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Copilot CoworkPrompt-a-thon: Prompting techniques for everyday productivity
A hands-on workshop that turns everyday AI users into confident prompt engineers. You'll learn the GCSE framework (Goal, Context, Source, Expectations), master core techniques such as persona, audience, and structured-output prompting, and extend prompt engineering into agent building with Microsoft Copilot Agent Builder - applying it all across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook, and finishing with a live Prompt-a-thon challenge that turns business information into actionable insight.
3 hours(Suggested: 1 days, 3h/day)TechnicalProject ReadyHands-on Labs
MS Course ID: 02021
Last Updated: Aug 31, 2026
Course Syllabus
1
Prompt engineering in Microsoft Copilot
• GCSE framework for Cowork: Goal, Context, Source & Expectation
• Core techniques: Persona, Audience, Structured Output & Multi-step prompting
• Delegating with Cowork: from a described outcome to finished work
• Agentic prompting with Copilot Cowork & Cowork Cookbook
• From Cowork to agents: Agent Builder, system/user prompts, instructions & guidelines
• Prompting best practices & Copilot Prompt Gallery
60 mins
Lecture
2
Prompt-a-thon challenge
• Explore Prompt Gallery - Curated + Saved Prompts - use/save gallery prompts
• Explore the Cowork Cookbook
• Solve a real-world business scenario using advanced prompting
• Present your prompt, output, and key insights generated with Copilot
20 mins
Lecture
3
Hands-on labs
Lab 1
• Master the prompting framework - Weak vs. Briefed prompts in copilot chat & Copilot apps
Lab 2
• Master the prompting techniques - Persona, Audience, Structured output & Multi-step
Lab 3
• Prompt engineering for agent building - build a mini agent with Microsoft Copilot agent builder
120 mins
Lab
What You'll Learn
Understand core concepts and best practices
Hands-on experience with real-world scenarios
Learn from certified Microsoft experts
Prepare for relevant certifications
Access to lab environments
Post-training support and resources
Course Details
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Level
- Advanced
- Role
- Technical
- Readiness Stage
- Project Ready
- Audience Segment
- Enterprise
- FY27 Key Workload (Frontier)
- Microsoft Copilot + Copilot Studio + MS IQ
- FY27 Key Workload (Core)
- M365 + W365
- Course Stage
- Available
- Hands-on Labs
- Yes
- Labs Platform
- Spektra