Choose the Right Tool
Match Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, app Copilots, cowork, agent builders, Copilot Studio, Scout, and pro-code options to the simplest safe path for the task.
Course
Getting Real Work Out of Microsoft Copilot
Shane Young Chief AI Officer & Microsoft MVP
6 chapters · 1h 23m
About this course
For a lot of people, the AI tool they should be using at work is Microsoft Copilot. Here's how to actually get work out of it.
What you'll learn
6 outcomesGround Better Prompts
Reference specific files, meetings, emails, people, sites, or business data so Copilot can produce more relevant answers within your permissions.
Protect Company Data
Check licensing, Enterprise Data Protection indicators, model choices, and WorkIQ settings before using company information.
Analyze Work Context
Combine business data and Microsoft 365 assets to create summaries, briefings, visual reports, and project-focused notebooks.
Work in Microsoft Apps
Use Copilot in Teams, Outlook, and Excel to recover decisions, draft calendar-aware replies, and build formulas, rules, and dashboards.
Automate Repeatable Work
Turn refined conversations into reusable skills or agents, choose cowork for multi-step execution, and manage credit usage intentionally.
Course curriculum
1 part · 6 chapters
Your instructor
Shane Young Chief AI Officer & Microsoft MVPShane Young is the Chief AI Officer at TMC Global and a Microsoft MVP of 21 years. He teaches Copilot in public and private classes, runs the ShaneYoungCloud YouTube channel with free training on Microsoft tools, and founded PowerApps911. He's based in Cincinnati.