Meetings, research & planning: Prepare, catch up, research and planMedium - summaries can miss nuance riskAI required
Summarise a meeting and its actions
Use available meeting content to produce a recap of key points, decisions, actions and open questions.
Where the action happens
Teams / Microsoft 365 Copilot
Product or feature needed
Meeting recap
AI required
Yes
Extra credits
Usually included with the relevant Copilot experience
Technical skill
Low
Risk level
Medium - summaries can miss nuance
Licence dependency
Meeting features vary by licence and tenant settings.
Credit dependency
Usually none for normal licensed use.
UK availability
available
What it can do
- Summarise discussion.
- Extract actions and decisions.
- Help people catch up after a meeting.
Limitations
- Meeting AI depends on what was captured and can misattribute or omit detail.
Prerequisites
- The relevant meeting capabilities must be enabled and permitted by organisational policy.
Notes
Generic meeting capability.
Watch-outs for Meetings, research & planning
- Work-grounded features only use information the user can access, but organisations should still manage permissions well.
- Treat AI output as a working aid rather than the final authority.
- More detailed privacy, licensing and governance guidance is available in the advanced sections.
Last checked: 2026-10-09
Disclaimer: Always follow your organisation's internal guidance and policies regarding AI usage. The suggestions in this guide have been created to the best of accuracy, but Microsoft licensing, pricing and feature availability change frequently — treat them as a planning baseline, not a procurement quote.
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