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M365 Chat Copilot looking for missed messages

Copilot Tips and Features: Copilot for Teams in M365 Chat – Tech Tip for Jan 30, 2024

Welcome to this week’s Tech Tip on Microsoft Copilot, our ongoing series to help you work more effectively with Copilot for Microsoft 365 apps. In today’s discussion we are covering the M365 Chat experience in Teams. Let’s begin!

M365 Chat Experience in Teams

Unlike contextualized experiences with Copilot in group or individual Chats or Channel posts, Copilot for Teams in M365 Chat is a robust and versatile tool that allows for dialog and can assist in generating summaries, brainstorming ideas, and drafting content as general or as specific as you need it to be.

M365 Chat Copilot looking for missed messages

Access M365 Chat in Teams:

  • Open Teams: click ‘Apps’ button in left-menu.
  • In Search bar, type “Copilot.”
  • Locate M365 Chat and select ‘Add.’
  • In Teams: select ‘Chat’ button in left-menu.
  • Locate ‘M365 Chat’ in Chat conversations.
  • In the M365 Chat Copilot, type a prompt!
  • Select ‘Send’ button (CTRL + Enter) to input prompt.

Example M365 Copilot Prompts:

  • “Who do I need to follow up with”
  • “Find document regarding [subject]”
  • “Summarize recent unread messages from [a person]”
  • “Highlight new content [on subject] from the past 30 days”

TIP: The farthest responses Copilot can process is 30 days from the most recent message sent. It will also depend on retention policies set by your organization.

M365 Copilot message with text prompt, "List action items for [project name] in the past 10 days"

TIP: Use the “/” (forward slash) in the M365 Chat to reference People, Files, or Meetings quicker and prompt Copilot to summarize or update you on content related or specific to these data points. 

M365 Copilot prompt to "Ask a work question or use / to reference people, files, and more"

TIP: Select the ‘Plugin’ button below the Copilot dialog field (preview only) to allow Copilot to reference web content or other plugins. “Plugins allow Copilot to reference apps on your behalf. Copilot may share some of your Microsoft 365 enterprise data with plugins you’ve turned on.” Plugins access and data permissions will depend on policies set by your organization.

Be sure to follow along with us in our Copilot series to hear more about Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 apps.

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