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title: Microsoft 365 Copilot First Look
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description: Link Use your AI assistant in Microsoft 365 An overview of Copilot Generative AI tools integrated into many Microsoft applications Can use data in your calendar, emails, chats etc. to give…
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created: '2024-06-12T19:16:18+02:00'
updated: '2024-08-18T16:22:13+02:00'
website: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/microsoft-365-copilot-first-look/
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## Link

<https://www.linkedin.com/learning/microsoft-365-copilot-first-look/>

## Use your AI assistant in [Microsoft 365](/notes/microsoft-365)
## An overview of Copilot
- Generative AI tools integrated into many [Microsoft](/notes/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](/notes/macos), [Windows](/notes/microsoft-windows) and [Web](/notes/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 <span class="dead-link">Outlook</span>
- Only works in the new version rolled out in 2023 (which is basically an installable [PWA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app) 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