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Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program and the 2023 Annual Work Trend Index

 

In March, we introduced the world to Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work. We’re excited to share the next step in our journey as we bring Copilot to more customers and introduce new capabilities. We’re also releasing new data and insights from our 2023 Annual Work Trend Index on how work is changing in the era of AI. 

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With the balance of work hours spent communicating, 68% of employees say they don’t have enough uninterrupted focus time during the workday. With the balance of work hours spent communicating, 68% of employees say they don’t have enough uninterrupted focus time during the workday.

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The data reveals an urgent need to make meetings effective — people reported ‘inefficient meetings’ as their number one productivity disruptor.

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Amid fears of AI job loss, managers were 2x more likely to choose ‘increasing employee productivity’ than ‘reducing headcount’ when asked what they would most value about AI in the workplace.

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Asked to imagine work in 2030, people we surveyed said they’d most value changes that saved them time — like producing high-quality work and learning new skills faster.

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"Analytical judgment,’ ‘flexibility,’ and ‘emotional intelligence’ topped the list of skills leaders believe will be essential for employees in an AI-powered future.

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Copilot in Whiteboard supercharges your creative brainstorming by suggesting ideas based on prompts you give, generating even more ideas, and populating ideas into sticky notes directly on the whiteboard.

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Drive teamwork forward by summarizing with Copilot in Whiteboard, which gathers the content from your whiteboard and automatically creates a Loop component summary. Share out this Loop component in Teams chat, Outlook, Word for the web and other whiteboards to save time on follow-ups and focus on next steps.

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Save time organizing ideas and run more effective meetings by discovering key themes from your brainstorm with Copilot in Whiteboard. Copilot in Whiteboard will organize your sticky notes into thematic columns and uncover insights from the ideas on your whiteboard.

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Copilot in Outlook brings new AI-powered coaching tips and suggestions to help you write more effective emails.

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In OneNote, Copilot will use your prompts to draft plans, generate ideas, create lists, organize information, and help you quickly find what you need. 

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In OneNote, Copilot will use your prompts to draft plans, generate ideas, create lists, organize information, and help you quickly find what you need. 

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Semantic Index for Copilot in Teams enhances Copilot results and enterprise search in Microsoft E3 and E5.

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Rewrite with Copilot improves your PowerPoint presentation.

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Using DALL-E, OpenAI’s image generator, PowerPoint creates images uniquely designed for your story.

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Copilot in Loop helps your team stay in sync by quickly summarizing all the content on your Loop page to help keep everyone aligned and able to collaborate effectively.

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Gif shows the language chat interface being utilized with Copilot in Viva Learning
Copilot in Viva Learning will use a natural language chat interface to help users create a personalized learning journey including designing upskilling paths, discovering relevant learning resources and scheduling time for assigned trainings.

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Academies in Viva Learning enables organizations to curate role- and line-of-business- specific learning experience.

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