Tech-Forward - Achieving Business Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365

Achieving Business
Readiness for Copilot
for Microsoft 365
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 11:00 AM (EST)
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief
Technology Officer &
Microsoft MVP

Unlock productivity across your business with Microsoft Copilot
Solution Area Copilot Availability Blogs Demo Video (Public)
Modern Work
Microsoft Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat Enterprise) Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot Pro Generally Available LINK LINK
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Generally Available
(No seat minimum required)
LINK
Outlook: LINK
Teams: LINK
PowerPoint: LINK
Copilot in Viva
Copilot in Windows Rolling out in preview LINK LINK
Microsoft Copilot Studio Generally Available LINK LINK
Business Applications
Copilot in Power Apps Public Preview LINK LINK
Copilot in Power Automate Public Preview LINK LINK
Copilot in Power Pages Private Preview LINK LINK
Microsoft Copilot for Sales Generally Available LINK LINK; Guided: LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales Generally Available LINK
Microsoft Copilot for Service Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Customer Service Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service Public Preview LINK; LINK LINK; LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Public Preview LINK LINK; LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Business Central Public Preview LINK LINK
Digital & App Innovation
GitHub Copilot Generally Available LINK LINK
GitHub Copilot X Private Preview LINK LINK
Infrastructure Microsoft Copilot for Azure Public Preview Link
Data & AI
Copilot stack with Azure AI Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Microsoft Fabric Public Preview LINK LINK
Build your own copilot with Azure AI Studio Public Preview LINK LINK
Security Microsoft Copilot for Security Early Access Program LINK
Standalone: LINK;
Embedded: LINK

Unlock productivity across your business with Microsoft Copilot
Solution Area Copilot Availability Blogs Demo Video (Public)
Modern Work
Microsoft Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat Enterprise) Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot Pro Generally Available LINK LINK
Generally Available
(No seat minimum required)
LINK
Outlook: LINK
Teams: LINK
PowerPoint: LINK
Copilot in Viva
Copilot in Windows Rolling out in preview LINK LINK
Microsoft Copilot Studio Generally Available LINK LINK
Business Applications
Copilot in Power Apps Public Preview LINK LINK
Copilot in Power Automate Public Preview LINK LINK
Copilot in Power Pages Private Preview LINK LINK
Microsoft Copilot for Sales Generally Available LINK LINK; Guided: LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales Generally Available LINK
Microsoft Copilot for Service Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Customer Service Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service Public Preview LINK; LINK LINK; LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Public Preview LINK LINK; LINK
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Business Central Public Preview LINK LINK
Digital & App Innovation
GitHub Copilot Generally Available LINK LINK
GitHub Copilot X Private Preview LINK LINK
Infrastructure Microsoft Copilot for Azure Public Preview Link
Data & AI
Copilot stack with Azure AI Generally Available LINK LINK
Copilot in Microsoft Fabric Public Preview LINK LINK
Build your own copilot with Azure AI Studio Public Preview LINK LINK
Security Microsoft Copilot for Security Early Access Program LINK
Standalone: LINK;
Embedded: LINK
Last updated 1/31/2024. Use info links provided for latest availability status.

This Is An Exponential Change Not A Linear One
Keep in mind that pilot best practices for Copilot aren’t proven at scale as we are ALL learning. Be
sure to understand by listening, collaborating with others (MSFT, Partners, Customers & Communities).

Copilot Implementation Requires Both Business & Technical Prep
Investing in the right ways can greatly improve return on investment.
Copilot
Implementation
Business readiness
Prepare organization and employees
for AI transformation journey
Technical readiness
Address technical deployment and
optimization, including governance,
security, compliance, and management
Workstreams support each other for maximum value and ROI
Sponsor
Scenarios
Security
Copilot essentials
checklist
Leadership journey

Business Readiness Matters At All Levels
Now that we have discussed the leadership elements let’s dive deeper into how we
prepare the right elements of user enablement, digital excellence, listening and more.
Responsible AI principles
Leadership Human change Technical skills
Develop leadership capabilities to
leverage AI for business outcomes
Foundational learning
Business strategy
AI Council creation
Providing clarity and prioritization
Manage the human
transformation through robust
user enablement programs
Invest in the employee experience
Improve the culture
Authentically integrate feedback
Build and iterate technical skills
to deliver on business results
Provide access to training
and experts
Manage and mitigate risk
Improve service
management process
You are
here

Ensuring Business Readiness for Copilot for Microsoft 365
Preparing & Aligning Leaderhsip
Preparing For & Driving Adoption
Preparing The Plan, Pilots & Measurement
Considerations For The Future

Preparing & Aligning Leadership
Copilot Business Readiness

The Executive Discussion
It is imperative that AI be led and owned by the business. It is too important to be left in
the hands of technologists alone. This is not a linear technology.

Starting With The Essentials For Copilot Success
While these all matter, there are a few other important things that ensure your continued success
with Copilot and Copilot for Microsoft 365. Consider how you scale, monitor, manage and more.
Define your path to
secure your data for
compliance and
peace of mind
Accelerate your
business impact by
defining highest
value scenarios
Nominate and activate
your Copilot executive
sponsors, in partnership
with your AI Council

AI Councils Or Cross-Functional & Multidisciplinary Body
This group will need to oversee, guide and support the development, deployment, evaluation and
adoption of AI capabilities across the organization.
It is essential for organizations to establish a governance
framework that ensures the responsible and ethical use
of AI across their operations and stakeholders.
One way to achieve this is to create an AI Council, a
cross-functional and multidisciplinary body that oversees
and guides the development, deployment, and evaluation
of AI solutions within the organization. An AI Council can
help to align the organization's AI strategy with its vision,
values, and goals, as well as to identify and mitigate
potential risks and harms of AI. An AI Council can also
foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and innovation
among the AI practitioners, users, and beneficiaries
within and outside the organization.
Get started today
aka.ms/copilot/AICouncilSetupGuide
The Challenges and Benefits of an AI Council
• Complexity: Technical, legal, ethical, social, and domain
specific aspects need to be considered.
• Pace of Change: Staying up to date requires ongoing
collaboration with experts to understand the evolving
landscape.
• Authority: The AI Council should have a clear mandate
and authority to oversee and guide the AI strategy,
governance, and implementation.
• Impact: Iterative analysis and guidance at a pace that
supports the needs of the business.
• Collaboration: Must include feedback and insights from
the core workforce, not just its executive management,
to have a deeper understanding of risks, issues, and
opportunities for cross-organizational process
improvement.

Define Your Rules For Responsible AI
You can be inspired by other organizations as many such as Microsoft have shared their
standards and requirements.
Records
our practice of Responsible AI by Design – the
proactive ways in which we guide the design, build,
and testing of AI systems
Establishes
a durable framework for the maturing practice of
responsible AI and evolving regulatory
requirements
Reflects
our deeper exploration of what our six AI principles
mean and the steps we must taken to uphold them

The Anatomy Of A Responsible AI Standard
More importantly you should map to these key areas with your own standards.
Tools and
practices
Goals
Requirements
Principles Which enduring values guide our responsible AI work?
What are the outcomes that we need to secure?
What are the steps we must take to secure the Goals?
Which aids can help us meet the Requirements?

What’s In Microsoft’s Responsible AI Standard?
These are the goals, each of which have requirements that must be met.
Get ready
Accountability
PS1: Privacy Standard compliance
PS2: Security Policy compliance
I1: Accessibility Standards compliance
Transparency Fairness Reliability & Safety
Privacy & Security Inclusiveness
A1: Impact assessment
A2: Oversight of significant
adverse impacts
A3: Fit for purpose
A4: Data governance
and management
A5: Human oversight
and control
T1: System intelligibility
for decision making
T2: Communication to
stakeholders
T3: Disclosure of AI
interaction
F1: Quality of service
F2: Allocation of resources
and opportunities
F3: Minimization of
stereotyping,
demeaning, and
erasing outputs
RS1: Reliability and
safety guidance
RS2: Failures and
remediations
RS3: Ongoing monitoring,
feedback, and
evaluation

What’s In Microsoft’s Responsible AI Standard?
These are the goals, each of which have requirements that must be met.
Get ready
Accountability
A1: Impact assessment
A2: Oversight of significant
adverse impacts
A3: Fit for purpose
A4: Data governance
and management
A5: Human oversight
and control

What Does The High Level Checklist Look Like?
For Business Readiness Microsoft recommends quite a few considerations, but keep in
mind these are necessary but not sufficient (we will build on these).
Onboard & engage Extend & optimize
Get ready Deliver impact
B
U
S
I
N
E
S
S
R
E
A
D
I
N
E
S
S
T
E
C
H
N
I
C
A
L
R
E
A
D
I
N
E
S
S
Extend to new high value scenarios
Deliver business process
transformation with Copilot Studio,
plugins and connectors
Drive group and cross-
organizational productivity and
innovation
Understand custom line of business
opportunities
Complete User Enablement Strategy
training
Define user experience and feedback
strategy
Design and deploy training and
engagement community (Center of
Excellence/Champion Platform)
Launch employee communications
and Champion program
Onboard executives and user cohorts
Deliver user Champions and support
staff training
Review success measures and user
survey results
Conduct feedback and reporting
analysis
Deliver extended training and
adoption support
Identify additional optimization
scenarios
Iterate user experience strategy
Gather and amplify success stories
Secure exec sponsorship, create AI
Council, and define RAI principles
Identify success owners,
Champions, and early adopter
cohorts
Detail high value scenarios and
personas
Be intentional with assignment and
concentrate seats
Define success criteria, KPIs, and
success measurement plan
Perform the Copilot for Microsoft
365 Optimization Assessment
Address data security, governance,
and data access questions
Build shared Copilot for Microsoft
365 implementation plan with User
Enablement team
Ensure appropriate Data Security
controls are in place
Prepare your organization for
Copilot for Microsoft 365 with
setup guide: deploy Microsoft 365
apps, if needed; assign licenses
Assign permissions by role to
provide access to the Copilot for
Microsoft 365 usage report
Establish service management plan
Analyze Copilot for Microsoft 365
usage reports and the Microsoft
Copilot Dashboard to observe user
adoption, retention, and
engagement
Design, build, and publish plugins
to deliver unique experiences
Build your own copilots
User Enablement Workstream
Technical Readiness Workstream
You are
here

Assemble Your Team For Business Readiness & Technical Readiness
Be sure to create a multi-tiered team model to support Copilot success. A core team for key
decisions is important, but you will need extended teams for escalation and scaling success.
Key roles Responsibilities Department Team member identified for role
Executive Sponsor Send Microsoft Launch announcement. Help identify and prioritize top HR needs.
Connect monthly with HR and IT leaders across the organization.
Actively participate in and use the Microsoft 365 capabilities to help drive and
reinforce adoption
VP, HR Jane Doe
Success Owner
Program Manager
Champions
Training Lead
Department Leads
(Stakeholders)
IT Specialists
Communication Lead
HR Manager
Community Manager

Assemble Your Team For Business Readiness & Technical Readiness
Be sure to create a multi-tiered team model to support Copilot success. A core team for key
decisions is important, but you will need extended teams for escalation and scaling success.
WW Executive Sponsor
Worldwide User
Enablement Team
・ Sends key local communications
・ Appoints Business Integration Lead
・ Represents sponsor with core team
・ Monitors enablement
・ Works with Executive Sponsor for
Communications and Cascade
・ Provide local support
・ Provide local training as needed
Example model – Implementation teams can modify as needed.
Local Copilot Champions
Unit Executive Sponsor
Business Integration Lead
Core IT services
and support
・ Provide scenario-based guidance
on Copilot for Microsoft 365
・ Provide global package of assets to
leverage (comms, training, readiness, etc.)
・ Provide onboarding, enablement, and
issue reporting
・ Consolidate feedback and share
via Service Health Reviews
・ Provide operations, service, and support
experiences for new scenarios and features

How Do We Get Ready For Copilot?
There are many things we should do to prepare the business, but these are starting points.
Copilot specific tactics
Foundational tasks
• Build the right team
• Identify scenarios
• Review Microsoft provided materials
• Onboard supporting resources
(as needed)
• Identify communication channels
and initial rhythm
• Build relationships with technical
leaders
• Understand Copilot for Microsoft 365
capabilities
• Review Responsible AI principles
• Identify early adopters and scale
onboarding cohorts
• Target AI-ready scenarios
• Build prompt and natural language
skills
• Embrace rapid feedback cycles
Shared activity

Manage & Utilize Stakeholder Management Best Practices
One of the keys is the have an approach that brings in new stakeholders as you scale and re-
engages stakeholders as you learn and achieve new milestones.
Validate strategic objectives
Ensure clear mission and goals from
existing executive stakeholders, AI Council
or business leaders for AI transformation.
Identify stakeholders
Identify all your potential stakeholders
(including senior executives, peers,
customers, prospective customers, etc.)
who have influence over your work or an
interest in its outcome.
Understand and assess
stakeholder relationship
Using the Power/Interest stakeholder grid,
map each stakeholder based on their
interest and influence over your work.
Then color code each one based on their
attitudes: Green=Supportive;
Yellow=Neutral; Red=Critical.
Define stakeholder management
approach and actions
Using the stakeholder planning sheet, list
all stakeholders and assess their key
interests/issues; attitudes; desired support;
messaging; relationship owners; and
actions.
Develop communication plan
Using the Power/Influence grid, define a
communication strategy/cadence for each
type of user. Use this as a guide to
“personalize” the communication plan for
your key stakeholders to meet their
individual needs.
Monitor and adapt
On regular intervals, re-assess
stakeholders’ influence, interest, and
attitudes and modify their communication
strategy appropriately.
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
3
4
6
5
1

Stakeholders Support Should Planned
While we know Team based nomination will be the driver for growth over time in
preparation it’s critical that we have leader and key stakeholder support.
Develop
stakeholder
・ Develop to Key stakeholder by
demonstrating value
・ Active, infrequent
stakeholder management
・ Consult in key decision
making
Key
stakeholder
・ Key stakeholders, main focus
・ Active, frequent stakeholder
management
・ Involve in key decision
making
Inform
stakeholder
・ These are the least critical
stakeholders
・ Inform infrequently via
general, broad-based
communications
Extended
stakeholder
・ Passive stakeholder
management
・ Provide information regularly
・ Ask for feedback
・ Involve in low-risk work
Using the Power/Interest stakeholder grid,
map each stakeholder based on their
interest and influence over your work.
Then color code each one based on their
attitudes:
Green = Supportive
Yellow = Neutral
Red = Critical
Example of grid:
Stakeholder_1
Stakeholder_2
Stakeholder_3
Stakeholder_4
Interest
Influence
Shared activity

Evaluate & Manage Your Important Stakeholders
Identify measures for stakeholder engagement and use something like this stakeholder
mapping worksheet to help track and coordinate across your team.
Level of interest
Level of organizational influence
Level of resistance
Shared activity
Engagement model
・ Fulfill expectations
Document relationship owners and contact methods
UE_StakeholderEngagementMappingTool_Mar2024

Securing Executive Sponsorship
Initially you only need a few executives to be onboard as you will find many others engage with
your AI committee and initiative over time as they start to see it’s impact across their teams.
・ Help the project team identify and prioritize
their top business needs. Encourage shared
planning between user enablement and
technical implementation teams.
・ Play a role in communicating the vision to
leaders across the organization.
・ Actively participate in and use the Copilot
capabilities to help drive and reinforce
enablement.
・ Promote the enablement program. Studies
show that 87% of successful transformation
projects had visible engagement by
Executive Sponsors.
Executive Sponsors should: Executive Sponsors may:
・ Lead or participate in the
organizational AI Council.
・ Have purchasing authority
for licenses or services from
supporting suppliers.
・ Be directly accountable for
Microsoft 365 or broader
digital workplace initiatives.
Active, visible, and
consistent
participation
Build a coalition
with their
executive peers
Communicate
directly with
employees to
support landing
the change
Ensure they
understand the ABCs:
A
B
C

AI is changing our businesses (internally
and externally), but if we embrace it
sooner, and have the business and
employees lead the change we will be
better off.

Preparing & Aligning Adoption

Why Use A Service Model?
A view of why Adoption (or Governance) like a service makes more sense in the AI era?
Adoption Projects
• Typically oriented around a launch.
• Typically uses point in time metrics (before & after).
• “Tragedy of the commons” risk.
Adoption
Services
• Works better with continual launch.
• Works better with continual metrics.
• Joint ownership and collaborative nature of a service
model makes opposition obvious and public.

Planning For Successful Adoption
Governance isn’t JUST risk mitigation it’s also about efficiency (think of how roles, play
books, and structure help teams succeed) and driving better digital excellence
(adoption).

We need to invest in key areas to enable and accelerate adoption. Governance isn’t
JUST RISK MITIGATION it’s also about efficiency and driving better digital excellence.
Governance
Policies &
Guidance

We need to invest in key areas to enable and accelerate adoption.
Adoption
Campaigns

Tackle Governance & Adoption Together
Start implementing some of these practices in your organization today and shift from
tackling adoption and governance as projects to tackling adoption and governance like a
service.
Adoption
Services
Advance
Governance
Readiness
Align With
Business
Objectives
Measure &
Review
Plan &
Execute
Adoption
Campaigns
Improve
Digital
Fitness &
Excellence

Funnel For Commitment
For users to improve their digital skills and technology use we need them to embrace
and commit to change. It’s about more than training.
1
3
Commit
Drive Interest/Awareness
Guide Understanding
Realize Value
2

How Might You Get Started?
During the onboarding and engagement phase these are some typical key tactics and tasks.
Foundational tasks
• Complete User Enablement
Strategy training and template
• Define user experience
and feedback strategy
• Launch employee communications
and Champion program
• Onboard executives and user cohorts
• Deliver user Champions and support
staff training
• Review Microsoft provided training
and engagement content
• Design and deploy training
and engagement community
(Center of Excellence/Champion
Platform)
• Leverage Microsoft Viva for Copilot
Enablement (if available)
• Review overall plans with
AI Council and stakeholders
Shared activity

Craft A User Experience Strategy
This is another way for describing how you will handle the digital excellence around it.
A user experience strategy will enable you to quantify the value
received from implementing Copilot for Microsoft 365. Your technology enablement
team is central to the success
of your project and your
employees with your
technology investments.
Your user experience strategy
gives them a vision and
roadmap for success.
Use Copilot for Microsoft 365
to create the initial draft.
1 Identify target user personas
Driving enablement is an ongoing user and stakeholder engagement
process. It is a lifecycle activity not a moment in time.
3 Define engagement touch points
2 Quantify pain points and potential productivity gains
4 Prioritize user feedback methods and issue resolution
Define success measures and use cases
5
#ProTip

Getting To “Aha!” Moments
An aha moment is defined as “a moment of sudden insight or discovery”. This is a key
concept to understand and embrace due to the transformational nature of Copilot.
The Think-Act-Feel framework is
grounded in decades of research
showing a whole human understanding
– including feelings – is critical to
business outcomes.
Building on this framework we
understand that delivering accelerated
change is based on trust.
Feel
Think
Act
Why should
I care?
How will
WE use it?
How will
I use it?
How does this
change my
experience?
What’s
next?
How can I do
more?
How can I enhance
my profession
with this?
When can
I use it?
How can
I get help?
How can I share
my success?

Technology Adoption Has Proven Patterns
Vision, usage, support, champions, training, awareness and communication help drive adoption.
Research results below support suggested approaches for building
your adoption plan.
Top reported activities for driving successful product adoption*:
1 Define a vision and identify how target product will be used
3
Enable Champions and provide business relevant, snackable,
and on-demand training for business users
2
Obtain proactive support from key roles to accelerate use of
Copilot including senior leadership, legal, ITDMs, and key BDMs
4
Raised awareness through launch event and omni-channel
communications planning
% of respondents that rated
activity as having above
average importance
31%
32%
75%
75%

Build Your Center Of Excellence
Leveraging Microsoft 365 to foster, facilitate and support your digital advancement.
Utilize Microsoft 365 technology to drive the adoption
of Copilot for Microsoft 365 by using our Center of
Excellence (CoE) best practices to build your own
community of practice.
1 Centralize team communications
3 Enable Microsoft communication and engagement
2 Implement adoption and project management tools
Use our Copilot CoE guidance to build these capabilities
into an existing team. Supplement by using our Microsoft
Viva for Copilot Enablement guide. Providing a
community of practice for training, questions, support,
and information improves the velocity of delivering user
satisfaction.

The distribution of collaborative work is often extremely lopsided. In most cases, 20% to 35% of
value-added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees.
The Few Over the Many?

Understand How People Learn & Change
Copilot is an exponential change, so it needs to be tackled differently. We can improve how other
digital adoption and pilot initiatives work as well based on what we have been learning.
Shared activity

Identifying User Cohorts & Teams
For success, a much larger group of employees should be selected for Copilot onboarding than in
other service enablement plans. This allows knowledge sharing, feedback, and success at scale.
The list below describes the types of employees to include in your
program:
Users primarily from the same lines of business or
departments, preferably those who work together on a project
or business process.
Likely Champions or leaders who will become advocates
during the broad launch to the entire organization.
IT and help desk team members who will support users
during launch.
Important: Executive onboarding is a distinct category of
business user with different needs and requirements. Plan for
dedicated learning time and feedback cycles from these
users.
Shared activity
Champions will help to:
Create the groundswell of enthusiasm that grows adoption.
Build a circle of influence among their teams.
Bring the new ways of working to life across teams.
Identify business challenges and possible solutions.
Provide feedback to the project team and sponsors.
Reduce strain on core project team through active, ongoing
engagement.

Design & Build A Sustainable Champion Community
Champions help build, grow, and sustain your Copilot implementation by gathering feedback,
supporting the human change lifecycle, and providing peer to peer guidance.
Shared activity
Champions:
Should be formally trained to increase their depth and
breadth of knowledge.
Should be encouraged and empowered to guide,
teach, and train their peers.
Need consistent positive reinforcement that affirms the
impact of their efforts.
Need a clear plan upon which to execute.
1
2
3
4
Five steps to developing
a Champions community
Set the context.
Align the Champions community to
organizational objectives and vision for your
Copilot implementation.
Identify Champions and get buy-in.
Build a plan with Champions. Skill them first
and often.
Execute and share Champion feedback with
leaders and through Service Health Reviews.
1
2
3
4
5

Starting Point Champion Program Checklist
Ensure you have checked off each of the below items to get a baseline level of success and act as
the foundation for more advanced patterns.
Shared activity
Communicate to individuals about the Champions role
and where they can be found – remember, they are not
an IT support function but business representatives.
Incorporate Microsoft 365 training resources into your
own internal training site.
Create a contest (e.g., scavenger hunts and giveaways)
between departments to encourage people to interact
with Microsoft 365.
Find enthusiastic Champions who can commit time
and effort.
Build a Viva Engage or Microsoft Teams Group
for Champions to share updates and successes.
(See our Build Your Experience and Microsoft Viva
for Copilot Enablement guides).
Provide materials ready to support their work on
the group with teams and individuals (e.g., lunch
and learn sessions).
Ensure a regular rhythm for discussions with the
Champions on what’s working and what’s not.
Design a program to engage and recognize their
effort, such as providing privileged access to relevant
events or speaking engagements.

Consider Branding Your Champion Program(s)
This can help people identify, acknowledge and recognize these individuals.
Shared activity
Copilot Champions may be referred to with terminology that
is in alignment with your company culture.
Champions are professionally referred to as User Enablement
Specialists.
Microsoft Partners can aid you in creating your internal user
enablement function.
Champion recognition – in the form of badges for
engagement, Praise via Viva Insights, or other forms – are
essential to Champion morale.
As advocates for the employee experience, regular feedback,
employee engagement, and communications are required for
role success.
Champion duties are a part of the day-to-day duties of the
employee alongside their core job function.
Representation from across the organization ensures balanced
viewpoints and early identification of risks and issues.

Join the free program at aka.ms/M365Champions
Make a difference
Become a Champion
・ Get more from Copilot and Microsoft 365
・ Help others do the same
・ Expand your knowledge and enhance your career

Individual vs Team Based Champion Programs
The other major learning is how effective team-based nomination, support, and scaling can be
versus individual champion and pilot user assignment models.
Shared activity
Drive New Growth With
Nominated Teams
Functional
Team
Departmental
Team
Cross-
Functional
Team Don’t wait for each
rolling pilot to enable,
exceptions matter.
Provide an open
nomination process and
pathway.
Ensure nominations are
3 or more people.
When you run surveys
target teams for a joint
response (this
encourages sharing,
improves response
rates, and more).
When you share
adoption data and
insights target teams for
joint action of those
insights (as they can
work together on
improving usage).
When you share
learning and
communication you
should target teams for
shared learning.

Identify, Prioritize & Map Scenarios
Microsoft is improving role based and scenario guidance and this is a proven model.
Shared activity
Quick wins
0 to 1 month
1 to 2 weeks 2 to 3 weeks 4 to 6 months 12 Months
Scenario 1
Purchase 1,000 seats
of E3 and Teams
Premium and deploy
Copilot to the first set
of employees
Introduce Copilot in Teams
and Outlook
Deliver training
sessions employees on
Copilot and Teams Premium
Integrate LOB app
to Copilot with custom
plugins
Build your
own copilots
Scenario 2
Scenario 3

Shared activity
Copilot brings AI value across lines of business
Improve meetings
Content creation
Manage daily agenda
Summarize information
Generate ideas
1 Review which departments have
the highest Microsoft 365 usage
data, starting with Teams meetings
and PowerPoint.
2 Concentrate licenses
across entire teams or
departments to start.
3 Use the Scenario Library to identify top use
cases and the key metrics you would like to
improve in that functional area.
All roles HR Marketing Operations IT Sales Finance
Cost per hire
Employee turnover
Compliance risk
reduction
Benefit usage
Onboarding time
Leads created
Brand value
Cost per lead
Customer retention
Product time to
market
Supply chain
efficiencies
Outstanding
support tickets
Application
downtime
Departmental
spending
Number of
opportunities
Close rate
Revenue per sale
Customer retention
Time to close
Accelerate cash flow
Spend on ERP system
Risk reduction
Departmental
spending

Shared activity
As a knowledge worker, I’d like to…
Creativity scenario examples
Provide the impact of
a campaign in a visual format
Create a presentation based
on a word document
Generate a
summary about
a document
Help me write
a paper on a topic
I know little about
Review my
HR Benefits
Have Copilot help me write a draft
email about a topic I am not too
familiar with
Give me insights
on my data
Create a job description or review a
resume against a job plan
Get a new coworker
up to speed quickly
Productivity scenario examples
Summarize emails missed
while on vacation and flag
important items
Save time by helping me
search across my org for
information
Track progress
through task list
reports
Create a table
of pros and cons
for a topic
Highlights of
a Teams chat
with actions
Respond to a customer’s
email in Outlook with a
different tone of voice
Identify the decisions made
and suggest next steps
for a meeting
Create a Teams
channel to
respond to an
urgent issue
Actively ask for
details and insights
on a document
Create a SWOT
analysis of
a topic

Shared activity
Determine upcoming
milestones on a project
Ask about what a coworker
or team member has been
working on
Summarize emails, chats, and
documents about a customer
Provide a gap
analysis between
documents
Provide coaching on
generating email replies
Generate a RACI
chart or other
PMP skills
Create an RFP
response with
minimal effort
Provide details
on a project as
a new member
on the team
Review business
results and
summarize key
trends
Analyze a
complex sales
report

Shared activity
Focus On The Scenario
Outcome Or Output
Define Clear Measures,
Measure & Act On Measures
Success Stories & Story
Sharing Works Better Than
Scenarios For Adoption
Be Flexible & Adjust Scenarios
Over Time Or
Remove/Reprioritize Often

Review Success Criteria & Business Outcomes
Review your progress based on your success criteria, scenarios, outcomes and more.
Shared activity
How is your organization progressing on these measures?
What is your business transformation process today?
Organizational Cultural Business process Individual
Customer experience
impact
Cost savings
Revenue generation
Data security
Process simplification
Cultural transformation
Employee retention
Talent acquisition
Social engagement
Operational agility
Employee sentiment
Employee
recommendations
Customer feedback
Innovation measures,
e.g., idea forum
contributions
Use of AI capabilities
Employee morale
Employee productivity
Employee engagement
Idea generation
Questions

Designing scenarios using the Modern Collaboration Architecture (MOCA) Framework.
Shared activity
work within are enabled by contribute to the wider organizational
supported by
It’s all about people.
A person’s
effectiveness can be
increased by getting
them to adopt the
right ‘attention-
harnessing’
behaviors.
Foundation focus
areas provide an
essential foundation
for people to develop
strong collaboration
practices.
Extended focus areas
enable improvement
of business
improvement and
differentiation to focus
on developing a
culture of continual
improvement.
Essential elements
that enable people to
get work done.
Performing the
capability/needs
enables people to
accomplish their
individual, team,
community and
organizational tasks.
To address the
specific
capability/needs of
people when they
operate as
individuals, teams,
community, and
organizational focus
areas, specific
Microsoft 365
applications can be
used to accomplish
the required tasks.
Behaviors that enable
attention to be
harnessed to create
focus and flow for
people to get work
done. If attention-
harnessing behaviors
are not intentionally
created, attention-
distracting behaviors
get adopted,
resulting in a drop in
people’s effectiveness
and a negative
impact on
collaboration across
the team, and the
wider organization.
An organization’s
culture is comprised
of the behaviors of
groups of people.
When we help
individuals adopt
attention-harnessing
behaviors, that in
return contributes to
the positive culture of
an organization.
#PeopleFirst
Person Focus areas Capability/needs Microsoft 365 apps Behaviors Values
adopt attention-harnessing
contains essential
Organizational
Cultural Values

Build Your Proactive Communications Plan
Example Objective: Land and expand Copilot for Microsoft 365 awareness and AI skill centric vision
for employees.
Shared activity
Engagement Management
Awareness Measurement
・ Land AI transformation
vision
・ Tailor content by
audience, scenario,
persona, and usage
journey
・ Copilot Champions
launch
・ Internal testing for some
・ Deliver strategic
engagements by
org and role
・ Ongoing partner and
employee education
・ Showcase successes
via #CopilotStories
・ Conduct ongoing
feedback surveys
・ Usage, support, and
health metrics inform
baseline for enablement
journey
・ Drive listening systems
engagement
・ Improve employee
guidance
・ Identify additional
scenarios for AI
transformation
・ Improve the experience
from employee feedback
・ Deliver integrated
service roadmaps
・ Iterate messages and
tactics bi-monthly
・ Provide employee
insights signals in
Service Health Review
Support the change Improve the experience
Land the message Analyze and adjust

Build Your Proactive Communications Plan
Lay the foundation for continuous learning and an intelligent progression of AI skills.
Shared activity
1 Start with top 10 generic skills from
Copilot Lab that deliver immediate
success (e.g., summarize a meeting,
email thread).
2 Use the Copilot Scenario Library
to train users on new departmental
use cases and process improvement
to impact departmental KPIs.
Departmental
skills
Use role-specific and multi-turn prompts
Extend usage to role-based processes
Foundational
skills
Inspire quick wins to reach value tipping point
Master basic prompts (e.g., summarization, revision)
Advanced
skills
Generate synergies across departments with extensibility
Streamline and automate cross-business process flows
Start
here
3 Extend to line of business systems
to streamline and automate for
organizational level impacts on
revenue and costs.
Prioritize peer-to-peer learning
through community engagement and
knowledge sharing.
Org value
Departmental value
Individual value
3
2
1

Top 10 to try first with Copilot for Microsoft 365
Foundational skills for new users
Recap a meeting
– let Copilot keep track of key
topics and action items so you
can stay focused during the
meeting and avoid listening to
the recording after.
Draft an email with notes and
action items from meeting
Summarize an
email thread
– get quickly caught up to a
long, complex email thread.
Click on the Summarize icon
Summarize a
document
– get right down to business
by summarizing long
documents and focusing
on the relevant sections.
Give me a bulleted list of
key points from file
Tell me about a
topic/project
– provide insights and
analysis from across
multiple sources to get
up to speed quickly.
Tell me what's new about topic
organized by emails, chats, and files?
Give me some
ideas for …
– boost your creativity with
ideas for your work such as
agendas, product names,
social media posts, etc.
Suggest 10 compelling
taglines based on file
What did they say …
– when you vaguely remember
someone mentioning a topic,
have Copilot do the research.
What did person
say about topic
Translate a message
– with business becoming
increasingly international, it’s
important to be able to read
or write messages in other
languages.
Translate the following
text into French:
Draft email
– personalize the tone and
length.
Draft an email to [name] that
informs them that Project X is
delayed two weeks. Make it
short and casual in tone.
Revise this content
– when you’ve got a rough
draft of an idea, turn it into
usable text and then vary
the length and tone.
Rewrite with Copilot
For more prompts, visit Copilot Lab at: aka.ms/CopilotLab
Help me write …
– jumpstart creativity and write
and edit like a pro by getting a
first draft in seconds.
Generate three ways
to say [x]

Copilot resources on
Microsoft Adoption
One site for all your Copilot needs
https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
• Resources by role
• Product announcements and news
• Links to all other Microsoft sites
• Extended links for Small/Medium
business, Copilot in Sales, Microsoft Viva,
and more

Downloadable assets for customization available at adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
Copilot for Microsoft 365 skilling experiences
Microsoft Learn
• Free, on-demand training content
for skill development
• Step-by-step exercises guiding learners
through common Copilot prompts and use
cases
Copilot Lab
• Free location to meet, learn about,
and test the capabilities of Copilot
• Improve your prompt engineering skills
in an interactive hands-on environment
Microsoft Copilot Academy
• Centralized location to help with
the basics of Copilot learning
and upskilling, pulling the best
content from available free
Microsoft sources
• Structured content in easily
consumable learning paths
curated by Microsoft experts
• Develop your AI interaction skills
from your Viva Learning app in
Teams or webapp

Microsoft Learn Microsoft Adoption Hub
Bookmark Microsoft enablement resources
Join Driving Adoption Tech Community
https://aka.ms/DriveAdoption
Collaborate, share, and learn from experts
https://learn.microsoft.com
Technical documentation for developers
and IT professionals
https://adoption.microsoft.com
Resources to help you drive adoption
of Microsoft services
Teamwork governance
Join our communities
Utilize our resources
Achieve your goals
Microsoft Support
http://support.microsoft.com/copilot
Access FAQs and user help and learning
https://aka.ms/TeamworkGovernance
Collaboration governance guidance
for Microsoft 365

Training & Documentation By Phase
These resources can help you and your teams (and are a small sampling of the training available).
BUSINESS
READINESS
Get ready
✓ Docs: User Experience Strategy
template (coming soon)
✓ Video: Copilot Experiences
Explained
Onboard & engage
 Course: Copilot for Microsoft 365
User Enablement Specialist
(coming soon)
 Tool: Copilot Lab (including app
specific guidance)
 Video: Creating a User Experience
Strategy (coming soon)
 Docs: User Experience Strategy
template (coming soon)
Deliver impact
✓ Course: Empower your workforce
with Copilot for Microsoft 365 Use
Cases (7 business group use cases)
✓ Course: Craft effective prompts for
Copilot for M365 (2 hrs)
✓ Article: Learn about Copilot
prompts
✓ Article: Get better results with
Copilot Prompts
✓ Article: Edit a Copilot prompt to
make it your own
✓ Article: Share your best prompts
Extend & optimize
✓ Docs: Modern Collaboration
Architecture people-centric
scenario guidance
✓ Course: Craft effective prompts
for Copilot for Microsoft 365 (2
hrs)
TECHNICAL
READINESS
Get ready
 Course: Get started with Copilot for
Microsoft 365 (2 hrs)
 Video: How Microsoft 365 Copilot
works (10 min)
 Video: How to get ready for Microsoft
365 Copilot (9 min)
 Docs: Data, Privacy, and security for
 Docs: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft
365 requirements
Onboard & engage
✓ Course: Prepare your organization for
Copilot for Microsoft 365 (1.5 hrs)
✓ Video: Admin steps to get ready for
Microsoft 365 Copilot
✓ Docs: Apply principles of Zero Trust to
✓ Docs: Enable users for Microsoft
Copilot for Microsoft 365
Deliver impact
✓ Docs: Copilot for Microsoft 365
Documentation
✓ Docs: Copilot Dashboard
implementation
Extend & optimize
✓ Docs: Extend Microsoft Copilot for
Microsoft 365
✓ Course: Optimize and extend Copilot
for Microsoft 365 (1 hr)
✓ Course: Create copilots with Microsoft
Copilot Studio (4 hrs)
✓ Course: Extend and manage Microsoft
Copilot Studio copilots (2 hrs)

AI is an exponential change that requires
deeper and smarter investments in
champion programs, change
management, scenario mapping and
more requiring continual investments
individually and collectively in awareness,
understanding, and maximization of value.

Preparing The Plan & Measurement

The Formula That Drives Greater Success With AI Today?
If you want to drive the best competitive advantage each investment here matters.
DATA PROCESSES PEOPLE ADVANTAGE

The Formula That Drives Greater Success With AI Today?
If you want to drive the best competitive advantage each investment here matters.
Data
(Optimize &
Integrate)
Processes
(Extend &
Automate)
Adoption
(Improve
Usage)
Greater
Advantage
With AI

Let’s Visualize What We Mean By Those Amplifying Each Other
Data, Systems, People, Processes, Adoption, and Usage all improve your return and advantage.
$(50,000.00)
$-
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2
Copilot ROI Estimations (Composite)
Gain Attributed To Foundational Enablement

$(50,000.00)
$-
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2
Gain Attributed To Foundational Enablement Gain Attributed To Adoption Investments
Adoption
(Improve
Usage)

$(50,000.00)
$-
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2
Gain Attributed To Foundational Enablement Gain Attributed To Adoption Investments Gain Attributed To Data Improvement & Integration
Data
(Optimize &
Integrate)

$(50,000.00)
$-
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2
Gain Attributed To Foundational Enablement Gain Attributed To Adoption Investments
Gain Attributed To Data Improvement & Integration Gain Attributed To Process Optimization
Processes
(Extend &
Automate)

Foundational Enablement: Based on a cumulative 1.5-year ROI estimate
Based on a cumulative 1.5-year ROI estimate
Based on a cumulative 1.25-year ROI estimate
Based on a cumulative 1-year ROI estimate
Adoption Investment Return:
Data Optimization & Integration Return:
Processes Extend & Automate Return:
$141,207.00
$160,611.00
$34,921.00
$224,276.00
In less than 1.5 years with the
right investments you can see a
2xincreased
return.

Build Your Shared Implementation Plan
Keep in mind the technical readiness and implementation plan should be done with the business.
Use the results of the Optimization Assessment and scenario
discovery to develop a plan for implementation of Copilot for
Microsoft 365.
Questions to help develop the plan:
・Are all the gaps in the optimization assessment listed in the
plan?
・Have you identified the first set of employees that would get
Copilot for Microsoft 365?
・How many licenses would you need to purchase?
・Are there any data security questions that you need to
address?
・Do all items have owners and due dates?
・Have you identified key adoption steps for the first set of
prioritized scenarios?
Shared activity

Content & Data Drives Copilot | Optimizing Pays Dividends
Even if not using Copilot these can help with search and existing productivity scenarios.
Prepare & Optimize Your Data
• Label content, rename with descriptive
names, and tag files*
• Consolidate multiple versions
• Clean out redundant, outdated and
trivial content
1
Validate & Improve Security
• Test search to confirm users can access
data appropriate for their roles
• Conduct access reviews for sites,
documents, emails and other content
(especially content shared via links)*
2
* SharePoint Premium and other capabilities can help here.

Guidance On Project Durations & Timelines
There are quite a few important milestones when rolling out Copilot including a few technical ones.
Complete
foundational
learning
Assemble team
Share prioritized
scenarios
Select and validate initial cohort
Helpdesk onboarding
Review community management
plan
Launch training content and
office hours
Stakeholder
alignment
Define comms ROB
and tools
Share Optimization
Assessment results
Deliver shared
implementation plan
Purchase
decision
Ensure reporting roles assigned
Update support systems
Enhance Center of Excellence
01 02 03 04 05 07 08 10 11
Weeks 00 06 09 12
Triage of daily feedback
Review shared support process
Launch progressive skilling
content
Analyze usage reports and
Dashboard data
Summarize risk, issues, and
opportunities
Prepare for and conduct Service Health Review
Summarize scenario and user
recommendations
Launch extensibility skilling content
Prepare AI
Council
insights
First 30 days 30-60 days Recurring tasks
Ensure data security
controls are in place
Install apps, assign
licenses

Copilot Readiness
Accelerator
Copilot for Microsoft 365 brings
AI capabilities to your employees,
but only if it can be responsibly
enabled and effectively adopted.
Work with our experts to perform
detailed assessments, accelerated
preparation, improved planning
and ensure a more successful AI
and Copilot rollout in your
organization.
SERVICES
Estimated Duration: Detailed Technical &
Business Readiness
Assessments
Expert Led Working Sessions
On Preparing, Planning &
Piloting Copilot
Comprehensive Copilot
Enablement, Adoption,
Communication & Support Plan
REACH OUT TO US AT HELLO@2TOLEAD.COM

You will love the way we work. Together.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 brings AI capabilities to your employees, but only if it can be responsibly enabled and effectively adopted. Work with
our experts to perform assessments, accelerated preparation, improved planning and ensure a more successful AI and Copilot rollout in your
organization.
Copilot Readiness Accelerator
Week 1
Copilot Overviews
Business & Technical
Week 1-2
Assess Technical &
Business Readiness
Assessment & Readiness
Findings
Assessment 1-2 weeks
Week 2-3
Data & Security
Technical Planning
Extensibility & Integration Planning
Week 2-3
Pilot Plan draft
Pilot Readiness
Review
AI Backlog Definition
Week 3-4
AI Backlog
Review & Prioritization
Week 4
Gather Data &
Feedback
Week 4
Review Pilot Plan
& Remaining
Backlog
Remediate & Support
Actioning Of Recommendations
Readiness Planning 2 weeks Actioning Recommendations 1 week
Standard Timeline

SERVICES
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
Estimated Duration: 4 Weeks
A PRIORITIZED AI & COPILOT
BACKLOG
EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR COPILOT SUCCESS
DELIVERABLES

SERVICES
CROSS-INDUSTRY
PRODUCTIVITY
QUALITY
DIGITAL EXCELLENCE
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
MICROSOFT COPILOT
COPILOT FOR MICROSOFT 365
AI & COPILOT EXCELLENCE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
INFORMATION PROTECTION
DATA & SECURITY GOVERNANCE
SOLUTION AREAS
WHAT WILL WE DO?
Embark on a Transformational Journey with Our 4-Week Copilot Readiness Accelerator!
In Week 1, we kick off your path to innovation diving deep into your current systems with our
Copilot Readiness Review. We assess your technical and business readiness, ensuring your
team is primed for the extraordinary capabilities AI will bring to your workflow.
Week 2 is all about empowerment. We'll unlock the full potential of Copilot within your
Microsoft 365 environment, fortify your data and security landscape, and cultivate a core
group of AI Champions within your organization. Our strategic sessions will lay the
groundwork for an actionable AI Backlog.
As we enter Week 3, it's all about precision planning for your pilot. We'll craft a bespoke pilot
strategy, complete with Copilot plugins and extensibility options, all while fine-tuning to
sharpen our focus. The goal? A Pilot Plan that's not just a trial run, but a springboard for your
success.
And finally, Week 4 is where we prepare to soar. We'll synthesize the data and feedback,
turning insights into action with strategic recommendations for your organization's future.
Join us, and let's navigate the future together – your Copilot Readiness Accelerator awaits!
Customized implementation plans are available.

Full Service Copilot
Pilot & AI Roadmap
Copilot for Microsoft 365 brings AI
capabilities to your employees, but
only if it can be responsibly
enabled and effectively adopted.
Work with our experts to perform
detailed assessments, accelerate
preparation, improve planning, run
a world-class pilot program, and
further refine, extend, and
enhance your AI and Copilot
success.
SERVICES
Estimated Duration: Detailed Technical &
Business Readiness
Assessments
Expert Led Working Sessions
On Preparing, Planning,
Piloting & Extending Copilot
Comprehensive Copilot
Enablement, Adoption,
Communication & Support
REACH OUT TO US AT HELLO@2TOLEAD.COM

Copilot for Microsoft 365 brings AI capabilities to your employees, but only if it can be responsibly enabled and effectively adopted. Work with
our experts to perform detailed assessments, accelerate preparation, improve planning, run a world-class pilot program, and further refine,
extend, and enhance your AI and Copilot success.
Full Service Copilot Pilot
Readiness Assessed
Discovery & Planning 4 weeks
Copilot POC Complete
AI Roadmap Defined
Pilot Design & Readiness 4 weeks Pilot Support 4 weeks
Standard Timeline
Weeks 1-2
Copilot Overviews
Week 2-4
Pilot Planning &
Scenario Mapping
Week 5
Change Management Plan
Week 6
Pilot Plan Draft
Pilot Readiness
Review
AI CoE Enablement
Week 7-8
Plugins & Extensibility
Configuration
AI Roadmap Development
Week 8-12
Copilot & AI
Recommendations
Adoption Support
Week 8
Pilot Begins
Week 12
Post-Pilot
Review
Pilot
Phase 1
Complete

Full-Service Copilot Pilot & AI Roadmap
SERVICES
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
Estimated Duration: 12 Weeks
SUCCESSFUL PILOT OF COPILOT
FOR MICROSOFT 365
EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS &
AN AI & COPILOT ROADMAP
DELIVERABLES

How the roadmap is broken down into categories
Roadmap Streams
Facilitate Governance & Responsibly Empower
Absorb complexity into management, align with policies, simplify compliance, security and performance.
Establish An Effective Foundation
Foundational and important work from strategy to architecture that is necessary for continued digital workplace success.
Migrate & Modernize
Move away from legacy systems into long-term, supported, and more integrated experiences.
Foster Collaboration, Connection & Engagement
Make it easy and efficient for employees to onboard, teams to work together, from anywhere, to gain insights on
what is important and feel included.
Improve Communication, Navigation & Search
Provide more effective ways to communicate, reduce noise, feel informed, engaged and get their core tasks done
with increased efficiency.

PHASE 1 - Modernize
0-6 months
PHASE 2 – Connect & Integrate
6-12 months
PHASE 3 – Intelligent & Automated
12-24 months
A summary of the initiatives planned over the next 24 months
AI & Copilot Experience Roadmap Sample
AI Workplace
Strategy & Roadmap
Modern Navigation
(With Semantic Search)
Connected Copilot
Experiences
Migrate & Develop
AI Content
Establish AI &
Copilot Backlog
AI & Copilot Scenario &
Journey Design
AI Governance
Design & Planning
Viva Engage Premium Pilot
(For Leaders)
LEGEND
Foster Collaboration,
Connection & Engagement
Improve Communication,
Navigation & Search
Migrate
& Modernize
Establish An
Effective Foundation
Facilitate Governance
& Responsibly Empower
AI Amplify Pilot
(For Leaders)
Employee Onboarding
Copilot(s)
Employee Assistant
Copilot Experiences
Copilot Directory
(Release 1)
Copilot Directory
(Release 2)
Viva Pulse Pilot
(For Leaders)
AI Amplify Rolling Pilots
(For Everyone)
Targeted AI Experience &
Search Optimization
Copilot Navigation
& Search Design
Copilot Integration
& Solution Design
AI Content Design &
Migration Planning
Configure &
Improve Security
Automating & Improving Targeted
Processes & Solutions (Release 1)
Viva Topics Pilot
(For Curators)
Bring Knowledge To Users In The Context
Of Their Work (Topics Broader Rollout)
Enhanced Copilot
Insights (Release 1)
Copilot Personalization
(Release 1)
Digital Center Of
Excellence (Release 1)
Digital Center Of
Excellence (Release 2)
Targeted Viva
Learning (Pilot)
Copilot For Microsoft 365 Launch

Full Service Copilot Pilot & AI Roadmap
SERVICES
CROSS-INDUSTRY
PRODUCTIVITY
QUALITY
DIGITAL EXCELLENCE
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
MICROSOFT COPILOT
COPILOT FOR MICROSOFT 365
AI & COPILOT EXCELLENCE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
INFORMATION PROTECTION
DATA & SECURITY GOVERNANCE
SOLUTION AREAS
WHAT WILL WE DO?
Step into the future with our Full-Service Copilot Pilot & AI Roadmap, where we lay the
foundation for a transformative AI journey. We kick things off with a strategic Project
Kick-Off, aligning visions and setting clear goals. Through meticulous Pre-Pilot Planning
and comprehensive readiness assessments, we ensure your business is primed for a
seamless AI integration.
With Responsible Enablement, we empower your team with knowledge and skills
through interactive sessions, ranging from Microsoft 365 integration to advanced AI
policy formulation. As your pilot progresses, we provide robust support, including
custom training and feedback mechanisms, all tailored to foster a self-sustaining AI
environment.
The journey doesn’t end with implementation. We prepare you for sustained success
with a thorough review of pilot results and develop an AI Roadmap that outlines
strategic next steps, ensuring long-term value and growth. Our commitment is to deliver
a plan that evolves into a dynamic, actionable AI strategy for your enterprise.
Connect with us to transform your organizations landscape and harness the full power
of AI. Let's chart a bold course towards innovation and market leadership together.

Build On Your Shared Implementation Plan...
While you started with a high level roadmap or implementation plan it’s now time to establish a
service management plan.
Use the results of the Optimization Assessment and scenario
discovery to develop a plan for implementation of Copilot for
Microsoft 365.
Questions to help develop the plan:
・Are all the gaps in the optimization assessment listed in the
plan?
・Have you identified the first set of employees that would get
Copilot for Microsoft 365?
・How many licenses would you need to purchase?
・Are there any data security questions that you need to
address?
・Do all items have owners and due dates?
・Have you identified key adoption steps for the first set of
prioritized scenarios?
Shared activity

Executing Your Implementation Plan
Once you start executing measurement, listening, feedback and more becomes CRITICAL.
Shared activity
Foundational tasks
• Review success measures and user
survey results
• Conduct feedback and reporting
analysis
• Deliver extended training and
adoption support
• Iterate user experience strategy
• Gather and amplify success stories
• Measure Copilot impact
• Ensure progressive AI skilling with
training tools
• Identify additional optimization
scenarios
• Expand Microsoft Viva for Copilot
Enablement tactics (if available)
• Review feedback with
AI Council and stakeholders

Review Success Criteria & Business Outcomes
Review your progress based on your success criteria, scenarios, outcomes and more.
Shared activity
Validate key performance indicators (KPIs)
that are improving based on Copilot skills.
Choose criteria to help you show the impact
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is having on the
organization.
Use the end user surveys, listening systems,
product feedback, and Champion insights to
gather sentiment, risks, and issues.
Leverage Microsoft reporting for further
pattern analysis.
*Based on observation and research from early Copilot customer implementations.
Organizational Cultural
Individual Tangible
Tangible measures
Individual sentiment
=
Change
quotient

Action Analyzed Feedback & Insights
Keep in mind your goal is to drive action based on the insights you gather.
Shared activity
Identify common themes
Identify opportunities for expansion
and extension
Validate support scenarios and guidance
Identify success stories
Conduct success/challenge analysis
Categorize issues: technical, enablement,
strategy or communications, other

Prepare & Leverage The Copilot for Microsoft 365 Reports
These can greatly help in both the planning, initial pilots and scaled rollout of Copilot.
Assign usage report permissions
The Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage report allows you to
interpret how ready your organization is to adopt Copilot
for Microsoft 365.
The following roles can see the report: Global admins,
Exchange admins, SharePoint admins, Reports reader,
Teams admins, User Experience Success Manager. For more
details, read our documentation here.
permissions
・Develop a list of users who will have permissions to read the Microsoft 365
Copilot usage report
・Assign permissions to the identified users

Copilot insights including readiness will be a core part of the admin center experiences as well.
Feedback & Data Help Drive Better Targeting
Shared activity

The Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage report includes two
sections: Readiness and Usage.
In the Readiness section, you can review technical
eligibility, license assignment, and users who are in a
strong position to get value from Copilot for Microsoft
365.
In the Usage section, you can view a summary of Copilot
for Microsoft 365 adoption with visibility into users’ last
Copilot for Microsoft 365 activity.
Interpret the Readiness section by analyzing assigned and
available Copilot licenses, how many users are technically eligible,
and how many are in a strong position to get value from Copilot for Microsoft
365.
If needed, you can export the report data into an Excel .csv file by selecting
the Export link. This exports the Copilot for Microsoft 365 last activity data of
all users and enables your identified report readers to do simple sorting,
filtering, and searching for further analysis.

In the Readiness tab, you assess your organization’s overall readiness for Copilot
rollout based on technical eligibility requirements and overall Microsoft 365 app
usage.
In the Adoption tab, you track user adoption trends per Microsoft 365 app and
Copilot feature.
In the Impact tab, you assess Copilot impact by layering the results of
Microsoft’s quantitative and qualitative research on top of your organization’s
Copilot and Microsoft 365 usage patterns.
The Sentiment tab provides information that helps you assess Copilot impact
from users’ perspective.
access the Copilot Dashboard in Teams or web app
Upload
・Instruct users to access the Copilot Dashboard in Teams or web app
to analyze the tabs
・Analyze Readiness, Adoption, and Impact tabs
・Follow the instructions on the Sentiment tab to deliver a survey to users
・Upload the survey results through the Microsoft 365 admin center to have them
displayed in the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard
・Analyze insights on how users feel about the AI assistance they receive from Copilot
Adoption Impact
Readiness
Interpret the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard data

Action Analyzed Feedback & Insights
Let me start by highlighting the value of advanced measurement and insights empowered by
modern employee experience investments like Microsoft Viva, Glint, Pulse and more.
Shared activity
With the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard powered by Microsoft
Viva, business decision makers and IT leaders can plan their AI
readiness, drive adoption, and measure the impact of their
Copilot investment
・ Plan for Copilot readiness across Microsoft 365 and
track by app
・ Evaluate Copilot adoption across apps and by feature
・ Analyze the potential impact of Copilot across meetings,
email, chat, and documents
・ View employee sentiment about the value and benefits
of Copilot
・ Learn about the latest research and findings about AI
With a Viva license (available as an add-on), get advanced analytics across
behavioral, collaboration, and sentiment data to measure how Copilot has
impacted work patterns. Leaders can also run custom queries and reports and
survey employees about their sentiment about Copilot.
Viva for Measurement

Seeded
vs. Premium
**Available in web and Teams app experience for leaders and analyst tool bench for custom reports. Requires Viva Insights, Workplace Analytics, and Employee Feedback SKU, or Viva Suite SKUs.
Microsoft Copilot Dashboard feature
Readiness
Number of people eligible to benefit from Copilot
・ At the tenant level ・ At the tenant level
Adoption
Understand how many and
in what ways people use Copilot
・ At the tenant level
・ Ability to filter across department, role, and other org attributes
・ Visualize adoption trends and behavioral changes
Impact
Time savings
・ Extrapolated time savings
based on industry research
・ Metrics supported by research
・ At the tenant level
・ Actual time savings calculated by combining copilot usage patterns
and workplace collaboration data
Sentiment
Understand user perception and perceived value ・ At the tenant level
・ Correlated with usage patterns and collaboration behaviors
Microsoft Copilot Dashboard
Screenshots for illustrative purposes
and subject to change.
Included with Microsoft 365 Added value with Microsoft Viva**

Dive deeper into the data using
tailorable pre-built report
templates* or custom analysis.
*Coming soon

Accelerate your path to Copilot with Microsoft Viva
Copilot Onboarding Copilot Enablement Copilot Adoption & Value Realization
* Use Viva Insights reports and
Microsoft Copilot Dashboard
to identify ideal pilot groups.
Use Viva Pulse to get feedback
and insights before Copilot/AI
roll out to capture productivity
obstacles & create baseline key
metrics.
Create & drive actionable plans
from Viva Insights reports to
remove productivity barriers
and obstacles.
* Use Viva Engage to share
progress, learnings and
activities in communities.
Curate knowledge base
via Topics & Answers
in communities.
* Use Microsoft Copilot
Dashboard powered by Viva
to understand adoption rate,
productivity gains and ROI
for Copilot users
Use Skills in Viva to assess
current readiness and assign *
Viva Learning path on
Generative AI based
on proficiency level.
Use Viva Goals to unite Copilot
users around shared adoption
goals and measure progress.
Use Viva Amplify to run iterative
AI campaigns on Copilot
launch, use cases, trainings
& support for different
user groups.
* Use Viva Learning to deliver
bite-sized trainings on AI,
Copilot and lessons learned
in flow of work.
Use Viva Glint to get feedback ,
insights and user sentiment
after Copilot/ AI roll out
Leverage Viva apps to identify core business scenarios
& pain points to resolve with AI Transformation
Leverage Viva apps to drive AI /Copilot for
Microsoft 365 Adoption and change management
Leverage Viva apps to measure effectiveness,
productivity gains and ROI of AI Adoption
* Seeded Capabilities of app can also be Utilized

How Employee Communication
& Connections Are Changing
With Copilot & AI
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 12:00 PM (EST)
SESSION 1 OF 4: MICROSOFT EX & AI
WATCH NOW

How Employee Learning &
Development Is Changing
With Copilot & AI
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:00 PM (EST)
WATCH NOW

How Employee Workplace
Analytics & Feedback Is
Changing With Copilot & AI
Thursday, February 29, 2024 12:00 PM (EST)
WATCH NOW

How Employee Performance
& Management Is Changing
With Copilot & AI
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 12:00 PM (EST)
WATCH NOW

Get started with your Copilot campaigns
Consider Viva
Pulse and Insights
Get qualitative feedback from
Pulse surveys and behavioral
data from Viva Insights to
supplement engagement data
Plan and manage
Plan launch and subsequent
campaigns.
Design and
create content
Create the content
and get approvals
Measure effectiveness
How did users engage
with your content?
Orchestrate
and automate
Decide who will receive and in
which channels
Publish universally
Review and hit send
What is our company vision for AI and
where do Copilot goals fit in (consider
using/sharing Viva Goals for Copilot)
Getting started with Copilot
and training/support
Sharing successful
use cases from others
1 2 3

Supporting Copilot for
Microsoft 365 adoption
with Viva Amplify
Drive engagement with pilot
or general users in the right way
• Maximize audience reach and target users
with education and anticipation messaging.
• Tailor and target communications to specific
distribution channels and groups, e.g. A Viva
Engage Community for learning AI skills
• Publish once to multiple apps and assess
engagement through reports

SharePoint
Teams
Campaign
Example
NOTE: Ask your EE CSA for sample content and help
getting started with Viva Amplify.
Outlook
How else you can
use Viva and M365 tools
to help with adoption?

Copilot templates in
Viva Amplify
Seamlessly onboard users onto Copilot
with pre-built content and customizable
templates
Coming March 2024

Get ready to soar with
Copilot and Viva Engage!
• Communities: Create Communities for Copilot for Microsoft 365.
Connect with coworkers in communities built around what Copilot
can do.
• Announcements: Keep everyone informed and engaged with
announcements and notifications across web and mobile apps.
• Conversations: Need assistance on features? Post conversations,
questions, polls, and praise in a community or on your storyline.
• Storyline: Post and share with your followers and others that can
learn from your knowledge.
• Leadership Corner: What are leaders doing with Copilot for
Microsoft 365? Get to know your leaders, stay informed, attend their
AMAs (Ask Me Anything), and follow them for updates.
• Answers: A new experience for people to learn from each other by
asking and answering questions. You can even build an FAQ from the
best answers.
• Virtual Events: Host a live video event including Viva Engage
conversations and Q&A before, during, and after a Copilot for
Microsoft 365 event.

A modern approach to adoption
Deploy rapidly & at scale
Traditional change approach
FAQs, user guides, adoption comms,
instructor-led training, etc.
Time to find
answers:
Viva Engage and Answers in Viva
Open forums to discuss, share ideas, learn from
others and attend online events.
Quicker
Slower
Building our
AI muscle:
Less More
Time to find
Answers:
Slower Quicker
Building our
AI muscle:
Less More

Viva Engage community success
It’s time to set up your Viva Engage community to being
generating excitement, sharing learning and supporting your
future Copilot champions and experts.
1 Create your community: “Copilot Crew”.
2 Choose if you want this community to be private (good for a
limited early cohort) or public
3 Ensure Answers in Communities is turned on for the
community*
4 Add a great cover photo and icon for the community.

Generate excitement
Use the Announcement
capability to get your
members’ attention!
Post videos or photos, screen
recordings, or documents to
grab attention.
Pin a welcome post to the top
of the community feed.

Uses for the Copilot
Crew Community
Create excitement: Announce new capabilities, show
leadership support.
Offer scaled support: Members can ask questions
and see all best answers.
Upskilling: Run initiatives such as a prompting
masterclass, share tips and tricks to all.
Showcase best practices and stories: Post the very
best success stories of Copilot use in your
organization.
Crowdsource new practices and new stories: Learn
all new practices and stories in your organization
Check your success with detailed analytics

Example:
Community
Announcement
Welcome to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Community!
We're super excited to launch our Microsoft 365 Copilot Pilot for 300
special users! It’s time to dive into the future of productivity with
Microsoft 365.
What’s Happening?
• Need support: Just Ask. Post your question and watch the community
help you navigate.
• Interactive AMAs: Gain insights directly from our tech gurus!
• Fun & Learning: Enjoy engaging activities while discovering new
features!
Our Mission is to forge a vibrant community for learning, sharing, and
support. Your input and experiences are invaluable!
Get Involved:
• Engage in discussions, ask questions, and share insights.
• Experiment with Microsoft 365 Copilot and share your journey.
• Look out for our fun events and surprise activities!
Together, we’ll make this pilot soar! Your active participation will shape
its success.
Ready for an amazing journey with Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Let's get started!

Support at Scale
Use Answers in Communities
to source expert answers and
automate repeat questions.
Use Topics to help organize
questions on particular themes.

Build skills
Communities create the
perfect opportunity to upskill
your employees through
discussions on key AI skills
Share links to relevant Copilot
courses in Viva Learning
Share links to other internal
or external learning sources

How to accelerate from novice to professional?
Copilot Novice
Finding the best
prompts
Use case ideas
Sharing the best
examples of use
Measuring
impact
Asking questions
Learning best
practices
Answering
questions
Rapidly see value
Developing local
best practice
Copilot Professional

Example:
Learning Discussion
Post
Share Your Microsoft 365 Copilot Surprises & Challenges!
Hey Innovators!
As we navigate our way through the Microsoft 365 Copilot pilot, we're sure you've encountered
some surprises and challenges along the way. Let’s share and learn from these experiences!
Surprising Discoveries: Have you stumbled upon any unexpected or particularly clever ways of
using Microsoft 365 Copilot? Maybe it solved a problem you didn’t know you had, or it enhanced
a task in a way you didn't anticipate?
Tricky Situations: Encountered any challenging scenarios while using Microsoft 365 Copilot?
How did you navigate through them? Sharing these moments can provide valuable insights for all
of us.
Discussion Points:
1. Unexpected Benefits: What has Microsoft 365 Copilot done that pleasantly surprised
you?
2. Creative Solutions: Share a scenario where Microsoft 365 Copilot provided a creative
solution.
3. Overcoming Hurdles: Discuss any tricky situation and how you resolved it with Microsoft
365 Copilot.
Your experiences, both the wins and the challenges, are a goldmine of learning for the entire
community.
Drop your stories, insights, and learnings in the comments. Let's explore the full potential of
copilot!

Showcase success
Ask members to share success
stories: personal success stories and
productivity wins with Microsoft
Copilot, providing real-life examples of
how Copilot enhances day-to-day tasks
and overall work efficiency.
Or ask them to share new practices:
post tips and “hacks” for doing work
differently, which can serve as a
learning resource and inspiration for
others in the community.

Learn new practices example: prompting
Prompting is a new concept for many Copilot users. You can use Viva Engage to support learning
new practices.
Discussion Threads on Prompt Crafting: Initiate discussion threads where users can post their attempts at
crafting prompts and receive constructive feedback from peers, facilitating a collaborative learning
environment.
Prompting Challenges: Organize text-based challenges where members can share prompts they’ve created
for specific scenarios or tasks, allowing others to learn by example and understand the nuances of effective
prompting.
Showcase and Analysis: Feature a "Prompt of the Week" where a particularly effective prompt is
showcased, with an analysis of why it works well, encouraging others to understand and apply similar
principles in their prompts.

Example:
Share Prompt Ideas
Hey Prompt Wizards!
Do you have the knack to ask Copilot the right questions? Have your words summoned
the most enlightening responses? It’s time to flaunt that skill!
We’re on a quest to uncover the most creative, effective, and sometimes unexpected
prompts that have led to Copilot triumphs.
Here’s how you can participate:
1. Post Your Prompt: Share that special prompt you’ve crafted in the comments below.
2. Reveal the Outcome: Show us the magic - what amazing response did it generate?
3. Gather Your Likes: The community will be the judge! The more likes you get, the more we know we’ve
found a prompting gem!
Let's create a spellbook of prompts that can guide and inspire our fellow enchanters!
Drop your prompts and let the enchantment begin! And remember, every prompt is a
step towards mastering the art of the ask.

Check your success
Viva Engage community analytics
provides you with feedback on the
engagement in your community:
Activity
Questions and Answers
(including unanswered questions)

Larger rollout of Copilot? Use more
Viva Engage to maximize impact!
Use Answers in Viva to ensure support your users at scale
in Viva Engage
Identify leaders and their audiences to target Copilot
messaging at scale
Use a campaign (such as #CopilotCrew) to ignite your
Copilot usage across the entire organization
Leverage an Ask-me-Anything to enhance engagement
with Copilot SMEs and internal thought leaders
View detailed analytics on to measure the impact of your
engagement, including trending themes and sentiment

Why use Answers in Viva?
Reduce the Copilot rollout
support overhead
Leverage real experiences to
capture & share knowledge
Use AI to manage knowledge
but keep the human in the loop
How many times will the same questions be
asked? Provide answers and resources to users
without having to raise a ticket.
Identify and prompt experts to contribute their
own knowledge and measure the impact.
Leverage AI to surface similar questions that
have been answered, recommend topics and
experts, and highlights the top solutions.
Question?
How can we……?

Start typing the question and AI
will find matches which have been
answered by an expert or someone
in the community.
Help your SMEs answer them
Support tickets needed: 0
People will have questions
Answers in Viva

with Answers Analytics
Measure the impact
Answers in Viva
As more people discover existing
answers to questions, the
organisation saves more time.

Upload Copilot support content into
Answers with FAQify
Prepare a TXT, DOCX or PDF file with your top
20-50 Copilot FAQ questions
Use FAQify to upload the FAQ
Now your Answers users will have access to your
Copilot FAQ in Answers

Leadership communication
Ask me anything about AI Impact
The online #AI-Impact
campaign is live so get sharing
all your experiences with AI and
Copilot…
We’ve reduced the time we
spend preparing for team
meetings by over 50% this
month!! #AI-Impact
Provide a space for leadership
to promote important messages
& be open to 2-way feedback
Host AMA events &
promote special comms hashtag
campaigns

Automated Copilot
support in Viva
Engage/Answers
Automate answers to employee
questions on how Copilot can best assist
them
Private Preview

Get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 communities
Realize value
Measure engagement using
conversation insights to
understand the impact and
reach with analytics.
Plan and manage
• Create Copilot user
Communities.
• Rally employees around
Copilot initiatives with
Community collaboration.
Use AI to create
and publish
Use AI-powered features in Viva
Engage Copilot, which assists
employees in creating engaging
and inclusive posts, and AI
suggested topics for Viva Answers.
Search for answers
Use the search bar to quickly
find conversations, people,
communities, and knowledge
across your network for Copilot
for Microsoft 365.
Orchestrate and connect
• Reach Copilot users with interactive
messages that can extend across
Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and
SharePoint and mobile devices.
• Uncover helpful information through
conversations happening across
Copilot users.
Follow champions
Discover and learn more from
Champions and leaders. Follow
people to exchange
knowledge and ideas.

Get started with your Copilot learning
Measure adoption
View and report on
Viva Learning active
and engaged users
Curate Copilot
content
Curate Copilot learning
content in Teams
Track course completion
Create Objectives and Key Results.
Ex: Use Copilot OKR template
Find and share learning
Users can find and share Copilot
training with teammates through
Teams or email
Recommend courses
Configure Copilot for
Microsoft 365 team
structure under AI Org
Complete
Copilot courses
Users receive notifications
of recommended courses
and view directly in Teams
or Viva Learning web

Get started with measuring effectiveness
for Copilot for Microsoft 365
Validate user
sentiment
Use Viva Glint / Viva Pulse
to get feedback and user
sentiment after Copilot/ AI roll
out
Plan and manage
Engage Copilot v-team and
understand key workstreams
Assess Viva Insights
reports
Analysts / leaders to assess
existing PBI reports and Copilot
Dashboard to understand
productivity barriers and identify
pilot user groups for roll out
Check the productivity gains &
ROI with Copilot Dashboard
Configure
access in mac
IT Admin or Global admin to
configure access for required
users for Copilot dashboard in
Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Check-in rhythm
Take Actions for identified
users on Copilot onboarding
& enablement journey

Get started with your Copilot surveys
Consider Viva
Pulse and Insights
Get insights on users’
productivity from Insights
to prove value with data,
utilize campaigns in Amplify
to highlight use cases found
in surveys
Plan and manage
Plan timing and launch
of Pulse surveys to be
delivered over the 90 days
Design and
create content
Create the surveys
Review user feedback
in an internal session
Orchestrate
and automate
Assign Viva Pulse licenses
to the appropriate audience
Publish universally
Review survey questions
and send to Copilot users

Get started with your Copilot for Microsoft 365 goals
Realize value
Consider Viva Engage, Amplify,
Pulse and Insights to drive
sustained adoption on
Copilot for Microsoft 365
Plan and manage
Engage Copilot v-team and
understand key workstreams
Create and publish
Create Objectives and Key Results.
Ex: Use Copilot OKR template
Review OKRs progress with focus
on learnings and next steps
Orchestrate
and automate
Configure Copilot for
Microsoft 365 team
structure under AI Org
Check-in rhythm
Regular updates and
check-ins on KRs

It is important to make understanding and leveraging plugins something you do from the very early small-
scale pilots and increasingly use as you grow technical adoption of the Copilot experiences.
Extending & Optimizing From The Start
decision guide
documentation on message extensions for Copilot for Microsoft 365
documentation on building plugins using Microsoft business applications
・ Determine the path forward for extensibility with our decision guide
・ Design a plugin based on requirements to meet a user scenario
・ Determine if the plugin needs to be built or if an existing plugin in the store can be utilized to
meet your needs, and if an existing or new Teams apps message extension, Power Automate
Flow, Data Connector is needed
・ If needed, read our documentation on message extensions for Copilot for Microsoft 365
・ If needed, read our documentation on building plugins using Microsoft business applications
・ Publish plugins to your tenant
To enhance the Copilot for Microsoft 365 experience and cater to specific business requirements,
you can create AI plugins. These plugins serve as extensions, allowing you to customize Copilot for
Microsoft 365 for various scenarios. Here are the different types of AI plugins you can create:
1. Prompt Plugins: Utilize AI Builder and natural language understanding to target specific
workflows within your business. These plugins generate content or extract insights based on
user interactions with Copilot for Microsoft 365
2. Flow Plugins: Leverage Power Automate flows to perform actions and retrieve data.
They enable seamless integration with external systems
3. Connector Plugins: Access data from other systems using Power Platform connectors. Popular
enterprise products like Salesforce, Zendesk, MailChimp, and GitHub can be connected
4. OpenAI Plugins: Establish connections to custom OpenAI models that you create,
enhancing Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities
Reduce the build time for Copilot for Microsoft 365
extensibility:
・Decide if there is a need to build a new plugin or
to leverage an existing plugin available in the Apps
marketplace.
・Reduce the build time by determining if there is an
existing Teams Message extension, Power
Automate flow, and data connectors that can be
leveraged for integration of Copilot for Microsoft
365 and Line of Business applications.
・Leverage Copilot Studio when possible.

It is important to make understanding and leveraging plugins something you do from the very early small-
scale pilots and increasingly use as you grow technical adoption of the Copilot experiences.
Microsoft Copilot
Answers based on your enterprise data
but cannot natively answer other queries.
Extended in Copilot Studio
Add reusable AI plugins
(based on pre-built/custom
connectors, AI prompts, and
Power Automate flows) or
build Conversational Plugins.
Build a Conversational Plugin
Use the state-of-the-art dialog
builder. Using 1000s of connectors,
combine multiple data sources and
manipulate data.
Ask again
Microsoft Copilot is now
instantly capable of
handling the previously
unanswered query.
Publish back to
Microsoft Copilot
Publish and enable your
new plugin in Microsoft
Copilot in minutes.
Copilot Studio
The fastest way to build
and extend powerful
Generative AI Copilots

Copilot Plugins & Studio Bring To Bear 1100+ Connectors
Think of plugins as a bridge. This could be a bridge between data from the internet and
data a company keeps private or a bridge between a copilot and a back-end system.

There are many options to get started and get the support you need here.
・ Identify participants
・ Determine logistics for the one-day event
・ Ensure environment is setup and lab materials are ready before the event
・ Confirm key scenarios
・ Reach out if you want to join one as we run them regularly. ☺
Microsoft Copilot Studio for Microsoft 365
Copilot Studio in a Day
½ day to 1 (one)-day hands-on workshop for subject matter experts and
business users, covering the breadth of Copilot Studio.
The goal is for our customers to:
・ Have enough experience with the product to be able to understand the
value and features currently in preview and how they could begin to use it
・ Understand how Copilot Studio differentiates from the competition and
become Copilot Studio advocates in their organization
・ Know what the next steps are to learn more about Copilot Studio and
become part of the community
・ To develop your own copilot for high-value scenarios

AI and Copilot will expose gaps and
challenges in your processes, people,
systems and more so having a plan,
listening, and adapting will be key.

The Journey With AI Today…
It is important to build a scalable foundation to achieve maximum impact over time.
1 Prepare, learn, pilot, and
implementing AI, while also
updating systems, protecting your
data, and actively enhancing AI skills
2 Mature your usage patterns and
shift the focus to quality driven via
process augmentation. Expand and
extend capabilities and data.
Differentiated
Value
Value prioritizes quality gains on top of productivity gains
Departmental and role-based process improvement
Plugins, extensibility and integrated value embedded in key experiences
Foundational
Value
Primary value is calculated as productivity gains
Establish digital excellence and enable
Migrate, modernize and secure and manage data
Exponential Value
Value is a strategic and competitive edge based on innovation
Custom AI and Copilot experiences that automate cross-business processes
People and digital excellence are amplifiers
Start
here
3 Extend to line of business systems,
streamline and automate for
revenue and costs.
The business should drive this change
and we need to prioritize peer-to-peer
learning and knowledge sharing.
Functional
Agents
Digital Assistants At
Scale
Modern AI
Enablement
3
2
1

The Journey With AI Today…
It is important to build a scalable foundation to achieve maximum impact over time.
Differentiated
Value
Foundational
Value
Exponential Value
Start
here
revenue and costs.
Functional
Agents
Scale
Modern AI
Enablement
3
2
1
People today think it is
like this for investment…
but it’s actually like…

Success With AI Requires Investment But Provides Big Returns
The effort and investment is inverted and better represented where investment increases over time.
Differentiated
Value
Foundational
Value
Exponential
Value
Start
here
revenue and costs.
Functional
Agents
Scale
Modern AI
Enablement
3
2
1

Today we are preparing our
organizations for an exponential curve
of technology change. The sooner we
embrace and scale, the better off we
will be (and it’s easier with friends). ☺

Let’s connect and find ways to do more and work together.
Message me on LinkedIn or email Richard@2toLead.com
200+ Awesome Presentations at:
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief Technology
Officer & Microsoft MVP
Super Friendly
Thank You
Slideshare.Net/RHarbridge
800+ Pages of Whitepapers at: 2toLead.com/Resources
Elsewhere…
M365Resources.com
M365Ideas.com
M365Sprawl.com
M365Intranets.com
M365Metrics.com
SharePointMigrations.com

Download our free
80+ page whitepaper
Transform your Employee Experience
at every stage with Microsoft 365
and Microsoft Viva!
Download Today
Download Today

Tech-Forward - Achieving Business Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365

More Related Content

What's hot

Similar to Tech-Forward - Achieving Business Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365

Recently uploaded

Tech-Forward - Achieving Business Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365