Microsoft has recently announced that it has expanded availability of Copilot for Microsoft 365 to businesses of all sizes, including small and medium-sized enterprises. This allows all businesses access to enterprise-ready AI providing the opportunity to leverage the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4 within Microsoft 365 apps and the Microsoft Graph data.
New announcement: Copilot for Microsoft 365 now available to businesses of all sizes
This announcement brings several key developments:
- No More 300-Seat Minimum Purchase – Microsoft is removing the 300-seat minimum purchase requirement on commercial plans, including Microsoft 365 E3 and E5.
- General Availability for Small Businesses – Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now generally available for small businesses, encompassing Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard.
- Accessible via Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Partners – Businesses can now purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365 through Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partners, such as CT.
- Mobile App Launch: The Copilot mobile app is now accessible on Android and iOS devices, providing the same powerful capabilities as Copilot on PCs, including GPT-4 and Dall-E 3 for image creation.
Copilot seamlessly integrates into Microsoft 365 in two ways;
- Application Integration – It is embedded in popular applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, enhancing creativity, boosting productivity, and elevating skills.
- Business Chat Experience – A new feature, Business Chat, operates across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, utilising your data, including calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and contacts. This empowers users to accomplish tasks previously unimaginable, responding to natural language prompts with insightful updates based on your data.
What are the key benefits of Microsoft Copilot?
- Enhance Creativity – Jump-start the creative process with Copilot, eliminating the need to start with a blank page. It offers a first draft for you to edit and refine, saving valuable time in writing, sourcing, and editing.
- Improve Productivity – From summarising lengthy emails to quickly drafting replies in Outlook, and facilitating productive meetings in Teams, Copilot streamlines tasks to help you clear your inbox efficiently and derive maximum value from your meetings.
- Uplevel Skills – Copilot enhances your proficiency in what you excel at and expedites learning in areas you are yet to master. Utilise natural language commands to unlock a myriad of functionalities previously limited to simple commands.
Businesses should also be assured that Copilot is built on Microsoft’s robust approach to security, compliance and privacy, and seamlessly integrates into Microsoft 365, inheriting your company’s policies and processes.
If the potential of Copilot could enhance your business, contact your Account Manager at CT to explore how to utilise this new opportunity.
