M365 Copilot AI Skills
€ 600
What you'll learn
This course shows you how to use Microsoft Copilot confidently, safely, and effectively across everyday work inside Microsoft 365: in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and Copilot Chat.
You will move from "I've tried it a bit" to confident, capable Copilot use, with practical patterns you can repeat across your working week.
- Use Copilot in your core M365 apps to save time across emails, meetings, documents, and reporting
- Reduce overload by letting Copilot summarise, organise, and create strong first drafts
- Use Copilot Chat to answer questions using your organisation's content
- Understand what Copilot can and cannot see, and how permissions affect results
- Build and reuse simple Copilot Agents for consistent, repeatable outputs
Who it's for
Microsoft 365 users who want to get real value from Copilot, not just dabble with it. No technical background required.
Course structure
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Delivered in three parts: a quick tech check, a live half-day session and a bonus hackathon. Hands-on throughout with live demos, guided exercises, and practical examples drawn from real roles and scenarios.
Pre-course · 30 September, 10am - 11am
Tech check
One hour session one week before the main course to confirm you have the right Copilot licence and are ready to go from the first minute of the workshop.
Module 1 · 7 October, 10am - 2pm
Copilot mastereclass
- Summarise long or complex email threads to extract decisions and actions
- Review inbox content by topic, by person, or across a time period
- Identify what genuinely needs a response
- Draft clear, professional emails while keeping control of tone and content
Module 2 · 7 October, 10am - 2pm
Ask questions instead of writing formulas
- Ask plain‑English questions of Excel data
- Add calculated columns, flags and categories using Copilot
- Identify trends, comparisons and outliers
- Create tables and charts directly from prompts
- Analyse across multiple Excel files using Copilot Chat
Module 3 · 14 October, 10am - 2pm
Create and improve content faster
- Draft structured documents in Word from a clear brief
- Rewrite and improve existing content
- Control tone, structure and level of detail
- Create PowerPoint decks from prompts or existing documents
- Improve existing slide decks using Claude for editorial refinement
Module 4 · 7 October, 10am - 2pm
Ask questions across your organisation’s content
- Use Copilot Chat to analyse across files and datasets
- Reference documents and spreadsheets directly
- Ask business questions that span teams or time periods
- Produce short management summaries from complex material
What They're Saying...
About the instructor
Beau Warren
Microsoft Copilot specialist
Beau Warren leads IT and AI adoption at The Panel since 2022 and has worked with the AI Institute since 2024 to bring practical AI skills to professionals. Beau is known for sharing real-world ways to use AI that people can put to work straight away.
Frequently asked questions
None at all. Our courses are specifically designed for working professionals, executives, and design teams who want practical AI skills, not a computer science lecture.
- If you are taking a Copilot course, basic familiarity with standard Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, Outlook) is all you need.
- For Claude Code, Claude handles the actual coding while you direct it using plain English.
- For visual or industry-specific paths like Nano Banana or Built Environment, we focus entirely on practical workflows, layout options, and project management—never complex programming.
Yes, absolutely. Security and confidentiality are our highest priorities, especially for our AEC and Finance cohorts:
- Data Privacy: Microsoft Copilot and Claude enterprise plans respect your existing corporate IT permissions. The AI only sees data you are already authorized to access, and your inputs are never used to train public models.
- Course Work: Live workshop sessions use anonymized dummy data so you can focus entirely on mastering techniques in a safe environment. You will then be given clear frameworks to confidently apply those exact same prompts to your live, proprietary project files between modules.
The market is flooded with generic "how to write prompts" videos. Our edge is entirely different:
- Live, Expert Facilitation: You are learning in real-time alongside an executive-level peer group, guided by practitioners from companies actively deploying AI in the real world.
- Always Up-to-Date: The second an AI model drops a new feature, we rebuild our exercises. You are getting a cutting-edge playground, not stale theory.
- Workflow Integration: We don't just teach tools in a vacuum; we show you exactly how they talk to your existing ecosystem - whether that’s integrating Claude with Microsoft 365 or feeding Nano Banana concepts downstream into Revit, Rhino, and Photoshop.
