Microsoft 365 Copilot

AI-powered productivity assistant integrated across Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, $\text{Teams}$, Outlook), enabling natural language generation, data analysis, and task automation while leveraging organizational data securely.

Key Features

• Custom AI Agent Creation: Build internal AI agents (e.g., customer service bots) without coding
• Data Security: Operates within organizational data boundaries
• Cross-App Integration: Works within Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook
• Natural Language Interface: Generates content and analyzes data via conversational prompts

Recent Updates

• Microsoft Word: Enhanced Document Summaries now offer “Brief,” “Standard,” and “Detailed” options Video Source

Tutorial Example

• Teachers Tech channel demonstrates building a custom AI agent (“PoochPal”) for fictional business “Pooch Haven Spa” using Microsoft 365 Copilot without code
• Video tutorial
• Creates internal customer service bot using AI Agent framework

Backlink

• 2026 04 14 Create an AI chatbot in CoPilot Teachers Tech channel
• 2026 04 14 Microsoft copilot updates

Source Notes

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• 2026-04-14: [[lab-notes/2026-04-14-Optimizing-AI-Costs-and-Privacy-with-Local-Open-Source-Models-and-Hybr|“But OpenClaw is expensive…“]]
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• 2026-04-14: [[lab-notes/2026-04-14-Optimizing-AI-Costs-and-Privacy-with-Local-Open-Source-Models-and-Hybr|“But OpenClaw is expensive…“]]