Jun 04 2024 01:00 PM
I am relatively new to the Microsoft 365 license for Copilot but I have quite a bit of training on ChatGPT 4, which, I believe, is the engine behind Copilot. When I tried to upload a file by clicking on the paperclip icon, I got a very limited list of files to choose from, rather than the ability to browse for any file that I had. After playing around for a while and opening, closing and moving some files, the file I wanted finally appeared on the list. This is very limiting.
As I said, I am new at this version of Copilot and it may just be a setting that I missed and need to adjust. Is anyone else experiencing the same?
Jun 04 2024 01:23 PM
Jun 04 2024 01:55 PM
@Sajjad Thanks, how can I tell which version of Copilot I have, Copilot for Security or Copilot Studio? For that matter, how many Copilot versions are there? I know there was a free version that was very restricted, there is a version for Teams, there is the Microsoft 365 version.
My company is rolling it out slowly and I would like to have the capabilities I have away from work with full license versions of ChatGPT and Perplexity
Jun 10 2024 07:05 AM - edited Jun 10 2024 07:05 AM
Bill,
I believe this is simply a feature that has not been fully implemented in this Preview version of Copilot for 365. It appears that the file list is "Most Recently Used" but the algorithm for this is very confusing. It should simply default to the home of your "My Files" and show that same collection of files and folders and allow you to navigate, but it does not.
MS if you are monitoring these posts please review how the file handling is done and make it a more robust and natural experience.
Jun 10 2024 10:35 AM
Jun 10 2024 10:44 AM
My reply concerned the Copilot for 365. Again, the access and attachment of files to a chat is not well implemented at all so far. You should be able to view the complete "My Files" structure from OneDrive (files and folders) and navigate around to select files. Instead you get a difficult to comprehend selection of recently used files and no way to actually browse your files.
Jun 10 2024 11:04 AM
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Jun 13 2024 12:48 PM
Digging a little deeper, I found that while using the "Work" tab in co-pilot is where I get the limited list of files to choose from. However, if I switch to the "Web" tab, I get access to my complete Windows Explorer file structure. It is as if the "Work" tab offers up recent files and the "Web" tab offers up all of my files.
I believe the "Work" tab, when generating output, will search across all Microsoft 365 files. I'm not sure if there is a hard demarcation between "Work" and "Web" or if they overlap to some degree.
Jun 15 2024 10:46 PM
Copilot offers several benefits within the Microsoft ecosystem:
Jun 16 2024 05:58 AM
Thanks @Sajjad ! We don't do software development, so none of that applies to us. I meant CoPilot in Word, Excel, PPT, Teams (without paying for the Premium version), and the general CoPilot chat that has access to O365. The subscription that I had to pay for a full year and a minimum of four (I think) seats.
Jun 16 2024 06:23 AM
There isn't a completely free version of Microsoft 365 Copilot for the apps you mentioned (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Teams, Notes).
Here's the breakdown:
Copilot Features: These are AI-powered enhancements within Microsoft 365 for paid subscriptions (not free).
Limited Free Access: You might have basic Copilot features like document summarization or image creation with limited credits in the free web versions of these apps (requires a Microsoft email)
Minimum purchase requirements are for organizations, not individual quality. You'd likely need a paid Microsoft 365 subscription with an additional Copilot add-on (minimum seats vary, possibly 1).
Jun 16 2024 07:03 AM
Jun 16 2024 08:11 PM
Rob,
We purchased Copilot O365 licenses and we have tested and worked with it and we are giving up. This was a preemptive announcement by Microsoft and to their credit they called it Preview all along, but this stuff is totally unusable and with no clear roadmap of what they are really trying to do, it is hard to imagine too many customers playing along. We are out for now.
Aug 27 2024 01:28 PM