What Small Businesses Need to Know About Copilot

What is Copilot?

Copilot is a new feature of Microsoft 365 that helps you create and edit documents, presentations, emails, and more with the power of artificial intelligence. Copilot can suggest content, formatting, design, and data based on your context and goals. You can use Copilot to save time, improve your writing, and enhance your creativity.

Who can use Copilot?

Copilot is available to all Microsoft 365 subscribers, regardless of the plan or the number of users. It is an annual subscription of around $528 per user and can be implemented as an individual or for your entire team, depending on your needs and preferences. Copilot works with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 apps on the web, desktop, and mobile devices.

Copilot can help you and your small business in many ways, such as:

• Boosting your productivity by reducing the time and effort you spend on creating and editing documents.
• Improving your writing by suggesting clear, concise, and engaging language, grammar, and style.
• Enhancing your creativity by offering relevant and diverse content, design, and data ideas.
• Learning from your feedback by adapting to your preferences and goals over time.

Copilot has several features that can help you with different aspects of your document creation and editing process. Some of the features are:

• Content Suggestions: Unlock Copilot’s ability to propose relevant and unique content tailored to your document’s topic, audience, and purpose. Select from an array of content types, including facts, quotes, examples, summaries, and more.

• Formatting Recommendations: Harness Copilot’s expertise in suggesting optimal formatting choices that align with your document style and preferences. Explore diverse options for fonts, colors, sizes, alignments, and other elements.

• Design Insights: Elevate your document’s visual appeal with Copilot’s design suggestions. Tailored to your theme and message, access a variety of layouts, images, icons, and charts to enhance overall aesthetics.

• Data Guidance: Leverage Copilot’s expertise in recommending superior data sources and visualisations. Aligned with your document’s goals, choose from a range of data sets, tables, graphs, and other impactful elements.

How to get started with Copilot?

To use Copilot, you need to have a Microsoft 365 subscription and an internet connection. You also need to configure a few things to enable Copilot on your apps. Here are the steps to follow:

• Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and sign in with your account.
• Under Settings, select Services & add-ins.
• Find Copilot and turn it on for your organisation.
• Go to the app you want to use Copilot with and sign in with your account.
• Look for the Copilot icon on the ribbon or the toolbar and click it to activate Copilot.
• Start typing or editing your document and see how Copilot helps you along the way.

If you want to learn more about Copilot, you can visit the official website, watch the video tutorials, and  read the FAQs. You can also share your feedback and suggestions with the Copilot team to help them improve the features and make it more useful for you and your business.

Check out our blog article Exploring the Key Features and Benefits of Copilot to learn more, and connect with TechPath on LinkedIn for more productivity tips.