in a later stage.

Language availability

Currently, 365 Copilot is available in a select amount of languages:

• English (US, GB, AU, CA, IN)
• Spanish (Spain, Mexico)
• Japanese
• French (France, Canada)
• German
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Italian
• Chinese Simplified

When writing this article, Copilot in Excel is only supported in English. This will change soon, as more languages will come generally available in the near future: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

Some things to keep in mind regarding Copilot

Copilot is a really intersting and creative technology that can improve your writing abilities and workefficiency. However, there are some factors that you should be aware of when using it:

• Copilot can help out with writing but you cannot rely on the outcome blindly
• Copilot cannot take over your own imagination, decision-making and (writing/design) skills
• Copilot cannot ensure the correctness, dependability and legitimacy of the content that it produces.?

Using generative AI within your daily routine?!

The way you could use generative AI within your daily work is endless. Next to Copilot there are way more awesome options to explore within the Microsoft Landscape such as:

• Azure OpenAI
• AI Builder
• Microsoft Syntex

Are you using Generative AI already? And how do you think Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI itself is going to help you and your company?!

Want to know more about Generative AI, need inspiration and how Copilot is going to assist you in your daily routine? Are you sure you are ready for the next steps in AI assistance with Copilot?

Reach out to delaware or contact/follow me! The coming weeks I will be writing more content regarding Copilot and the various possibilities it can help you out with.

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