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AvePoint

Microsoft 365 Copilot pilot and GitHub Copilot for internal teams

AvePoint staff reclaimed 1 to 3 hours a week in a Microsoft 365 Copilot pilot

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Problem

AvePoint staff spent time on routine tasks such as catching up on weekend backlogs and moving financial data from documents into Excel.

Approach

AvePoint ran a pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot among its employees. It also built GitHub Copilot into its development workflow.

Results

95%share of pilot participants who used Copilot to simplify tasks, per MicrosoftVendor case study[1]
1 to 3 hours a weektime staff reclaimed, per MicrosoftVendor case study[1]

Takeaway

Small daily tasks such as summarizing a backlog or moving data into a spreadsheet were where staff in this pilot reported time back.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Vendor case study

Sources

Source summaries

[1]Microsoft8 Apr 2025

Microsoft's customer story on AvePoint's own use of AI. It says 95% of Microsoft 365 Copilot pilot participants used it to simplify tasks and that staff reclaimed 1 to 3 hours per week. It also says GitHub Copilot shortened development cycles, without figures.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 2 Nov 2026 · Updated 2 Nov 2026
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