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Plans in Power Apps: Build a Full Solution With Copilot

Vlad Catrinescu — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:18:47 GMT

What if you could describe a business app in two sentences and have Copilot build the entire solution for you, the data model, the processes, the apps, and the flows? That is exactly what Plans in Power Apps does. In this walkthrough, you will see how the feature works, what each Copilot agent is responsible for, and what it produces when you feed it a real prompt.

Key takeaways

Plans in Power Apps is a Copilot-first development tool that generates full Power Platform solutions from a natural language prompt.
The plan designer uses multiple Copilot agents (requirements, process, data, and solution) that work together to build user roles, business processes, a Dataverse data model, apps, flows, reports, and agents.
You can add files for additional context, but the plan designer is currently limited to around 4,000 tokens (roughly 3,000 words of text).
Even if you do not ship the generated solution, Plans is useful as a documentation and requirements-gathering starting point for professional developers.
Plans lives inside make.powerapps.com and is one of several Copilot features across the Power Platform.

What are Plans in Power Apps

Plans in Power Apps is a Copilot-first development tool that lets you quickly create full Power Platform solutions starting from a prompt. That includes Dataverse tables, Canvas apps, model-driven apps, Power Pages sites, Power Automate flows, and even Copilot Studio agents. In other words, you describe the business problem, and Plans scaffolds an end-to-end solution across the Power Platform instead of just a single app or a single flow.

The feature lives inside make.powerapps.com, the Power Apps maker portal. You start by writing a plain-language description of what you want to build, and Copilot takes it from there.

How the Plans in Power Apps agents work together

When you work with the plan designer, you are not dealing with a single Copilot. You are orchestrating a set of specialized agents that each own a piece of the solution design. The three primary agents you interact with are requirements, data, and solution, and the designer also surfaces a process step as part of the flow. Here is what each one does.

Requirements agent

The requirements agent takes your prompt and turns it into structured user roles and user stories. For a timesheet app, that means it will identify roles like employee, project manager, and accounting staff, then generate the requirements for each role. You can edit the output before moving on, add more requirements, or approve it as-is.

Process agent

Once the requirements are approved, the process agent maps out the business processes the solution needs. It identifies who does what (the employee, the system, the manager), the conditions that branch the flow, and the happy path versus edge cases. The result is a visual process diagram you can review, edit, and iterate on.

Data agent

The data agent generates the Dataverse data model behind the solution. It proposes tables, columns, and relationships based on the requirements and the processes. For a timesheet scenario, that typically means tables like Employee, Project, Timesheet, Timesheet Approval, and Weekly Report, all connected with the right relationships.

Solution agent

Finally, the solution agent decides which Power Platform components the solution needs. It might recommend a Canvas app for employee self-service, a model-driven app for managers, a Power Automate flow for the approval workflow, and a Power BI report for accounting. Depending on the scenario, it can also suggest Copilot Studio agents. You then click Create on each component to let Copilot build it.

Adding files for context (and the 4,000 token limit)

One of the useful parts of the plan designer is that you can attach files for additional context. That might include process diagrams, data models, screenshots of legacy apps, or any other supporting material you have. Copilot uses these as grounding information when it generates the plan.

There is a current limitation to be aware of. You are capped at roughly 4,000 tokens, which works out to about 3,000 words if your input is text only. If you add images, the math gets harder to pin down, but that ballpark gives you a realistic starting point. For most scoping documents, that is more than enough. For lengthy spec documents, you may need to trim to the most relevant pages.

The plan designer supports file uploads for context, but it is currently limited to around 4,000 tokens (approximately 3,000 words of plain text input).

Demo: Building a timesheet app from a 2-sentence prompt

Here is the exact prompt used in the walkthrough:

I want to create an app in which employees can enter the time spent on certain projects. They need to enter hours weekly, and the project managers need to approve it. The total then gets sent weekly to accounting in a report.

That is it. Two to three short sentences, no technical detail, no field list, no wireframes. Click Generate, and Copilot takes over.

Generating user roles and requirements

The requirements agent runs first. In just a few seconds, it produced three roles: employee, project manager, and accounting staff. For the employee role, it generated requirements like submitting hours worked for specific projects each week, editing submitted hours before approval, and viewing the status of weekly timesheets. You can accept the output or iterate on it before moving forward.

Mapping the business processes

After approving the requirements, the process agent kicks in. For this scenario, it produced two processes: weekly timesheet submission and approval, and weekly reporting to accounting. Opening the first process reveals a full flow diagram with conditions, branches, and participants. You can see exactly who does what (the employee enters hours, the system notifies the manager, the manager approves or rejects, and so on).

Of course, if you were shipping this to production, you would want to spend real time validating the process before accepting it. For a demo, the output is remarkably close to a reasonable first draft.

Generating the Dataverse data model

Next, the data agent generates the tables your solution needs. For the timesheet scenario, that included an Employee table, a Project table, a Timesheet table, a Timesheet Approval table, and a Weekly Report table. The relationships between them are already mapped out.

You can keep asking Copilot to add columns, add tables, or modify relationships. What Copilot produces is not final. You can iterate with it until the model matches what you actually need before moving on to the build step.

Creating the apps and flows

When the solution agent runs, it proposes the concrete Power Platform components. In this walkthrough, that included an employee timesheet portal as a Canvas app, a weekly timesheet approval flow in Power Automate, a project manager review app as a model-driven app, and a weekly report in Power BI. You click Create on each one, and Copilot builds the actual component in the background.

At that point, you have gone from a two-sentence prompt to the scaffold of a working Power Platform solution. Not a single flow, not a single app, but the full stack.

When to use Plans in Power Apps (even if you do not ship the output)

Here is a practical take. Even if you do not use Plans in Power Apps to actually build the final solution, it can be a huge accelerator for the work that happens before the build.

The generated user roles, processes, data model, and component list are essentially a free first draft of your design documentation. You can hand the output to a professional developer as a starting point, let them validate and refine it, and save hours of requirements gathering. For teams that struggle with the boring parts of scoping (writing user stories, drawing process maps, defining entities), that alone is worth the price of admission.

If the business scenario is straightforward and the generated solution is good enough, you can absolutely ship it. For anything production-critical, treat the Copilot output as a first draft and apply the same review you would to any design artifact.

What this means for you

If you build on the Power Platform, Plans in Power Apps changes the starting point for every new project. Instead of opening a blank maker portal and deciding what to build first, you describe the business problem and let Copilot produce a candidate solution across apps, flows, and data.

Practically, there are three places to start. First, try Plans on a small, well-understood scenario you already know the answer to. That will calibrate your expectations for what the output looks like and where it needs human review. Second, use it as a documentation accelerator for projects you plan to build by hand. The process diagrams and data model alone can save real time. Third, keep iterating with Copilot after the first generation. You can refine requirements, adjust the data model, and regenerate components until the plan matches what you actually need.

Having worked with Power Platform environments for over a decade, I can tell you this is one of the biggest shifts in how low-code projects get started. The design phase used to be the slow part. With Plans, the slow part is now the review.

Go deeper with Copilot across the Power Platform

Ready to put Copilot to work across your entire Power Platform stack? Plans in Power Apps is just one of many Copilot features worth knowing. My Pluralsight course covers Copilot in Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, Canvas apps, model-driven apps, and more, with step-by-step demos for each one. Watch the course on Pluralsight.

Prefer video? Watch the full walkthrough on my YouTube channel: Plans in Power Apps: From a Simple Prompt to a Working Solution (DEMO).

AB-900, AB-100, AB-730, AB-731: Making Sense of Microsoft’s New Copilot Certifications (with Tiago Costa)

Vlad Catrinescu — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:33:00 GMT

Microsoft just reorganized its certification lineup into a new AI Business Solutions track and introduced four new Copilot/AI certifications. If you’re wondering what these exams actually cover, who they’re for, and which one makes sense for your role, this video will save you a ton of time.

In this discussion, I’m joined by Tiago Costa (Microsoft MVP & MCT), and we break down what’s new, what surprised us, and what to watch out for as these certifications move from beta to GA.

In this video, we cover:
✅ What changed with Microsoft’s certification structure (MB/PL/MS → AI Business Solutions)
✅ The 4 new certs: AB-900, AB-100, AB-730, AB-731 — who each one is really for
✅ AB-900: wide objective domain, what “fundamentals” actually means, and how to prep
✅ AB-100: why it’s tough, what kind of role it targets, and why you should actually study for it
✅ AB-730 vs AB-731: business user vs transformation leader, and the mindset shift required
✅ What Microsoft Applied Skills are good practice (and why they’re underrated)

If you’re planning your 2026 certification goals around Copilot and AI, this one’s for you.

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Video Summary

Microsoft reshuffled the certification world, merging MB, PL, and MS into the new AI Business Solutions track — and introduced four fresh AI/M365 Copilot certifications that are already shaking things up.
AB-900 (Copilot Admin Fundamentals) is fair but massive — the objective domain is so wide that even seasoned M365 pros don’t touch everything it covers daily. Great for beginners, but instructors will struggle to teach it in the “recommended” 5.5 hours.
AB-100 (Architect) is no joke — extremely broad, pulling in M365, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and even Foundry. Tiago called it “very challenging” and recommends serious prep before attempting it.
The business-user certs (AB‑730 & AB‑731) surprised everyone — 730 goes much deeper than expected, requiring you to know exact steps, tab names, and agent-building workflows. And 731 flips your brain into an executive mindset — ethics, governance, responsible AI, and organizational readiness.
Applied Skills are underrated weapons — they’re free, hands-on, and perfect warm‑ups for several certs. Both of us recommend taking the Copilot‑related Applied Skills before jumping into the business-user exams.

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Transcript

In the past few months, Microsoft has completely changed the way they organize certifications. By merging the MB, PL, and MS series into one new bucket called AI Business Solutions, we also got four new certifications related to AI and M365 Copilot.

Today, I have the pleasure of being joined by Tiago Costa—old friend, Microsoft MVP, MCT, and you probably have all the titles at Microsoft, to talk about those. Tiago, you’re super popular in the learning community, but for the few people who don’t know you, can you introduce yourself?

Yeah, sure. Basically, I work as an AI and cloud architect, and I also teach. I teach a lot in the classroom. It’s one of my big passions—being in the classroom and passing knowledge to new generations, and even current, even older generations too. The idea is always to pass new knowledge to people. And, you know, like Vlad, I like to do conferences and speaking. So that’s kind of me—focusing a lot on the AI and Azure space.

Okay, that’s amazing. And between us two, we actually took all the AB certifications. Yeah. So first of all, I want to get your opinion. So far, we have four of them. We have an architect-level one, AB‑100. AB‑100. We have a Copilot Administration Fundamentals, which is a 900‑level course. Yes. And we have, for the first time, two of them for business users. Was that on your bingo card this year—that we’re going to get business user certs?

No, definitely not. I was hoping to have some more Copilot fundamentals. I thought, “That’s definitely needed,” and I think that wasn’t a surprise when they launched that one—at least not for us in the industry. But not the architect, and definitely not the business users. That one, I was like, “Wow, that could be a good idea,” because business users can actually do a lot of push for Copilot and AI in companies and really make use of the AI tools.

It’s the key to unlocking significant productivity. It’s not just having the tools—it’s knowing how to use them and the power behind them. So I think it’s a great move. Okay. And you mentioned Copilot Fundamentals, but in a way, I see the 730—the AI Business Professional—as Copilot Fundamentals. And I know you’re yet to take that one. Yes, I have it scheduled. It’s a lot about using Copilot, of course, based on the name, and creating agents. Creating agents, yes. We’re going to have a lot of fun with that one. But let’s start with the one we both took, the AB‑900. Yes.

What did you think about that one for starters? Well, I think it was a very fair certification. We took it in beta, so—It might change by the time… Exactly. For the audience, you need to take our conversation with a grain of salt because things might change when the certification is GA—generally available. But in beta, I think it was a good, fair exam. I’m not going to lie—there were two or three questions that were a bit weird. Oh, that’s always the case. One of them, I thought, “Well, this needs some polishing,” but that’s why it’s a beta. I gave my feedback—“Hey, this should be more like this”—so the exam authors can polish things. And they do. But overall, it was a fair representation of a fundamentals certification.

For people who don’t know what a fundamentals certification is, it’s for people getting started in that technology. It’s not for people with five, six, seven, or eight years in the industry. For those people, fundamentals should be really easy. Should be, yes. Should be, at least. One thing I noticed—and I want your opinion on it—I fully agree with you that the questions matched the objective domain. But the objective domain is so wide. Yes.

I feel like in most enterprises, your average admin doesn’t touch everything from Exchange Online to SharePoint to Purview to SharePoint Advanced Management to Entra ID. There are just so many things. And again, this is a fundamentals exam. You don’t need to know how to do things—you need to know what things are and where they are. You’re not going to get “Write the PowerShell cmdlet.” Definitely not. Fundamentals are usually at the “describe” level: describe what X is, what Y is. Still, as you said, the objective domain is really wide. There’s a lot of stuff.

For example, Purview—I don’t work with Purview daily. I know what it is, I know people who do it 100% of the time. I interact with them, so for me, this certification was fine. But I guess a lot of people taking this fundamentals certification—the exact audience—they might not have experience even at a “describe” level. But I also see this as a challenge and an opportunity. It exposes them to things outside what they normally do. And since it’s “describe,” they don’t need to go deep.

Okay. You’re saying something interesting—that it motivates people to learn other things. At Ignite, I talked to someone who said something that stuck with me: “This is what Microsoft wants an M365 admin to be.” They want admins to know Purview—not configure it, but at least know it exists. So if a business user asks, “How do I protect this content?” they don’t say, “I have no idea.” Exactly. It’s knowing that those features are there. Another question: you’re probably going to teach classes on this. Very probably. Or create my own training—definitely creating my own. You also have Learn with Tiago, with great on‑demand training. Yes. We don’t usually compete—you have the Azure stuff, I have SharePoint—everybody’s happy. But I find it will be tough to balance how to teach this and still keep it in Microsoft’s recommended 5.5 hours.

You and I like to go beyond slides—we like demos. But now we have to show SC‑900, MS‑900, Copilot… it’ll be a challenge. Definitely. I haven’t started planning content yet, but it’s on the list. When I saw the objective domain, I had the same thought: “This will take 12 to 15 hours to teach properly.” But I can’t do that for a fundamentals course. I’ll need to trim things. It’ll be hard for you too—deciding what to demo or skip. Exactly. Problem for 2026: Tiago and Vlad. Exactly. Even SharePoint Advanced Management is one line—but it took me an hour and a half to present it. Exactly. Do I just explain what it is? Do I demo it? What do I choose? Problem for future us. Definitely.

Next up: the architect exam—AB‑100. Yes. This is the one I didn’t take. Looking at the objectives… Microsoft didn’t even add AB‑100 to the certification poster. They forgot. But they have the objective domain available. It’s an exam where, if you think AB‑900 is wide, AB‑100 is even bigger. That’s why I didn’t take it. To be honest with the audience, it’s been a big challenge. I work with that stuff—that’s fine—but there are touches of things I don’t do daily. Especially Dynamics. There are a lot of Dynamics integrations. And Copilot agents in Dynamics that you need to know. So I think this exam is for a very specific audience.

A lot of the things—I look and think, “I have no idea.” Like: “Design connectors for Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales.” I’m lost on two levels. You’re brave for taking it. Yeah, I took it. I have to confess—life got in the way of studying. Zero prep. I just thought, “Let me check the exam.” I still don’t know the score because it’s a beta. You only know weeks later. But I found it very, very challenging. I bet. Yes. Some questions, I thought, “Oh yeah, definitely this one.” Probably half of them. The other half—some you can figure out, but others are totally out of my knowledge because I don’t work with that stuff. So if you want to take AB‑100, my advice is: prep properly. Videos, classroom training, Microsoft Learn—read everything. At the time of recording (December 2025), there’s nothing yet.

Maybe by early 2026, they’ll release something. But prep very well. Maybe I’ll take it in the future. I’m laughing at how much they’ll need to rename. Yes. All of them. AI Foundry—Azure Foundry—now Microsoft Foundry. Dynamics 365 Copilot for Sales—that changed. Now we have Work IQ. There’s nothing about Work IQ because these certs were released before Ignite. Exactly. Agent 365 wasn’t there yet. Now it is. People will get a bunch of updates. That certification needs major updates before GA—wording, product names, and new products like Work IQ.

Final question for AB‑100: In your experience, does a role like this exist in enterprises? Someone who does Power Platform, Dynamics, Foundry—all of it? Or is this role a unicorn? Depends on the company’s maturity and the market. In North America, maturity is higher. In Europe, not so much. We’re recording this in Europe right now. I don’t see many companies here with someone who does all this. Some do—big, mature ones. But most?

No. They’ll have multiple consultants—PL‑2000s, PL‑400s, Power Platform architects. But not someone who does everything. Again, I wonder if Microsoft put this out to push the market. Yes. And I love seeing Microsoft lead, not follow. With the products and plans, this role will be needed. Companies need this. It’s good that Microsoft is pushing it.

Next up: AB‑730, AI Business Professional. You didn’t take this one yet. Not yet. I’m taking both business-user certs next week—Thursday and Friday. You’re going to laugh, but I took this at Ignite, and I found the 730 tougher than the 900. Oh really? Yes. Two reasons: AB‑900 is more of what I do daily. And I studied. This one—“easy business user”—so I thought I didn’t need to study. I should have studied. It’s not wide, but it’s deep and specific. Lots of: what tab do you click, what section, what tier supports what. Things I do on autopilot—I don’t remember the names. So I should have reviewed. So the audience gets this: even Vlad needs to study. 100% of the time. Don’t feel too confident going into exams. Even if it’s your daily job, there are things you don’t do often.

Good advice—because I wasn’t planning to study. Now I think I need to review. This one isn’t that many things. Within an hour, you could build everything hands-on. But you need to pay attention to every click—the name you type—everything. I cannot wait to make training for this one. It will be fun, but very different. Business users in a Microsoft certification class—it’s a different dynamic. Yeah. Business users come with a problem they want solved. You don’t know their company, their constraints, or their policies. It’s challenging. This exam requires: “You need to learn this. You need to remember this.” Not: “How do I solve my problem?” Exactly. But I’m excited to create content.

Now the last one—731. The AI Transformation Leader. Why do the numbers feel random? 731, not 740. It feels like the lottery. This one was very interesting. You’re probably more suited for it than I because it has both M365 Copilot and a lot of Azure. Yes, I already saw that. You need to know M365 Copilot, licensing, Foundry, Document Intelligence, Speech Services, Vision, Search—everything. And licensing differences. You’ll have no problem with that. But the part I also noticed—and I actually studied for this one—there’s a lot of adoption specialist content. And ethics. The Microsoft AI ethics framework. I do adoption in training, but I’m not usually the one saying, “First step: hire a Chief Ethics Officer.” Does it make sense for a transformation leader?

Absolutely. So I agree with the role. But for IT pros taking this exam, you must think like an executive. Learn Microsoft’s approach to ethics and responsible AI. It’s very different from the technical view. These topics are often covered in executive tracks at conferences—not tech tracks. Exactly. Executives don’t care what service does what. They have people for that. They care about governance, privacy, and ethics. High-level concerns. This certification touches fairness, responsibility—you can intentionally or accidentally introduce bias in a model. You need guardrails. This exam talks about that. It’s very good. They need to update wording—Work IQ, Agent 365, Foundry—but those are easy fixes before GA. For IT pros: review Microsoft Learn, understand how Microsoft pitches AI to executives. You need to think like an executive. Exactly.

Now, a question for you: should IT pros take this certification? Great question. Do they need to? No. Should they? I think consultants should. It forces you to understand how executives think, what their concerns are, and how to present to them. IT pros think about implementation. Executives think about governance. So it’s recommended. But I wouldn’t force it—no mandatory KPIs, no bonus requirements. But it’s a useful perspective. I agree. It’s always good to understand leadership thinking. And Microsoft may force this anyway for partner designations. Yes. So it might not be optional later. Exactly. And you’re always more valuable with certifications—especially in consulting. We covered all of them.

One final question: applied skills. Have you taken any yet? Yeah, I think I have two from Copilot, around thirty total. My goal is to have all of them. Catch them all. Yeah, kind of. Even if I don’t work with that stuff, I want to know what’s out there. It helps prove I know the basics. And pushes me to learn new things. I started my career as an IT pro on Unix and Solaris. Then I became a dev. I reinvented myself several times. I worked with cloud before cloud was cool. Now AI. It’s important to keep learning. You might find something you love.

For the Copilot applied skills I’ve done, some without prep—I struggled but passed with 100%. But I had to search for where stuff was. So read the Learn modules—spend 3–5 hours. Find content online—videos, etc. Vlad also has amazing content. I also have some content. Do you recommend applied skills as practice for certifications? Depends. Some align well, some don’t. But for some exams: absolutely yes. For example, for PL‑2000 or M365 Copilot, applied skills. Doing those first is good practice. They’re free. Not proctored. You can do them anytime. Just need internet. Exactly. You press a button, and you get a virtual machine with goals—not steps. Achieve the goals. They’re nice. If you fail, you can take them again after 72 hours. I had one crash on me, so it was marked as failed. It happens. You can take it again. I’ve failed applied skills before, too. Exams are hard even for us. Especially for new certifications when content doesn’t exist. Exactly.

Well, Tiago, thank you so much. I’m not going to say good luck—I’ll say break a leg—on the certifications next week: 731 and 730. It would be awesome to connect after and hear what you think. Hopefully, my tip to study helps. It can’t hurt. Now that you say that, I was planning not to study. I’m questioning myself. Maybe one hour of proper hands‑on and I’ll be good. One last question: if Microsoft listened to you with no questions asked, what are three certifications you want them to create in 2026? Ooh, very good. I’d love to have that power. I’d say: first, a pure dev certification—coding. Even with “vibe coding,” coding is more important than ever. Something around .NET, Python—core languages. Maybe easier to have Python now with AI.

Second: a pure dev certification for SharePoint. How to customize SharePoint—not the other stuff. I’m surprised you said SharePoint. I think it’s a miss. We used to have MS‑600—rest in peace. Rest in peace. But great for video views when they retire certs. True, but I’d rather have the certs. Third: an advanced Azure administration cert. More advanced than AZ‑104. Not an expert-level cert—but a second-level admin cert. That’s interesting. I think a collaboration admin cert—SharePoint, Teams, Planner, Stream, To Do, but not Teams Voice. Only collaboration. That would be awesome. I wonder if we’ll get an associate Copilot administrator cert—like AB‑900, but associate level. That makes sense. I think they might do that. My third: bring back PL‑100—Power Platform App Maker. The gap between PL‑900 and PL‑2000 is too big. And with agents and vibe coding, makers matter. There’s a need for that. Let’s hope. Let’s watch this video in a year and see if Microsoft listened.

Yes. We need to record this again in a few months as well. We don’t know where ESPC is next year—we’ll find out tomorrow. Wherever it is, we’ll record a follow‑up and see if we were right. But right now, the lights are closing behind us, so I think it’s time to finish the video. Tiago, thank you so much. And for everybody watching, if you want to connect with Tiago, you’ll have all his socials in the description below, as well as a link to Learn with Tiago for his awesome courses. And on the screen right now, you’ll see more certification content. Make sure you like the video, subscribe to the channel, and I’ll see you in the next one.

Microsoft Copilot Demos and Use Cases Across M365 and Power Platform

Vlad Catrinescu — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Are you looking for real #MicrosoftCopilot demos and use cases? I wrapped the Summer of Copilot – Inflight Services series into 1 episode so you can see use cases and demos for all your favorite M365 and Power Platform in 5 minutes!

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Video Highlights

Meeting Recap Requests: Users frequently ask for summaries of meetings they missed, including attendee roles and concerns, formatted into tables.
Filtering Chats: Users need help filtering through long chat histories to identify pending decisions and important information.
Status Meeting Summaries: Users request lists of discussed options with pros and cons when their bosses miss status meetings.
Presentation Assistance: Users seek help organizing PowerPoint presentations and generating ideas for content, such as video topics for IT professionals.
Data Analysis in Excel: Users often need assistance with analyzing large Excel files, creating charts, and identifying key data points like top vehicle models with the most claims.

For more information, read the transcript blog below, or watch the video above!

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Feature Overview for M365 + Power Platform

Vlad Catrinescu — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

I wrapped all the Summer of Copilot – What does #MicrosoftCopilot do in… series into 1 episode so you can learn it all in 5 mins!

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Video Summary

Outlook: Copilot can summarize long emails, draft emails based on prompts, act as a writing coach, and answer questions from your emails.
Word: It can draft content from scratch or existing content, summarize documents, improve your writing, and create outlines.
Excel: Copilot identifies insights in your data, highlights necessary data, sorts and filters data, and generates formula columns.
PowerPoint: It summarizes presentations, improves slides, organizes presentations, and creates presentations from scratch or existing content.
Teams: Copilot summarizes long channel messages and chat discussions, helps write better messages, answers questions based on meeting content, recaps important details, and acts as an assistant with access to all your data in Teams, email, SharePoint, and more.

For more information, read the transcript blog below, or watch the video above!

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Video Transcript

What does Copilot do in Outlook?

It can summarize long emails, draft emails for you based on your prompt, be your writing coach, and answer questions based on all of your emails. Ah, that’s amazing!

What does Copilot do in Word?

It can draft content from scratch or based on existing content, summarize documents, improve your content, and even create outlines for you. Ah, great!

What does Copilot do in Excel?

It can identify insights in your data, highlight the data that you need, sort and filter your data, as well as generate formula columns. Oh, fantastic! What does Copilot do in PowerPoint? It can summarize presentations, improve your slides, organize your presentations, and it can even create a presentation from scratch or from existing content such as a Word document. Oh, awesome!

What does Copilot do in OneNote?

Copilot in OneNote can create notes based on a prompt, improve your notes, and even summarize notes. Oh, that’s cool!

What does Copilot do in Microsoft Loop?

Copilot in Loop can help you draft and rewrite content, improve your notes, and also summarize your notes. Wonderful!

What does Copilot do in Microsoft Whiteboard?

It can suggest content based on a topic, summarize a whiteboard, and organize your ideas. Ah, that’s amazing!

What does Copilot do in Power Automate?

It can help you create and edit your flows, answer questions about your flows, document your flows, and even help you create desktop flows. Ah, that’s great!

What does Copilot do in Power Pages?

Copilot in Power Pages can generate a site for you, add AI-generated forms, create entire web pages, add an AI-powered chatbot to your site, and even help you write code to take your site to the next level. Oh, that’s awesome!

What does Copilot do in Edge?

Copilot in Edge can summarize the current page or document that you have opened, create content based on your request, and answer any question using the power of Bing. Oh, that’s super cool!

What does Copilot do in Microsoft Teams?

Warning, there are many uses for Copilot in Teams, so make sure you’re buckled in. Copilot in Teams can help you summarize long Teams channel messages and chat discussions, help you write better messages, answer any question based on the content of Teams meetings and calls even before they’re done, recap important details from both Teams meetings and calls, and finally act as an assistant with access to all your data in Microsoft Teams, email, SharePoint, and more. Oh, wow, that’s a lot!

What can Copilot do in Windows?

Copilot in Windows can help you change your Windows settings, answer any questions using the power of Bing, and connect with Microsoft 365 Copilot for any questions related to your business data. Oh, that’s super useful!

What does Copilot do in Power Apps?

Copilot in Power Apps can help you create your apps, add components and screens, create conditional formatting in your app, and add artificial intelligence to your application. Oh, awesome!