Event details
We are very excited to announce a Microsoft 365 Copilot AMA on Wednesday, September 6h at 9:00 AM Pacific time!! Get answers to your questions around Microsoft 365 copilot from our team of experts!
*For questions about any details about the Early Access Program (EAP), please address them to your Microsoft account team.
How does it work?
We will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Microsoft 365 Copilot.
They will be standing by here -- in chat during the live hour -- to provide guidance, discuss best practices, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have.
Post your questions in the comments early and throughout the one-hour event.
| Note: This is a chat-based event. There is no video or live meeting component. Questions and answers will appear in the Comments section below. Please post each question as a new comment |
93 Comments
- BradInDallasCopper ContributorThe literature advises us to configure semantic index in preparation for CoPilot rollout. We'd like to configure it on Azure DevOps to help us document code and do impact assessments on all our code branches. But, the instructions are unclear to me. Could you point us to the correct steps?
- Sarah_GilbertSilver ContributorWhich documentation are you following? Can you give a link?
- BradInDallasCopper ContributorMy Bing searches have led me to this one. I was hoping for something more menu, point-and-click driven versus what appears to be creating JSON key/value pairs. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-request?tabs=portal%2Cportal-query
- RockyFisherCopper ContributorAre there adoption kits and examples that we can use to evangelize Copilot in the various tools? Use cases would be key but charts and sharable information would be helpful to providing excitement inside of the organization outside of PowerApps where the users are usually going to be more keen to learning about the technology.
- JoshLeporati
Community Manager
Hi there RockyFisher - not at this moment, but we are working on more adoption content across Microsoft 365 Copilot areas. Stay up to date with our latest which will always be available on https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot.
/Josh
- GabeHoFormer EmployeeHey Rocky, more resources to help onboard users and drive adoption will be made available in future! These are currently being refined as we work with customers in the Early Access Program.
- Katrin_ThausingCopper ContributorIs there a possibility to configure Copilot to either work only with M365 data or with M365 PLUS public data?
- Ken EwertFormer EmployeeThere are a number of planned connections to allow for the inclusion of web data into Copilot scenarios. Not are all announced as of yet so please stay tuned as those announcements are made.
- alxjtrlCopper ContributorAre files indexed by Microsoft 365 Copilot when you set the share permission to "People in [Contoso] with the link can access."? Because people do this out of laziness instead of choosing the specific people who need access. This could unintentionally expose many files.
- James_Bell
Microsoft
No, these files are not indexed by the Semantic Index for Copilot unless they are shared via SharePoint Online via site inheritance. In this scenario, the file would only be indexed for a user if they interact with it, comment on it or is @ mentioned in it.
- RockyFisherCopper ContributorAre there a number of use cases that we might be able to provide to those wanting to adopt Bing Enterprise in their organizations. I have reviewed the LinkedIn Learning on Bing Chat and unfortunately there were not as many things we could bring up such as to use Bing Chat to summarize data and documents. Can there be purchase decision suggestions for prompts such as for purchase decisions, table creation, code fixing, etc? Example Prompts Best selling laptops of 2023 Take the first three and put it into a table Add the Battery life to the table Add Microsoft Surface Studio 2 to the list
- DanNarloch
Microsoft
Hi Rocky, thanks for the question. This AMA is for Microsoft 365 Copilot questions. Our Bing Chat Enterprise team had an AMA in July where they shared information on usage scenarios. I highly suggest reviewing the content here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/bing-chat-enterprise-faq/ba-p/3876456 and ask questions about Bing Chat Enterprise directly to that team. We very much appreciate your questions and feedback on all the use cases. Thanks, Dan Narloch
- Rainer_JanischCopper ContributorWill Copilot use data from within public groups?
- DanNarloch
Microsoft
Thanks Rainer, there are many types of terms 'groups' in both SharePoint, Teams, etc. Can you please specify what specifically you mean by 'public groups?'- Rainer_JanischCopper ContributorSorry, I meant M365 Groups.
- Michael McNettBrass ContributorWill other areas of MS Search benefit from Semantic Index if you're not using MS Copilot? Or is Semantic Index only used to support the underlying Copilot features?
- James_Bell
Microsoft
The Semantic Index for Copilot provides conceptual understanding for Microsoft 365 copilot, and benefits Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business Premium customers by helping determine user intent in search queries and find what organizational content they need.
- RockyFisherCopper ContributorIs there a difference chart between Bing Chat and Bing Chat for Enterprise on their capabilities? I noticed that the visual search was consumer accessible but not enterprise for example.
- DanNarloch
Microsoft
Hi Rocky, Thanks for the question. This blog post (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/07/18/introducing-bing-chat-enterprise-microsoft-365-copilot-pricing-and-microsoft-sales-copilot/) is a good place to start to understand the differences between Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise. The major difference between the two is that Bing Chat Enterprise has the commitment to commercial data protection. With Bing Chat Enterprise, user and business data are protected and will not leak outside the organization. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected. Chat data is not saved, and Microsoft has no eyes-on access, which means no one can view your data. And, your data is not used to train the models.
- Eric_VanAelstyn
Microsoft
Hi Rocky, outside the commercial data protection afforded by Bing Chat Enterprise, there are some feature differences between Bing Chat Enterprise and Bing Chat. Those feature differences are outlined here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing-chat-enterprise/overview
- Katrin_ThausingCopper ContributorDoes Copilot work in China when working on a European tenant? Rumor has it that it is blocked there.
- Ken EwertFormer EmployeeWithout more specifics to troubleshoot this I would best guess that any blocking / filtering being experienced would likely be being initiated outside the scope of M365 itself.
- Katrin_ThausingCopper ContributorHi Ken, thanks for replying. So there are no general experiences from MS itself for example?
- Hughes818Iron ContributorWhat guardrails are important to put in place before enabling M365 Copilot? I ask because one example where things in the environment could probably get out of hand pretty quickly is using Copilot for the Power Platform.
- DanNarloch
Microsoft
Hi Jason, thanks for the question. Yes we have documentation and videos out now with informational guides on how you can prepare your environment to be Copilot/AI ready. More will come as we get closer to general availability, but these are a good starting point: Adoption resources: Microsoft 365 Copilot – Microsoft Adoption: https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/ Mechanics video: https://youtu.be/oeX0lsMA69U?feature=shared Learn Article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/privacy/microsoft-365-copilot