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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant that enhances productivity in Microsoft 365 apps by providing intelligent, contextual support and insights.

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Primary category

Productivity & Workflow Automation

Cost

None

Overview

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant built directly into the Microsoft apps you already use every day: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. You ask it in plain English to draft a document, summarize a long email thread or meeting, analyze a spreadsheet, or build a first-draft slide deck, and it works with your own files and calendar (respecting existing permissions). For EdPlus staff, it's the "AI where you already work" option: no new tool to learn, just extra help inside Office. At ASU it is a paid add-on license that your department purchases; you can't sign up on your own.

Teaching uses

Featured ways to use this tool

Catch up on meetings you missed

In Teams, ask Copilot to recap a recorded project sync — key decisions, who committed to what, and open questions — instead of rewatching an hour of video. Great for cross-team EdPlus projects where you can’t attend everything.

Draft and polish staff and program comms

In Outlook or Word, give Copilot your rough notes and ask for a first draft of a program update email or project brief, then have it tighten the tone. You edit and fact-check; it saves the blank-page time.

Ask questions of your spreadsheets

In Excel, ask plain-language questions of enrollment, budget, or campaign data — ‘which channels grew quarter over quarter?’ — and get suggested formulas, pivots, and charts without memorizing Excel syntax.

Turn a document into a slide deck

Point Copilot in PowerPoint at an existing Word project brief and get a structured first-draft deck for a stakeholder readout, which you then restyle to ASU/EdPlus brand.

Getting started

How to get started

Talk to your supervisor first

This is the paid add-on that puts Copilot inside Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams. Licenses are bought by your department, so the cost lands on your unit’s budget.

Submit the ServiceNow request

Use the Microsoft 365 Copilot catalog item. It needs supervisor or business operations manager approval.

Want the free version instead?

Copilot Chat at https://copilot.microsoft.com is free for everyone with an ASURITE. It does not integrate into the Office apps.

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