Subj : Box teams up with Microsoft 365 Copilot in latest AI push
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jul 28 2023 11:15:03

Box teams up with Microsoft 365 Copilot in latest AI push

Date:
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:04:59 +0000

Description:
Box is adding more generative AI to its cloud storage platform, this time in 
the form of deeper Microsoft 365 integration.

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Box has announced a new integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot in a move that 
will see the cloud storage company tap into some of the most powerful 
generative AI technology available. 

With the new integration, Box hopes its customers will be able to find 
content more easily, reducing wasted time spent searching and reading to find 
the right information. 

At the same time, the company announced enhanced integrations with other 
Microsoft 365 products, including Microsoft Teams and OneDrive, helping align 
the two platforms more closely together. Box really wants you to use 
Microsoft 365 

With the improved capabilities, customers will now be able to share and edit 
Box Notes from inside Teams Chats and Channels which is hoped to make 
real-time online collaboration even slicker using Redmonds video conferencing 
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Those on Microsofts Version 2302 release will also be able to collaborate 
using desktop apps for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, without having to access 
the web apps, in turn providing users will a fuller version of the office 
software while retaining Box syncing capabilities, rather than using 
Microsofts own cloud storage. 

In terms of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI chatbot will work via a plugin to 
summarize Box documents in Teams. It will also help workers to summarize 
Chats and Channels without having to go through those painfully long (and 
often waffly) threads. 

This, of course, is in addition to Box AI which was announced earlier this 
year. Box CPO Diego Dugatkin said: 

Integrating with Microsoft 365 Copilot is a natural extension of our AI 
strategy, and our existing collaboration will allow joint customers to use 
Box and Microsoft 365 Copilot together seamlessly. 

Box says that the Microsoft 365 Copilot plugin will become available when 
Microsoft turns on the service to eligible customers, but desktop 
co-authoring is already available to try. Check out our roundup of the best 
productivity apps



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/box-teams-up-with-microsoft-365-copilot-in-lates
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