Microsoft is dedicated to helping customers grow and manage their businesses by unlocking productivity and creativity—an opportunity that is most evident with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Empowering Small and Medium Businesses with AI
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the economy and natural innovators. Nearly three-quarters of SMBs are familiar with AI, and half are already using it daily. These businesses are ready to leverage AI to accelerate growth, improve efficiency, and compete more effectively. By reducing the time spent on routine tasks, SMBs can focus on what matters most—their business. To support this, Microsoft introduced the Microsoft 365 Copilot SMB Early Access Program, an exclusive, invitation-only initiative designed to gather real-world feedback and refine the product experience. Access to this program will expand over time.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your AI-Powered Companion
Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI companion seamlessly integrated into the Microsoft 365 apps you use daily. Copilot enhances creativity and productivity by assisting with tasks in real time. As a trusted partner, Microsoft ensures that this technology not only delivers optimal security for your data but also evolves responsibly as AI advances.
I expect Copilot to become a real benefit for all of us, especially around data management, but also just to make work easier for everyone in the company.
Lewis Jones IT Manager, EPIC iO
Boosting Productivity with Copilot: A Day in the Life of Alex
To illustrate how Copilot enhances productivity, consider Alex, the CEO of a successful graphic design firm. In a competitive and fast-paced business environment, Alex needs to grow her business while keeping her team aligned and innovative.
Fast Track to an Empty Inbox
Alex’s day typically involves non-stop meetings and countless emails. With Copilot in Outlook, she can quickly summarize lengthy email threads and review footnotes of related emails, allowing her to stay up-to-date with discussions. Using the “Sound like me” feature, Copilot drafts responses in her voice, enabling her to edit and send quickly. Even if Alex writes the first draft herself, Copilot provides tips on clarity and tone, helping her communicate effectively without the need for extensive rewrites.
I’m really impressed with how Copilot works in Outlook. I had it generate several emails for me, and it did a really great job. All I had to do was add my own details and they were ready to send.
Paul Birkin, COO, 90POE
Managing Time and Collaboration with Intelligence
With emails out of the way, Alex can focus on her schedule, which is often a web of overlapping meetings. Microsoft 365 Copilot simplifies this by offering the “Meeting follow” feature, which monitors multiple meetings simultaneously. Once a meeting concludes, Copilot generates a summary in Microsoft Teams, highlighting attendees, topics, important notes, and action items. If needed, Alex can ask Copilot to clarify specific points discussed during the meeting, giving her complete control over her agenda.
Our company is big on Teams. Copilot is extremely easy there. I was shocked at how it instantly generated a summary of a technical meeting in just a few bullet points. It was exactly what the meeting was about, so this should make our work life easier in the future.
Lewis Jones IT Manager, EPIC iO
Amplifying Creativity
Once Alex is updated on her meetings, she turns her attention to a client request to refresh a marketing plan. With Copilot in PowerPoint, her team starts by selecting an embedded template, and Copilot then pulls in relevant content from past campaigns. The team refines the first draft and delivers it to Alex in hours, not days. With Copilot in Word, the team asks for a more professional tone in the concept brief and creates custom graphics within the document using Microsoft Designer.
Microsoft 365 Chat: Simplifying Complexity
To finalize the presentation, Alex’s team uses Microsoft 365 Chat, a powerful tool within Microsoft 365 Copilot that goes beyond basic queries. It navigates through emails, meetings, chats, documents, and web content, handling to-do lists with ease and significantly reducing time spent on complex tasks.
Prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Now that you’ve seen the impact Microsoft 365 Copilot can have on your workday, it’s time to prepare with Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Microsoft 365 Business Premium. These include Bing Chat Enterprise, a new tool to help users get comfortable with AI prompts and workflows. Learn more about Bing Chat Enterprise here.
Looking Ahead
We’ve only begun to explore the transformative potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot. As generative AI continues to revolutionize the workplace, Microsoft remains excited to deliver this game-changing technology to businesses. Stay tuned for more updates on Microsoft 365 Copilot.
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