Work smarter with AI in your everyday Microsoft applications

Microsoft Copilot is a powerful AI assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 applications. This intelligent tool helps users work faster, generate content, and simplify complex tasks.

During this practical training, participants will discover how Copilot can assist with writing emails, creating documents, building presentations, analysing data and managing meetings more efficiently.

In addition to exploring Copilot’s capabilities, participants will also learn how to write effective prompts, critically evaluate AI-generated results and use Copilot productively within their daily workflows.

Duration

1 day.

Course Outline

Introduction to AI and Microsoft Copilot

• What is generative AI?
• How Microsoft Copilot works
• Copilot within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
• Opportunities and limitations of AI

Working Effectively with Copilot (Prompting)

• How to write effective prompts
• Structure of a good prompt
• Iterating and refining prompts
• Tips and best practices

Copilot in Microsoft Teams

• Summarising meetings
• Automatically generating meeting notes
• Identifying action items and decisions
• Analysing chat conversations

Copilot in Outlook

• Writing and rewriting emails
• Summarising long email threads
• Drafting professional responses
• Managing your inbox more efficiently

Copilot in Word

• Generating documents based on prompts
• Rewriting and improving text
• Creating summaries
• Structuring and refining documents

Copilot in PowerPoint

• Creating presentations from documents
• Generating slides automatically
• Improving presentation structure
• Enhancing storytelling and visuals

Copilot in Excel

• Analysing data using natural language
• Generating formulas
• Identifying trends and insights
• Creating visualisations

Best Practices for Using AI

• Reviewing and validating AI-generated output
• When to use Copilot — and when not to
• Data privacy and confidentiality considerations
• Improving productivity with AI assistance

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Use Copilot efficiently within Microsoft 365 applications
• Write effective prompts to generate useful results
• Create documents, emails and presentations faster
• Analyse data using AI assistance
• Integrate Copilot into their daily workflows

Audience

This training is designed for professionals who want to increase their productivity by using AI within Microsoft 365.

Typical participants include:

• Administrative professionals
• Project managers
• Team leaders
• Consultants
• Knowledge workers who regularly use Microsoft 365

Prerequisites

Participants should have:

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams)
• An active Microsoft 365 Copilot licence

No prior knowledge of artificial intelligence is required.