{"id":182,"date":"2025-04-28T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:48:07","slug":"microsoft-copilot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/microsoft-copilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Copilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Microsoft Copilot\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 applications that helps streamline tasks such as document creation, data analysis and meeting transcription to improve productivity and efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copilot is offered in two main tiers: the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/how-to-access-copilot\/\">Learn about how they compare<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/m365copilot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access Copilot Chat In Your Browser<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/05\/copilot-app-phone-768x512.jpeg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"microsoft-copilot-is-carletons-recommended-genai-platform\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Copilot is Carleton&#8217;s Recommended GenAI Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Copilot is Carleton&#8217;s recommended GenAI platform because it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>has successfully completed the university&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/security\/services\/risk-assessment\/\">Data Protection Risk Assessment process<\/a> and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>offers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/ai-data-protection\/#commercial-data-protection\">Enterprise Data Protection<\/a>, meaning that AI chat sessions will not be stored or used for training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-quote-graphic is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Do you use a different generative AI platform for university business? If so, we urge you to complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/security\/services\/risk-assessment\/\">Data Protection Risk Assessment<\/a> (DPRA) to assess if university-owned data is being ingested by the large language model and potentially used to train it. DPRAs are conducted in accordance with the university&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/secretariat\/policies\/\">Cloud Computing Security policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Free and Paid Copilot Compared\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Microsoft currently offers two main tiers of Copilot: the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/how-to-access-copilot\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        AI Data Protection\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Copilot offers\u00a0Enterprise Data Protection and has successfully completed the university&#8217;s Data Protection Risk Assessment process.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/ai-data-protection\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Training\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Resources and modules available to help users understand Copilot and its capabilities. \n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/copilot-training\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Policies and Guidelines\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Policies and guiding documents on use of AI on campus.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ai\/policies-and-guidelines\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container 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