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.

You can also interact with Microsoft 365 Copilot using a powerful set of voice capabilities. To learn how to use voice capabilities in Copilot, see Get started with voice features in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

How to use Copilot Chat

Go to Copilot Chat and sign in with your Microsoft 365 work or school account.
In Copilot Chat, write a prompt in the Message Copilot compose box.
- Select Add content if you want to upload files and images to your prompt that Copilot Chat can reference when generating a response. Learn more at Add content to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat prompts.
- Select Tools to use powerful AI tools to process your prompt. Learn more at Add AI tools to your Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat prompts.
- 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. Learn more at Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Copilot.
- You can also dictate your prompt to Copilot Chat. Select Start dictation to speak your prompt to Copilot Chat. Learn more at Get started with voice features in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- If you're not sure what to ask, use the Prompt Gallery to get suggestions. Under the prompt compose box, select See more and then Prompt Gallery.
When you're satisfied with your prompt, select Send.
- Copilot Chat begins generating a response to your prompt.

To collaborate with your team, save your chats to a Copilot Page. Learn more at Get started with Copilot Pages.

Try these prompts in Copilot Chat

These example prompts cover just a few of the many things you can do with Copilot Chat. You can copy and paste these prompts or adjust them to fit your needs.

Book a meeting: You want to meet with someone. Ask:

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Book the next possible time with /(person's name)

Learn more about a topic: You want the latest research on A. Ask:

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Summarize the main points of the latest research on AI

Catch up on work after being away: You want to see which emails were directed to you. Ask:

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Show me all emails from 7 days where I am in the To line

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