Chat with Copilot in Outlook

Copilot Chat in Outlook without an add-on license

If you don't have a Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license with your work or school account, you can use Copilot Chat in Outlook to ask questions about your inbox, calendar, meetings and other limited data and take action directly in Outlook. Here are examples of the types of prompts you can use: 

• “Summarize my emails from the last week related to [project or customer name].”

• “When is my next 1:1 meeting with /name?”

• “Draft an email update summarizing the customer escalations from this week.”

• “Schedule a meeting with my manager.”

• “Flag all unread emails from my manager.”

• “Setup an automatic reply for next Friday.”

Copilot Chat in Outlook with an add-on license

If you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license with your work or school account, not only will you be able to use the same prompts as users without the add-on license, but you’ll also be able use Copilot Chat in Outlook to interact with your inbox, calendar, meetings, chats, and enterprise data using prompts such as: 

• "Which unread emails are most important? Summarize them, synthesize any related context from my chats and documents, and prioritize the order in which I should respond."

• “Tell me when my next meeting with my skip-level manager is scheduled, help me draft an agenda based on my current projects, and create a first draft of a pre-read.”

• "Create a welcome email to a new hire, including details on what they should do in their first four weeks, an org chart for the team including details on each person's role and their current projects, and related documents that they should review."

• “Schedule a meeting with /name to discuss [project or customer name.]”

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