"Navigating the Future of Work with MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT: A Comprehensive Guide"

How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot Today?

Many people in the corporate sector have been fighting for access to early technological "bits" to evaluate the impact and productivity of this purported paradigm shift related to the promise of an AI-powered future using Microsoft's Open AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot. While?some products bearing the Microsoft Copilot, name are currently on sale or will be in a moment, specifically Microsoft Sales for Copilot, many others are still in private or limited preview.?

How can businesses get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot despite having limited access to the technology? One thing is for sure: Many organizations won't be adequately prepared for the launch of broad usage of Microsoft 365 Copilot when it becomes more widely available, which is anticipated for next year, from January to March 2024.?

The availability of data or content within the corporate tenant will be a crucial component of the formula to deliver high-quality results because AI is generated based on the link between Content and rationalization. What transpires, though, if secret or delicate information is unintentionally used to generate those results? This will happen as a result of the fact that a significant portion of Microsoft 365 Copilot "magic" relies on the Microsoft Graph.

Within Microsoft 365, the Microsoft Graph represents associations between objects, users, and permissions. Be aware that the matrix includes all of the fundamental components of data and association, including mail, tasks, users, messages, files, etc. Users/requesters must only have access to the data they require to carry out their job function, no more, no less, as the Microsoft Graph will be the main "lens" through which Microsoft 365 Copilot interacts with data. Only the data that each user has expressly been given permission to access will be retrieved by Microsoft 365 Copilot.

The usage of the "Just Enough Permissions" governance best practice, which refers to the idea of giving users only the minimal set of rights necessary to carry out their activities, is implied by this topic. This is a popular security technique to reduce the risks or potential harm that might result from granting a great lot of permissions. The risk surface is decreased and potential security holes are closed by granting "just enough" access.

The opposite concept would be "Oversharing." As a result of carelessness, a lack of data governance, and similar factors, the opposite occurs in this case. When it comes to uncontrolled external guest access, oversharing can be very risky.

How might this actually appear? In order to generate the generative results that are returned to the requesting Microsoft 365 applications, Microsoft 365 Copilot interacts with the Large Language Model, or LLM, as shown in the diagram below, through multiple iterations (Pre-processing, Grounding, and Post-Processing).

In conclusion, content can become candidate material for an AI-generated result if it can be "discovered" through the Microsoft Graph. Sensitive data could "leak" throughout the business using generative AI as a result of unintended effects of improper data classification and security.

By correctly identifying, controlling, categorizing, and securing their company data, organizations can make plans TODAY to avoid this high-risk scenario. By using tools like Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Syntex - SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM), organizations can ensure that users have access ONLY to the data they need to perform their work - and much more productively when Microsoft 365 Copilot becomes available - and thus get ahead of the Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption wave before it occurs.

How to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft Community Hub

Learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot:?The Copilot System: Explained by Microsoft?and?How Microsoft 365 Copilot works.

Will the True Microsoft Copilot Please Rise?

Tools and assistants have appeared in the constantly changing world of software development to simplify and improve the Way of Working (WoW). Copilot, an AI-powered assistant from Microsoft, is one of these game-changers that aims to transform the way we operate.

Microsoft Copilot, however, is actually a collection of goods and features that will be present in a large number of the company's products, rather than just one. So, in this article, we'll try to sort through the various Microsoft Copilot options and ask, in the words of the song, "Will the True Microsoft Copilot Please Rise?" Consider the Microsoft Copilot environment as it is right now.

The Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT), also known as Microsoft Copilot, is a language model created by OpenAI. It makes use of cutting-edge deep learning techniques in natural language processing (NLP) to create writing that is eerily similar to human composition. This model's GPT-3.5 iteration is the most recent one.

Microsoft has designed go-to-market divisions that focus on particular business scenarios. Below are links to each known or announced product, each of which has its own release timetable.

Products announced by Microsoft Copilot (check each one's availability):

Microsoft 365 Copilot:

(Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog)

• Copilot in Word works side-by-side with users, writing, editing, summarizing, and creating.
• PowerPoint's Copilot feature makes the creation process possible by converting concepts into a planned presentation using natural language instructions.
• Copilot in Excel enables users to quickly and easily uncover insights, spot trends, or produce data visualizations that are visually appealing
• Copilot in Outlook can organize and manage the inbox to free up more time for speaking to people.
• Copilot in Teams makes meetings more productive with real-time summaries and action items directly in the context of the conversation.
• Business Chat combines information from many papers, presentations, emails, calendars, notes, and contacts to make it easier to write emails, summarize chats, identify important dates, or even create plans based on other project files.
• Bing Chat Enterprise?(Introducing Bing Chat Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing, and Microsoft Sales Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog)?
• Copilot for Loop?(New Microsoft Loop app is built for co-creation | Microsoft 365 Blog)?
• Copilot for Whiteboard?(Introducing the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program and new capabilities in Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog)?
• Copilot for OneNote?(OneNote Copilot (microsoft.com))?
• Copilot for Viva?(Boost engagement with Copilot in Microsoft Viva | Microsoft 365 Blog)?
• Microsoft Designer using DALL-E?(How to use AI image prompts to generate art using DALL?E | Learn at Microsoft Create)

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Dynamics 365 Copilot:

• Microsoft Sales for Copilot?(Microsoft Sales Copilot, Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, and cloud migration reshape the future of business - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog)

?Copilot in Power Platform:

• Copilot for Power Platform?(Announcing a next-generation AI Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps that will transform low-code development | Microsoft Power Apps)?

Microsoft Security Copilot:

• Microsoft Security Copilot?(Microsoft Security Copilot | Microsoft Security)?

Windows Copilot:

• Windows Copilot?(Bringing the power of AI to Windows 11 - unlocking a new era of productivity for customers and developers with Windows Copilot and Dev Home - Windows Developer Blog)?

GitHub Copilot:

• GitHub Copilot?(GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer · GitHub)?

Copilot in Microsoft Content Services:

• Copilot for SharePoint?(Introducing Copilot in SharePoint and new OneDrive experiences | Microsoft 365 Blog)?
• Syntex Plugins for Copilot?(Announcing new Microsoft Syntex innovations – Plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Repository Services - Microsoft Community Hub)?

Copilot Roadmap:

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365?

Expect that as Microsoft makes additional investments in AI, the product list will expand and AI assistance will become more of a WoW.