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Where a question finds its answer across everything you have

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is where most days should start. One place to ask questions, search your school's files and messages, and create something new. Copilot can reason across the public web and across your own documents — always inside the permissions your district already set. If you can't open a file today, neither can Copilot.

Example 01

Work mode is grounded in your school's files

Switch to work mode and Copilot answers from your own documents, emails, and meetings instead of the open internet — with links back to the source so you can check it.

Try this — as a…

Task: pull together everything I need for tomorrow's department meeting. Persona: act as my teaching assistant. Format: a half-page brief with agenda items, what I owe the group, and open questions. Audience: me. Tone: quick and practical. Context: the department channel, the shared agenda doc, and emails from the last two weeks.

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Example 02

Copilot Search goes beyond keywords

Ask in plain language instead of guessing at file names. Copilot understands meaning, so “the field trip policy we updated last spring” is a real search.

Try this — as a…

Task: find the most recent version of our grading policy for late work. Persona: act as a research assistant. Format: the answer in three sentences plus a link to the source document. Audience: me. Tone: direct. Context: search only our school's shared documents, and tell me the date it was last updated.

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Example 03

Notebooks keep a project in one place

A Copilot Notebook holds the sources for one ongoing project — a unit, an accreditation cycle, a rollout — so every answer is grounded in that set and nothing else.

Try this — as a…

Task: set up a notebook for my semester project unit. Persona: act as an instructional coach. Format: a list of what to pin, plus five prompts I'll reuse each week. Audience: me. Tone: organized and practical. Context: my unit plan, rubric, and the three readings I assign.

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