How to Use Microsoft Copilot Cowork

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Nick previews Microsoft Copilot Cowork, which he compares to Claude Cowork and Open Claw, as a shift from answering questions to designing and executing multi-step plans using information from a user’s Microsoft 365 meetings, messages, and documents. Access requires a Microsoft 365 business or enterprise subscription, the upgraded Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on subscription, and, at recording time, enrollment in Frontier, Microsoft’s early access program, for Cowork itself. He first demos Copilot actions in Work mode: using a slash reference to pick a co-worker from the company directory, Copilot finds a time when both are available and schedules the meeting after the user confirms a suggested time; in another chat it finds information about an event from last year, drafts an email to the team, and shows the message for the user to send or edit. Cowork is added via All Agents, then given a complex assignment: for a volunteer day, find last year’s contributors, make a list of responsibilities and assignments, identify a date and time in August, schedule planning meetings, communicate with the team, and create planning documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The task runs for several minutes in the background, can be filtered by tasks needing input, in progress, or holding, and requires approval before scheduling meetings or sending emails. Completed work is summarized, with created files in an output folder that is also stored on OneDrive for download, preview, or sharing. Other examples include a weekly brief scheduled for every Monday morning covering meetings, messages, new files, a weather forecast, and local events affecting traffic, delivered as a Word document, and generating demo documents and email conversations for training videos. Administrators enable Frontier in the Admin Center under Copilot settings.

Key takeaways

• Cowork requires a Microsoft 365 business or enterprise account plus the upgraded Copilot subscription, and Frontier early access at the time of recording.
• Copilot actions in Work mode can schedule meetings with directory-referenced co-workers and draft emails, with the user confirming before anything is sent.
• Give Cowork a whole assignment rather than single tasks: it plans, researches, contacts people, schedules, and creates documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Cowork works in the background for several minutes and pauses for approval before direct actions like creating meetings or sending emails.
• Outputs are summarized and stored in an output folder on OneDrive; recurring jobs like a Monday weekly brief can be set up from a prompt.

Episode details: published May 7, 2026 · 9:32 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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