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★ Start here · Cowork
Cowork · Apr 2026 · 36 min

Microsoft Copilot Cowork — The Complete Guide

— Deeper dives —
→ Cowork: On mobile 5 min → Cowork: Admin enablement and governance 20 min → Cowork: Skills and plugins 29 min → Cowork: Use cases by role 13 min → Cowork: Prompts to try 21 min → Cowork: Pricing and cost management 11 min → Cowork: How to use it step by step 9 min
★ Start here · What's new
What's New · Sep 2026 · 135 min

M365 Copilot — September Recap: 94 Updates

— Past recaps —
→ M365 Copilot — August Recap: 59 Updates 72 min → M365 Copilot — July Recap: 40+ Updates 30 min → M365 Copilot — June Recap: 31 Updates 20 min → Microsoft Build 2026 — The Recap (all AI announcements) 51 min → M365 Copilot — May Recap: 53 Updates 37 min
→ See all monthly recaps
★ Start here · Copilot Skills
Copilot Skills · Jul 2026 · 14 min

Microsoft 365 Copilot Skills — Start Here

— Skills by surface and job —
→ Copilot Skills — Admin & Governance Guide 9 min → Skills in Word — The Honest Current State 8 min → Skills in Excel — User Guide + Developer Preview 9 min → Skills in PowerPoint — Step-by-Step 9 min → Skill Recorder — Turn Work into a Skill 10 min → Cowork Skills — Package, Connect, Publish 10 min → Write Your First SKILL.md — Step-by-Step 11 min
★ Start here · Microsoft Scout
Scout · Jun 2026 · 28 min

Scout: Complete Guide (hub)

— Deeper dives —
→ Scout: Admin install & Frontier setup 14 min → Scout: All 7 bundled skills 15 min → Scout: Automations, memory, heartbeats 11 min → Scout: MCP servers & custom skills 11 min → Scout: Secure configuration · every setting that matters 14 min
★ Start here · Copilot Pricing
Copilot · Jun 2026 · 7 min

Copilot Pricing & Tiers — Free, Premium, M365 Copilot, Studio

— Deeper dives —
→ Proving Copilot ROI — The Complete Field Guide 17 min → Pre-Purchase Plans (P3): Copilot vs GitHub 8 min → Copilot Cost Management & Billing 20 min → Copilot Messages vs Credits — What Changed? 5 min → Is Copilot Pro Discontinued? Meet Microsoft 365 Premium 7 min → Is Copilot Studio Free? Pricing & Credits Explained 9 min → What Are Copilot Credits? Rates & Costs 11 min → Copilot Pro vs M365 Copilot — Which Do You Need? 25 min
★ Start here · Prompting
Prompt Engineering · May 2026 · 43 min

Prompt Engineering for M365 Copilot — The Complete Guide

— Deeper dives —
→ Copilot for Executives — The Complete Guide 112 min → Copilot for People Leaders — The Complete Guide 100 min → M365 Copilot Prompting — What's New 2026 29 min → M365 Copilot for 5 Personas — The Complete Playbook 109 min
★ Start here · M365 Copilot
Copilot · May 2026 · 24 min

How M365 Copilot Works — Plain-English Guide

— Deeper dives —
→ 22 M365 Copilot Features You're Probably Not Using 43 min → M365 Copilot (licensed) — Train-the-Trainer Guide 31 min → M365 Copilot Chat (free tier) — Train-the-Trainer Guide 26 min
★ Start here · IT Admins
Copilot · Apr 2026 · 20 min

M365 Copilot Deployment — The Complete Guide (IT admin checklist)

— Deeper dives —
→ Copilot App Unification: The Admin Guide 28 min → Auditing Microsoft 365 Copilot — A Practical Guide 21 min → Copilot Agents & Studio — Data-Flow Governance 21 min → Copilot Certifications & Compliance (the RFP answer) 21 min → Copilot Data Residency & Sovereignty (ANZ & Government) 25 min → Copilot Security Questions — Answered (IT Admin FAQ) 32 min → SharePoint Oversharing Controls for Copilot 23 min → Copilot Control System (CCS) — The Complete Guide 17 min → M365 Copilot Brand Kit — The Complete Guide 65 min → M365 Copilot Content Safety — The Complete Guide (for IT Admins) 17 min → Microsoft 365 E7 (Frontier Suite) — The Complete Guide 12 min → M365 Copilot Chat — April 15 Changes (IT Admin Update) 10 min
★ Start here · Built-in Agents
Agents · Jun 2026 · 16 min

Built-in Microsoft 365 Agents

— The agents Microsoft ships —
→ Analyst Agent (Copilot) 7 min → Facilitator Agent (Teams meetings) 8 min → Planner Agent (Project Manager) 8 min → Researcher Agent (Copilot) 8 min → Knowledge Agent (SharePoint) 8 min
★ Start here · Build Your Own Agents
AI Agents · Apr 2026 · 24 min

Agent Builder vs Copilot Studio vs Foundry — Which Do You Need?

— Deeper dives —
→ Copilot Studio's GitHub Copilot Harness — Explained Simply 35 min → Copilot vs Agents vs Studio — Which Do You Use? 15 min → Microsoft Work IQ API — The Complete Guide 36 min → M365 Agent Builder — The Complete Guide 68 min → Agent 365 Security — The Complete Guide (Entra, Purview, Defender) 24 min