✨ Microsoft Copilot Chat

By hazbunc@who.int , 8 February 2026

Title - ✨ Microsoft Copilot Chat
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Description

Microsoft Copilot Chat is an AI-powered conversational assistant integrated into the WHO digital workplace. It helps staff work faster and more effectively by providing context-aware answers, drafting support, summarization, data interpretation, and task automation across Microsoft 365 applications.

Copilot Chat enhances productivity by enabling natural-language interaction with organizational content, documents, and workflows — all within WHO’s secure Microsoft environment.

Purpose

WHO staff work across large volumes of documents, emails, data, and administrative processes. Finding information, drafting content, and completing routine tasks can be time-consuming.

Copilot Chat helps solve this by:

  • Reducing time spent searching for information
  • Accelerating drafting and summarization
  • Supporting analysis and decision-making
  • Automating repetitive tasks
  • Improving clarity and consistency in communication

Target users

  • HQ, Regional, and Country Office staff
  • Technical officers and programme teams
  • Administrative and operational staff
  • Project managers and analysts
  • Anyone working daily with Microsoft 365 tools

Key features

Conversational assistance

  • Ask questions in natural language
  • Retrieve information from documents, emails, and files you have access to
  • Generate explanations, summaries, and insights

Drafting & editing

  • Create emails, reports, briefs, and messages
  • Rewrite content for clarity, tone, or structure
  • Generate outlines, talking points, and templates

Summarization & analysis

  • Summarize long documents, threads, or meeting notes
  • Extract key points, risks, or action items
  • Interpret data tables or spreadsheets

Task support across Microsoft 365

  • Works inside Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more
  • Helps automate routine tasks
  • Supports meeting preparation and follow-up

Typical use cases

  • Drafting emails, briefs, and reports
  • Summarizing long documents or email threads
  • Preparing meeting agendas or minutes
  • Extracting insights from Excel files
  • Clarifying complex concepts or technical topics
  • Creating first drafts of presentations
  • Translating or adjusting tone for different audiences

Data protection & privacy

  • Copilot Chat operates within WHO’s Microsoft 365 tenant
  • Data stays within WHO’s secure environment
  • No prompts or outputs are used to train external models
  • Access is governed by WHO’s identity and access management
  • Only content the user already has permission to access is available to Copilot

Documentation & support

  • Quick Start Guide (link)
  • WHO Copilot Knowledge Base (link)
  • Training videos and demos (link)
  • Support: Global Service Desk (link)

Dependencies & access requirements

  • WHO user account
  • No additional installation required

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Impact statement

Copilot Chat accelerates everyday work, reduces administrative burden, and improves the quality and clarity of communication across WHO. It supports WHO’s digital transformation by enabling staff to focus on higher-value tasks while AI handles routine work.

Tags / keywords

  • Productivity; Microsoft 365; AI assistant; Drafting; Summarization; WHO digital workplace

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External link - https://copilot.microsoft.com/
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