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Acronyms in Copilot for Microsoft 365
Is there a way for Copilot for Microsoft 365 to understand abbreviations that are only used within one’s own company?
Can I maybe use Search & intelligence > Acronyms in the M365 admin center and put it there?
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So you can accomplish by many different methods, if you have a graph connection to the acronyms and it easily understood then it will use them. It will also use the ones it finds in emails and documents to help aid the understanding. We have many acronyms in our business and it can understand just about all of them. It does become confused if you have multiple uses of the same acronym, at that point it would depend on the definition it finds to understand what you are talking about.
I have not tried it yet, but check out this post: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-can-i-teach-co-pilot-my-organizations-acronyms/1b2dca6a-0bd9-4b49-b202-bf65ec1c1926
- I like your question very much. I have given it some thought in the past, particularly when Microsoft announced: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/unlock-organizational-knowledge-with-topics-in-copilot/ba-p/3983801
Which would likely have provided a way to achieve what you mentioned. However, it has been superseded by: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/topics/changes-coming-to-topics?view=o365-worldwide, retiring Viva Topics per Feb 22, 2025.
On alternative plans of Microsoft I don't know anything yet, but am curious as it is a great way to improve Copilot results. I haven't explored your option yet. When I find out more (or you) let's revert back here.
