Free Training: Microsoft 365 Copilot Shorts: 20 Skills in 20 Minutes
Microsoft 365 Copilot training shows users how to boost everyday productivity through hands-on practice using Copilot Chat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, including advanced features like Agent Mode, custom instructions, file grounding, and Copilot Pages. The course also teaches how to leverage specialized agents such as Researcher and Analyst to automate tasks, improve insights, create multimedia content, and confidently integrate AI into daily workflows—ideal for all Copilot users and learning‑and‑development professionals.
Instructor: Mike Tholfsen
Released: 02/05/2026
Length: ~18 minutes
Platform: LinkedIn Learning
Skill Level: Beginner
Purpose: To explain that the Microsoft 365 Copilot training course equips users and learning‑and‑development professionals with practical skills to use Copilot tools and advanced features to improve productivity and integrate AI effectively into daily work.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Shorts: 20 Skills in 20 Minutes
Microsoft 365 Copilot training shows users how to boost everyday productivity through hands-on practice using Copilot Chat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, including advanced features like Agent Mode, custom instructions, file grounding, and Copilot Pages. The course also teaches how to leverage specialized agents such as Researcher and Analyst to automate tasks, improve insights, create multimedia content, and confidently integrate AI into daily workflows—ideal for all Copilot users and learning‑and‑development professionals.
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This course will provide the following:
- Setting custom instructions in Copilot
- Scheduling a prompt in Copilot
- Using file grounding in Copilot to improve responses
- Selecting different models in Copilot
- Creating images and video in Copilot
- Using Copilot Pages
- Relying on Copilot in Outlook as your chief of staff
- Drafting emails in Outlook with Copilot
- Setting custom Copilot instructions in Outlook
- Leveraging Copilot Agent Mode in Word
- Drafting a document with Copilot in Word
- Leveraging Copilot Agent Mode in Excel
- Leveraging Copilot Chat in Excel
- Using the Excel COPILOT Function
- Creating slides with Copilot in PowerPoint
- Editing an image with Copilot in PowerPoint
- Leveraging the Facilitator Agent in Teams
- Connecting Copilot chat to a Teams chat
- Using Copilot Researcher Agent
- Using Copilot Analyst Agent
