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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant woven directly into the apps you already use every day, and this is where I unpack how to actually get value out of it. The promise is appealing, an assistant that can draft, summarize, analyze, and answer questions using your own documents and data, but the reality takes some learning. My aim here is to close that gap with practical, grounded guidance. You will find write-ups on using Copilot inside the core Microsoft 365 apps, from drafting and rewriting in Word to crunching numbers in Excel, taming your inbox in Outlook, and pulling threads together in Teams. I focus on the prompts, habits, and settings that separate a gimmick from a tool you rely on. Because this is a hub, it also branches into the SharePoint sub-area, where Copilot gets interesting, since so much organizational knowledge lives in SharePoint sites and libraries.

SharePoint: DateDif Function

SharePoint: DateDif Function

3 min read · 6 years ago

Returns the difference between two dates in years, months, or days. Six unit options.

SharePoint: How to show additional columns in Views & Lists

SharePoint: How to show additional columns in Views & Lists

5 min read · 6 years ago

Customize your Views by adding columns and pulling extra fields from lookup columns.

SharePoint: OR Function

SharePoint: OR Function

2 min read · 6 years ago

Returns Yes when any condition is true.

SharePoint: Len Function

SharePoint: Len Function

2 min read · 6 years ago

Returns the number of characters in a text string, including spaces.

SharePoint: Calculated fields Goodness

SharePoint: Calculated fields Goodness

7 min read · 6 years ago

SharePoint: AND Function

SharePoint: AND Function

2 min read · 6 years ago

Returns Yes only when all conditions are true. Up to 30 conditions.

SharePoint: List Function Reference

SharePoint: List Function Reference

3 min read · 6 years ago

SharePoint: Best practices

SharePoint: Best practices

14 min read · 6 years ago

SharePoint: Issue extracting a zip with empty folders

SharePoint: Issue extracting a zip with empty folders

5 min read · 6 years ago

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Manuel T Gomes

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