Intro to Copilot for Microsoft 365

In this Bigger Brains course, Microsoft expert Tim Blake will walk you through many of the practical uses for Copilot. you’ll learn how Microsoft Copilot integrates into apps like Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more–going beyond prompts to see how the AI actually functions in each tool to help you work smarter and faster. You’ll explore how to use Copilot to draft emails, summarize meetings, rewrite and refine content, generate presentations, and find documents using natural language. You’ll see how shared features like translation, help prompts, and file search work across multiple apps to support your daily tasks. 

You’ll explore how Copilot works behind the scenes, learning how it uses your organizational data securely through Microsoft Graph and existing permissions and how you can use it to extract insights from your data. Whether you’re a business user, team lead, or support staff, this course will give you a clear, practical understanding of how to use Copilot responsibly and effectively. No AI or technical background is required, but familiarity with Microsoft 365 is recommended. 

Topics covered include: 

• Describing what Microsoft Copilot is and how it integrates with Microsoft 365 apps  

• Discussing how to access Copilot 

• Differentiating between Copilot versions and licensing levels 

• Using Copilot Chat to connect to your Microsoft 365 data 

• Using effective prompts in Copilot Chat 

• Using Copilot in Outlook to summarize email threads and generate professional emails 

• Using Copilot in Teams for summarizing and drafting chats and meeting recaps 

• Generating, rewriting, and refining content in Word using tone and clarity tools 

• Generating slide decks in PowerPoint from prompts or documents   

• Using Copilot to edit, summarize, and enhance presentations   

• Identifying uses of Copilot in Excel to analyze data and create formulas 

• Using Copilot to assist with content generation and automation in OneNote and Forms   

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