Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service from Microsoft that helps you ask questions, summarize information, draft and revise content, analyze uploaded files, and brainstorm ideas. Copilot Chat is available to URI faculty, staff, and students through URI’s Microsoft 365 environment.

While this provides access to a useful set of AI prompting capabilities, please note that more advanced features of Microsoft Copilot, such as integration across Microsoft tools like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, are not available at this time.

Executive Lead

Robert Viens

Technical Lead

Mark Oliver
moliver@uri.edu

Support Team

ITS Community Services
Tier 2 Support

About the Service:

Features

AI assistance: Ask questions and get conversational responses to help you research, learn, and work through ideas.
Writing and summarization: Draft, rewrite, summarize, and refine content.
File analysis: Upload supported files to summarize information, ask questions about their contents, or identify key points.
Web information: Use information from the public web to support research and other tasks.
Microsoft 365 access: Use Copilot Chat through supported Microsoft 365 experiences available with your URI account.

Access

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is available to URI faculty, staff, and students.

Support and Training

When using Copilot Chat for University work, follow the Responsible Use of AI at URI guidance.

Training and resources:

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Knowledge Article
Empower URI with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: An introduction to the Copilot features available at URI.
Empower Your Workflow with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Learn ways to use available Copilot features with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Level Up Your Productivity: Build AI Agents with Microsoft 365 Copilot: Learn how to explore, create, and share AI agents using available Copilot capabilities.
Microsoft Copilot support

For questions or help with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, contact the ITS Service Desk.