Microsoft Copilot Wave 2

NEW FEATURES with Microsoft Copilot Wave 2

This blog article explores the exciting new features introduced in Microsoft Copilot Wave 2, providing insights into how they enhance productivity and streamline user experience.

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Microsoft Copilot Wave 2 Announces: PowerPoint Narrative Builder

Microsoft’s Copilot Narrative Builder is an exciting new feature in PowerPoint, designed to revolutionize how presentations are created by offering a more streamlined and intelligent process. This feature, part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot suite, leverages the power of AI to help users build a strong foundation for their presentations, making it easier to organize ideas and create content that is cohesive and well-structured.

At its core, the Copilot Narrative Builder allows users to draft a high-level outline or “narrative” of their presentation before PowerPoint automatically generates the slides for them. Traditionally, building a presentation requires manually creating slides one by one, adding content, adjusting layouts, and ensuring consistency across the entire deck. This process can be time-consuming, especially when working on complex topics or large presentations that require a lot of research, planning, and referencing external materials.

With Copilot Narrative Builder, users can focus on outlining what should be included in the presentation without worrying about the actual slide creation until later. You start by working within a narrative drafting tool in PowerPoint, where you can define key themes, structure, and goals for your presentation. As you create this draft, you can describe the major points or sections of your presentation, and Copilot helps refine it by suggesting ways to organize and expand on your ideas.

Microsoft Copilot Wave 2 Announces Copilot for OneDrive

Microsoft has introduced new Copilot features in OneDrive that make document comparison more intuitive and efficient. These enhancements use AI to help users quickly identify which document best fits their needs by allowing them to compare files side by side, even when there are subtle differences between them.

In many cases, users often find themselves managing multiple versions of similar documents—such as drafts of a report, presentations, or project files. With the new Copilot document comparison feature in OneDrive, you can easily see how these documents differ. Instead of manually going through each version, Copilot does the heavy lifting by highlighting key differences, such as changes in content, formatting, or structure. This makes it easier to identify which document contains the most relevant information, saving time and reducing the risk of errors.

What makes this feature especially useful is its ability to pull from the broader Microsoft ecosystem. For example, if you’re unsure which document is most up-to-date or contains the required content, Copilot can intelligently scan and compare files stored across OneDrive, SharePoint, or even email attachments in Outlook. This capability ensures that you have a comprehensive view of all available versions and can make an informed decision on which document to work with.

Priority emails with Copilot for Outlook

Microsoft Outlook’s new Copilot Priority feature uses AI to automatically determine the importance of your emails, helping users manage their inbox more efficiently. This tool goes beyond simple rules-based sorting by learning from your behavior and feedback, adapting to how you prioritize communication.

At the heart of the Copilot Priority feature is its ability to analyze incoming emails and assign a level of priority based on factors such as the sender, content, and urgency. For instance, it can recognize emails from your boss or team as high-priority or flag urgent requests and deadlines that need immediate attention. This automatic sorting helps reduce the clutter of less important emails, ensuring that what matters most rises to the top.

One of the standout aspects of this feature is that you can coach Copilot, teaching it why certain emails are more or less important to you. For example, if Copilot incorrectly labels an email as high priority, you can tell it why the message is actually lower on your list. Over time, Copilot learns from these adjustments, fine-tuning its understanding of your personal email preferences and becoming smarter at prioritizing messages.

Microsoft Copilot Pages

Today, Microsoft introduced Copilot Pages, a new tool in our design system for knowledge work. Copilot Pages is an interactive canvas built into Copilot chat that allows multiple people to collaborate with AI in real time. With Pages, you can take Copilot’s helpful responses and turn them into something you can edit, save, and share with your team. Copilot Pages is available starting today for Microsoft 365 Copilot users and will be coming soon to all Microsoft 365 subscribers.

If you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, you and your team can work directly on the page in full screen. You can use Copilot together, improve and expand on responses, share ideas, and organize information. Copilot Pages brings human-AI teamwork to life, transforming Copilot from a personal tool into a shared, collaborative experience.

How to use Copilot Pages:

1. Access Copilot at Microsoft.com/Copilot. If you have an M365 Copilot license, you can also use Copilot in Teams and Outlook.
2. Chat with Copilot as you normally would. When you get a response you’d like to keep, click “Edit in Pages.” This will open a side-by-side page with the response already formatted, including any links or code. A reference will be added in the chat.
3. Add and refine content. Continue your conversation in the chat, and clicking “Edit in Pages” will add new responses to the page. The page is fully editable—just click to start typing. You can also use the “/” key to access a menu of content types.
4. Share and collaborate. When you’re ready, share your page with others so they can collaborate. People you share with can view and edit the page but won’t have access to your Copilot session. If your team has a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, you can work together in full screen, adding to each other’s prompts and creating a final result. Tip: Use the share icon to copy the page into Teams or Outlook for full interactivity.
5. Access your pages. You can return to your page anytime through the link in the chat where it was created, or by going to the Pages tab in Microsoft365.com, where all your pages are saved.

Key Features:

• Persistent: Copilot Pages turn temporary AI-generated content into something lasting that you can edit and build on.
• Shareable: Pages can be shared and used for dynamic collaboration in Teams chats, Outlook emails, meetings, or the Pages module in the Microsoft 365 app.
• Multiplayer: Collaborate with your team in real-time. See everyone’s contributions and work together on refining Copilot prompts if you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

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