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Data, AI & Digital Skills

Mastering Microsoft Copilot for Productivity

Get real value from Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams while keeping company data safe.

  • 3 days
  • Classroom · Live virtual · In-house
  • Afriskora Certificate of Completion

Course overview

Copilot licences are expensive, and many organisations find that staff use them for little more than rewriting emails. This hands-on course shows people how to build Copilot into daily work: drafting documents from source files, analysing spreadsheets, preparing presentations, catching up on meetings and managing an inbox. Participants practise on realistic tasks and learn the data-protection settings that keep confidential information where it belongs.

Who should attend

  • Microsoft 365 users whose organisation has Copilot licences
  • Managers and executive assistants handling heavy email and meeting loads
  • Analysts and report writers
  • IT champions supporting a Copilot rollout

What you will be able to do

  • Write effective Copilot prompts in each Microsoft 365 app
  • Draft, summarise and rework documents from your own files
  • Use Copilot in Excel to explore data and build formulas
  • Run meetings and inboxes more efficiently with Copilot in Teams and Outlook
  • Apply sensitivity labels and sharing rules so Copilot only sees what it should

Course outline

  1. Module 1Copilot fundamentals

    • • How Copilot uses Microsoft Graph and your permissions
    • • Prompting patterns that work in Microsoft 365
    • • Copilot Chat versus in-app Copilot
    • • Data protection, sensitivity labels and POPIA

  2. Module 2Documents, data and presentations

    • • Drafting and restructuring in Word
    • • Analysing tables and writing formulas in Excel
    • • Building presentations from a brief in PowerPoint
    • • Checking accuracy and citing sources

  3. Module 3Meetings, email and team workflows

    • • Meeting recaps, action items and follow-ups in Teams
    • • Triage and drafting in Outlook
    • • Agents, Pages and shared prompt libraries
    • • Measuring time saved and planning adoption

Frequently asked questions

How long is the Mastering Microsoft Copilot for Productivity course?

The course runs for 3 days. Daily start and finish times are confirmed in your joining instructions. Live virtual sessions cover the same programme.

Do I receive a certificate?

Yes. Every participant who completes the course receives an Afriskora Certificate of Completion with a unique code that employers can verify online.

Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?

Yes. We can run it at your premises or online for your team, on dates that suit you, and adapt examples and case studies to your sector.

How do I book and pay?

Request dates and we'll send available sessions and a quote. Bookings are confirmed by invoice and paid by EFT. South African clients can include the course in their Workplace Skills Plan.

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