Microsoft Copilot is transforming how professionals work across Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint and more.

This one-day live online course is your practical introduction to using Copilot within Microsoft 365. You’ll leave with information on how to streamline daily tasks, enhance your productivity, and collaborate more effectively, all through hands-on exercises and live demonstrations.

Pre-Requisites

• Course attendees will be required to have access to Microsoft Copilot software. It's recommended that attendees have access to at least the Basic package of Copilot. The free version of Copilot is available on Microsoft Edge, this can be used for some, but not all, of the training.  

• It is ESSENTIAL that you own a laptop/computer with the required software installed (Microsoft Office 2013 or later) with access to Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Teams. This can be either the desktop or online versions of Microsoft Office.
• This is an interactive course, with discussion and questions. If you can have your cameras on, please do.

Course Content

Introduction

• Overview of Microsoft Copilot
• Why Now….? Why is it important?
• Applications and uses
• Benefits of AI software in upskilling business
• What Copilot can do for you
• Copilot and Security (How your data is processed when using Copilot for 365)

Getting Started

• What is a Prompt, The Art of Prompting
• Integrating Copilot with other Microsoft 365 applications
• Basic navigation of user interface

Understanding Copilot Capabilities

• Microsoft Edge
• Web
  
  • Utilising Copilot in Edge for web searching and more
  • Learning and Training
  • Getting Answers and ideas
  • Image Generation
• Work
  
  • List your meetings
  • Summarising emails
  • Looking up files and documents
• Microsoft Word
  
  • Automating document creation
  • Translating with the help of AI
  • Writing with AI suggestions to enhance content
  • Formatting and style assistance
  • Comparing Documents
  • Practical Breakout Session
• Microsoft Excel
  
  • Getting insights from databases
  • Finding out information for better decision making
  • Formatting Cells using AI
  • Creating and fixing formulas and If Statements Using AI
  • Practical Breakout Session
• Microsoft PowerPoint
  
  • Creating and preparing documents to use for a presentations
  • Designing impactful presentations
  • Content suggestions and layout optimisation
  • Enhancing visuals using AI
  • Practical Breakout Session
• Microsoft Outlook
  
  • Email composition and management
  • Scheduling and calendar use
  • Enhanced productivity
• Teams
  
  • Summarising meetings
  • Interrogating meetings
  • Translating meetings
• Image Generation
  
  • Practical Breakout Session

Productivity and Best Practices

• Shortcuts and timesaving
• Leveraging AI for decision-making
• Real-time co-authoring
• Using Copilot in Microsoft Teams for enhanced collaboration
• Troubleshooting
  
  • Common issues
  • Accessing Microsoft support
  • Community resources and forums

‍Copilot Studio and Creating Agents

• How to create an Agent
• Types of Agents Company and Individual
• Limitations of Agents
• Practical Breakout Session (create your own Agent)
• Open Discussion on Agents

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course.

This course may qualify for CPD points. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.

Cost

An ‘Early Bird’ discounted rate of €499 is currently available. This training course normal rate is €599. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY BIRD RATE CLOSES 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE DATE. The course cost includes all course documentation and Certificate of Attendance.