Microsoft launches new features for its Copilot AI platform. Just a year after it launched its Copilot in Windows 11 and 365, the company brought ‘Wave 2’ of Copilot. The tech giant says that the new feature will change the user experience of its 365 suite.
In an official blog, Microsoft announced that it will bring advanced AI features for its 365 suite. The company aims to add more AI features in its Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word,and OneDrive apps.
Microsoft brings AI features for 365 suite
Last year after Microsoft launched its Copilot for Teams, the company said that they have seen an improved user experience. “Our customers tell us Copilot in Teams has changed meetings forever—in fact, it’s the number one place they’re seeing value,” Jared Spataro, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, AI at Work, said. With Copilot you can hold meetings and get a transcript and a summary of the meet. But with the new AI features you will also be able to get subtitles of the meet. This can provide better transparency about what is being said and the transcript version. For example, if you are not able to understand some discussions during the meeting, you can ask Copilot to track what was said. It will scan quickly through the meet and solve your query. It scans through the chat and tracks the whole meeting so that every minute details are being captured.
Microsoft has also introduced the ‘Copilot pages,’ which is made for multiplayer AI collaboration. This is a workspace where you can create ideas, brainstorm and edit contents in chat. For example while having a chat you can edit the conversation. In addition to this you can share these ‘pages’ with your team.
In addition to this Excel sheet will also get an update. With new AI features, Excel can also work with text. Earlier it could only work with data and numbers, but now it can do much more. You can also work with Python in Excel with Copilot. This can help you to solve higher level problems. This can include working on advanced analytics such as machine learning, forecasting, risk analysis and forecasting, among others. The best thing about these advancements is that you don’t need to use coding. Furthermore, Microsoft claims that this can be a representation of adding a skilled data analyst in its team.
The way ahead
The tech giant also aims to improve other sectors of its 365 suite. This includes Outlook, Word and PowerPoint, among others. Copilot in Outlook will help you to sort through millions of emails. The “Prioritize my inbox” will help you to get the important mail as a priority. Next you get the Copilot in Word, which will allow you to get information from meetings and emails. This means you can add references in Word from emails. PowerPoint will also get ‘Narrative Builder’ which can help you to build an outline for a first draft, just with a prompt.
Furthermore, Microsoft has also improved OneDrive to help you access files quickly with AI. Additionally it will also roll out Copilot AI agents that can be your AI assistant.
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