AI Assistant in Your Pocket: Copilot Takes Microsoft 365 to the Next Level

 

1. What is Microsoft Copilot?

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Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant designed to enhance productivity and unleash creativity. It was released in February 2023.

2. How does Copilot work?

Copilot works seamlessly within various Microsoft products like Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), Bing search engine, and Microsoft Edge web browser. It interacts with users through a chat-like interface, allowing natural language interactions for making requests and receiving information.

3. What are Copilot's capabilities?

Copilot boasts a range of capabilities including:

• Text Completion and Generation:Assists with writing tasks by suggesting completions, rewrites, or generating text based on user prompts.
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  Microsoft Copilot text completion
• Information Retrieval:Answers questions and provides summaries of information through Bing searches.
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  Microsoft Copilot information retrieval
• Creative Spark:Helps turn ideas into reality by generating images based on user descriptions.
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  Microsoft Copilot creative spark
• Email Drafting:Composes emails in different tones and lengths, incorporating relevant information from past emails.
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  Microsoft Copilot email drafting
• Meeting Management:Prepares summaries for meetings, offers transcriptions, and provides debriefs for users joining late in Microsoft Teams meetings.
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  Microsoft Copilot meeting management

4. Is Copilot secure?

Microsoft emphasizes user data security. Copilot utilizes Microsoft Graph, an API, to assess context and user data within Microsoft 365 before transmitting it to the language model. Additional processing ensures context-specific responses are delivered back to Microsoft 365 applications.

5. How is Copilot different from Cortana?

While not a replacement for Microsoft's discontinued Cortana, Copilot offers a new approach to AI assistance, focusing on productivity and creative workflows within the Microsoft ecosystem. Cortana had a broader range of features, including reminders and smart home integration. Copilot is more focused on helping users with tasks within Microsoft products.