Brainstorm with Copilot in Microsoft Whiteboard

With Copilot in Microsoft Whiteboard you let AI help during a brainstorm. Copilot suggests ideas, groups sticky notes by theme and summarizes a whole board. Here's how it works and what you need.

Copilot is built directly into Whiteboard for work and school accounts with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Availability and the exact buttons may differ.

What does Copilot in Whiteboard do?

• Suggest ideas: describe your topic and Copilot creates a set of sticky notes with suggestions.
• Categorize: Copilot groups loose notes into themes.
• Summarize: Copilot creates a summary of the board's content, handy to share after a workshop.

What you need

• A work or school account with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
• Whiteboard on the web (via the Microsoft 365 app launcher), in Teams or in the Windows app. Not every version has Copilot.

How to use it

1. Open or create a whiteboard.
2. Click the Copilot icon in the toolbar at the bottom.
3. Choose Suggest ideas and type a prompt, for example: Generate 3-5 bullet points to prepare for building a house with a garden.
4. Review the suggestions. Remove what you don't want, ask for more with Generate more or edit, then click Insert.
5. Later, select a group of notes and choose Categorize or Summarize.

Tips

• Use Copilot as a starting point, not the end result. Let the team add to the ideas and vote.
• Check the suggestions: AI can make mistakes.
• No Copilot license? With Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat you can also create a list of ideas and paste it onto the board yourself.

Also see Microsoft Whiteboard tips and Whiteboard in a Teams channel.

Read also

Microsoft Whiteboard: tips to sketch and brainstorm together
Use Microsoft Whiteboard in Teams channels and meetings
What is Microsoft 365 Copilot and which versions exist?

Nederlandstalige versie: Brainstormen met Copilot in Microsoft Whiteboard

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