Microsoft Copilot - Licensing

Quiz

Copilot isnt your average chatbot. Its an AI language model, powered by GPT-4 Turbo, made from the labs of Microsoft to assist you in every step of your productive work. Imagine having a digital co-pilot that understands context, crafts sentences, and even predicts your next move. Whether youre drafting emails, creating presentations, or brainstorming, Copilots got your back.

Key Concepts and Terminology

Let's discuss some of the basic terminology you need to know in order to understand how Copilot works and what its powerful features are −

Concepts/Terminologies	Description
GPT	Generative Pre-trained Transformer
GPT Versions	GPT-3, GPT 3.5, GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo
Prompts	Natural language text describing the task that an AI should perform
DALL-E	Text-to-image models developed by OpenAI
Large Language Model	Large Language Models are trained on massive amounts of public data including books, articles and websites
Boosts	Boosts define the number of turns you have to create an image faster
Generative AI	A type of Artificial intelligence tech to generate content (text, image, video, audio, raw response etc)
NLP	Natural Language Process - Study of how machines process any language naturally just like humans
API	Application Programming Interface - a set of rules or tools for building applications which involve software components.
Tokenization	Process of converting a sentence of the sequence of characters into tokens (words) which can be put as input for NLP
Microsoft Prometheus model	A proprietary technology by Microsoft that uses Bing and GPT to generate responses based on user prompts
ChatGPT	Chat GPT is a free-to-use conversational AI system
Open AI	U.S.-based artificial intelligence research organisation
ChatGPT Plus	Enhanced version of ChatGPT
Bard	Bard is a conversational generative AI chatbot built by Google
AI Hallucination	When a large language model generates incorrect or false information
Fine-Tuning	Method to improve pre-trained ML model by customisable data given by user to modify outputs
Azure Open AI	Its a cloud-based platform to build and deploy AI models. It provides REST API access to Open AIs large language models like GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo

Copilot Products

Lets look at the products of Microsoft Copilot and where the Copilot has its reach in order to automate procedures inside those products.

MS Office Copilot

Word
Excel
PowerPoint
One Note
Outlook

Microsoft 365

Teams
One Drive
Outlook
Chat
Loop
Whiteboard
Forms

Power Platform

Power Apps
Power BI
Power Automate
Power Pages

Copilot for Service

Dynamics CRM
Service Now
Zen Desk
Sales Force

Dynamics 365

Copilot Customer Service
Copilot Sales

More Microsoft Products

Windows 11 Copilot
Copilot Clipchamp
Microsoft Edge Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Chat Copilot
Microsoft Security Copilot
GitHub Copilot
Copilot Studio
Copilot Azure Data Studio

What is Copilot Made From?

The recent advancement in Microsofts Generative AI is the secret of Copilots capability and power to process natural language, understand the context and provide the final solution.

The following are the features which form the backbone of Copilot and Copilot Studio −

1. GPT-4, GPT-4o and GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 is OpenAIs most advanced language model. It produces safer and more useful responses compared to its predecessors. It has capabilities like problem-solving, creativity, visual impact, etc. GPT-4o (optimised) is more powerful and accurate, limited for free users and handles more complex tasks.

On the other hand, GPT-4 turbo is more capable of handling large data. The turbo version can handle over 25000 words of text and beats GPT-3.5 in reasoning capabilities.

2. DALL-E

DALL-E, developed by OpenAI, is an AI model that generates highly realistic images from textual descriptions. Its like having an artist who can paint vivid scenes based on your words. Microsoft Copilot now wields the power of DALL-E. When you chat with Copilot, it can generate images based on your prompts.

3. Large Language Models

Theyre massive neural networks trained on vast amounts of text data. Think of them as language wizardsthey understand context, grammar, and even nuances considering all figures of speech. Copilots LLMs are based on OpenAIs GPT-4.

These models have been learned from books, articles, and internet text, becoming language virtuosos. They generate responses by predicting what comes next in the text. So, next time you see Copilot weaving words, know that its LLMs doing the heavy lifting.

4. Generative AI

If you are a Microsoft 365 user, then you can easily generate images using Copilot. There is a limit of 15 boosts per day but it's worth giving a try. All credit goes to the Designer's built-in Copilot which can generate images based on text, all you need to provide is a prompt.

Prompt Generate an image of a happy dog, having 5 white puppies roaming together in a green landscape with an open field in the background.

Copilot Generated Output −

5. Microsoft Graph

This is an API used by Copilot in order to evaluate the context and current data available for Microsoft 365 users before modifying and sending prompts to different language models. Therefore, after receiving its input, Microsoft Graph performs some additional context-specific processing which is necessary to get the exact result.

6. Plugins

Currently, the plugins which are supported by Copilot are Instacart, Kayak, Shopify, Suno AI, OpenTable and Klarna.

7. Chatbots

There are many chatbots available in Microsoft Copilot form which is the default or standard Copilot chatbot, along with Microsoft Designer. This is designed towards image input, image search and also image generation according to the user input.

Licensing and Pricing

Microsoft comes with its office plans and Microsoft 356 suite plans. The price may vary but you can check the pricing here. If you already have a Microsoft plan, you can easily access the free version of Microsoft Copilot without any additional cost.

Copilot Pro − Pro has a lot of benefits with a great user experience without any limits. Copilot Pro is specially made for daily users working on projects or any organisation in order to boost their productivity. The pricing starts from may vary, you can check here.

Which One Is the Best For You?

In conclusion, Microsoft Copilot, with its strong AI capabilities, provides significant value for common productivity functions at an affordable price. The decision in the Microsoft Copilot vs Copilot Pro debate often comes down to the specific needs and scope of use within an organisation. This makes it a good choice for individuals and small businesses looking to increase efficiency without the exorbitant price tag ultimately driving higher productivity for demanding users.

Copilot with Microsoft 365 suite is more suited to users who are budget-conscious people looking for a versatile AI tool while Copilot Pro is a better choice for those who want deeper functionality and more customised AI interactions.

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