Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot

What the course covers

• Five modules move from prompt basics and chat-versus-M365 Copilot distinction to audience-specific email and Word drafts, Teams meeting preparation/recaps, Excel insight extraction and PowerPoint presentations.
• Final module asks learners to retrieve and validate organization information and form daily AI workflows.

Practice & assessment

The listing names six assignments, activity readings for email/Word drafting, meeting prep and recap, Excel insights, presentation creation and day-planning retrieval/validation. Most exercises are framed with free Copilot Chat; a few show enterprise capabilities and can be followed conceptually without the business license.

Time, cost & access

Format

Self-paced

Delivery & schedule

Microsoft-authored Coursera course, self-paced. Its course FAQ says all course features are free and that no certificate, credential or report is awarded. Course page explicitly says one can complete the videos, quizzes and guided activities without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license; enterprise-license demonstrations may be followed conceptually.

Time

Five module estimates total about 6 hours; a separate top-level workload estimate was not captured.

Fee

Course-specific FAQ states the course's features are free. No certificate is awarded. Copilot Chat is described as free; business Copilot access may require an eligible paid license. Current license prices and feature availability not checked.

Teaching language

English

Entry requirements

No prior AI experience required; course targets business professionals using Microsoft 365. Most activities use free Copilot Chat; fully practicing Word/Excel/PowerPoint enterprise exercises requires eligible Microsoft 365 Copilot access. Account or organizational feature eligibility is not independently checked.

Credential

No certificate or other credential is awarded, as stated in the course FAQ.