Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is an AI assistant developed by Microsoft that helps you work more efficiently with Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a paid version of Copilot designed for business use.
You can ask Copilot questions, request it to create content or suggest solutions for your work tasks. Copilot uses large language models and Microsoft Graph to understand your requests and provide you with useful and reliable answers.
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Copilot For Microsoft 365: Introduction Video
Is Microsoft 365 Copilot Available?
Copilot for Microsoft 365 version became available in November 2023 for enterprise customers. The free version of Copilot has been available since September 26, 2023.
Which Microsoft 365 Plans Can Copilot Be Added To?
Microsoft 365 Copilot can be added to the following subscriptions: Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium. Therefore, Copilot is an additional cost exceeding the existing subscription package.
There are various Microsoft 365 service packages depending on whether the user is a personal or home user, small or medium-sized business, large enterprise, educational institution, or government. For example, there are Basic, Standard, and Premium packages, but their content may vary according to the target group.
In addition, there are specific Microsoft 365 service packages for large enterprises (E1, E3, and E5).
For smaller businesses, purchasing the Copilot product for Microsoft 365 requires a Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Business Premium license.
Copilot is not available for the most economical package, namely Microsoft 365 Business Basic.
Microsoft 365 Business Plans
$6.00 / month
$12.50 / month
$22.00 / month
$8.25 / month
In Which Products Can Copilot For Microsoft 365 Be Used?
Copilot for Microsoft 365 can be used in the following Microsoft 365 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Loop. These applications offer various Copilot features such as content creation, summarization, answering questions, and coaching tips.
Microsoft 365 Copilot can also be used with Microsoft Editor, Forms Power Platform, Stream, and Sway applications.
Excel
ExcelCopilot for Microsoft 365 can be used with Excel in many ways. Here are some examples:
- You can ask Copilot anything related to Excel, such as formulas, and functions, creating tables, analyzing data, drawing charts, and more.
- It responds to your questions and provides guidance, examples, and links for further information.
- You can request Copilot to create or complete tables, formulas, or charts.
- For example, you can give a prompt “Create a table of sales data” or “Calculate the average from cells A1:A10”.
- Copilot can be used to summarize, analyze, or visualize your data.
Word
WordCopilot for Microsoft 365 can be used with Word in several ways, including:
- You can create new documents or supplement existing ones with the help of Copilot. You can prompt Copilot to “Write a report on the last quarter” or “add a conclusion to the document.” Copilot tries to understand your intent and produce the content you want.
- For example, you can ask Copilot “What does this document talk about?” or “How can I change the document’s font?”
- You can get coaching tips from Copilot to improve the quality and clarity of your document. Copilot offers you proofreading, grammar, style, and additional features such as plagiarism checking and vocabulary enhancement.
PowerPoint
PowerPointWith Copilot for Microsoft 365, you can leverage artificial intelligence to create and enhance PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint and Copilot can be utilized in the following ways:
- Creating a new presentation: You can give Copilot a topic, and it will create a draft presentation for you.
- Summarizing a presentation: If you need a summary of a longer presentation, Copilot can condense the main points.
- Organizing a presentation: Copilot can help change and improve the structure of your slides.
- Using branding: You can use Copilot to create slides or images that include your organization’s branding.
Teams
TeamsCopilot for Microsoft 365 can assist you with Teams in the following ways:
- Summarizing conversations: Copilot can be requested to summarize the content of a conversation for up to 30 days before the last message of a specific conversation. This helps you stay up-to-date and quickly understand the discussion.
- Managing meeting recordings: You can use Copilot to play back, share, and download Teams meeting recordings. You can also add recordings to Teams chats or other applications.
- Summarizing recordings: Copilot can also summarize a meeting recording or answer questions about it.
Outlook
OutlookAdd-ons For Copilot For Microsoft 365
Microsoft has recently released new Copilot add-ons: Copilot for Sales, Copilot for Security, Copilot for Service, and Copilot Studio.
Copilot For Sales
Copilot for Sales can be utilized with Microsoft’s CRM platform and helps salespeople, among other things, to streamline sales processes, personalize emails, suggest follow-up actions, and facilitate customer management.
Copilot for Sales is designed to integrate seamlessly with both Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Salesforce CRM. It brings sales data and insights directly into the workflow, helping salespeople save time, focus on customers, and close more deals. Copilot for Sales connects these CRM platforms with Microsoft 365, offering real-time updates and insights.
Copilot For Security
Copilot for Security is an AI-based cybersecurity solution developed by Microsoft, which helps security professionals respond to cyber threats quickly and effectively.
Copilot For Service
Copilot for Service is an add-on that facilitates customer service. Now, it is only available in the United States. Copilot for Service will come to the European market soon.
Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio is a platform that enables the creation of powerful AI assistants. Copilot Studio assistants can be easily created without the need for data analysts or developers. They can interact with customers and employees in multiple languages across various channels, such as websites, mobile applications, Facebook, Microsoft Teams, or any channel supported by the Azure Bot Framework.
The add-ons are paid. Copilot for Sales costs $20-30 per month in addition to the Copilot for Microsoft 365. The price for Microsoft Copilot for Security is company-specific. Copilot Studio costs $200.00 for 25 000 messages/month.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Price
Microsoft 365 Copilot costs $360.00 / year. Which is only $30.00 / month.
The price of Microsoft 365 Copilot is only for one user. For several hundreds or thousands of users, the cost can become significant. Your company must also have a suitable Microsoft 365 license. The cheapest package for which Copilot is available is Microsoft Business Standard, which costs $12.50 per month or $150 per year.
Is Copilot Expensive?
Copilot or any other software is expensive if not used. However, the price of Copilot is affordable compared to its benefits. Copilot costs about the average hourly wage of a worker per month. If your company calculates that Copilot can save each employee with a Copilot license one hour per month, it has paid for itself. The average hourly salary in the United States is $29.71 and Copilot costs $30.00 per month.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 will likely save time in handling basic tasks. Often, after holidays, the first workday for many is spent clearing the email queue. Copilot can condense the most essential emails and even write responses for you. Utilizing Microsoft 365 Copilot solely for this task can save a couple of days of work time annually for many.
Comparison of Microsoft Copilot Versions
How Does Copilot for Microsoft 365 Work?
Copilot for Microsoft 365 operates by combining large language models, the content of Microsoft Graph, and Microsoft 365 applications (such as Word and Excel). Large language models are AI algorithms that understand, summarize, predict, and generate text. Microsoft Graph is a platform that combines all the data you create and use in Microsoft 365 services, such as emails, documents, conversations, and calendars.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 uses these features to offer you intelligent real-time assistance that can enhance your creativity, productivity, and skills. For example, you can ask Copilot anything related to Microsoft 365 applications, request Copilot to create or complete content for you, get coaching tips to improve the quality and clarity of content or use Copilot to explore and understand data.
Microsoft 365 For Business
- Copilot can increase employees’ productivity and creativity by doing part of the work for you, such as creating content, summarizing, and answering questions and emails.
- Copilot can improve employees’ skills and learning by providing coaching tips, examples, and links to further information.
- Copilot can facilitate employees’ collaboration and communication by taking notes and summaries of Teams meetings, sharing important information and results, and integrating Copilot with other Microsoft 365 applications.
- Copilot can save employees time and effort by automating routine tasks, such as prioritizing emails, analyzing and visualizing data, and converting documents into different formats.
Copilot vs Copilot Pro vs Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot, Copilot Pro, and Microsoft 365 Copilot differ significantly. The biggest difference is between personal and business use.
- Copilot is a free version that offers basic features such as web-based knowledge, commercial data protection, and natural language processing. The free Copilot is intended for personal use only, not for businesses.
- Copilot Pro is a version that offers extended AI functions, such as generative content creation, coaching tips, and summaries. You can use Copilot in all Microsoft 365 applications, such as Word, Excel (limited), PowerPoint, and Outlook. Copilot Pro is also for personal use only, not for businesses.
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a paid version available only to business customers with an active Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, or Business Premium subscription. Copilot for Microsoft 365 costs $30.00 per month per license.
Summary
Artificial Intelligence and Copilot will revolutionize the way we work, and its expansion, adoption, and learning will likely be a bigger revolution than the introduction of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in the 1980s.
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