Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft 365 Copilot

• What Microsoft 365 Copilot is and how it works with Microsoft 365 apps.
• How Copilot uses prompts to generate, summarize, analyze, and transform content.
• Examples of business use cases: drafting documents, summarizing meetings, reviewing emails, analyzing data, and creating presentations.

Module 2: Prompting Basics for Business Users

• Use a simple prompt structure: goal, context, instructions, and format.
• Improve prompts through iteration and follow-up questions.
• Practice prompts for everyday tasks such as summarizing, rewriting, brainstorming, and creating action plans.

Module 3: Copilot in Word and PowerPoint

• Draft, rewrite, summarize, and refine business documents in Word.
• Create outlines, proposals, reports, and standard operating procedures.
• Generate presentation outlines, speaker notes, and slide content in PowerPoint.
• Refine tone and messaging for different business audiences.

Module 4: Copilot in Excel

• Ask questions about data in natural language.
• Identify trends, outliers, and key insights.
• Create formulas, summaries, and basic visual explanations.
• Use Copilot to support business analysis and decision-making.

Module 5: Copilot in Outlook and Teams

• Summarize long email threads and draft professional replies in Outlook.
• Prepare for meetings by reviewing relevant context.
• Summarize Teams meetings, identify decisions, and extract action items.
• Create follow-up messages, status updates, and task lists.

Module 6: Responsible Use, Security, and Best Practices

• Review Copilot outputs before using or sharing them.
• Understand that Copilot responses may use web content and work content that the user has permission to access.
• Avoid entering unnecessary sensitive or confidential information into prompts.
• Use clear human judgment for business decisions, compliance, and customer-facing content.

Module 7: Hands-on Business Scenario Practice

• Scenario 1: Draft a project update email from meeting notes.
• Scenario 2: Summarize a business document into executive bullet points.
• Scenario 3: Create a short presentation outline from a proposal.
• Scenario 4: Analyze a sample sales or operations table and identify insights.

• Employees who are new to Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Business users who work with documents, email, meetings, presentations, or data
• Team leads and managers who want to improve productivity and collaboration
• Users with basic experience in Microsoft 365 apps

• Explain what Microsoft 365 Copilot is and how it supports business productivity.
• Understand the difference between Copilot Chat and Copilot experiences inside Microsoft 365 apps.
• Write effective prompts using clear goals, context, source information, and desired output format.
• Use Copilot in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and OneNote for common business tasks.
• Apply responsible AI practices, including reviewing outputs and protecting sensitive information.

Ganesh Kannan(PMP) has more than 15 years of IT experience in Software testing, test Consulting, Project and Change management. He has worked for Investment Banks like Barclays Capital and IT services firm like Zensar Technologies. He has managed the testing tools and process function for a top tier investment bank and have managed large off-shore testing teams. He possess extensive project management and consulting experience in delivering IT applications and spearheads the classroom Fundamentals of software testing in Singapore.