Artificial Intelligence in Government: Microsoft Copilot
Classroom, Virtual
Who Should Attend
This introductory course is designed for government, military, and contractor professionals across all agencies and job functions who want to learn how to use Microsoft Copilot to improve productivity, streamline administrative work, support analysis, and enhance day-to-day performance.
The course is especially beneficial for professionals who regularly work with Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams and are seeking practical, non-technical AI skills that can be immediately applied in the workplace.
Why You Should Attend
Microsoft Copilot is rapidly changing the way organizations create documents, analyze information, prepare presentations, summarize meetings, manage email, and collaborate across teams. Government professionals are increasingly expected to understand how AI-enabled workplace tools can improve efficiency while still maintaining compliance, accuracy, and professional oversight.
In this course, you will learn how to use Microsoft Copilot responsibly and effectively within common government work environments. The course focuses on practical, real-world applications that help participants save time, improve communication, organize information, and enhance decision-making without requiring technical expertise.
Participants will also learn how to evaluate AI-generated outputs, identify limitations and risks, and apply human judgment to ensure accuracy, professionalism, and compliance with organizational standards.
Our AI courses are platform-neutral and tool-independent. While this course emphasizes Microsoft Copilot, the concepts and prompting techniques taught are transferable to other commercially available AI systems and workplace productivity tools.
Course Overview
This course introduces participants to Microsoft Copilot and its practical applications across common government workplace tasks. Participants will explore how Copilot integrates with Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other productivity environments to support drafting, summarizing, organization, analysis, communication, and collaboration.
The course demonstrates how Copilot can assist with creating written products, summarizing meetings and documents, generating presentations, organizing data, managing email, brainstorming ideas, and improving workflow efficiency. Participants will also examine limitations, output risks, validation techniques, and responsible AI usage practices within regulated environments.
Emphasis is placed on practical hands-on use, appropriate oversight, and understanding when AI assistance can improve productivity without replacing professional expertise or decision-making responsibilities.
Course Objectives
- Define Microsoft Copilot and explain how it supports workplace productivity
- Identify practical government use cases for Microsoft Copilot across Microsoft 365 applications
- Use Copilot to draft, summarize, organize, and improve written communications
- Apply Copilot to support presentations, spreadsheets, meetings, and email management
- Recognize AI limitations, hallucination risks, and validation requirements
- Develop effective prompting techniques to improve Copilot outputs
- Differentiate appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI-assisted workplace tools
- Evaluate AI-generated content for accuracy, professionalism, and compliance
Course Format
Highly interactive, lab-driven instruction using real-world government workplace scenarios and Microsoft 365-style exercises. Participants engage in demonstrations, guided practice, structured exercises, prompting activities, and validation exercises designed to reinforce practical Copilot competency in everyday business environments.