Microsoft Copilot FAQs

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Enhance your productivity with Copilot! From various tasks by providing personalized and context-aware responses to drafting documents, summarizing emails, or creating presentations, Copilot streamlines your work flow. 

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FAQ's

Does Microsoft Copilot Store My Search History? 

  • As part of Microsoft's newest enhancement with the change to Enterprise Data Protection, Copilot for the web now has a menu to show your recent prompts and results. Microsoft does not have access to them or use them for training Copilot.
  • Prompts and results are eDiscoverable by UTD.
Note: View more information on data protection and privacy.

How Can I Summarize a Page, PDF or Document? 

If the file is local, use the following steps:

  • Go to the Microsoft Edge Browser
  • Navigate to copilot.cloud.microsoft.com (sign in, if you are not already) 
  • In the text entry field at the bottom, click on the Paperclip icon.
    • A new window will pop up for you to navigate to and select the file you wish to upload. 
  • Now you can ask Copilot questions about the file.


If the file is located on the web, use the following steps:

  • Click Ask Microsoft Copilot AI button on the top right in your Edge Browser
  • The Edge sidebar will appear on the right. 
  • In order for Copilot to evaluate the document you have open on the web, you must also provide the web address in your query .
    • Example: Summarize this report in 10 bullet points.  http://example.com/test.pdf

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