Copilot in OneDrive, rolling out in summer 2024 for customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license, is set to redefine how users interact with their files.
This AI assistant provides quick and efficient retrieval of information using natural language prompts, improves existing content, and creates new summaries, tables, and outlines from files. Accessible directly in OneDrive for web and through the file viewer in Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, Copilot is here to simplify file management, enhancing productivity and saving valuable time.
The new Copilot OneDrive interface:
Takeaways
- Effortless Information Retrieval: Use natural language prompts to quickly find and extract relevant information from OneDrive files.
- Examples: “What were the total beverage sales last week? Put response in a table view by day,” or “What are the pros and cons of project Moonshot?”
- Natural Language File Search: Locate files instantly using intuitive searches instead of manually browsing.
- Examples: “I’ve been on vacation for a week. Show me recent files on Project Moonshot,” or “What files should I read to get started on project SkyDance?”
- Content Creation and Improvement: Automate the creation of outlines, tables, and FAQs while improving existing documents, spreadsheets, or presentations.
- Examples: “Using /sales-enablement.docx as a reference, create an outline of a sales pitch to a new customer,” or “What suggestions do you have to improve the deck /sales-pitch.ppt?”
- Broad File Compatibility: Supports various file formats, including Office documents (DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX), new Microsoft 365 formats (FLUID, LOOP), universal formats (PDF, TXT, RTF), web files (ASPX, HTML), and OpenDocument formats (ODT, ODP).
- Multilingual Support and Summarization: Offers document summaries when sharing and supports multiple languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese (Simplified), with additional language support coming in March and April.
- Privacy Controls and Organization Support: Allows administrators to configure privacy settings and tailor Copilot’s behavior based on organizational requirements.