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Copilot 365 Fundamentals (In Person)

If you are already paying for Microsoft 365 for Business, you have got Copilot. Most people have not touched it yet. This is the day that changes.

Format
6 hours in person
Location
iAero, Yeovil
Intro Price
£150 +VAT per person
Next Available Course
22nd June 2026
What to bring
Laptop + M365 Business

What this course is for

Copilot 365 Fundamentals is a six-hour, in-person course designed specifically for businesses already using Microsoft 365. You have got the tool. This day is about learning how to use it properly.

It draws directly on the Techosaurus Generative AI Skills Bootcamp, which ran last year across the South West and was delivered to over 150 businesses. The best of that programme has been distilled into a single, practical day, built entirely around Copilot and the Microsoft 365 environment your team already works in.

The course covers what AI is, how it works, and how to get real results from Copilot using a clear prompting framework. You will see it in action across the tools you use every day, work through genuine business tasks with guidance, and leave with a personalised prompting tool you can use the next morning.

There are no prerequisites and no jargon. Whether you have barely opened Copilot or you have tried it and were not sure what to do with it, this course is designed to take you somewhere useful.

How the day is structured

Build the mental model

We start by giving AI a shape. You will get a plain-English explanation of what AI actually is, how it processes what you give it, and where it is genuinely useful.

Then we move into the ROAR prompting framework, the five prompt techniques, and the three rules that determine whether Copilot gives you something good or something frustrating. This is not theory for the sake of it. It is the foundation everything else builds on.

Get oriented and see what's possible

Before any demos or hands-on work, we do a full orientation of Copilot for 365 together. Microsoft has put the Copilot name on a lot of products, which creates genuine confusion about which version you are actually in.

We will walk through how to verify you are in the right place, what is covered under your M365 subscription, how Basic and Premium differ, and how to set up Custom Instructions so Copilot works the way you work from day one.

Do the actual work

The second half of the day is practical. You will work through a series of real business tasks in Copilot, guided throughout.

The tasks are drawn directly from the kinds of things most business owners and teams deal with every week, and they are all done inside the tools you already have. You will leave having done the work, not just heard about it.

What you will learn

A full orientation of Copilot for 365

  • How to verify you are in the business version, not the consumer one
  • What is included in your M365 subscription versus what requires a paid upgrade
  • How Basic and Premium differ and what that means in practice
  • How to set up Custom Instructions so Copilot knows how you work before you have typed a word
  • How to navigate the interface and get the most from day one

Prompting that actually makes sense

  • The ROAR framework: Role, Objective, Appearance, Restrictions
  • The five prompting techniques that cover most business use cases
  • The three rules of AI that experienced users apply without thinking
  • How to read a Copilot output and know whether it is worth using or needs another pass

Practical, hands-on experience in Copilot

The hands-on tasks are designed to mirror your working day, using the Microsoft 365 tools you already have open. You will come away with real outputs, real prompts, and a clear sense of where Copilot fits into how you already work.

We keep the specifics as a surprise. The best learning tends to happen when you are not expecting it.

A clear view of the Copilot landscape

Microsoft's Copilot offering spans several tiers and products, and it can be hard to know what you have got and what costs more. We will give you an honest, straightforward overview of what is included in your subscription, what the paid-for features add, and where the boundaries are.

No sales pitch. Just clarity.

Your prompting tool: built during the day, yours to keep

A place to keep what you have learned

One of the things people consistently miss after a training session is somewhere to save what they have learned. The Techosaurus prompting tool is designed to fix that.

You will be introduced to it early in the day, use it for the hands-on tasks, and leave with it pre-loaded with prompts for every task covered during the session. It is shareable too, so if you work in a team, you can get everyone starting from the same foundation inside the tools you already use.

This is about making sure the learning sticks rather than fading the moment you are back at your desk.

What you leave with

Practical outcomes

  • A clear understanding of how to use Copilot effectively in your day-to-day work
  • A populated prompting tool with business task prompts ready to use
  • Better habits around how you brief Copilot, check what comes back, and build prompts that consistently work

Recognition and next steps

  • A digital Techosaurus certificate
  • A LinkedIn badge
  • A free post-course group clinic online approximately two weeks after for questions, catch-up, and seeing what others have done with it
  • Priority booking for future open learning courses

Dates and booking

We will publish future cohort dates here. The first two cohorts are available to book at the introductory launch rate.

First cohort In person at iAero

Copilot 365 Fundamentals — 22nd June 2026

Six hours of in-person learning at iAero in Yeovil, designed to make Copilot approachable, practical, and immediately useful.

9.30am start — 4.30pm finish — including lunch and breaks

£150 +VAT £180 +VAT
Second cohort In person at iAero

Copilot 365 Fundamentals — 14th July 2026

Six hours of in-person learning at iAero in Yeovil, designed to make Copilot approachable, practical, and immediately useful.

9.30am start — 4.30pm finish — including lunch and breaks

£150 +VAT £180 +VAT

Talking to AI is a communication skill, not a tech skill

It is fast becoming a new modern soft skill that everyone requires. The people getting the most from it are not the most technical ones. They are the curious ones who know how to explain what they need, check what comes back, and build it into how they already work. This course is designed to give you that foundation inside the tools your business already runs on.

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