Streamlining Your Work with Microsoft Copilot

51mGeneral2025-05-13

Authors

Nick Brazzi

LinkedIn Learning Staff Author

Course details

Microsoft Copilot can help you streamline your workflow from generating ideas and summarizing data to solving common work problems. Follow along with Nick Brazzi as he explains how to boost your productivity using Copilot with a personal account. In this course, you’ll learn how chat AI tools function and how to put them to work. By the end, you’ll be ready to perform robust online searches, generate ideas, compose text, work with Copilot inside of applications like Microsoft Word.

Learning objectives
Compare different Copilot products.
Demonstrate ongoing conversations with follow-up questions and a trackable chat history.
Describe effective questions and prompts.
Analyze information provided by Copilot.
Use Copilot inside of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Skills covered

Microsoft CopilotAI for Business FoundationsAI Productivity ToolsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Using Copilot as a productivity tool
02 - Understand the different Copilot products

1. Core Functions in Copilot Chat

03 - Use Copilot on the web, in Windows, or in the mobile app
04 - Ask simple or complex questions in on-going AI chats
05 - Use citations to fact-check information
06 - Share responses or save them in editable pages

2. Explore Different Types of Copilot Prompts

07 - Leverage prompt engineering for robust requests
08 - Talk to Copilot with natural voice interactions
09 - Summarize complex information
10 - Write and edit text with Copilot
11 - Ask Copilot to create images
12 - Upload files for Copilot to analyze

3. Enable Copilot Inside of Microsoft Productivity Apps with Copilot Pro

13 - Clarify subscriptions for using Copilot in productivity apps
14 - Summarize and draft with Copilot in Outlook and Word
15 - Analyze data in Excel using Copilot

4. Settings and Privacy

16 - How to adjust settings and clear your chat history