Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
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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. If you have the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, you can switch Copilot to incorporate your work content, such as chats, email, and files.Â
Benefits of Microsoft 365 Copilot
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Insightful :Â Ask questions to help you gather information.
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Powerful :Â 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.Â
How to use Copilot Chat
How you use Copilot Chat depends on if you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription or not. If you have a Copilot subscription, you'll see Work and Web tabs at the top of your Chat page. If these tabs don't appear, you don't have a Copilot subscription.
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To understand the differences between work and web, and what it means to have a Copilot subscription, see How Copilot Chat works with and without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
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Depending on if you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or not, your Copilot Chat experience may have standard access or priority access to Copilot Chat services. To learn more about standard versus priority access to Copilot Chat, see Standard and priority access to Copilot Chat.
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In your browser, go to Copilot Chat and sign in with your Microsoft 365 work or school account.
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From Chat, select one of the sample prompts and edit the prompt as needed. You can also write your own prompt directly in the Message Copilot compose box.
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If you're not sure what to ask, use the Prompt Gallery to get suggestions. Under the prompt compose box, select See more and thenÂ
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SelectÂ
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To learn more about all the tools you can use in your Chat prompts, see How to add content and agents to Copilot Chat.
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If you have a Copilot subscription, you can type a / and begin typing the people, files, meetings, or emails you wish to use as references.
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To learn more about using / in your prompts, see Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Copilot.
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You can also dictate your prompt to Copilot Chat. SelectÂ
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To learn more about using voice features in Copilot Chat, see Get started with voice features in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
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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. Learn more at Get started with Copilot Pages). Or, if you're looking for past responses, see Revisit your Copilot chat history.​​​​​​​
More ways to work with Copilot Chat
Get started with prompts in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Catch up on things quickly using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
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