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SUMMARY:Copilot in Excel: Ask Questions of Your Data and Check the Numbers
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 90 minutes. Ask Copilot about your data\, build charts\, and check every formula before you trust it. Paid license required.\n\n\nCopilot gives you a total in seconds. You still have to stand behind it. \nYou ask Copilot to describe a dataset in plain language\, highlight the top values\, chart the monthly trend\, compare two product lines\, and total the quarters. On a second\, larger dataset you add a calculated column\, check the formula by hand before trusting it\, and chart revenue by region. You ask a multi-step question and a judgment-call question\, check the numbers Copilot cites against the data\, and write an executive summary of the findings. \nWhat you will do \n\nAsk Copilot to describe a dataset and point out data problems\nHighlight key figures and chart a trend and a comparison\nAdd a calculated column and check the formula by hand\nAsk a multi-step question and verify one result against the data\nAsk a judgment-call question and check the numbers Copilot cites\nWrite an executive summary that uses only figures in the data\n\nYou leave with: Two workbooks with charts\, a checked calculated column and a top-five summary sheet\, and a routine for checking Copilot’s numbers. \nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Analysts\, finance staff\, managers and anyone who is asked what the numbers say. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). Excel desktop. Sample files are sent before class and saved to OneDrive.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Comfortable with Excel tables and basic formulas.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab exercise handout and the two sample workbooks. \nLength: 90 minutes. Level: Beginner. Format: Live session\, hands-on. Each person works in their own account. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-excel-ask-questions-of-your-data-and-check-the-numbers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270108T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201917Z
CREATED:20261014T043805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201917Z
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SUMMARY:Copilot in Excel and Copilot Chat: Write a Clear Prompt\, Check the Numbers
DESCRIPTION:Live one-hour webinar. See a vague prompt and a clear one side by side\, then Copilot in Excel\, with every number checked.\n\n\nWould you put your name on a number Copilot gave you? \nThe session starts in Copilot Chat: a one-line prompt\, the same request written with the GCSE structure (Goal\, Context\, Source\, Expectations)\, and then a prompt grounded in a specific file. Then in Excel\, the instructor asks Copilot questions about the data\, has it highlight and chart the data\, and checks the result. \nHow this webinar works: Anyone can watch. If you have the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license\, follow along in your own account. The instructor says at the start which steps need it. \nWhat you will see \n\nA one-line prompt and a structured prompt answering the same request\nA prompt grounded in a specific file\nCopilot highlighting and charting data in Excel\nHow to verify a formula or figure before using it\n\nWhat you will try \n\nRewrite a prompt with the GCSE structure and compare the answers\nAsk Copilot to describe a table in your own workbook\n\nCopilot license: Anyone can watch. Copilot Premium (the paid license) to follow along hands-on. \nWho it is for: Analysts\, managers and anyone who gets asked what the numbers say. \nWhat you need \n\nNo license is needed to watch. The two try-it exercises need the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license\, Excel\, and a workbook saved in OneDrive.\nComfortable with Excel tables. No Copilot experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: The exercise prompts\, posted in the chat. \nLength: 60 minutes. Level: Beginner. Format: Live webinar\, optional hands-on. Anyone can watch. Attendees with the paid Copilot license can follow along in their own account; the instructor says at the start which steps need it. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-excel-and-copilot-chat-write-a-clear-prompt-check-the-numbers-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270108T160000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201918Z
CREATED:20261014T192322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201918Z
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SUMMARY:Copilot Agents Workshop: Researcher\, Analyst and Your First Custom Agent
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Prompt Coach\, Researcher\, Analyst\, and two agents you build and test. Paid Copilot license required.\n\n\nThe same five questions arrive every week\, and the answer is always in the same document. \nYou open the Agent Store and see the difference between the agents Microsoft provides and the ones you build. You use Prompt Coach to turn a vague request into a clear prompt\, run it in Researcher to get a sourced report and check the sources\, and use Analyst to work through a data file and check one figure. Then you build an agent that answers policy questions from a document\, test it with questions it should and should not answer\, and learn what sharing it means. You finish with a second agent grounded in a public website and compare the two. \nWhat you will do \n\nFind agents in the Agent Store and tell prebuilt agents from custom ones\nUse Prompt Coach to turn a vague request into a clear prompt\nGet a sourced report from Researcher and check the sources\nWork through a data file with Analyst and check one figure\nBuild an agent that answers questions from a policy document\, and test it\nBuild a second agent grounded in a public website\, and compare the two\n\nYou leave with: A tested policy agent\, a second agent grounded in a website\, and a checked Researcher report. \nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Licensed Copilot users who are ready to go past chat: team leads\, HR and policy owners\, analysts and power users. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). Researcher and Analyst need the paid license and have usage limits. The organization must allow users to create and share agents. Prompt Coach is a Microsoft prebuilt agent; whether it is available depends on the organization. Sample files are sent before class and saved to OneDrive.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Has used Copilot Chat. No programming needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab exercise handout\, the sample files and a list of every prompt used in class. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Intermediate. Format: Live session\, hands-on. Each person works in their own account. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-agents-workshop-researcher-analyst-and-your-first-custom-agent/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270112T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270114T163000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201918Z
CREATED:20261014T043807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201918Z
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SUMMARY:PL-300T00: Design and Manage Analytics Solutions Using Power BI
DESCRIPTION:Live 3-day Microsoft course for exam PL-300: prepare data\, model it\, write DAX\, design reports\, manage and secure Power BI.\n\n\nMicrosoft’s Power BI data analyst course\, taught by an instructor who holds the PL-300 certification. It covers getting and preparing data\, building a semantic model and writing DAX\, designing reports\, and managing and securing Power BI. Content and length are set by Microsoft. It prepares for exam PL-300 and the Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification. \nWho it is for: Data and business intelligence professionals. Prepares for exam PL-300 and the Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification. \nWhat you need \n\nPower BI Desktop (free\, Windows PC). How students reach the lab environment\, and any Power BI service access the labs need\, is confirmed at registration.\nUnderstanding of core data concepts and of data analysis and visualization. Comfortable in Excel. Power BI Desktop installed before class.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nLength: 3 days\, Tuesday\, January 12 to Thursday\, January 14\, 2027\, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Central Time each day. Level: Intermediate. Format: Microsoft official course\, instructor-led with hands-on labs. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/pl-300t00-design-and-manage-analytics-solutions-using-power-bi/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270115T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201919Z
CREATED:20261014T043807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201919Z
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SUMMARY:Copilot in Outlook and Teams: Long Email Threads and Meeting Follow-Up
DESCRIPTION:Live one-hour webinar. Get through a long email thread\, then see Copilot during and after a Teams meeting. Anyone can watch.\n\n\nYou were out for two days. The inbox and the meetings did not wait. \nThe first half covers email: summarize a long thread\, draft a reply\, get coaching on tone\, and schedule a meeting from the thread. The second half covers meetings: Copilot during a meeting\, the recap and follow-up tasks afterward\, and catching up on a chat or channel. The meeting parts are shown from a meeting the instructor recorded beforehand. \nHow this webinar works: Anyone can watch. If you have the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license\, follow along in your own account. The instructor says at the start which steps need it. \nWhat you will see \n\nA reply drafted and improved with coaching\nA meeting scheduled from an email thread\nHow Copilot is used during a Teams meeting\nThe recap and follow-up tasks after a transcribed meeting\nThe meeting setting that decides whether a recap exists\nA Teams chat summarized and a message rewritten\n\nWhat you will try \n\nSummarize a long thread in your own inbox\n\nCopilot license: Anyone can watch. Follow along with the Outlook parts wherever the Copilot button shows in your Outlook. The Teams parts are demonstrated only. \nWho it is for: Anyone whose day runs on email and meetings. \nWhat you need \n\nNo license is needed to watch. The Outlook try-it works wherever the Copilot button shows in Outlook. The Teams parts are demonstrated only.\nUses Outlook and Teams daily. No Copilot experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: The exercise prompts\, posted in the chat. \nLength: 60 minutes. Level: Beginner. Format: Live webinar\, optional hands-on. Anyone can watch. Attendees with the paid Copilot license can follow along in their own account; the instructor says at the start which steps need it. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-outlook-and-teams-long-email-threads-and-meeting-follow-up-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270119T123000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201919Z
CREATED:20261014T043808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201919Z
UID:10000148-1800356400-1800361800@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Copilot in Teams: Before\, During and After the Meeting (Live Demo)
DESCRIPTION:Live demo\, 90 minutes. See Copilot prepare a meeting\, work during it\, and draft the follow-up from the recap. Anyone can watch.\n\n\nThe meeting ended and nobody wrote down who owes what. \nYou watch the instructor use Copilot to write a briefing\, an agenda and three questions for a client status meeting\, and put the agenda and questions in the invitation. Before the meeting the instructor turns on the three options Copilot depends on: Allow Copilot\, Transcription and Meeting recap. During the meeting the instructor asks Copilot what has been covered and what is still open\, and compares the private Copilot pane with the shared Facilitator notes. Afterward the instructor opens the transcript and the recap\, drafts a follow-up email from the recap\, and checks it against what was said. \nWhat you will see \n\nA pre-meeting briefing and an agenda written with Copilot\nThe meeting options for Copilot\, transcription and recap\nCopilot answering questions during a meeting\nThe private Copilot pane next to the shared Facilitator notes\nThe transcript and the recap after the meeting\nA follow-up email drafted from the recap and checked\n\nCopilot license: Anyone can watch. To use these steps in your own meetings\, you need Copilot Premium (the paid license). \nWho it is for: Anyone who spends their day in Teams meetings. \nWhat you need \n\nNo license is needed to watch. To use these steps in your own meetings\, you need the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. Teams meeting transcription must be turned on by the organization. The recap needs the Copilot license or Teams Premium\, and a transcribed meeting. Facilitator is not turned on in every organization.\nUses Teams daily. No Copilot license needed to watch.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab exercise handout\, so you can repeat the steps in your own meetings. \nLength: 90 minutes. Level: Beginner. Format: Live demonstration. The instructor runs every step in a Teams meeting. Attendees watch and ask questions. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-teams-before-during-and-after-the-meeting-live-demo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270120T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270120T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201920Z
CREATED:20261014T043809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201920Z
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SUMMARY:Power Apps Jumpstart: Build Your First App from a SharePoint List
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Build a working Power Apps canvas app on a SharePoint list. No premium license needed.\n\n\nThe team tracks requests in a shared spreadsheet and it keeps breaking. \nYou build one canvas app from a SharePoint list. You add a form\, a gallery and a few controls\, use basic formulas\, and share the app. \nWhat you will do \n\nDecide when Power Apps is the right tool\nBuild a canvas app from a SharePoint list\nAdd a form\, a gallery and interactive controls\nUse basic formulas for logic\nShare the app with a coworker at your own organization\n\nYou leave with: A working app on your own list. \nWho it is for: Business professionals who need a simple app and do not write code. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 work account that can open Power Apps and create a SharePoint list. Power Apps with standard connectors is included with most Microsoft 365 business and enterprise plans. No premium license.\nCheck before you register: Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work account. Open Power Apps from the app launcher and create a test list in SharePoint or Microsoft Lists. If either is blocked\, ask your IT department before you register.\nA work account that can open Power Apps and create a SharePoint list. Familiar with Excel or SharePoint.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/power-apps-jumpstart-build-your-first-app-from-a-sharepoint-list/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270121T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270121T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201921Z
CREATED:20261014T043810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201921Z
UID:10000150-1800522000-1800532800@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Power Automate Jumpstart: Build a Notification Flow and an Approval
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Build two Power Automate flows on a SharePoint list: a notification and an approval. No premium license needed.\n\n\nYou send the same notification and chase the same approval every week. \nYou build a SharePoint list and a notification flow that puts data from each new item into an email. You break the flow on purpose and use the run history to find and fix the error. Then you build an approval flow with a condition that updates the item when the manager responds. \nWhat you will do \n\nExplain triggers\, actions and dynamic content\nBuild a SharePoint list to use as a flow data source\nBuild a notification flow with dynamic content\nUse run history to find and fix an error\nBuild an approval flow with a condition\n\nYou leave with: Two working flows: a notification and an approval. \nWho it is for: Business professionals who want to automate a repetitive task and have never built a flow. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 work account that can open Power Automate and create a SharePoint list. Power Automate with standard connectors is included with most Microsoft 365 business and enterprise plans. No premium license.\nCheck before you register: Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work account. Open Power Automate from the app launcher and create a test list in SharePoint or Microsoft Lists. If either is blocked\, ask your IT department before you register.\nA work account that can open Power Automate and create a SharePoint list. Familiar with email and SharePoint or Lists.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/power-automate-jumpstart-build-a-notification-flow-and-an-approval/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270122T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201921Z
CREATED:20261014T192325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201921Z
UID:10000151-1800615600-1800619200@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Copilot in Outlook: Summarize Threads\, Draft Replies\, Prepare for Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 60 minutes. Summarize long threads\, draft replies\, and prepare for meetings with Copilot. Paid Copilot license required.\n\n\nThe thread is 40 messages long and the meeting about it is in an hour. \nYou summarize a long email thread\, draft a reply and improve it with Coaching\, and schedule a meeting from the email or have Copilot Chat propose times. Then you use Copilot Chat to prepare for a meeting on your own calendar and draft an agenda. You finish by drafting a follow-up email from a set of meeting notes. \nWhat you will do \n\nSummarize a long email thread\nDraft a reply and improve it with Coaching\nSchedule a meeting from an email\, or have Copilot Chat propose times\nPrepare for a meeting with a prompt that names a colleague and a project file\nDraft a follow-up email from meeting notes\n\nYou leave with: A drafted reply\, a proposed meeting time\, a meeting prep brief with an agenda\, and a follow-up email drafted from meeting notes. \nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Anyone whose day runs on email and meetings. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). New Outlook for Windows or Outlook on the web. Sample files are sent before class and saved to OneDrive.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Uses Outlook daily.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab exercise handout and the sample files. \nLength: 60 minutes. Level: Beginner. Format: Live session\, hands-on. Each person works in their own account. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-outlook-summarize-threads-draft-replies-prepare-for-meetings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270122T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270122T160000
DTSTAMP:20261014T233042Z
CREATED:20261014T233042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T233042Z
UID:10000152-1800622800-1800633600@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Copilot in Excel Workshop: Workbook Rules\, Skills and Variance Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Workbook rules\, personalization\, skills\, and a variance\, trend and what-if analysis you check. Paid Copilot license.\n\n\nCopilot gives you a total in seconds. You still have to stand behind it. \nYou set up Copilot in Excel for how you work: personalization for your own preferences\, and workbook rules that stay with the file. You clean a sales and budget workbook with the clean-data skill and prove the row count and totals. Using Edit with Copilot and Plan mode\, you build a variance-versus-budget analysis that flags the regions past a threshold\, a year-over-year trend and a what-if scenario\, with charts. You run built-in skills\, turn the monthly variance review into a custom skill of your own\, and run it on the next month’s data. You check every number before it goes into the executive summary. The class closes with a demonstration of Excel features still rolling out. \nWhat you will do \n\nSet personalization and write workbook rules that Copilot follows\nClean a workbook with the clean-data skill and prove the row count and totals\nBuild a variance-versus-budget analysis in Plan mode and flag what crosses the threshold\nBuild a trend\, a what-if scenario and charts\, and check each against the data\nRun built-in skills and write a custom skill of your own\nWrite an executive summary that uses only checked figures\n\nYou leave with: A cleaned workbook with a .Rules sheet\, a variance-versus-budget analysis\, trend and what-if sheets with charts\, a checked executive summary\, and a custom skill you can run every month. \nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Analysts\, finance staff\, managers and anyone who is asked what the numbers say. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). Excel desktop on Windows or Mac\, or Excel on the web\, with the Office display language set to English (workbook rules are English only). OneDrive is required for custom skills. Custom skills are new and may not be available in every organization; where they are not\, the instructor shows that part. Sample workbooks are sent before class and saved to OneDrive.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Comfortable with Excel tables\, basic formulas and PivotTables.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab exercise handout\, the sample workbooks\, a starter SKILL.md file and a prompt guide with every prompt used in class. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner to Intermediate. Format: Live session\, hands-on. Each person works in their own account. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/copilot-in-excel-workshop-ask-chart-calculate-and-check-the-numbers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270125T163000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201922Z
CREATED:20261014T043812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201922Z
UID:10000153-1800882000-1800894600@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:AI Foundations: Which AI Tool for Which Job
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, half day. ChatGPT\, Copilot\, Claude\, Gemini and Perplexity compared on real tasks\, plus prompts you can reuse.\n\n\nAn introduction to AI assistants for people who do not write code. You compare the same question across tools\, learn a five-part prompt (Role\, Task\, Context\, Format\, Constraint)\, and build one reusable prompt for a task you do regularly. Covers ChatGPT\, Microsoft Copilot\, Claude\, Gemini and Perplexity. \nWhat you will do \n\nExplain in plain terms what AI assistants do and do not do\nCompare the main AI tools and match each to a job\nWrite a prompt with Role\, Task\, Context\, Format and Constraint\nUse AI for email\, documents\, presentations and data\nStart a personal prompt library with one reusable prompt\nApply responsible-use practices: hallucination\, bias\, data privacy and organization policy\n\nCopilot license: No Copilot license needed. \nWho it is for: Business professionals\, end users and non-technical staff who want a practical introduction to AI tools that is not tied to one vendor. \nWhat you need \n\nA web browser and free accounts for two of the AI tools covered. The instructor confirms which two before class. No Microsoft license needed.\nComfortable with a web browser and basic productivity apps. No AI experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Course manual\, the sample files\, and the slides. \nLength: Half day (3.5 hours). Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/ai-foundations-which-ai-tool-for-which-job/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270126T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270126T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201923Z
CREATED:20261014T043812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201923Z
UID:10000154-1800954000-1800964800@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Power BI Jumpstart: From an Excel File to an Interactive Report
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Connect Power BI Desktop to an Excel file\, clean the data\, and build a report page with a slicer.\n\n\nThe monthly report is an Excel file you rebuild by hand. \nYou connect Power BI Desktop to an Excel sales file and clean it in Power Query. You format the numbers as currency\, add a product hierarchy and two measures that count orders and customers correctly. Then you build a dashboard page: four KPI cards\, a year slicer\, a sales trend line chart and a sales-by-category bar chart you can drill into\, and you control which visuals the slicer filters. The instructor shows how a report is published and shared. \nWhat you will do \n\nFind your way around Power BI Desktop\nConnect to an Excel file and clean the data in Power Query\nFormat numbers and add a product hierarchy and two measures\nBuild KPI cards\, a slicer\, a trend line chart and a drill-down bar chart\nControl which visuals a slicer filters\nExplain what is needed to share a report\n\nYou leave with: A report file with a dashboard page: four KPI cards\, a year slicer\, a trend line chart and a drill-down bar chart. \nWho it is for: Analysts and managers who report from Excel today and are new to Power BI. \nWhat you need \n\nA Windows PC with Power BI Desktop installed. It is free. It does not run on a Mac. No paid license is needed for the hands-on work. Sharing or publishing a report needs Power BI Pro or Premium Per User and is shown by the instructor.\nCheck before you register: Install Power BI Desktop from the Microsoft Store before class. If your PC is locked down\, ask your IT department to install it.\nPower BI Desktop installed. Sample Excel file downloaded from the link sent before class. Basic Excel helps.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual and the sample data file. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/power-bi-jumpstart-from-an-excel-file-to-an-interactive-report/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270127T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201924Z
CREATED:20261014T043813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201924Z
UID:10000155-1801040400-1801051200@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Microsoft Project Desktop Jumpstart: Build Your First Schedule
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Start a project plan in Project desktop\, link the tasks\, and assign resources.\n\n\nThe schedule lives in a spreadsheet\, and every date change means fixing it by hand. \nYou start a project plan\, set its calendar\, build a task list with summary tasks\, link the tasks\, and assign resources. Baselines\, tracking and reports are in the full course. \nWhat you will do \n\nNavigate the Project interface and start a new plan\nSet up the project calendar and exceptions\nBuild a Work Breakdown Structure\nLink tasks with dependencies\nCreate a resource pool and assign resources\n\nYou leave with: A project file with linked tasks and assigned resources. \nWho it is for: Project managers\, coordinators and team leads who are new to Microsoft Project or returning to it. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft Project desktop client installed on a Windows PC. It is paid software\, sold separately from standard Microsoft 365 plans\, for example with Planner and Project Plan 3.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft Project on your PC. If it is not installed\, you cannot do the hands-on work.\nMicrosoft Project installed. Basic project management concepts: tasks\, dependencies and resources.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual and a PMO sequence reference. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/microsoft-project-desktop-jumpstart-build-your-first-schedule/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T160000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201924Z
CREATED:20261014T192328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201924Z
UID:10000136-1801126800-1801152000@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Microsoft 365 Copilot: Draft\, Analyze\, and Present (One-Day Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Full-day\, hands-on. Copilot Chat\, PowerPoint\, Word\, Excel and Outlook\, one business scenario\, ending in Copilot Notebooks.\n\n\nA stand-alone day. One business scenario runs through the day. You run a first prompt before any instruction\, learn the GCSE structure\, personalization and grounding\, and apply them in PowerPoint\, Word\, Excel and Outlook. The day closes with a capstone in Copilot Notebooks. \nWhat you will do \n\nExplain how Copilot grounds answers in organization data and how permissions limit what it sees\nApply the GCSE prompt structure and iterate instead of restarting\nPersonalize Copilot and save prompts for reuse\nBuild and refine a presentation in PowerPoint\, including a branded template\nDraft\, refine and compare documents in Word\nAnalyze and chart data in Excel and verify the answers\nSummarize threads\, draft replies and prepare for meetings in Outlook\nSchedule a recurring briefing prompt\nBuild a multi-source workspace in Copilot Notebooks\n\nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Business users with the Microsoft 365 Copilot license who draft documents\, analyze data\, build presentations and manage email and meetings. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). Word\, Excel and PowerPoint desktop apps\, new Outlook or Outlook on the web\, and OneDrive. Sample files are sent before class. Scheduled prompts are not available in government (GCC) tenants.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Familiar with Word\, Excel\, PowerPoint and Outlook. No AI experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual with a prompt pattern quick reference\, and the sample files. \nLength: 1 day (6 hours). Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/microsoft-365-copilot-draft-analyze-and-present-one-day-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270129T163000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201925Z
CREATED:20261014T043815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T201925Z
UID:10000138-1801227600-1801240200@sharepointmentoring.com
SUMMARY:Outlook Intermediate: Rules\, Quick Steps\, Search and Calendar
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, half day. Build rules\, one-click Quick Steps and saved searches in your own mailbox\, and make the calendar do the work.\n\n\nEach module ends with something built in the student’s own mailbox: a rule\, a one-click Quick Step\, a saved search\, a meeting made from an email thread. Where new Outlook and classic Outlook differ\, the manual shows both. After doing each task by hand\, students see how Copilot does the same task. \nWhat you will do \n\nBuild rules\, Quick Steps and cleanup tools\nFind messages with search operators and Search Folders\nTurn an email thread into a scheduled meeting\nTurn an email into a task with a due date\, and track it in Microsoft To Do\nUse one category system across mail and calendar\nSend with signatures\, templates\, scheduled delivery and correct attachment permissions\nTell which features exist in each Outlook client\n\nWho it is for: Office professionals who are comfortable composing\, replying and using the calendar. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 with Exchange Online. No paid Copilot license needed. Taught in new Outlook and classic Outlook for Windows side by side.\nComfortable with basic Outlook: composing\, replying and basic calendar use.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual\, a two-page quick reference\, and the slides. \nLength: Half day (3.5 hours). Level: Intermediate. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/outlook-intermediate-rules-quick-steps-search-and-calendar/
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