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Automate Email Triage with Structured Summary Tables
Transform your inbox into a prioritized, scannable summary table.
Use Copilot as a dedicated email analyst to ingest unread messages and output a structured table of summaries.
Microsoft Copilot
The Scenario
You return from a long meeting or lunch break to find 20+ new emails. You need to quickly decide which ones require immediate action and which can wait.
Before & after
The old way
Manually scanning dozens of unread emails to identify key tasks and sender priorities usually takes 20-30 minutes of deep focus.
With AI
With Copilot, you can ask for a structured table of all unread items. This takes about 1-2 minutes to process and review.
The Prompt
You are my email analyst. Review all unread emails in my Outlook inbox and summarize each one in a structured table.
Using Copilot as an 'email analyst' allows you to see a high-level overview of your inbox without opening every single thread individually.
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot – Microsoft Adoption"Review all unread emails in my outlook inbox and summarize each on in a structured table."