How Microsoft 365 Copilot Can Boost Your Business Productivity

What is Microsoft 365 Copilot?

Microsoft 365 Copilot is a new app that helps you write faster, create better presentations, analyze data, and organize emails better by using artificial intelligence. It works with Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams to help you create high-quality content in minutes. Whether you need to write a report, a proposal, a presentation, or an email, Copilot can assist you with suggestions, insights, and feedback. Copilot can also help you avoid plagiarism, grammar errors, and tone issues by checking your writing for originality, clarity, and correctness.

How much does Microsoft 365 Copilot cost?

Microsoft 365 Copilot currently costs $30.00 per user per month, billed annually.   This is the price for small businesses.  Organizations with more than 300 users are not restricted to paying annually. You can access it from any device that supports Microsoft 365 apps.  To that end, organizations do require a Microsoft 365 license that already has the core 365 apps (Word / Excel / Outlook / PowerPoint).

What are the benefits of using Microsoft 365 Copilot?

Microsoft 365 Copilot can help you save time, money, and effort by streamlining your writing process and improving your writing quality. Here are some of the benefits of using Copilot for your business:

• Reference data from SharePoint and OneDrive: You can easily access and cite data from your SharePoint and OneDrive files, such as charts, tables, graphs, and images. Copilot can also help you create captions, summaries, and references for your data sources.
  • For example, a simple prompt for Copilot might look like this: I have an excel spreadsheet I wrote last week about sales numbers for the last quarter.  I now need help putting together a presentation displaying this data.
• Use features of the Copilot for 365 app: You can use the Copilot for 365 app to get personalized assistance based on your goals, audience, and style. You can also use the app to get feedback on your writing performance, such as your readability, engagement, and sentiment scores. The Copilot app also t
  • For example, a simple prompt for Copilot might look like this: I was out of the office last week.  Do I have any emails that require immediate attention? 
• Integrate with other Microsoft 365 apps: You can use Copilot with other Microsoft 365 apps to enhance your writing experience. For example, you can use Copilot with Word to get suggestions for synonyms, phrases, and sentences. You can use Copilot with Outlook to get suggestions for subject lines, greetings, and sign-offs. You can use Copilot with PowerPoint to get suggestions for slide titles, bullet points, and transitions. You can use Copilot with Teams to get suggestions for chat messages, meeting notes, and announcements.

How to get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot is easy and simple. You just need to follow these steps:

• Purchase a 365 Copilot license directly from Microsoft, or through you IT partner.  Intrada Technologies, for example, is a premier Microsoft 365 licensing reseller.
• Sign in to your Microsoft 365 account and download the Copilot for 365 app from the Microsoft Store.
• Reboot your computer and wait for CoPilot to populate. If it does not populate within the Microsoft 365 apps, update the 365 apps.
• Open the app and choose the type of content you want to write, such as a report, a proposal, a presentation, or an email.
• Enter your writing goal, audience, and style, and start writing your content.
• Use the Copilot suggestions, insights, and feedback to improve your writing as you go.
• Review and finalize your content, and share it with your colleagues, clients, or customers.

Conclusion

Microsoft 365 Copilot is a powerful tool that can help you boost your business productivity by helping you write better and faster, build beautiful and quick presentations, analyze large excel documents with a button click, and summarize emails with a single command. It can help you access and reference data from your SharePoint and OneDrive files, use features of the Copilot for 365 app, and integrate with other Microsoft 365 apps.  If you want to take advantage of your Microsoft 365 subscription and create high-quality content for your business, try Microsoft 365 Copilot today and see the difference for yourself.

How Can Intrada Help?

For more information on how Microsoft Copilot can help your business operations, please don't hesitate to contact James Haywood, Senior Project Manager, at jhaywood@intradatech.com.