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Copilot for Microsoft 365

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Owned by Alicia Goodwin
Last updated: Feb 20, 2025
1 min read

ITS conducted a capabilities assessment in May - June 2024 to determine the utility of Microsoft 365 copilot. The license costs $400/year per user. We asked users from across campus (faculty and staff in a variety of departments) to test Copilot in each of the Microsoft office applications in which it was available (SharePoint was not included).  

 CONSENSUS: 

  • Copilot response time is too slow. ChatGPT provides faster, more reliable and thorough answers.  

  • Copilot does not deliver on the promise to surface all data that a user has access to within the university network.  

  • Participants appreciated that their data was protected from training the LLM (this is also the default setting in ChatGPT now)

  • Copilot often included irrelevant data.

RECOMMENDATION:

ITS did not purchase any Copilot licenses. If a faculty or staff member would like to purchase a copilot license, they need approval from their dean or the person in their department who can approve purchases. Please send an email to techpurchasing@seattleu.edu if you would like to purchase a license for Copilot for Microsoft 365. Include the name of the person who approved the purchase.