Microsoft 365 Copilot - AI Built For Work

Explore the latest innovations in Microsoft 365 Copilot through this 51-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025, featuring live demonstrations and real-world applications of AI-powered workplace tools. Discover how frontier firms are reimagining work processes around artificial intelligence as industry experts Nicole Herskowitz, Sumit Chauhan, Jeff Teper, and Michael DiPaolo showcase cutting-edge features and capabilities. Learn about Copilot's feature expansions and collaboration enhancements, understand the differences between Work IQ and third-party AI connectors, and witness practical demonstrations of generating customer briefings in Word using Agent Mode. Examine collaborative workflows in Copilot Notebooks for organizing project artifacts, see how Channel Agents can schedule meetings and integrate seamlessly with Microsoft 365 tools, and explore AI as operators through the Workforce Insights agent. Gain insights into skills analysis and recommendation systems using reasoning models, discover Project Opal's capabilities for automating task-based work including adding employees to security groups and distribution lists, and understand how Copilot empowers individuals, teams, and business processes in the AI era.

Syllabus

0:00 - Copilot Feature Expansions and Collaboration Enhancements
00:04:05 - Difference Between Work IQ and Third-Party AI Connectors
00:19:08 - Generating a Customer Briefing in Word with Agent Mode
00:23:28 - Collaborating in Copilot Notebooks and Organizing Project Artifacts
00:31:00 - Channel Agent schedules meetings and integrates with Microsoft 365 tools
00:37:35 - Nicole introduces Pattern 3: AI as operators with Workforce Insights agent
00:38:48 - Demonstration of skills analysis and recommendation using a reasoning model
00:40:07 - Introduction of Project Opal for automating task-based work
00:42:01 - Opal adds employee to security groups and distribution lists