Copilot Microsoft 365: we’ve tested it for you

Since Microsoft announced the availability of Copilot to companies of all sizes, we at Infologo have also been keen to test the use of the tool.
For several weeks now, Pierre Aussel, one of our technicians, has been hard at work.

In this article, we’d like to tell you more about our first impressions of using the Copilot tool for Microsoft 365, its benefits in terms of productivity, the practical points of improvement we’d suggest and, finally, the different ways it can be used.

The benefits of Copilot for Microsoft 365

Following our initial tests, we’ve already seen the first benefits for Microsoft 365 users.
Copilot is an intelligent assistant that :

• can help with a variety of tasks,
• saves you time,
• helps you improve the quality of your content,
• allows you to stimulate your creativity.

After all, these key benefits were the promises made by Microsoft 365 when it launched its Copilot tool, and we can confirm them.

Improvement points for the Copilot suite for Microsoft 365

One thing’s for sure: Copilot is a true assistant to your Microsoft 365 tenant.
This means that companies need to prepare carefully before technical implementation.

Copilot isn’t Chat GPT, it’s an Office 365 assistant. Pierre Aussel, technician

It should also be noted that data access must be audited, and duplicates and old versions of documents eliminated, to ensure that the results are as accurate as possible.

In our opinion, Copilot isn’t Chat GPT, it’s your AI assistant to Microsoft 365.
Regular users may be a little disappointed at first.

The user must therefore ensure that Copilot prompts are as precise as possible.
This means “losing time” in the instructions to gain precision later on.

Today, the Excel version is being pre-released.
It is very limited.
We’ll have to wait a few more months before we have access to the definitive version.

Discover what Copilot can do for users

Using the Copilot portal opens up a host of possibilities.

For a start, with Copilot you can quickly retrieve key information from previous days.
You can also search for relevant documents within your organization quickly and intelligently.

Last but not least, Copilot offers several functionalities within Office 365 applications themselves.

In the Word application

Copilot can help you quickly create drafts or add additional content.
It can also help you summarize documents, rephrase sentences and improve your writing.

In the Outlook

Copilot can help you group and synthesize e-mails on the same subject, prepare a reply, automate appointment scheduling and generate automated replies based on the person and type of reply.
Copilot can also help you manage your calendar and view the calendars of collaborators who have agreed to share them with you.

In the Excel application 

Copilot can help you generate pivot tables, graphs and data analysis using natural language queries.
Copilot can also help you automate repetitive tasks and optimize your spreadsheets.

In Power Point

In Powerpoint, Copilot can help you summarize slide content, extract next steps, and create notes and actions after meetings.
Copilot can also help you generate professional-quality presentations using natural language queries.

In the Teams application

Summarize your meetings.
Or point out the latest important messages.

“Microsoft Copilot opens up tremendous possibilities, whether for analyzing your documents, highlighting your company’s key figures or communicating internally or with your partners.

You need to take the time to define and identify your company’s needs and target key collaborators in the development of Copilot’s functional and integration tests.”

Pierre AusselInfologo technician