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Teacher's Tech - 7 Essential Copilot AI Tips for Microsoft Outlook Users

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Author: Teacher's Tech
Categories: Technology Education Productivity
Tags: technology, education, productivity
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-15 07:48 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Use Microsoft Copilot inside Outlook (with a work or school account it has been enabled for) to speed up everyday email tasks: drafting, summarizing, replying, searching, coaching your writing, and scheduling. The video presents seven tips, and the speaker frames them as time-savers that let the user approve AI output before anything is sent.

Key Points

  • Requirements: a work or school account with Copilot enabled (the speaker bought a license for one account), and the new Outlook toggled on.
  • The seven Copilot tips the video names: (1) Draft an email with Copilot; (2) Summarize email threads; (3) Draft replies with Copilot suggestions; (4) Search your inbox with Copilot; (5) Find activities connected to a person; (6) Get writing feedback with Coaching by Copilot; (7) Find meeting times in your calendar.
  • Copilot never sends a draft on its own; the user reviews, edits, or regenerates it before sending.
  • Copilot can also be used outside Outlook through the Microsoft 365 account for searching emails and documents.
  • The speaker closes by asking whether AI emailing AI is simply two AIs talking, and invites viewers to share how they save time with it.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions:
    • Draft an email: in a new mail, use the forward slash command in the body and select "Draft with Copilot." Describe what you want the email to say, choose a tone (direct, neutral, casual, formal, or poem) and a length, click Generate, then Keep, edit, discard, or regenerate before sending.
    • Summarize a thread: open the email thread and click "Summary by Copilot." Clicking a numbered reference in the summary jumps to that specific email.
    • Reply: at the bottom of the reply window, use "Draft with Copilot" and pick a suggestion (such as confirming a meeting agenda or appreciating feedback), or choose Custom and write your own prompt. Keep the draft, then send.
    • Search: from the Microsoft 365 Copilot page, ask a natural-language question such as "emails from Ashton about dogs." Results show dates and sharing details with an email link.
    • Find activities: ask what a person has been involved in (for example, "what Ashton has been involved in") to get a mix of emails, documents, and other files; you can then ask follow-ups such as to show a specific PowerPoint.
    • Coaching: in an email you wrote, select Coaching by Copilot to get feedback on tone, clarity, and similar qualities, then rewrite the email yourself using the suggestions.
    • Scheduling: give Copilot a prompt such as "review my calendar for next week for a four-hour window suitable for a meeting with [names]," and it suggests open time slots.
  • The speaker notes that Copilot could not access other people's calendars, so follow-up is needed to confirm times with them.
  • Copilot's scheduling output was shown as a short list of time slots formatted for easy reading.

Bottom Line

Copilot in Outlook works best as a fast first-draft, summary, search, and scheduling assistant, but the user stays in control of every message and should expect to verify results and confirm availability with colleagues.