Microsoft Copilot Power User: Advanced Techniques for Maximum Impact

Course details

Take your Copilot skills beyond the basics with advanced prompting techniques, smarter app integrations, and workflow automation. Learn how to format and ground your prompts for better output, choose the right language model for each task, and schedule prompts to handle recurring work automatically. On the app side, go deeper with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Notebooks—plus use the Agent Store and Create tool to build visuals and generate files without leaving the chat interface. If you're already comfortable with Copilot and want to get more out of it, this course shows you how.

Learning objectives
Configure Copilot settings and Memory to enforce a consistent writing style, tone, and output format across Microsoft 365 apps.
Build and deploy advanced prompts that reliably produce higher-quality results with less iteration.
Create and use Copilot agents and scheduled prompts to automate repeatable knowledge-work tasks.
Use Copilot Notebooks and structured outputs (such as infographics) to manage and communicate complex information more effectively.

Concepts

Introduction

Building your Copilot advanced skills
Copilot power user - Prerequisites and setup

Get Better Copilot Output

Prompt for visually formatted output
Ground your prompts correctly for more accurate results
Switch Copilot language models for targeted output
Automate recurring tasks with scheduled prompts
Build custom Copilot agents for your workflows

Advanced Copilot App Techniques

Chat vs. edit mode - When to use each
Use the Copilot function in Excel to fill data
Organize complex projects with Copilot Notebooks
Generate custom infographics with the Create tool
Save time with Copilot Memory and custom instructions
Draft on-brand emails using Outlook's writing style setting
Create files from the Agent Store without opening apps

Conclusion

Stay productive when Copilot features change