Microsoft Outlook
Add Prep and Buffer Time to Outlook Calendar Events with Copilot
Use Copilot in the new Outlook and Outlook on the web to add 30-minute prep blocks and 15-minute hold blocks around your calendar events — with one specific prompt.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Model Picker Changed: Where Did GPT‑5.5 and the Other Models Go?
Microsoft 365 Copilot users are noticing a major change: the model picker no longer shows options like GPT‑5.5 and other models.
Microsoft Excel
Summarize Text Columns in Excel with Copilot to Categorize Survey Responses
Copilot in Excel can now read a column of free-text answers — survey responses, feedback, help desk tickets — and summarize it into clean categories with a live count. Here is the exact prompt and workflow.
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Chat: How to Toggle Between Work IQ and the Work and Web View
Licensed Copilot Chat now has a toggle to switch between the new Work IQ look and the classic Work and Web view. Here is where it lives and how it works.
Microsoft Excel
Excel Formula Completion with IF Functions: Commissions, Grades, and Copilot
I test Excel Formula Completion on real IF functions - a commission formula with absolute references and a nested IF for letter grades. Here's how Copilot did.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams Update: When to Click It and When to Wait
When the word Update appears in the top-right corner of Teams desktop, click it — except in two situations. Here's where the button lives, how to update, and what happens.
Formula Completion Files and Copilot Function files
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Microsoft Teams
How to Show Meeting Chats in Their Own Section in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams lets you pull all your meeting chats into their own dedicated, collapsible section in the chat list. Here's how to turn it on and move it where you want.
Microsoft Teams
My Microsoft Teams Course Is Getting a Full Refresh — Here's What's Changing
My Microsoft Teams online training is getting a full revamp by July 28, 2026 — a current-look rebuild, better-organized lessons, written steps with every video, more quizzes, and live streams for students.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Updates: Smart Suggestions, Docking, and Shortcut in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
New Microsoft 365 Copilot updates in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: smart suggestions on hover, docking the button to the far right, the Alt+C shortcut, and the upcoming Dock to the Ribbon option.
Microsoft Excel
Excel COPILOT Function: Advanced Prompts with Real Examples
Push the Excel COPILOT function with five advanced prompts on a real sales dataset — regional totals, ranking, category comparisons, and finding the top improver by dollars and by percentage — plus how to verify every answer.
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