Microsoft Copilot for efficient business processes
Microsoft and AI: Create efficient business processes
Microsoft delivers more than just software. With its extensive portfolio of AI-supported tools and solutions, the company offers a wide range of options for firmly integrating artificial intelligence into everyday working life. In addition to the Azure cloud platform, this also includes Microsoft Copilots. These are virtual, chat-based assistants that take over routine tasks, improve teamwork and accelerate decision-making processes. Whether the aim is to increase efficiency or improve quality of work, Copilot provides support in a diverse range of areas.
What is Microsoft Copilot?
Copilot is a digital assistant with chat function, based on modern AI technology. Its strengths include the automation of standard user tasks, simplification of complex processes and fast provision of relevant information. And all this, including Copilot Chat, is directly integrated into your familiar Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
Key benefits at a glance
- Generative AI: Automatically create and revise content using natural language
- Deep integration: Seamless use in Microsoft 365, Azure and GitHub
- Data security: The highest security and data protection standards – consistently implemented
There’s a version of Copilot for every Microsoft Cloud experience
Microsoft Copilot isn't a one-size-fits-all tool. Instead, Copilot offers specialized support for different areas of work, each of which is tailored to industry-specific requirements. Choose your Copilot.
Copilot for the modern workplace
From Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to Outlook and Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot is available within the tools you work with every day. It helps with creating texts, analyzes data, plans meetings and supports their delivery. This not only improves your decision-making processes, but also your efficiency in day-to-day business.
Copilot for business applications
In Dynamics 365, Copilot shows its strengths in marketing, sales and service. Through intelligent chat functions, leads can be summarized, meetings structured, and emails automatically created in conjunction with Outlook, Teams and Customer Insights.
- Sales Copilot: Delivers precise sales analyses and informed recommendations for sales teams.
- Service Copilot: Automates customer inquiries and ensures fast, intelligent responses.
- Field Service Copilot: Supports field service technicians in real time with intelligent recommendations, automated assignment schedules and fast responses to customer queries, directly on site.
- Customer Insights Copilot: Analyzes customer data to consistently improve your customer journey.
Copilot für Data & AI
Whether you use Power BI or Azure, Copilot helps to analyze large amounts of data quickly and translate it into clear visualizations.
- Copilot for Power BI: Automates data analysis and creates intuitive visualizations.
- Copilot for Azure: Provides practical, AI-supported recommendations for optimizing your cloud infrastructure.
Copilot for digital & app innovation
GitHub Copilot perceptibly accelerates software development. Developers benefit from support when creating code – it's efficient, adaptive and contextual.
Copilot for security and data protection
Microsoft Security Copilot enables IT teams to identify potential threats early on. Based on Microsoft Threat Intelligence, it provides real-time analyses and facilitates rapid response to ensure long-term stability.
What our customers say
As a world-leading provider of measurement solutions, we at Testo place great value on extensive customer consultation and a deep understanding of our customers' individual requirements. Artificial intelligence (AI) allows us to give our employees the freedom to concentrate fully on our customers and reduce administrative tasks to a minimum.
After experimenting with generative AI, we have now reached the implementation phase at Testo and are also bringing outstanding consulting and implementation expertise on board for this.
ORBIS has been a reliable partner at our side in the Microsoft environment for 10 years and is now also supporting us in finding the right AI solution for us and our customers from the broad spectrum available, and generating real benefits from it.“
Dörte Witkovsky, CRM Team Lead, Testo SE & Co. KGaA
Copilot in practice: Intelligent support in real time
Learn how to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Copilot: Our Prompting Guide for Makers gives a practical look at how to create effective prompts and get targeted results in real time.
Our Future Workshop takes things a step further. This webinar series uses concrete application examples to show how companies are already working successfully with AI.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Copilot
Is Microsoft Copilot AI free?
Copilot is available with different license models. Some functions are already included in Microsoft subscriptions, others, e.g. Copilot Pro, can be added separately.
How Microsoft Copilot works and its costs
Copilot uses AI to automate tasks and support your employees. Costs depend on the product and the size of the company.
Future and availability of Microsoft Copilot functions
Microsoft is continuously expanding Copilot features. Future updates will expand the options for generative AI in new applications.
Can I create my own Copilots?
Yes, with Microsoft Copilot Studio. The low-code platform makes it possible to build individual AI agents, integrate internal data sources and provide automated support for business processes without in-depth programming knowledge being needed.
Which language models does Microsoft Copilot use?
Microsoft uses large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, including GPT-4. These are integrated via Azure AI and combined with the highest security, data protection and compliance standards.
How secure is data processing with AI in a cloud environment?
Very secure. Microsoft strictly separates user data from the language model, encrypts the processing, complies with international data protection standards such as GDPR and guarantees that your data will not be used to train the AI.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Promptathon (1 MB)At our Microsoft 365 Copilot Promptathon, participants discover practical AI-supported functions of modern Microsoft 365 applications.
I’m here to help you
Andreas Schulz
Director Microsoft
Tel.: +49 40 325 17 202
Email: andreas.schulz(at)orbis.de
