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Microsoft Copilot

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Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is an Online AI powered tool that helps with your work tasks. Users enter a prompt in Copilot and Copilot responds with AI-generated information. The responses are in real-time and can include internet-based content and work content that users have permission to access.

Microsoft Copilot has two versions (Work and Web)

  1. Copilot Web: This version is the free version which is designed to help you with a wide range of tasks. Whether you need information, support or assistance with productivity-related activities.
  2. Copilot Work: This version is a paid version which is has all the benefits are the CoPilot Web version but also intergrates with all the 365 apps (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook etc) and also University of Worcester’s Microsoft 365 environment.

Copilot Web

Featured and benefits

  • Quickly get answers to your questns by searching the web
  • Generate text, summaries and even images to assist with various tasks
  • Set reminders, create to-do lists and manage your schedule
  • Engage in meaningful conversations on a wide range of topics

Suggested use cases

  • Generate text for emails & articles
  • Get assistance with understanding complex topics or solving problems
  • Summarise articles, creaate study guides and find educational resources
  • Proofread emails and articles

Copilot Work

Features and benefits

  • All of the same features of Copilot web
  • Intergrates with Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook etc)
  • Automated meeting participation and transcription
  • Streamlines workflows and automates repetive tasks, allowing employees to focus on higher-value activities

Suggested use cases

  • Quickly grasp key points from long reports or research papers
  • Draft and edit documents, proposals and reports with AI assistance
  • Analyse data in Excel, generate insights ad create visualisations
  • Transcribe and summarise meeting discusions in Teams
  • Summarise long email threads to quickly understand the context

Accessing Microsoft Copilot Chat

  1. Visit the Office 365 website then select Sign In from the top-right corner.
  2. Log in with your Unversity of Worcester credentials
  3. Select Copilot from the toolbar on the left-hand side

Accessing Microsoft Copilot through 365 Apps

Microsoft Outlook

  • Open the Microsoft Outlook App
  • Select Copilot from the toolbar on the left-hand side

Microsoft Teams

  • Open the Microsoft Teams App
  • Select Copilot from the toolbar on the left-hand side

Mircosoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint

  • Open either Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint
  • Select Home from the top toolbar
  • Select Copilot

Guides & FAQs

Copilot (Web)

Visit our Copilot FAQ pages for more user guides

Copilot Training

Visit our IT Training portal to discover the available Microsoft Copilot training resources.

Learn more about Copilot training

Copilot Policy

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