Comments on: Microsoft Launches Microsoft 365 Copilot

By: Tony Redmond

Tony Redmond — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:50:40 +0000

In reply to Lai .G. Easy. If Copilot can't use the Graph APIs to find documents and messages relating to the user query stored in SPO and EXO, the query can't be refined and whatever comes back from the LLM will lack context. For example, if you ask Copilot to generate a progress report about Contoso and it can't find anything about Contoso in SPO and EXO, what text can it generate?

By: Lai .G

Lai .G — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:02:55 +0000

In reply to Tony Redmond. Hi, could you expand please on the "dependency on the Microsoft Graph and access to information stored in repositories like SharePoint Online and Exchange Online." part. Thanks a lot

By: Tony Redmond

Tony Redmond — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:38:49 +0000

In reply to Loisson. We don't know the details of licensing for Copilot yet. I imagine that it will be tied to specific Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licenses, like Office 365 E3. I know not know how Copilot could be used with personal Microsoft 365 plans because of the dependency on the Microsoft Graph and access to information stored in repositories like SharePoint Online and Exchange Online.

By: Loisson

Loisson — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:15:54 +0000

Ihave an office 365 account. They call this a microsoft 365 co-pilot. do i need a microsoft 365 account to get in on this? last i checked a pop-up on my pc told me that office 365 and microsoft 365 were all the same. But one google search tells me that theyre different lol. Im just confused.

By: Anwar Mahmood

Anwar Mahmood — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:10:45 +0000

we should call this “f*ck”. Because, after we have used this for a while, users will no longer know the underlying content; if anyone asks, “f*ck knows”. [yes, there are references you can follow; but people barely read a brief email!]

more seriously; this sounds like recycling old content. Is there not a danger that old thinking and habits are perpetuated, and, in simple terms, creating something from scratch becomes a lost skill and frowned upon? “eugh! he wrote that *himself* – what a DINOSAUR! Everyone knows you should f*ck this up!”

will novel thought and creativity, and the associated risk taking, become a lost skill? an unacceptable practice? something awkward that challenges group think? Once an organisation is f*cked up, how will they break the mould and adapt?

By: Ian Moran

Ian Moran — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:01:20 +0000

I’m wondering will I trust the AI to summarise a 20 email thread to the extent I mark the thread as read. Also, will the generated content across all apps/services result in bland output. I’ll be very interested to try this out, the key though is whether or not clients will buy into it

By: Thugster

Thugster — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:48:30 +0000

Just a glorified, new, Clippy

By: Bo Lain

Bo Lain — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:22:26 +0000

First, I applaud MS for this innovative move. Like many innovative initiatives, both MS and potential users will undergo a learning curve. The need for patience, error mitigation and updates cannot be adequately emphasized.

As highlighted in the article, many questions remain unanswered and my feelings are that some of these answers will continue to be illusive and of course, some users will remain distrustful. In summary, the jury at this point is still out

By: Philip Worrell

Philip Worrell — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:45:11 +0000

I agree with you Tony, there is an element of mistrust in all of this. Also a stigma that will build for people who use it. Some employers will be suspicious of anything that is Ai generated / end user refined. Which shouldn’t be the case.

As for licensing I think Microsoft will give customers just enough access for free to get them hooked on it and eager to buy the premium or pay as you go usage for their orgs. Whether that is a limited number of actions or a monthly allowance we shall wait and see. However given that the bing Ai is currently free but probably subsidized by ads or will be later on. I hate to think what they will do with that. Maybe make you sit through an ad before you get your response. Kind of like YouTube then possibly with a paid version to remove the ads.

As for how well it will perform. It will certainly be a real lot slower than the demos for sure. So people will need to be patient. Also for refining and verifying that needs to be a slick experience.

I am currently using the Bing AI and find it really useful. They appear to be letting more people in now at random.
The compose option in there has so far been excellent. So simple to use and the results not half bad. Including blog writting.