Microsoft Copilot Virtual Workshop

Microsoft Copilot has moved beyond a simple chatbot into a true digital coworker across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. This 3-hour workshop is designed to help you turn that integration into real time savings and better work.

Led by Chris Porter and Chris Snider of Drake University and Innovation Profs, this session gives you the hands-on skills to use Copilot the way it's meant to be used in 2026 — not as a novelty, but as a tool built into your daily workflow. From drafting and refining documents in Word to building your own custom agents, you'll leave with practical, repeatable ways to work faster.

What we will cover:

• What Is Microsoft 365 Copilot? Understand the different tiers and which one fits your work.
• Getting Started with Copilot Chat: Learn the basics of Copilot Chat, including its new inbox and calendar awareness and how to @mention the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents directly in a chat prompt.
• What You Get with Copilot Premium: See what separates the paid tier ... deeper data grounding, higher usage limits, custom agents, and priority access to the latest AI models.
• Working with Copilot Agents: Explore ready-made agents like Planner Agent and Researcher, and how they can take on multi-step tasks with your approval.
• Building Copilot Agents: Get hands-on in Agent Builder building a simple custom agent tailored to a task specific to your job or department.
• Copilot in Microsoft Word: Move past text suggestions to use Copilot to actually refine and rewrite an existing document in place.
• Copilot in Microsoft Outlook: Use Copilot Chat to reason across your entire inbox and calendar, not just a single email thread.
• Copilot in Microsoft Teams: Get instant meeting summaries, action items, and the ability to ask follow-up questions about what you missed.
• Copilot in Microsoft PowerPoint: Try the new Agent Mode, which builds a full deck grounded in your own files, meetings, and emails.
• Copilot in Microsoft Excel: Let Copilot build and troubleshoot formulas and analyze your data in plain language.
• Copilot on Your Mobile Device: See how the same Copilot experience travels with you on your phone.