Microsoft Copilot Basingstoke & Hampshire
Save time every day with Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot adds an AI assistant to the Microsoft 365 apps your staff use every day, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. We roll it out for businesses in Basingstoke and Hampshire, and check your data access first.
The basics
What is Microsoft Copilot?
Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant that sits inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. It drafts text, summarises long content and finds information for you, in plain English.
It works from your own Microsoft 365 data, such as files, emails, chats and meetings, and stays inside your company account so your information is protected.
Key features
AI that helps with everyday work
Copilot runs inside Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams and uses your own business data, so staff can write, review and organise work more quickly without learning a new set of tools.
Uses your own work
Answers come from your files, emails and meetings, so the drafts and summaries reflect how your business really runs.
Quicker writing
Get a first draft of a proposal, tidy up an email or catch up on a Teams meeting you missed, in a few minutes.
Better insight
Ask Copilot to explain an Excel sheet or pick out the key points of a long report, so decisions are based on the facts.
Fewer routine tasks
Let Copilot handle meeting notes, first drafts and progress updates, so your team has more time for the work only they can do.
Why it matters in Basingstoke
Keep your Basingstoke business data safe
Copilot can see anything a user already has access to. If an HR folder or a pricing sheet has been shared with the whole company by mistake, Copilot can bring it up for anyone who asks. A readiness check finds and fixes those gaps first.
Microsoft Copilot helps you:
- Summarise long email chains and draft replies
- Catch up on Teams meetings you missed
- Understand spreadsheets and check figures
- Turn documents into presentations
- Give staff a safe, approved AI tool
Frequently asked questions
Microsoft Copilot questions, answered
What is Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. It drafts documents and emails, summarises long content, helps with spreadsheets and finds information across your Microsoft 365 account.
How is Copilot Chat different from Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Copilot Chat is a web-based AI chat that you can use with your Microsoft 365 work account. Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid add-on that works inside the apps and can draw on your files, emails, chats and meetings.
Is our data safe with Copilot?
Copilot respects the permissions already set in Microsoft 365, so people only see what they could already open. Your data stays inside your Microsoft 365 account and isn't used to train the AI models.
What does a Copilot readiness check involve?
We review who can reach which files, SharePoint sites and Teams before Copilot is switched on. Anything sensitive that is shared too widely, such as HR or finance files, gets locked down so Copilot can't show it to the wrong people.
How does Copilot help in Teams?
Copilot can sum up a meeting you missed, list the agreed actions, answer questions about what was discussed and help you get through long chat threads.
Does Copilot work in Excel?
Yes. Copilot can explain what a spreadsheet shows, highlight trends, suggest formulas and help check figures, just by asking in plain English.
Does everyone need a Copilot licence?
No. Many businesses start with licences for the staff who will use it most, then add more once they see the benefit. We can help you choose where to begin.
Why give staff an approved AI tool?
Staff often paste work into free AI tools, which can expose company data. With Copilot they can use AI inside your secure Microsoft 365 account instead.
Do you set up Microsoft Copilot in Basingstoke?
Yes. We set up Microsoft Copilot for businesses in Basingstoke and across Hampshire, covering the readiness check, licences, permissions and training for your staff.
Other questions
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Get Microsoft Copilot set up in Basingstoke
Tell us how your team works and we'll run a readiness check, fix any permission gaps and roll Copilot out to the right people, with training so they get real value from it. Call 01256 247226 or email hello@basingstokeitsupport.uk.
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