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What are Microsoft 365 Copilot agents and how to use them | Microsoft
Keeping work moving often means juggling data, tools, and tasks across multiple roles. This Microsoft video shows how Microsoft 365 Copilot agents act as expert assistants, helping teams streamline repetitive work and gain insights using the data they already rely on. Watch the video to see how agents support functions like finance, HR, and marketing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Microsoft 365 Copilot agents?
Microsoft 365 Copilot agents are specialized, pre-built AI assistants that help you and your team handle specific tasks inside the Microsoft 365 environment.
You can think of them as focused helpers that:
- Work directly with your existing data, such as emails, documents, meetings, and websites
- Support common business functions like finance, HR, and marketing
- Help you move from manual, repetitive work to more automated, guided workflows
Instead of being a general chatbot, each agent is oriented around a particular type of work. That focus makes it easier to apply them to real business scenarios and integrate them into your existing processes.
How do Microsoft 365 Copilot agents work with my data?
Microsoft 365 Copilot agents are designed to work within the data you already use every day in Microsoft 365. According to the overview, they can draw on:
- Emails
- Documents
- Meetings
- Websites
The agents use this information to:
- Understand the context of your tasks
- Automate steps that would otherwise be manual
- Surface insights and recommendations you can act on
For example, an agent can review relevant emails and documents to help you prepare for a meeting, or pull information from internal sites and files to support a specific workflow. The goal is to keep you working in your usual tools while the agent handles the heavy lifting in the background.
How can different teams use Microsoft 365 Copilot agents?
Microsoft 365 Copilot agents are built to support a range of business functions. The tutorial highlights several use cases:
- Finance: A finance-focused agent can help automate recurring tasks such as pulling data from spreadsheets and documents, preparing summaries, or organizing information for reviews.
- HR: An HR agent can assist with tasks like drafting communications, organizing information from documents and emails, or helping track key HR activities.
- Marketing and other teams: Marketing and other business teams can use agents to streamline repetitive work, coordinate information from multiple sources, and generate actionable insights from existing content.
Across these areas, the main benefit is to automate routine steps so teams can focus more on analysis, decision-making, and higher-value work. The video’s structure—from introduction and getting started, to how agents work and specific finance and HR examples—shows how you can move from basic understanding to applying agents across different teams.
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