What is Microsoft 365 Copilot and How Will it Transform Your Business?

Microsoft 365 Copilot is here, and businesses can harness this sophisticated AI assistant to transform operations and achieve levels of efficiency previously not possible.

In this blog, we take a closer look at what 365 Copilot is, how it works, and the many ways in which it can help transform and grow your business.

How Microsoft 365 Copilot Will Transform Business Operations

One of the most promising aspects of the rise of AI-powered digital assistants is how they can assist in both simplifying and expediting workplace tasks and operations. Whether you’re the CEO, a manager, or part of a specific department, Microsoft 365 Copilot has the potential to transform your day-to-day work by making it easier to check off more tasks without sacrificing quality.

As its name suggests, Copilot is all about helping you out.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Explained: Unlocking AI-Driven Efficiency

The transformation of your business operations comes down to the many ways in which Copilot’s AI capabilities can essentially speed things up.

Microsoft 365 Copilot includes access to Business Chat and works with most of Microsoft’s most common 365 apps, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft Loop.

Business Chat is a platform where you can directly collaborate with Copilot. You can provide work files and link your Business Chat to your 365 suite. By doing so, you can chat with Copilot and ask it to do things such as:

• Catch you up on tasks, goals, and information provided by other staff members. If you’ve been on holiday for a couple of weeks, catching up in this way is great for getting across what’s happened during your absence and what your most pressing return tasks are.
• It can help you create content or brainstorm ideas based on meeting notes, executive summaries, proposal documents, etc. Copilot can simply list your ideas or even write up an entire piece of content for you to read through and edit or use as a basis for your own work.
• You can get quick answers from Copilot related to work and associated documents. Think of it like a search engine for your role. It can help you easily retrieve necessary documents or identify where in a previous thread of messages you were provided details for a work task.

Beyond Business Chat, there are also the many ways in which Copilot works with the wealth of Microsoft Office 365 apps. 

In Word, for example, you could ask Copilot to change the tone of your writing or take a body of data and generate it in a table. You could also use it to confirm you’re using the right terminology based on industry or location (e.g. Aussie English versus American), to write up an intro or conclusion based on the body of your copy, and more!

Similarly, in PowerPoint, you can provide Copilot with the information and data you need to be included and request it to generate a PowerPoint. From there, you could edit accordingly. 

In Excel, you can provide Copilot with data and ask it to calculate projected profits or losses. If you use Microsoft Teams for collaboration, Copilot can summarise previous conversations into actionable steps you need to take. It can also work in video calls, taking notes of what’s being discussed and providing you with the key takeaways.

These are just some of the many ways in which Microsoft 365 Copilot improves individual and collective productivity. The end result of this heightened efficiency is a business that can get more done without employees having to overload themselves.

This means your employees can continue working efficiently and benefit from more optimised goals and consistent support from Copilot on top of the current support and collaboration with fellow employees.

Transforming and Growing Your Business with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot is easy. As long as you have Microsoft 365 for Enterprise or Business (this includes all three tiers of Basic, Standard, or Premium), you will have 365 Copilot included in your plan. 

You can set up 365 Copilot for your suite of Microsoft products both on computer and mobile. In other words, Copilot works with both the desktop and mobile apps. This allows for seamless use of Copilot across devices and apps, ensuring optimum efficiency.

Businesses equipped with Microsoft 365 Copilot can enjoy all the efficiency perks it offers, providing this transformative technology to their employees to build more efficient processes across the board.

At Setup4, we set businesses up for success with Microsoft’s comprehensive Office 365 suite. With our expertise, you can have Microsoft 365 customised your business needs from the get-go, including Copilot integration. To get started, get in touch with us today.