How is Copilot Going to Change Your Working Habits?
As we shared in How AI is Changing Microsoft 365 blog, Copilot is here. Copilot is an AI assistant launched by Microsoft. It spans across all the Microsoft applications as well as Windows 11, Bing, and Edge. The powerful AI tool is capable of completely transforming the processes and infrastructure of businesses.
This article explores all the details you need to know about Copilot and how it's going to transform the way you work.
Is Copilot Available Now?
Generally, the rollout of Copilot is taking place in a gradual manner. Microsoft had started rolling out Copilot in the free upgrade of Windows 11 on September 26, 2023. Also, Microsoft has rolled out the option to purchase Copilot for Enterprise customers having Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 licenses on November 01, 2023.
However, the license is not the only requirement, a business can purchase Copilot only if they have more than 300 users and at a cost of $30 per month per user.
Will Copilot Replace Your Work?
One major fear when it comes to Copilot or any AI assistant, in general, is the replacement of jobs. People fear that with the rise of AI, the job market will shrink. Yes, it does demand continuous upskilling to stay in the market.
However, Copilot is not here to replace your jobs, it is here to transform your working habits by adding productivity to the business workflows. Copilot is here to handle your day-to-day mundane tasks so you can focus on the important ones.
Copilot Changing the Way You Work
Copilot can change your working habits in the following ways:
Productivity Enhancement – With an AI assistant here to handle your day-to-day tasks like article summarization, generating meeting notes, analyzing data, and much more; you can focus on the important tasks.
Summarize Documents in a Few Clicks – Copilot saves you all the hours to go through detailed documents by summarizing them for you in a few clicks.
Stay Connected with Your Updated To-Do List - Copilot takes care of your to-do list and ensures that you don’t miss out on any important meeting or task.
Access Information Based on Your Latest Inputs – Copilot can remember the information you feed it and generates new answers keeping the previous information in consideration.
Productive Meetings – Keep track of all the meeting notes and updates with the help of an AI assistant while you focus on participating in the meetings with full attention.
Prompts being an Essential Part of your Workday - To make the most out of the capabilities of Copilot, it’s important to master the AI prompts and make them an important part of your workday.
How to Make the Most Out of Copilot?
To make the most out of Copilot, it's necessary to let go of the fear of AI and embrace the change with an open mind. It's high time to let AI handle the day-to-day and less productive tasks for you so you can focus on the significant ones.
It's important to include the idea of AI prompts as a substantial part of your workday. Prompts are nothing but the descriptive input you give to the AI for the expected outcome. Therefore, to attain great outcomes, you have to get better at giving prompts.
We understand all these new changes might be intimidating for your business and your employees but worry not as our coaches are here for you. Reach out to us to help train your teams on the latest Microsoft 365 capabilities.
