Enable AI copilot in Office 365

Dear Microsoft Support, I hope this email finds you well. I recently learned about the new AI "copilot" feature in Outlook and I'm interested in enabling it on my account. However, I'm having trouble finding specific instructions on how to do so. Could you please provide me with more information on how to enable the copilot feature in Outlook 365? Thank you for your time and assistance. Best regards,

Dear Microsoft Support, I hope this email finds you well. I recently learned about the new AI "copilot" feature in Outlook and I'm interested in enabling it on my account. However, I'm having trouble finding specific instructions on how to do so. Could you please provide me with more information on how to enable the copilot feature in Outlook 365? Thank you for your time and assistance. Best regards,

To anyone requesting Co-Pilot, please note that as of today its not available to the public yet.

An excerpt from Microsoft's blog on 9 May may shed some light on what's to come.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/05/09/introducing-the-microsoft-365-copilot-early-access-program-and-2023-microsoft-work-trend-index/

"Today, we’re excited to announce the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program, an invitation-only, paid preview that will roll out to an initial wave of 600 customers worldwide.

And, to help every customer get AI-ready, we’ll also start rolling out Semantic Index for Copilot – a new capability in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. Semantic Index for Copilot is a sophisticated map of your user and company data. For example, when you ask it about the “March Sales Report,” it doesn’t simply look for documents with those words in the file name or body. Instead, it understands that “sales reports are produced by Kelly on the finance team and created in Excel.” And it uses that conceptual understanding to determine your intent and help you find what you need. The Semantic Index for Copilot is critical to getting relevant, actionable responses to prompts in Microsoft 365 Copilot. And, it enhances enterprise search results for E3 and E5 customers – whether they are using Copilot or not. "

I ask the AI plugin on Bing and it came with the below answer

To activate Microsoft 365 Copilot, you need to be part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program, which is an invitation-only, paid preview that will roll out to an initial wave of 600 customers worldwide^1^^2^You also need to have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 subscription and enable the Semantic Index for Copilot, which is a map of your user and company data that helps Copilot understand your intent^2^You can also use a new experience called Business Chat, which works across all your data and apps to do things you’ve never been able to do before^1^

Ayesha,

I certainly thank you for your comprehensive reply.

While I am most interested in the AI copilot program, at this point I don’t know why.  It’s rather difficult to express my interests in the program with the limited information available.  Your response   answered many of my questions having to do with the program, and for that, I thank you again for your informative reply.

Having had a long history with Microsoft, I’ve found when they’re developing new advancements, it almost always leads to positive conclusions.

With interested parties like yourself willing to lend a help hand, I feel sure AI copilot will become an impressive tool much sooner.

Thank you again for your efforts and your help,

Gene

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