After this course you can use Microsoft Copilot deliberately for business work: you write prompts with the right sources, create and check content in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, prepare meetings and hand multi-step work to agents or Copilot Cowork while keeping control of the result. Along the way you work through the skill areas of exam AB-730 in a structured way. The course suits professionals in sales, marketing, HR, finance or operations who already have Copilot at work and want to back up their skills with a certification.
What you’ll take away.
- Explain how Copilot uses context such as Work IQ, web data or the open app, and how company data stays protected
- Write prompts with suitable sources, refine them, and save, share and schedule them
- Generate or analyse content in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and check results against citations
- Prepare for and follow up on meetings with Copilot and keep working together in Copilot Pages
- Choose prebuilt agents and Copilot Cowork for business tasks and review their plan and results
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Professionals in marketing, sales, operations, product management, HR or finance who use Microsoft Copilot in their daily work and are aiming for the Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional certification.
- Prerequisites
- Confident use of Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel, plus some first experience with Copilot. No coding skills are needed. The exercises require an environment with Copilot access; the offer states whether one is provided.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 1 training day. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Generative AI basics: language models, context and the different Copilot experiences
Responsible use: errors, prompt injection, over-reliance and protecting sensitive data
Prompts and chats: model choice, sources, memory and instructions, Notebooks
Creating and analysing business content across Word, Excel, PowerPoint and connectors
Meetings and collaboration: preparation, the Facilitator agent, intelligent recap and Copilot Pages
Agents and Copilot Cowork: delegating tasks, choosing skills and reviewing results
AB-730 exam overview and review of the four skill areas
You use Copilot to prepare a customer meeting: gather background from emails and files, draft a slide deck, check statements against the citations and hand the follow-up to Copilot Cowork.
Exams, licences & credentials
The course prepares you for exam AB-730 for Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional. The exam and its fee are included only if the offer confirms this explicitly. Microsoft issues the certificate once you pass. It is not an official Microsoft course unless the offer says so explicitly.
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be able to code?
No. The certification is explicitly aimed at users who apply AI to business work without building apps or writing code.
Is the product called Microsoft 365 Copilot or Microsoft Copilot?
Microsoft has renamed the product Microsoft Copilot; the licence keeps the name Microsoft 365 Copilot. During the transition, exam questions may still say Microsoft 365 Copilot.
How long is the AB-730 exam?
According to Microsoft you have 45 minutes. The exam is proctored and may include interactive components.
Does AB-730 Transform business workflows with generative AI: Microsoft Copilot in everyday business include a certificate?
The course prepares you for exam AB-730 for Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional. The exam and its fee are included only if the offer confirms this explicitly. Microsoft issues the certificate once you pass. It is not an official Microsoft course unless the offer says so explicitly.