Understand demo mode in Copilot for Finance in Outlook (preview)

[This article is prerelease documentation and is subject to change.]

This article describes the demo mode feature in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance. Demo mode lets customers use the Copilot for Finance Outlook add-in to try Copilot for Finance's capabilities. Demo mode doesn't require that users sign in to an existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) tool. While users are in demo mode, they don't have full feature parity with users who are signed into the ERP tool. However, most of the capabilities are available for them to try.

Enable demo mode

To enable Copilot for Finance demo mode, follow these steps.

  1. From an email, select the Apps button on the menu, and then select Copilot for Finance.
  2. On the Welcome page, select Try demo mode.

Demo mode Scenarios

Demo mode lets users validate the following scenarios:

  • Generative AI for email composition and summarization
  • Review of account details from support back-end ERP tools
  • Navigation patterns for creating and saving records
  • Invoice and related search

Demo configuration limitations

The following values are preconfigured. They're used to provide guidance about the functionality of the application.

  • Fabrikam and Contoso are preconfigured as customers.
  • Brad Sutton and Adele Vance are preconfigured as contacts.
  • All account details are preconfigured. These details include addresses, aged balances, outstanding invoices, and recent activities.

Supported functionality in demo mode

The following table summarizes the capabilities that are available in demo mode.

Page Feature Is it functional?
Home Email Summary Yes
Home Save Notes No
Home Save Email Summary No
Home Save Email No
Home View Contact Yes
Save Notes List previous notes Yes
Contact Create new contact No
Contact Update new contact No
Home View Account Details Yes
Account View Address Yes
Account View Aged Balances Yes
Account View Invoices Yes
Account View Related Items Yes
Invoices Update Invoices No
Invoices Search Invoices Yes
Invoices Attach invoice copy No