
Unlock 100% of Microsoft 365 with Copilot
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Microsoft’s Brian Shaw shares how AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot are transforming the way professionals work. From unlocking hidden features in familiar tools to managing digital agents, this episode explores how to scale productivity, delegate effectively, and build applied AI capability across your organization.
👉 For full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/746
🎙️ What you’ll learn
• How to unlock 100% of Microsoft 365’s features using Copilot
• Ways to integrate AI agents into daily workflows
• How to delegate effectively to digital workers
• Strategies to drive Copilot adoption beyond first impressions
• Practical use cases for Copilot in Excel, Word, Forms, and Whiteboard
🔴Chapters
00:02 From Machine Learning to Microsoft 365 Copilot
04:40 The Copilot Advantage: Unlocking 100% of Microsoft 365
07:50 Three Flavours of Copilot: Tools, Agents, and Chat
10:50 Meet Your New Teammates: Researcher and Analyst Agents
17:49 Proposal Writing Reinvented with AI
21:34 Managing a Digital Workforce
28:34 Overcoming First Impressions: Driving Real Adoption
✅ Highlights
• “Copilot can use 100% of the features if it needs to do something.”
• “We put Copilot where you do work.”
• “You click a button, you get a result — no prompt needed.”
• “The M365 Copilot chat is the Copilot to rule them all.”
• “Researcher and Analyst are like having two new team members.”
• “I’ve got a data scientist working for me now.”
• “I didn’t know Copilot could do that — I didn’t know Excel could do that.”
• “The Copilot you’re using today is the dumbest you’ll ever use.”
• “You’ll be managing a digital workforce.”
• “Use it for a few weeks and you’ll see how it saves you time.”
• “Copilot is doing things we used to do manually.”
• “People who don’t embrace it are the ones saying AI is taking their job.”
🧰 Mentioned
• Microsoft 365 Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot
• Microsoft Graph – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
• Microsoft Forms – https://forms.office.com (https://forms.office.com/)
• Microsoft Whiteboard – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-whiteboard/online-whiteboard
• Outlook with Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-life-hacks/everyday-ai/how-to-use-copilot-in-outlook
• Excel with Copilot – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-started-with-copilot-in-excel-d7110502-0334-4b4f-a175-a73abdfc118a
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✅ Recommended Playlist: Copilot Show. Hear the latest from Senior Microsoft Staff – https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkqPyRqPii192UiJuT-SQHw-/videos
✅ All our Microsoft Business Applications Podcasts: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkoEIfkNYZ0dModTR5aLbRh3/videos
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✅Keywords
microsoft 365, copilot, ai agents, digital workforce, productivity, outlook, excel, word, whiteboard, researcher, analyst, microsoft graph
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption
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If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy) .
Thanks for listening 🚀 – Mark Smith
Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM
Microsoft’s Brian Shaw shares how AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot are transforming the way professionals work. From unlocking hidden features in familiar tools to managing digital agents, this episode explores how to scale productivity, delegate effectively, and build applied AI capability across your organization.
👉 For full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/746
🎙️ What you’ll learn
• How to unlock 100% of Microsoft 365’s features using Copilot
• Ways to integrate AI agents into daily workflows
• How to delegate effectively to digital workers
• Strategies to drive Copilot adoption beyond first impressions
• Practical use cases for Copilot in Excel, Word, Forms, and Whiteboard
🔴Chapters
00:02 From Machine Learning to Microsoft 365 Copilot
04:40 The Copilot Advantage: Unlocking 100% of Microsoft 365
07:50 Three Flavours of Copilot: Tools, Agents, and Chat
10:50 Meet Your New Teammates: Researcher and Analyst Agents
17:49 Proposal Writing Reinvented with AI
21:34 Managing a Digital Workforce
28:34 Overcoming First Impressions: Driving Real Adoption
✅ Highlights
• “Copilot can use 100% of the features if it needs to do something.”
• “We put Copilot where you do work.”
• “You click a button, you get a result — no prompt needed.”
• “The M365 Copilot chat is the Copilot to rule them all.”
• “Researcher and Analyst are like having two new team members.”
• “I’ve got a data scientist working for me now.”
• “I didn’t know Copilot could do that — I didn’t know Excel could do that.”
• “The Copilot you’re using today is the dumbest you’ll ever use.”
• “You’ll be managing a digital workforce.”
• “Use it for a few weeks and you’ll see how it saves you time.”
• “Copilot is doing things we used to do manually.”
• “People who don’t embrace it are the ones saying AI is taking their job.”
🧰 Mentioned
• Microsoft 365 Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot
• Microsoft Graph – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
• Microsoft Forms – https://forms.office.com (https://forms.office.com/)
• Microsoft Whiteboard – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-whiteboard/online-whiteboard
• Outlook with Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-life-hacks/everyday-ai/how-to-use-copilot-in-outlook
• Excel with Copilot – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-started-with-copilot-in-excel-d7110502-0334-4b4f-a175-a73abdfc118a
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🔴 Share this video with a Youtuber friend: https://youtu.be/o8D1r87Ya1U
✅ Recommended Playlist: Copilot Show. Hear the latest from Senior Microsoft Staff – https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkqPyRqPii192UiJuT-SQHw-/videos
✅ All our Microsoft Business Applications Podcasts: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkoEIfkNYZ0dModTR5aLbRh3/videos
✅ Let’s Connect:
Collaborate with me here – https://cloverbase.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy
Website – https://podcast.nz365guy.com/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy
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Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/nz365guy
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/nz365guy
Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.nz/nz365guy
✅Keywords
microsoft 365, copilot, ai agents, digital workforce, productivity, outlook, excel, word, whiteboard, researcher, analyst, microsoft graph
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)
If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy) .
Thanks for listening 🚀 – Mark Smith
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