Use Copilot on the web, in Windows, or the mobile app - Microsoft Copilot Tutorial

- [Instructor] Let's take a quick look at some of the main places people go to use Copilot. There are different features and different ways to work with Copilot, but we will start at copilot.microsoft.com. This website is the best starting point for many users, especially first time users. It's important to know that this website will probably change and evolve quickly as is the nature of AI technology and websites, but here's what you can expect for consistency. At the top, usually near the top left or top right corner, you should see an account button or a sign in button. When you click that, you can adjust some settings, but most importantly, you can sign into your Microsoft account or double check to see which account you're signed into. Next, in the middle of the page, or it could be at the bottom of the page for you, you see a chat field. You can use this to type questions, requests, or just have a conversation with Copilot. In the future, this chat field may look different or it may have a slightly different layout, but the core functionality will be the same. I'll use the chat field to ask a question. I'll ask, "what are typical interest rates for residential mortgages in Northern California over the past year?" In fact, right now I have a dropdown. I can open the chat menu and change to a quick response or a think deeper response, which is better for complex topics and will give me a much more in-depth answer from Copilot. But for now, I'll click the submit message button Copilot's giving me an answer, but here's something you should look out for. Copilot does use information from the internet, so it's possible that it may find inaccurate information. So in these responses, see these citations, these small numbers are clickable links that will take you to the websites where Copilot found this information. And sometimes, there's even more links below the response. So for important mission critical information, you can click those links and fact check the information yourself. Next, Copilot can support ongoing chat questions, so I could ask a follow-up question. In fact, Copilot will usually give me some good follow up questions that I can click on directly to keep going with this conversation. Instead, I'll ask, "do things change significantly in other states?" I did not have to remind it that we were talking about residential mortgage rates. Copilot remembers the context of this conversation, and it can give me an answer. You can scroll back to see the questions and answers from this conversation, and if you ever want to start over with a new conversation with no previous context, you can start a new chat. On the top left hand side, look for the new chat button. You can click that to reset, and now it does not remember the details of that previous conversation. So as we go through this workshop and sign into different types of accounts and use different versions of Copilot, things may look different, but I expect that you'll always be able to find the account sign in button, the chat field, the citations and the answers, and the new chat button. There's one more thing I wanted to point out, and that is the microphone button next to the chat field. This allows you to talk to Copilot directly and have a conversation like you would with a real person. This is an exciting feature, but it's not there in all versions of Copilot. Sometimes you may see the mic and it will allow you to dictate your prompt. I'll be talking about that and the differences in the two icons in a later video. For now, I do want to let you know that the website is not the only place to work with Copilot. If you are using Windows 11, you probably see the Copilot button in the task bar. If not, you can go to the start menu and you can either search for Copilot or it may be in your pinned list. When you open it, you might see an interface like this, or Microsoft may update this in the future, but this time the account button is on the bottom left hand side of the screen. But here's the chat window. Up here on the top left is the new conversation window. You can work with Copilot here if you prefer. Let's see one more way to work with Copilot. There's a free Copilot app for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. I have it installed on my iPad, so I'll launch that icon. I can tap the three horizontal lines on the top left hand side of the screen and then tap my icon to go into my account or sign in or sign out. Then at the bottom, there's that same chat field where you can ask a question. And finally, on the top right hand side of the screen, I can tap to start a brand new conversation. Again, I have those same quick response icons, and there's that microphone in which I can talk to Copilot. I have been asking some pretty basic questions here. You can also ask Copilot to draft text, create pictures, but more importantly, you can ask much more complex questions. I recommend you take a look at the Copilot prompt gallery, which can be found at copilot.cloud.microsoft.com/en-us/prompts. You can filter by what type of task you're looking to do, job type, and it gives you a list of prompts to get you started. At the top, you can explore prompts in each of the products, and you can even see a list of prompts to try. This can help you with more complex and nuanced tasks, but there are also other courses on LinkedIn learning about Copilot tools. But I also recommend you look up courses about prompt engineering, which is a technique for having complex, meaningful interactions with AI assistance, like Copilot.