Master Microsoft Copilot across the entire Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Learn to use Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams to draft documents, analyze data, build presentations, manage email, and automate workflows. Includes prompt engineering techniques specific to Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot is built into the apps you already use every day, and this free Microsoft Copilot course teaches you how to actually get value from it across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. You'll learn to draft and summarize documents in Word, analyze data and build formulas in Excel, create presentations in PowerPoint, manage your inbox in Outlook, and run smarter meetings in Teams. Rather than a feature tour, the course centers on real tasks you can hand to Copilot to save time at work or school.
A core part of the course is prompt engineering specific to Copilot, because the same request can produce a generic result or an excellent one depending on how you ask. You'll learn how to give Copilot the right context, structure your prompts, and refine its output so it fits your voice and your documents. The lessons move from setup and navigation to practical workflows you can reuse, from a first draft to a finished deck to a cleaned-up inbox.
It is built for office professionals, students, and anyone whose work lives in Microsoft 365, with no technical background required. Like every FreeAcademy course, it is 100% free with no signup required to start, and finishing the lessons and final exam earns you a certificate of completion for your LinkedIn or resume. By the end you'll know exactly where Copilot helps most and how to prompt it to do your repetitive work for you.
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It covers Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, plus using Copilot for web search and creative tasks, with practical workflows for each.
The skills and prompts transfer regardless, but full Copilot features inside Microsoft 365 apps require a subscription. The course explains what is available so you can follow along and apply it when you have access.
No. The course is built for everyday office users and students. If you already use Word, Excel, or Outlook, you have everything you need to start.
The course teaches Copilot-specific prompt engineering, so you get noticeably better results by giving the right context and structure rather than generic requests.
Yes. The course is completely free with no signup to start, and you earn a certificate of completion for LinkedIn or your resume after passing the final exam.
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