Microsoft 365 Copilot Essentials & Foundations for Beginners

Boost productivity using Copilot across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive & Viva with real examples

What this course is and how you’ll benefit

Master Copilot in Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive & Viva with real examples
This course guides you, step-by-step, through how to harness the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot to boost productivity across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive & Viva with real examples. You’ll learn real-world workflows, prompt-writing skills and licensing essentials—designed for beginners who want to become confident in M365 AI-driven work.

What you’ll be able to do after this course

• Learn how to launch and interact with Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other M365 apps.

• Recognise and leverage productive use cases for OneDrive, SharePoint and Viva with AI assistance

• Write effective prompts to guide Copilot, so you get the output you need

• Understand the licensing and access requirements for Copilot within an M365 environment

• Build real-world workflows that save time, reduce manual effort and improve output quality

Course overview

In this comprehensive beginner-friendly course, we’ll begin by introducing the concept of M365 Copilot—what it is, how it fits into modern workplace productivity, and why it's becoming a game-changer. We’ll then walk through each major app: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint and Viva—showing you how Copilot integrates, where it adds value, and how to write prompts that get you the best results.

You’ll work through hands-on, realistic examples: drafting documents in Word, analysing data in Excel, creating presentations in PowerPoint, managing files in OneDrive, collaborating in SharePoint, and engaging teams in Viva. You’ll also learn about the licensing tiers and setup requirements so you can understand the business side—and prepare to apply these tools in real environments.

Throughout the course, you’ll be writing prompts in live-demo scenarios, seeing how small prompt tweaks change results, and practising with templates so you can confidently replicate the patterns yourself. By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with:

• Solid foundational skills in every major M365 app with Copilot

• A prompt-engineering mindset applied to routine productivity tasks

• Certification-ready knowledge of how licensing and deployment work

• The ability to confidently use Copilot in real world scenarios

Who this course is for

This course is ideal for:

• Beginners who have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and want to upgrade to AI-driven productivity

• Office professionals, knowledge workers, administrators, or team members looking to adopt Copilot in their daily workflows.

• Anyone curious about how AI can assist in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint or Viva and wants structured guidance

• Those who want more than surface-level features—they want use-cases, prompts, licensing and workflow integration

Requirements

• A Microsoft 365 subscription (any version that supports Copilot) or access to a trial version

• Basic familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint or Viva

• Willingness to follow along with hands-on demos and prompts (no prior AI or coding experience required)

Ready to transform how you work with M365?
Join now, follow the modules, complete the practice prompts, and you’ll finish this course able to leverage Copilot across your organisation or personal workflows confidently. Let’s get started on building smarter, faster, AI-enhanced productivity together.