Catch up on things quickly using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Use Copilot Chat

1. Go to Copilot Chat and sign in to your Microsoft 365 work or school account.

2. Ask Copilot Chat for a summary of things like a file, the latest messages from a colleague, missed meetings, or unread emails. Try one of the following prompts or create your own.

   1. Type / to pull up the Context IQ menu and select work sources for Copilot Chat to reference. Learn more about Context IQ at Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat.

Summarize information using Copilot Chat with prompts like:

• You're working on a project and you're looking for a key date someone shared in a document you vaguely remember. Try a prompt like this:

  Last week, someone shared a document that defined the key deliverable dates for Project X. What were those dates?

• You need to make sure you haven't missed any important information from Sam, your project manager. Try a prompt like this:

  Summarize messages from Sam over the past two weeks. Call out any important details, like deliverables, due dates, and action items for me.

• You need key updates on a particular work project (Product Z). Try a prompt like this:

  List the developments on Product Z that would be relevant to an executive who owns the product launch, based on collaboration over the past five business days.​​​​​​​

• You're back from vacation and need a recap of some meetings you missed. Try a prompt like this:

  Recap /Customer Success Team Sync.

  If the meeting you're recapping has recorded visuals, Copilot also creates a 20-40 second video recap of the meeting, highlighting moments from the recording.

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