Teams is arguably where Copilot delivers the most dramatic time savings. It turns meetings from time sinks into productive, well-documented sessions.

During Meetings

When Copilot is enabled in a Teams meeting (with transcription turned on), you can ask it questions in real time:

• "What has been decided so far?"
• "Summarize the discussion about the budget"
• "What questions are still unresolved?"
• "What did [person] say about the timeline?"

This is powerful for long meetings where you need to catch up after joining late or when discussions jump between topics.

After Meetings

The real magic happens after the meeting ends. In the meeting recap, Copilot provides:

• Intelligent summary — Not just a transcript, but a structured summary of what was discussed
• Action items — Automatically extracted tasks with assigned owners
• Key decisions — What was agreed upon during the meeting
• Follow-up questions — Unresolved topics that need attention

You can ask follow-up questions about the meeting:

• "Did anyone mention concerns about the launch date?"
• "What were the three main risks discussed?"
• "Draft a follow-up email summarizing this meeting for stakeholders who couldn't attend"

In Teams Chat

Copilot also works in chat threads:

• "Summarize what I missed in this channel over the past week"
• "What decisions were made in this thread?"
• "Find messages about the product launch from last month"

Copilot in Teams Channels

For team channels with high message volume:

• "What are the trending topics in this channel?"
• "Summarize the key updates from the engineering channel this week"
• "Are there any unresolved questions in recent threads?"

Best Practices for Teams Copilot

1. Always enable transcription for meetings — Copilot can't work without it
2. Ask Copilot questions during the meeting, not just after
3. Review auto-generated action items and edit for accuracy
4. Share Copilot meeting summaries in the meeting chat for team alignment
5. Use Copilot chat summaries to onboard new team members quickly