Have you heard about Microsoft Copilot? You might
have. It's been in news lately, different videos
and blog posts, and there's a lot of excitement
and questions that people have around artificial
intelligence and how it can be used in the workplace.
Well, the last couple of weeks I've had early
access to Copilot, and I want to show you how
someone like myself, a technical specialist at
Microsoft, is able to use Copilot every day and
how it can make my work a lot more productive.
So let's start with a meeting I recently had
with some of the tech pioneers. Hi Jeff, Bill,
Elon. Good to see you guys again. You guys all
look great. Apologies for not being on video.
It's a little bit late so you'll just have to
see me on my avatar. Now I have some very exciting
news and I've been thinking how do I share what
Microsoft Teams Premium is so we can just be
on this call quickly. so that meeting took about
20 minutes and to save you time i'll show you
this ai based functionality called intelligent
recap which is part of our team's premium licensing
once we're done with intelligent recap then we'll
walk through copilot inside teams this all started
within the calendar view of teams and as you
can see i spent a bunch of time prepping for
the meeting and at eight o 'clock i sent out
the meeting invitation when i double click on
the invitation now that the meetings occurred
the recording, the transcript, and the attendance
reports all there. On the top, there's a recap
button. When I click on it, the meeting recap
is there. And it shows the speakers as well as
the topics. The speakers are identified and they're
color coded. And clicking on any of these sections
actually fast forwards to that part of the recording.
Now, when I actually play the recording, you'll
notice that there's an at mention, which is when
my name was mentioned by Jeff or by anyone else
as well as when i was sharing the content represented
by that up arrow on the right hand side you can
see the content in terms of the attendance report
and the presentation that was shared and then
for ai notes you can see all the different suggested
notes things that i spoke about jeff elon and
bill and then on the bottom there are suggested
tasks activities that any member of that meeting
needs to take on based on action items now there's
also an at mention section where my name was
mentioned and when i click on any of these it'll
actually fast forward to that area of the meeting
so i can listen into the full conversation on
the right hand side there's a transcript so you
can select to download the transcript or you
can just search within the transcript so if i
type in jeff anytime the word jeff was mentioned
you can search for it and see what was said Now,
conversely, on the left hand side, when you click
on any of these color coded sections of the speakers,
it'll fast forward to that area of the transcript
so you can read that as well. And then finally,
there is a concept of topics where you can search
by different topics that were discussed in the
meeting. I hope you enjoyed that brief summary
of Intelligent Recap. It's a wonderful feature.
And by the way, Microsoft has put together amazing
videos and blog posts that go into additional
detail. Now, you might be wondering, what's the
difference between Intelligent Recap and Copilot?
Do I even need Copilot if you have this amazing
Intelligent Recap? That's a great question. The
way I look at it, to put it simply, is that Intelligent
Recap looks at the meeting transcript and based
on the interactions, it generates notes, action
items, chapters, topics, and it does a really
good job of... creating this automated process
of summarizing the meeting. But Copilot, on the
other hand, is this interactive two -way dialogue
that you can have with Microsoft's AI and ask
questions about the meeting like, what was Bill
interested in? What was Elon interested in? What
action items do I have with Bill? And it provides
this amazing interactivity that Intelligent Recap
doesn't have. So they go hand in hand. but there
is definitely a clear difference and by the way
you can use copilot in a live meeting and you
can also use copilot after the meeting has happened
inside the intelligent recap tab so let me show
you that first and then later on i'll show you
how you use copilot in a live meeting so we're
going to click on the meeting recap and this
time because we actually have copilot all the
questions that we had asked at post meeting and
during the meeting shows up here And so one of
the questions that we'd asked Copilot was, what
was this meeting about? And it responded, it's
about Teams Premium, talking about personalization,
protection, virtual appointments. We asked, what
was Bill most interested in? And apparently he
was interested in advanced webinar functionality
and attendee management. And then we asked, what
about Elon? And Copilot said that he's interested
in virtual appointments and live translations.
And you can also get some prompt suggestions
to recap the meeting or list action items. So
it gives you some suggestions. So we asked list
action items. And of course, when you're talking
to a bunch of CEOs, they're going to give you
a gazillion action items. So I got to follow
up on all this stuff that Copilot generated.
And I can give a thumbs up or thumbs down so
that Copilot can learn. about how well it's doing
and you can also ask custom questions so i thought
an easy question was was shirvan a good presenter
and for some reason this took co -pilot forever
to answer and it finally came back and said there
is no definitive answer to whether shirvan was
a good presenter as different people may have
different opinions and criteria and oh my goodness
so give a laundry list of information of how
i perform good and bad but in all seriousness
this is a good way to learn about how you're
doing so you can continue to improve so did you
enjoy that i'm truly impressed if you think about
it we've always had someone who's either taking
notes or maybe there's a meeting recording or
the transcription but in an hour -long meeting
with so many different topics being discussed
who really has the time these days to go back
and watch the entire recording or read the entire
transcription but when you have something like
this that can synthesize the essence of the meeting
the action items the interactions the questions
and the comments that the people that you're
interested in knowing what they say is now shown
to you and you can interact in a two -way dialogue
this is wonderful right this is really game changing
i would say so this what i showed you was post
meeting when you can interact with it in this
recap fashion of teams but what about in real
time let's say you have to step away for a few
minutes and Instead of interrupting everyone
or messaging someone saying, hey, what happened
in the last five minutes? You can just have a
private conversation with Copilot and ask it
for a meeting recap. So let me show you what
that looks like. When you start a Teams meeting
that has Copilot, you'll see the icon on the
top. You got to start the transcription services.
That's key. And when you do on the right hand
side, you'll see some disclaimers and that Copilot
is just for you. So with Copilot on, it needs
some time to gather its intelligence from the
transcription. So I start talking to the attendees.
Now let's move on to another section of Teams
Premium, which is around personalization. And
then something happens. I've got to temporarily
leave the meeting. Now I apologize. I got to
step away for a few minutes. If you guys don't
mind, please converse amongst yourself and I'll
be right back. Now here's the power of Copilot.
I come back and I can check to see what happened
while I was gone. First thing I do when I get
back is ask any questions in the last few minutes.
Copilot responds. Yes, there were some questions
in the last few minutes. Bill asked about licensing
of Teams Premium. Jeff expressed interest in
advanced webinars. And Elon asked about the difference
between end -to -end encryption and regular encryption.
So this is really good. I'm getting caught up.
Now I can actually also click on... List action
items and I can see that I have some action items
around licensing and to end encryption and meeting
templates. So the meeting continues. Now moving
on to one of my favorite topics and that is advanced
webinars. Although I've been in the meeting the
whole time, I still want to take Copilot's pulse
on the general sentiment of the meeting. So I
asked a question and Copilot comes back and says
that the general sentiment of the meeting was
positive and interested. The attendees asked
several questions and there were no signs of
conflict or dissatisfaction among the participants.
But then suddenly this happens. This is Elon.
I am actually kind of upset about the end to
end encryption. Elon, I apologize. Let me do
a better job of explaining the end to end encryption
versus regular encryption. So you're absolutely
right. I find this truly fascinating around the
sentiment of the meeting. When Elon was upset,
I asked if the sentiment had changed from Copilot
and the response was yes, there was a change.
And then after I addressed Elon's question, I
asked again and it appears that everything is
good now, according to Copilot, which I believe
is also the case. So, I don't think Copilot is
strictly just for action items and tasks and
meeting recap or even what happened while you
were gone. but even around things like sentiment,
which is truly impressive. And that's all I had
for everyone regarding Copilot and Teams, specifically
Teams meetings. I hope you enjoyed this session.
I will also leave you with this. I have access
now to Copilot inside PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook,
and probably other applications soon. So if you'd
like me to do videos on those, let me know and
I'll put some content together for you. And finally,
I asked Copilot to put together a little poem
in case you did enjoy this video. Let me read
that for you. Hi there, I hope you're doing well.
I have a video to share and a story to tell.
It's about Copilot, a tool that's so cool. It
helps me write code faster and better than school.
If you like what you see, please give it a thumbs
up. And if you have any questions, feel free
to hit me up. Pretty cool. I don't know if I
agree with the school part. Anyways, thanks guys.
Have a great one. Catch you on the next one