Understand the Copilot subscriptions

- [Instructor] The name Copilot is used by Microsoft across several of their products and services. So before we jump into this course, I want to take a moment to clarify how the name applies to the specific course. I'm here on Microsoft's website at microsoft.com/microsoft-Copilot, and let's take a look at the different options that are listed here. First, we have the free version of Copilot. Anyone can use Copilot on the web by going to Copilot.microsoft.com to ask questions, draft text, and generate images. There are some limitations to the free version of Copilot, such as the number of prompts you can use per day being capped, and the responses from Copilot potentially being a little slower. But again, anyone can use this web-based version of Copilot for free. Now, in order to enable Copilot in Microsoft 365 applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and so on, you have to have a paid subscription to Copilot through either a personal or individual account or an account you have through work or school also refer to as a business account. If you're subscribing as an individual, you'll be subscribing to Copilot Pro, and you can see that one of the features of Copilot Pro is that you can access Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps. Now, if your Microsoft account is through your work or school, that's considered a business account, and the subscription for business accounts is called Copilot for Microsoft 365. In most cases, if you have your subscription through work or school, your network administrator or IT department will set up your Copilot subscription for you, and you'll see Copilot when you open up your Microsoft 365 applications without having to do anything yourself. All right, so that's a quick overview of the different Copilot subscriptions. For this course, just bear in mind that you must have either a Copilot Pro or a Copilot for a Microsoft 365 subscription to see Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps we'll be using. Now, if you'd like to learn more about what Copilot entails across Microsoft's products and services, including more about the web-based version of co-pilot, be sure to check out my colleague Nick Brazi's course. "What is co-Pilot? Get Started with Microsoft's Everyday AI companion".