Empower your workflow:Fundamentals of Microsoft 365 Copilot Training

This one-day course is designed to help business users understand the basics of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a productivity tool that uses artificial intelligence to provide real-time intelligent assistance within Microsoft 365 productivity apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook. It is designed to transform productivity, creativity, collaboration for users, teams and organisations.

The course is beginner-friendly and requires no previous AI expertise.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Teams

Target audience

This course is ideal for:

• Business users who are new to Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Anyone who needs to understand how to engage with M365 Copilot
• Users seeking to improve productivity through the use of M365 Copilot

Explore the intricacies of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering hands-on learning and insights into its functionality, how it works and Microsoft's dedication to implementing AI responsibly and ethically whilst ensuring all business data is secure, compliant and respects privacy and copyright requirements.

See feedback and use cases from real world companies who have been using Microsoft 365 and understand why 77% users would prefer to keep Microsoft 365 Copilot than free lunch for a year

Microsoft 365 Copilot – Hands-on

• Explore the possibilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot hands-on experience of the practical uses of it across the core Microsoft 365 applications.

Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot

• What is Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Copilot requirements
• How does Copilot work
• Copyright Considerations

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

• Chat introduced and explored
• Explore the interface
• Use Cases
• Chat components.
• Prompting fundamentals

Copilot in Microsoft Word

• Use Copilot generative AI in Word to create and rewrite draft versions of documents including ‘tones’ for different audiences
• Transforming text into editable tables
• Generating summaries and FAQs from documents using Copilot in Word
• Asking Copilot in Word questions about documents to find the information you need quickly and efficiently

Copilot in PowerPoint

• Using Copilot’s Narrative Builder in PowerPoint to transform ideas into presentations
• Creating presentations from existing content using Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Creating speaker notes
• Using Microsoft 365 Copilot natural language commands to adjust layouts, reformat text and images and insert perfectly timed animations

Copilot in Excel

• Analysing and exploring table data using Copilot in Excel
• Asking Copilot in Excel questions about data using natural language
• Using Microsoft 365 Copilot to help create formulas in Excel
• Building data visualisations using Copilot in Excel
• Identifying relationships, trends, and recommendations
• Formatting Excel data with Microsoft 365 Copilot’s help

Copilot in Outlook

• Draft emails and replies using Copilot in Outlook controlling tone, content, and length
• Summarising email threads using Copilot in Outlook
• Organising and managing your Outlook content with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot in Teams

• Using Copilot in Teams to recap missed meetings and conversations, summarise key discussion points and actions.
• Getting answers to specific questions within meetings using Copilot in Teams.
• Creating meeting agendas based on meeting chat history
• Using Copilot in Teams to Identify key people and actions for post meeting follow-ups and schedule check-ins

Work-grounded Copilot Chat

• Explore the power of Microsoft 365 Chat prompts to draft content and discover insights across Microsoft 365 apps and the web
• Using Chat across your content
• Start your day, end your day with Copilot

Extending Copilot

• Save and re-use prompts
• Prompt sharing
• Working with pages
• Introducing agents – first steps

Copilot and Prompt Engineering

• Prompt engineering: a methodology
• Tips for writing good prompts

Exams and assessemnts

There are no exams or assessments for this course

Hands-on learning

The course emphasises hands-on experience, with a series of self-guided exercises integrated into the training. The course is beginner-friendly and requires no previous AI expertise.