NSU Azure Research + Copilot Symposium 2026: Azure for Research - DAY 2

A hands-on day for faculty, staff and researchers to build practical skills using Microsoft Copilot, prompting, AI agents and Copilot Studio
About this Event

Build Practical AI Skills for Your Daily Work

Join Microsoft specialists for Day 2 of the NSU Azure Research + Copilot Symposium 2026.

This hands-on program is designed for faculty, staff and researchers who want practical AI skills they can apply to teaching, administration, communications, reporting, research support and everyday productivity.

Participants will explore:

• Microsoft prompting best practices
• Copilot Chat and Notebooks
• Word, PowerPoint and Excel agents
• Microsoft 365 Copilot and Cowork
• Copilot Chat Agent Builder
• Copilot Studio
• AI-powered productivity and process automation

Expect practical examples, guided sessions and hands-on learning led by Microsoft specialists.

Please bring a laptop. Researchers, faculty and staff from Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University are also invited to attend.

Event Details

Date: Friday, August 21, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM–4:00 PM
Location: Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation
Format: In person
Cost: Complimentary registration

Parking: Metered parking available at garage next to NSU Library.

Day 2 agenda

8:30–9:00 AM

Registration and Check-In

9:00–9:15 AM

Welcome: The AI Spectrum and Copilot Value Overview

An introduction to Microsoft’s Frontier Transformation AI framework for supporting university productivity and process automation.

9:15–10:00 AM

Prompting Best Practices

Learn the Microsoft prompting framework and tools for strengthening generative AI skills.

10:00–10:15 AM

Break

10:15–11:15 AM

Hands-on Lab: Copilot Chat and Notebooks

Explore Copilot Chat Basic with Word, PowerPoint and Excel agents and Notebooks.

11:15 AM–12:15 PM

Office Productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Cowork

Explore ways to improve communications, reporting and research workflows across Teams, Outlook, Excel and ready-to-use agents.

12:15–1:30 PM

Lunch and Networking

Lunch provided by Terawe

1:30–3:00 PM

Intro to Copilot Chat Agent Builder: Simple Agents for Your Day-to-Day Work

Learn what agentic AI is and how to create an agent for FAQs, communications and departmental work.

3:00–3:15 PM

Break

3:15–4:00 PM

Intro to Automating Agents with Copilot Studio

Learn how to extend Copilot Chat agents using Microsoft’s low-code/no-code automation platform.

4:00 PM

Closing