Microsoft Copilot

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Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently. It draws on models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL·E to generate text, images, data explanations, and more based on your prompts.
Copilot can also access up-to-date internet information to provide timely and relevant responses.

When you sign in with your Northwestern NetID, your data is protected. Microsoft does not use your prompts or Copilot’s responses to train or improve AI models. More information is available in Microsoft’s data protection disclosure:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/privacy-and-protections

 

Copilot Chat (Free Version)

Copilot Chat is a secure, chat-based AI experience available to Northwestern students, faculty, and staff, as part of their existing Microsoft 365 licensing. It is designed to assist users with various tasks, from generating content to providing insightful information. To learn more Article - Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat ...

 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Add-On (Subscription based)

Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on is a yearly subscription-based product that integrates AI into Teams, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft 365 apps. This is currently only available to faculty and staff. 

With this add-on, Copilot Chat introduces a work or web data selection option at the top of the chat window, allowing responses to be grounded in your emails, meetings, files, chats, and documents., across Copilot Chat interfaces.

This add-on also grants full access to Microsoft’s advanced agents—such as Researcher and Analyst—which are unavailable in the free experience. To learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Microsoft Support.

 

Available to

  • Students (Free Version only)
  • Faculty
  • Staff

 

How to Request Service

Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license is available for purchase by clicking the “Request Microsoft 365 Add-On” button to the right. You will be directed to iBuyNU. Choose CDW-G Computer Supplies from the list of vendors, and select Microsoft Software Titles.

 

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