Generative AI has transformed productivity for businesses in nearly every industry. Organizations are looking for ways to leverage this technology, add business value, and experience its potential impact on their workforce.
McKinsey & Company’s research reveals that AI contributes up to $4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. Furthermore, experts believe that some technological capabilities may achieve human-level performance sooner than anticipated.
Microsoft, like OpenAI, is at the forefront of empowering business users with Generative AI, with Microsoft Copilot Studio, allowing users to create their own copilot experiences using a guided, no-code graphical experience, eliminating the need for data scientists or developers.
This quick start article helps you create a copilot for the first time. You learn how to add topics to your copilot, test content changes in real time, and deploy your copilot to a test page.
Steps to create your own Copilot
- Log into the official website of Microsoft Copilot Studio. You can access it through Firefox, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge.
- Once you sign up, the Power Apps environment will be set for you by default. You can customize the environment as per your requirements.
- Go to the Home page and choose “Create a copilot.”
- A wizard will pop up. It’s time to name your copilot.
- Choose the language you would like your copilot to speak by clicking the dropdown menu.
- Add a URL to Boost your conversations with generative answers field. This is optional.
- You can further enhance and customize your copilot. To get started, select the Edit Advanced option at the bottom of the page.
- You can give your copilot a personality by selecting an icon by either choosing an option from the list of icons or uploading a custom icon. You can also choose from a list of lesson topics to generate starter content. Next, choose the Solution and Schema name for your copilot.
- Hit the Create button and wait up to 15 minutes to create your copilot. Once you have done so, you will be redirected to the overview page of the copilot.
