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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.
Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is deleted Trigger
Fires when a file is deleted from a SharePoint document library.
Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created or modified (properties only) Trigger
Fires when a SharePoint file is created or modified. Returns properties only, not content.
Things every SharePoint list must have
Power Automate: SharePoint - For a selected item Trigger
Fires when a user picks a SharePoint list item. Your Flow name appears in the item menu.
Power Automate: When an Excel file is created update SharePoint
SharePoint: ISNONTEXT function
Returns true when a value is anything other than text.
Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created Trigger
Fires when a new SharePoint list item is created.
SharePoint: How to create hyperlink column with more than 255 characters?
Power Automate: SharePoint - Create Item action
Creates a new item in a SharePoint list.
Excel: Import data from any website
Power Automate: SharePoint - Add attachment action
Attaches a file to a SharePoint list item.