Microsoft Copilot Basic - Free Version
Unlock smarter workflows with Copilot Free Version. Learn to streamline tasks, enhance communication, and apply AI to everyday work with practical, hands-on techniques.
Microsoft Copilot Basic - Free Version
Copilot Basic (Free version) helps simplify tasks, improve communication, and support everyday workflows using AI. Participants will explore how Copilot can assist with generating ideas, summarising information, drafting emails, and supporting planning and research activities.
This workshop builds understanding of how to use Copilot effectively, including writing clear prompts, navigating key features, and applying AI responsibly in a workplace context. By the end of the session, participants will feel more confident using Copilot Basic to improve efficiency and make everyday work easier to manage.
What will I learn?
By the end of this workshop, participants will gain comprehensive insights into:
• Understand how Microsoft Copilot Basic works
• Write clear and effective prompts
• Use Copilot responsibly, including privacy and limitations
• Customise Copilot using instructions, memories, files, and agents
• Navigate key Copilot tools and features
• Use Copilot to summarise information and generate ideas
• Draft and improve emails using Copilot in Outlook
What to expect?
In this course, you will gain a clear understanding of how to use Copilot Basic (Free version) to support everyday tasks, improve communication, and work more efficiently. You will explore the key features and tools that make Copilot a practical AI assistant, including how to write effective prompts, generate ideas, summarise information, and draft emails.
Through guided examples and practical application, you will learn how to customise Copilot, use files within chats, and navigate tools such as pages, prompt gallery, and chat history. The session also covers responsible AI use, helping you understand how to apply Copilot confidently and appropriately in your day-to-day work.
By the end of the course, you will feel more confident using AI to support planning, communication, and information processing, helping you work more efficiently and effectively.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for professionals who want to work smarter using AI. It’s ideal for team members in operations, IT, admin, project management, HR, and business analysis roles. No prior AI or Copilot experience is needed.
How will it help me?
By attending this course, you will:
• Save time by using AI to support everyday tasks such as drafting, summarising, and generating ideas
• Improve the quality and clarity of written communication using AI-assisted email drafting and editing
• Strengthen your ability to write effective prompts to achieve more useful results from AI
• Increase confidence in using AI responsibly, including understanding limitations and best practice use
• Work more efficiently by using Copilot Basic to support research, planning, and information review
• Develop practical AI skills that can be applied immediately in everyday work
Upcoming Microsoft Copilot Course Dates
Choose from the dates below to secure your enrolment in one of our upcoming classes
Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium- Subscription Version(Virtual)
December 7, 2026
9:30 AM to 1:30 PM AEDT 
$450 (EX GST) Microsoft Copilot Basic - Free Version (Virtual)
November 13, 2026 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM AEDT $295 (EX GST) Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium- Subscription Version(Virtual)
October 16, 2026 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM AEDT $450 (EX GST) Microsoft Copilot Basic - Free Version (Virtual)
September 14, 2026 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM AEST $295 (EX GST) Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium- Subscription Version(Virtual)
August 24, 2026 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM AEST $450 (EX GST) Dont see a course date that's right for you? Register your interest below and we will let you know of any new dates for this course as they are added.
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Learn more about Microsoft Copilot Basic - Free Version
Overview
Audience
Format
What's Included
Laying the Foundation
• What is Microsoft 365 Copilot Basic
• LLMs and NLP explained in practical terms
• Data security and privacy best practices
• Prompting fundamentals
• Effective vs poor prompting techniques
• AI hallucinations and responsible use
Customising and Live Practice
• Accessing Copilot Basic
• Custom instructions and personalisation
• Web-grounded chat
• Auto, Quick Response and Think Deeper modes
• Temporary vs saved chats
• Creating and using Copilot memories
• Using files with Copilot
• Working with agents
Prompt Tools and Navigation
• Copy, feedback and share prompt tools
• Pages – creating and exporting to Word or PDF
• Save and copy prompts for sharing
• Read aloud and Open in Word features
• Search, Library, Create, Agents
• Managing chat history and apps
Copilot in Outlook
• Summarising emails and threads
• Drafting new emails with Copilot
• Drafting replies with Copilot
• Coaching and improving written messages
Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint & OneNote
If your organisation has access to Copilot Basic in these apps, we will cover:
• Word – plan, draft, summarise and suggest improvements for documents
• Excel – understand and analyse data, explain, and help write formulas, summarise data
• PowerPoint – plan, draft, summarise and suggest improvements for presentations
• OneNote – plan notebooks, help structure, summarise notes, and improve clarity
This course is designed for professionals who want to work smarter using AI. It’s ideal for team members in operations, IT, admin, project management, HR, and business analysis roles. No prior AI or Copilot experience is needed.
- This is a 2-hour virtual program delivered via Microsoft Teams
- Interactive Sessions
- Expert Guidance
- Certificate of Completion
Dont have your own laptop?
We have modern HP laptops available for hire!
HP EliteBook Touchscreen Tablet laptops (with mouse) (11 available)
- Rental cost to client $95+GST per laptop + transport
- Running Windows 11
- Running Office 365
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- OneNote
- Added only if required - MS Project, MS Visio
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