MicrosoftA series of new features designed to further enhance the intelligence of Microsoft 365 Copilot were announced at the Ignite conference held at...
The most notable of these are Copilot ActionsThe feature is now in private preview. This feature allows users to be prompted, through a simpleAutomate repetitive day-to-day tasks such as summarizing Teams meetings, generating weekly reports, and even preparing meeting materials.Copilot Actions are designed to be a one-time setup for the user to have the AI perform tasks automatically.Like a powerful AI macro, automatically completes the work based on predefined templates and rules.
In addition, Microsoft is constantly optimizing the performance of Microsoft 365 Copilot across Office applications. Early next year, thePowerPoint users will be able to translate presentations into over 40 languages.And Copilot Narrative Builder for PowerPoint will be able to create better first drafts of presentations using elements such as branded templates, speaker notes, and animations. And PowerPoint's Copilot Narrative Builder will be able to create better first drafts of presentations using elements such as branded templates, speaker notes, built-in transitions, and animations.Copilot will also be able to extract images from SharePoint and integrate them into PowerPoint presentations.
Copilot in Excel is about to launch a new startup experience!, which can help users quickly create spreadsheets by suggesting appropriate templates based on their needs, including headings, formulas, and visual charts. In addition, Microsoft is improving Copilot in Outlook to make it better able to schedule one-on-one meetings with colleagues and generate meeting agendas. This feature will be available for Copilot in Outlook users at the end of this month.
In addition to the feature upgrades mentioned above, Microsoft is also bringing an AI agent to SharePoint to help users summarize documents, query data across SharePoint files, and create custom agents to handle AI responses about specific SharePoint sites or file lists. Previously, Microsoft had begun marketing the Copilot agent to organizations in the areas of sales, services and finance, and this SharePoint integration further expands the reach of the AI agent.