Microsoft 365 workplace skills
Microsoft Copilot Training for Your Team
AI Fundamentals with Microsoft Copilot is beginner-friendly, live training for business teams and non-technical professionals. It introduces practical workplace uses of Copilot Chat and Copilot in Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint, with effective prompting, human review and responsible use in view.
Darren Bekker, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), delivers the course live online through Microsoft Teams for organisations worldwide. Choose one full day or two half-day sessions; onsite training can be discussed by arrangement. Prices are provided on request after discussing your team and requirements.
Who is Copilot training for?
- Business teams and non-technical professionals who are new to workplace AI.
- Teams using Microsoft 365 that want a practical introduction to Copilot.
- Managers who want a shared foundation for responsible use and human review.
- Organisations worldwide seeking live, instructor-led Microsoft Teams delivery.
What will learners cover?
Copilot Chat and prompting
Learners practise framing useful requests, refining prompts and checking responses for everyday workplace tasks.
Microsoft 365 workflows
The course explores practical uses in Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint, subject to the access available to your organisation.
Responsible workplace use
Discussion covers human review, confidentiality and thoughtful use of AI in the context of normal business work.
What is covered in the Copilot course?
The course is delivered live by Darren Bekker, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), through Microsoft Teams. We discuss your learners, Microsoft 365 access and preferred one-day or two-half-day format before agreeing the course scope. Onsite delivery is available by arrangement.
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AI fundamentals and Copilot access
Understand generative AI, where it helps and where it gets things wrong. Distinguish Copilot Chat from broader licensed Copilot capabilities and confirm which features your account can use.
- 2
Prompting that works
Define your goal, context, source material and output format. Practise refining a prompt and building reusable prompts for common workplace tasks.
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Documents and email: Word and Outlook
Explore drafting, rewriting and summarising documents, along with email summaries and replies. Practise choosing an appropriate tone and checking the result.
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Meetings and collaboration: Teams
Explore supported meeting summaries, decisions and action items. Understand how meeting settings, transcription and available Copilot access affect what is possible.
- 5
Data and presentations: Excel and PowerPoint
Work through data questions, formulas and presentation drafts using agreed features. Review calculations, charts and slides rather than treating an AI-generated first draft as finished work.
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Safe and responsible AI use
Recognise inaccurate output, confidentiality risks and oversharing. Apply human review and your organisation's data-handling policy, with POPIA-aware examples and local requirements discussed where relevant.
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Apply the learning to your own work
Identify practical tasks to try after the session. Use your workbook and prompt library to adapt the techniques to your role and the tools your organisation has approved.
What is included?
- Workbook.
- Prompt library.
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Tell us about your team, Microsoft 365 access, location and preferred delivery format. Prices are provided on request after we discuss the right course scope for your organisation.