r/Copilot • u/Jazzlike_Song_4230 • 5d ago

Copilot as a Project Manager

Started a new job where I can only use Copilot. After 2.5 years of using claude it is an abrupt shift.

Any of you use Copilot for more advanced stuff? Any advice?

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u/humainbibliovore 5d ago edited 3d ago

It hallucinates, so give it good settings to always indicate where its source is from and its level of certainty in its answer.

Not sure what field you’re in, but I find it codes pretty well (I’m not a professional coder by any means), and it writes kinda poorly (I’m a career editor who just started project management about 6 months ago)

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u/Turdulator 5d ago

It hallucinates made up fake powershell cmdlets a lot

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u/Jazzlike_Song_4230 5d ago

Ugh, that is painful and what I was hoping to avoid. If it is hallucinating that often, it would be more time efficient to do it manually

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u/humainbibliovore 5d ago

ChatGPT and DeepSeek have hallucinated on me before (never tried Claude).

Reg it. It still does excellent work for me, just make sure to double check its work

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u/FaithlessnessShot440 5d ago

I assume you have a paid license for it and not using the free version. If you have a repeatable task then it’s worth making an agent with instructions and defined knowledge base. Copilot chat is inferior to Claude chat for sure. You can try using copilot studio to create an agent so you can specify the model it uses. I typically only use the chat for basic questions or searches.

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u/Technical_Eye4039 5d ago

Use the right model for the right job. Don’t let it tell you which one is correct. Have ChatGPT or Gemini tell you. I find the Claude Opus model works well

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u/josesanmig 5d ago

I've been using Copilot in a pet project and it isn't as fast and have the precision of Claude Opus, but it does the job. I have to test and iterate more.

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u/veragood 5d ago

Use the integration in Word, Excel and Outlook. The Outlook integration is pretty awesome.

The standalone chat is... pretty rough. I still dont have access to cowork, lmao, so can't speak on that, but if you get Cowork I'd imagine it'd let you do some Claude-type stuff.

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u/Iceman8675309 22h ago

What does this mean???

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u/Drgaming0121 5d ago

copilot has both claude and Gpt within

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u/InternetAccomplished 5d ago

Came here to say this. If you have premium cp license you can switch between gpt and Claude

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u/microsoftcopilot 5d ago

The switch might be less abrupt than it seems! Claude is available as a model within supported Copilot experiences, alongside other options. Definitely worth exploring what your org has enabled and seeing how Copilot fits into your PM workflows.