Using Microsoft 365 Copilot efficiently

Why this training?

Using Microsoft 365 Copilot changes daily work in Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook from the ground up. The seminar covers the practical uses of Copilot across the central Microsoft 365 applications: from writing in Word through data analysis in Excel to meeting and communication support in Teams and Outlook.

Deliberate prompting and best practice make sure results come out not only faster, but traceable and reliable. Extending Copilot with your company's own data is covered in practical terms as well.

Course content

• Foundations of artificial intelligence: what AI is and how it works in a company context, where M365 Copilot sits as a large language model.
• How Microsoft 365 Copilot works: how Copilot processes input and generates results, integration into the Microsoft 365 environment, an overview of what it can and cannot do.
• Copilot in practice, Word, Excel, Teams & Outlook: Use cases and live demos in the central M365 apps. Writing and improving text in Word, data analysis and spreadsheet work in Excel, summarising meetings and speeding up communication in Teams & Outlook.
• Effective prompting for the best results: how to build and structure prompts that work, the usual prompting mistakes and how to avoid them, best practice for different types of task.

Who is this training for?

• Staff at every level and in every department who work with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook or Teams).
• No technical prior knowledge needed. If you can operate Word, Excel, Outlook or Teams, you can take part.

Your trainer

Jakub Popluhar, M.Ed.

AI trainer and implementation consultant focused on artificial intelligence and consumer psychology. State-certified secondary school teacher of English and PE (Bavaria). Jakub combines the craft of teaching with hands-on experience in AI implementation, and gets complex technology down to the point where it works in the office on Monday.

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