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Copilot in Teams chat: catching up and summarising

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Copilot in Teams chat: catching up and summarising

Using Copilot in a Teams chat or channel to catch up on messages you missed, summarise a long thread, and find a decision buried in scroll.

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Copilot summarises a chat or channel conversation without opening every message individually.

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It only reads messages the signed-in account can already see in that conversation.

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Separate from meeting recap, which summarises a meeting's transcript rather than typed chat.

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Where do I find Copilot in a Teams chat?

Open the chat or channel and look for the Copilot icon at the top of the conversation, or the prompt box it adds above the message list. In some layouts it's also reachable from the ... more options menu on the conversa…

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Does Copilot in Teams chat read messages sent before I joined?

It reads whatever the current account can already see in that conversation, which for a channel usually goes back to when the channel was created; for a group chat, generally from whenever you were added, though history…

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Can Copilot summarise a chat on my phone?

Yes, the same summarisation is available in the Teams mobile app for licensed users, though the interface for opening it varies slightly by platform.

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Is this the same as meeting recap?

No. Meeting recap and intelligent recap summarise a specific meeting's transcript and recording. Chat summarisation reads the text of a chat or channel conversation — there's no meeting involved.

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