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Microsoft Copilot

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Microsoft Copilot is transforming campus life by helping everyone work smarter, communicate better, and achieve more by providing an intuitive assistant that adapts to the needs of staff and faculty. Copilot is an innovative tool that provides efficiency and creates meaningful connections to empower its users to excel.

Protecting UCI's Intellectual Property: Microsoft's AI Training Commitment

UCI’s agreement with Microsoft protects your data from being used in AI training.

  • Microsoft does not use any content created by UCI faculty, staff, or students to train their AI models. This includes all data in Microsoft applications like Word, Excel, and OneDrive.
  • Microsoft has explicitly stated that customer data from these applications is not used to train their large language models (LLMs).
  • Your proprietary content remains secure and protected from unauthorized use in AI development.
  • This agreement ensures the confidentiality and integrity of your data.

Copilot Benefits

Simplifies Daily Operations

Copilot streamlines IT processes by automating routine tasks and creating instant documentation, saving valuable time. It can also monitor systems, spot issues, and produce quick summaries of incidents — making incident management more manageable.

Easier User Support

Integrated into support systems, Copilot can recommend solutions to common issues and provide documentation to help people through troubleshooting steps.

Copilot AI Enhancement

Copilot can help assist with valuable searches and its AI feature can help give insights on complex data, scripts, and other automation tasks. With copilot’s AI features, you can further enhance the skills and efficiency within your team.

Work Made Easy

Copilot helps people with tasks like drafting plans and creating/designing documentation. It can integrate with Microsoft 365 services which can summarize meeting notes, keep track of events/calendar, and provide effortless efficiency.

Better Time Management

Whether it is drafting emails, prepping presentations, or drafting reports, Copilot’s automated features assist people in enhancing their productivity and communicating effectively with their students and colleagues.

Enhanced Resource Allocation

Copilot can analyze data and reports, providing insights on proper resource allocation. This data can produce more advanced strategies or assist users in creating unique learning experiences.

Ordering Copilot

Campus faculty and staff can purchase a Microsoft Copilot subscription through OIT’s AntSoft website. Prices are prorated, depending on the time of year of the purchase and availability of licenses.

ServiceRateRate Type
Microsoft Copilot$30/user/month
Paid with an annual subscription of $360/user/fiscal year
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AT A GLANCE

REQUIREMENTS

  • An active UCI Microsoft 365 account – Staff, Faculty
  • Health Science and students are not eligible.

COST

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty, Staff

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April 16, 2025