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Revisit past queries using chat history in Microsoft Copilot

Have you ever wished you could access or continue a previous chat? Using chat history in Copilot, you can do just that. While keeping your commercial data safe, Copilot stores your chats for a rolling 30-day period, although you can delete them anytime. Just select the icon in the top right of the Copilot page and select "Copilot chats" to see the list.

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Use files saved on your desktop in your prompts in Microsoft Copilot

We've expanded the scope of data that Copilot can access. When you use / in a prompt to insert a file, Copilot now brings up files on your device in addition to files saved on SharePoint and OneDrive. 

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Chat with Copilot for Excel to unblock Excel tasks

Are you blocked by a task in Microsoft Excel that can't be completed using specific Excel skills, such as Analyze Data, Formula Column Generation, Highlight, Sort, and Filter? Ask Copilot for Excel and get a conversational answer you can use to complete your task. 

Ask Copilot any of the following:  

• "Simplify this formula [formula]"

• "What formula should I use for [task]"

• "How do I change labels on a bar graph"

• "How do I create a drop-down list"

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Reduce cognitive overload by using Copilot-generated file summaries for shared Word documents 

When you share a document from Word for the web, you can ask Copilot to insert a file summary that makes it easier for your recipients to quickly understand its contents. Just select Insert file summary with Copilot when you share, and Word will include the summary in the share notification.  

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Quickly summarize and do a deep dive on videos in Stream

Copilot in Microsoft Stream can help you quickly and effectively summarize any video with a transcript or ask deep dive questions about topics you need to understand in videos on Stream.  

Ask Copilot, "Recap the meeting," "List action items," or "Show me the parts where [subject] is discussed." 

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Copilot is now available directly in Microsoft Outlook  

Instead of having to go to your browser or Microsoft Teams to ask Outlook-related prompts, you can now directly access Copilot in Microsoft Outlook from the navigation bar, so you can write prompts to search your mail without having to leave Outlook. 

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Teams will now notify meeting participants when Copilot without transcription is on 

In Microsoft Teams meetings where it's possible for participants to activate Copilot, a banner will appear notifying participants that AI is being used in the meeting.