AI Accelerator – Microsoft 365 Copilot
AI Accelerator – Microsoft 365 Copilot
Readiness Assessments
Readiness Remediation
Deployment
Adoption & Enablement
Integrated Custom Copilots
Let our experts guide you on your Microsoft 365 Copilot journey
Microsoft 365 Copilot offers an exceptional opportunity for companies to realize powerful workplace productivity gains with AI. But there are also potential risks related to compliance, data privacy, and job disruption. Careful, thoughtful preparation is necessary to both mitigate those risks as well as ensure a successful adoption.
Before rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to employees, organizations need to become AI ready. That’s where CBTS’ AI Accelerator Services comes in with its six critical consulting workflows for a successful Copilot launch:
- Readiness Workshops.
- Readiness Assessments.
- Readiness Remediation.
- Copilot Deployment.
- Adoption & Enablement.
- Integrated Custom Copilots.
Realizing ROI on your Microsoft 365 Copilot investment
Preparing for an AI-driven future
Properly implementing and maximizing adoption of AI solutions is a complex undertaking. Making sense of and extracting value from terabytes or petabytes of data is critical to your organization’s future. In addition, utilizing generative AI to increase efficiency and productivity requires a partner with deep knowledge and experience in enterprises of all sizes.
CBTS has extensive experience implementing large scale Microsoft solutions, including M365, and has the knowledge and experience around data and security best practices to enable your success in the era of AI.
Get started on your Copilot journey with a Readiness Workshop
This efficient, one-day workshop leads your organization through a series of exercises to determine a high-level path forward for a successful AI implementation.
Topics include:
- Goals for using AI.
- Pain points that AI can address.
- Current capabilities related to AI.
- Data strategy in place that meets your risk tolerance.
- Necessary infrastructure and resources for AI.
Deliverable:
- Preliminary Findings and Results.
Building on the high-level preliminary assessment results from the Readiness Workshop, the Readiness Assessment takes a deep dive into your organization’s IT environment and evaluates its readiness for Microsoft 365 Copilot in multiple areas. This assessment can take anywhere from two to six weeks to complete.
Areas include:
- Data protection and restrictions.
- Data structuring.
- Secure user access, from anywhere on any device.
- Secure applications with access to data.
Deliverables:
- Detailed Readiness Assessment results and suggested remediations.
- AI Readiness gap analysis report.
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Based on the AI Readiness Gap Report, your organization can turn to the AI experts at CBTS to help remediate any issues before implementing Microsoft 365 Copilot into your IT environment. Remediation of issues can take anywhere from two to six weeks to complete.
Examples of issues include:
- Overexposure of data.
- Overprivileged and risky users.
- Device risk.
- Discovery and control of AI apps.
- Detailed Remediation Report.
MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT DEPLOYMENT
Expert guidance for a smooth and resilient launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot to meet your unique business objectives
Once all issues have been remediated, you can choose to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot yourself or offload the complex work to the experts at CBTS. Deployment may take two to six weeks to complete.
Deployment may include:
- Pilot launch.
- Assigning licenses to end users.
- Adoption and change management training suggestions.
- User training suggestions.
Deliverable:
- Rollout plan and implementation for your organization.
ADOPTION & ENABLEMENT
Guided engagement through organizational change management for ROI on your investment
Depending on your organization’s needs we offer two different approaches for successful adoption and enablement. You can either have a programmatic, multi-month engagement focused on driving adoption within identified use cases or ad-hoc, end-user training sessions to achieve the desired level of utilization.
Enablement includes:
- Organizational change management sessions led by ProSci certified consultants.
- Series of meetings with executive stakeholders and champion Copilot users.
- Instructor-led, persona-based training sessions.
- Assistance with Copilot/AI utilization.
- A dedicated CBTS project manager.
Deliverables:
- Education and training of AI/Copilot users.
- Increased employee awareness.
Tailoring the deployment and integration with robust tools to enhance your user experience and the impact to your business
Once Copilot has been deployed and employees have been trained on and adopted the technology, take productivity to the next level with integrated custom Copilots. Custom Copilots utilize the robust capabilities of Microsoft Copilot Studio and the Microsoft Power Platform, along with Microsoft Fabric and Azure, to build customized generative AI apps.
Custom Copilots harness natural language processing to interact with enterprise data to enhance and accelerate business processes.
Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
Enhance and tailor Microsoft 365 Copilot to fit the unique workflows of your organization.
- Enhancing knowledge – Integrate enterprise data using Microsoft Graph connectors to enrich Copilot’s knowledge base.
- Expanding skills – Transform your apps into plugins to boost user productivity in daily tasks and workflows.
- Improving experience – Combine extra data sources with a declarative Copilot to guide users through workflows and match intents, integrating seamlessly with plugins and connectors.
How it works
Our AI experts will evaluate your existing IT topology and recommend a customized Microsoft 365 Copilot solution to meet your business, budget, and security needs.
A bespoke Microsoft 365 Copilot solution from CBTS takes into consideration several dynamic factors such as:
- Tailored user experience: Configure your enterprise experience with specific workflows and processes that align with how your teams work and communicate.
- Enhanced productivity: Streamline specific tasks and automate routine processes so employees can focus on more strategic work.
- Improved data utilization: Accurately leverage approved corporate data for more relevant and context-aware assistance.
- Increased adoption: Drive employee adoption with design that meets their specific needs and preferences.
- Security and compliance: Ensure adherence to organization security policies and compliance requirements and maintain data integrity and trust.
- Innovation: Foster innovation with new ways of working and driving digital transformation initiatives.
- Integration with existing systems: Facilitate integration with existing systems and applications and create a seamless user experience across your technology stack.
METHODOLOGY
Why CBTS?
CBTS performs a deep dive into your technology environments and, more importantly, your current and future business objectives. Our consultants and engineers work with you to design, build, deploy, and manage solutions that improve operations, speed time to market, and reign in costs.
-John Hanlon, CBTS Chief Revenue Officer
Dig deeper
AI Accelerator – Microsoft 365 Copilot Overview
Let our experts guide you on your Microsoft 365 Copilot journey
Microsoft 365 Copilot Quick Success Guide
AI Accelerator – Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness Workshop
Begin your journey to Microsoft 365 Copilot with a Readiness Workshop
OUR PARTNERSHIP
CBTS and Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Copilot offers an exceptional opportunity for companies to realize powerful workplace productivity gains with AI. But there are also potential risks related to compliance, data privacy, and job disruption. Careful, thoughtful preparation is necessary to both mitigate those risks as well as ensure a successful adoption.
Gain a new level of reliability, support, and expertise from a Microsoft Solutions Partner with decades of experience building implementation roadmaps for clients.
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