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The Copilot journey

One story, five acts, eleven animated stops — from a free question to a company running on Copilot.

Follow Alex’s first month at Contoso — from the free Copilot anyone can open, to one proposal carried through Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Teams, to whole tasks handed off to Cowork, and the single assistant behind them all.

5acts
11stops
Freeto start
You, a browser, and a questionNo licence. No company account. Nothing installed.
Act 1 · On your own

Copilot you can use today

Free, personal, web-grounded.

01 Free Personal Copilot No licence. Ask, and see the sources.
Act 2 · You join a company

Work data changes everything

Platform first, then Copilot.

02 First day with Microsoft 365 Licence, account, tenant. 03 Meet Microsoft 365 Copilot Web vs Work. Permissions. Agents.
Act 3 · Where work happens

One proposal, five apps

One task, followed end to end.

04 Word Blank page → executive proposal. 05 PowerPoint Document → branded deck. 06 Excel Ask the workbook, not formulas. 07 Outlook 300 emails, triaged and answered. 08 Teams Join late, leave with decisions.
Act 4 · Hand it off

Copilot Cowork

Describe the goal. Approve. Review.

09 Hand off the work One goal in, a briefing and an email out.
Act 5 · It adds up

It was one Copilot all along

Five apps, one assistant, one memory.

10 One Copilot everywhere One conversation, every surface. 11 Why Microsoft 365 Copilot Six before-and-afters.
Alex's first month at ContosoEleven stops, one connected story — start anywhere.
Industry use cases

See Copilot at work in your industry

Real scenarios with practice material, step by step — for people who have never used the apps before.

Industry · Hospitality Copilot for hotel teams Follow a hotel coordinator through a busy day in Outlook and Teams, turn that work into a better standard in Word, then tell the story in PowerPoint and turn the numbers into evidence in Excel. Open the hospitality hub → Industry · Finance Copilot for finance and audit teams Join an audit engagement for a fictional retailer. Six standalone workshops cover Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and Copilot Chat on the web, each with sample files and a check against the source. Open the finance hub →
Practice · Hands-on lab

Now do it yourself

The journey shows you what Copilot does. This lab makes you do it — five labs across Copilot Chat, PowerPoint, Word, Teams and Excel, in your own tenant.

Visual guide Draft, analyze and present — lab guide Every lab at a glance, then pick one to see the app you open, the prompts you type, and what you end up with. Open the guide → Official lab · MS-4018 Draft, analyze, and present with Microsoft 365 Copilot The Microsoft Learn exercises themselves — setup plus five labs, with every prompt to copy. Needs a Microsoft 365 Copilot plan. Open the lab ↗
Go deeper on Microsoft Learn

Learn how to use Microsoft Copilot

The official, always-current Microsoft Learn hub for Microsoft Copilot — free personal use and Microsoft 365 Copilot for work.

Open Microsoft Learn ↗