M365 Copilot responds to natural language — but better prompts produce dramatically better results.

The RACE Framework for Copilot Prompts

• Role: "As a financial analyst..."
• Action: "...summarize..." "...draft..." "...analyze..."
• Context: "...this earnings report for a board presentation"
• Expectation: "...in 5 bullet points, highlight risks and opportunities"

Examples

• "Draft a professional follow-up email to [name] summarizing today's meeting and next steps"
• "Create a 10-slide presentation on Q3 results for a non-technical executive audience"
• "Analyze this spreadsheet and tell me which products have declining margins"

Reference:

Microsoft Copilot adoption hub

https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/