Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave Two updates - Pages, Excel, OneDrive, and agents
Check out Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave Two updates, featuring Business Chat and the new Copilot Pages for enhanced collaboration, advancements in Excel data analysis, AI-driven file comparisons in OneDrive, and easy-to-create Copilot agents for automating business processes. If you are in IT, we’ll show you improved integrations with our security and compliance stack.
Mary Pasch, Principal Product Manager, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk through the updates, including what it means for Microsoft 365 admins.
► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave Two
00:45 - How Copilot is evolving
01:32 - BizChat and Copilot Pages
02:58 - Copilot in Excel
04:41 - Copilot using Python in Excel
06:05 - Compare and contrast documents
07:18 - Create Copilot agents from BizChat
08:44 - Create Copilot agents from SharePoint
10:12 - .copilot files
10:44 - Enterprise-grade data protection
13:54 - Wrap up
► Link References
Check out new Copilot experiences at https://aka.ms/CopilotWave2
Access advanced enterprise data protections at http://microsoft.com/copilot
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