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Getting Real Work Out of Microsoft Copilot

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.

  • 6 lessons
  • 1 hr 23 min
  • Taught by Shane Young
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What you'll learn

  • 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.
  • Ground 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.

Lessons 6 lessons · 1 hr 23 min

Every lesson comes with Pro, $29 a month.

  1. Lesson 1: Introduction and speaker background 4 min
  2. Lesson 2: Microsoft Copilot ecosystem overview 8 min
  3. Lesson 3: Work IQ, licensing, and data protection 13 min
  4. Lesson 4: Copilot chat demos and notebooks 15 min
  5. Lesson 5: Copilot in Teams, Outlook, and Excel 27 min
  6. Lesson 6: Copilot Studio, skills, and Scout 17 min

Your teacher

Shane Young

Chief AI Officer & Microsoft MVP

Shane 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.