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What does it do?

  • Content Creation
  • Summarization
  • Data Analysis
  • Automation
  • Productivity

How is it used?

  • Use natural language prompts in Microsoft 365 apps for tasks.
  • 1. Interact w/ natural language
  • 2. Use w/ Microsoft 365 Apps
  • 3. Customize w/ Copilot Studio
  • 4. Ensure security & compliance
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Who is it good for?

  • Content Creators
  • Data Analysts
  • Business Professionals
  • Team Collaborators
  • Office Workers

Details & Features

  • Made By

    Microsoft
  • Released On

    2022-10-24

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI-powered assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 applications. It enhances productivity, creativity, and collaboration by providing contextual assistance across various tasks and applications within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Key features:

- Content Creation: Generates drafts for documents, emails, presentations, and marketing materials.
- Summarization: Condenses long email threads, meeting notes, and Teams messages for quick information retrieval.
- Data Analysis: Analyzes trends and creates data visualizations in Excel, providing insights based on business data.
- Automation: Streamlines repetitive tasks and workflows using natural language commands, particularly in Power Platform.
- Application Integration: Assists in drafting and editing in Word, data analysis in Excel, presentation generation in PowerPoint, email management in Outlook, and real-time meeting summaries in Teams.
- Customization: Allows organizations to tailor Copilot to their unique business processes and data systems through Copilot Studio.
- Business Chat: Works across all business data and apps to surface relevant information and insights.
- Enterprise-Grade Security: Inherits Microsoft 365's security, compliance, and privacy policies.
- Responsible AI Practices: Adheres to Microsoft's AI principles, including transparency, fairness, and privacy-preserving machine learning.

How it works:

1. Users interact with Microsoft 365 Copilot through natural language prompts within Microsoft 365 applications.
2. Copilot processes the request using AI models and contextual data from Microsoft Graph.
3. The AI generates relevant responses or performs requested tasks within the application.
4. Users can refine or modify the output as needed.

Integrations:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Loop, Edge for Business, OneNote, Whiteboard, Microsoft Graph

Use of AI:

Microsoft 365 Copilot uses generative AI to create content, analyze data, and provide insights. It combines large language models with contextual information from Microsoft Graph to deliver personalized and relevant assistance.

AI foundation model:

Microsoft 365 Copilot is built on large language models, including GPT-4, integrated with Microsoft Graph. This combination allows Copilot to generate responses and perform tasks based on the user's business data and context.

Target users:

- Enterprise organizations
- Small and medium businesses
- Users of Microsoft 365 applications for daily tasks

How to access:

Microsoft 365 Copilot is available as part of Microsoft 365 subscriptions, integrated into desktop and web applications. Users can access Copilot's features directly within their familiar Microsoft 365 environment.

  • Supported ecosystems
    Microsoft, Microsoft, Apple, iOS, Google, Android, Microsoft, Google, Android, iOS, Apple
  • What does it do?
    Content Creation, Summarization, Data Analysis, Automation, Productivity
  • Who is it good for?
    Content Creators, Data Analysts, Business Professionals, Team Collaborators, Office Workers

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