Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Applies To
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is at the center of Microsoft 365 Copilot. When grounded in web data, you can ask Copilot questions, help draft content, and summarize files. And if you have the Copilot add-on license, you can switch Copilot to be work-grounded which allows you to incorporate your work content, such as chats, email, and files.
Benefits of Microsoft 365 Copilot
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Insightful : Ask questions to help you gather information.
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Powerful : Create content and catch up quickly.
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Goes where you go : Use Copilot Chat on the web, from the Copilot desktop app, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, or on your mobile device.
How to use Copilot Chat
How you use Copilot Chat depends on if you have a Copilot add-on license. If you have a Copilot add-on license, you'll see a Work and Web toggle at the top of your Chat page. If this toggle doesn't appear, you don't have a license.
Tip: To understand the differences between work and web, and what it means to have a Copilot add-on license, see What's the difference between Copilot Chat with or without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
To access Copilot Chat do the following
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Go to Microsoft365.com/chat and if you're not already signed in, sign in with your work or school account.
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From Chat, select one of the sample prompts and edit the prompt as needed. Or, create your own prompt directly in the prompt field.
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If you're not sure what to ask, use the Prompt Gallery to get suggestions. Under the Message Copilot field select See more >
Tip: Learn more at Get started with the Copilot Prompt Gallery app.
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Select Add a file if you want Copilot Chat to reference a specific file. (There are file upload limits if you don't have an add-on license.)
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If you have a Copilot add-on license, you can type a / and begin typing the people, file, meeting, or email you wish to link.
Note: To learn more about using / in your prompts, see Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Copilot. (This feature is only available if you have a Copilot add-on license.)
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When you're satisfied with your prompt, select Send . Copilot Chat will begin generating a response to your prompt.
For collaboration with your team, save your chats to a Copilot Page (see Get started with Copilot Pages). Or if you're looking for past responses, Revisit your Copilot chat history.
Help shape the future of AI
AI is exciting new technology, but it's still early in development and we're continuing to learn. Sometimes Copilot gets things wrong, so it's important to check the content that it generates.
Give us your feedback! Please use the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons to tell us what you like (or don't like), anything that Copilot gets wrong, or what we can do to improve your experience.
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