About this episode

The episode discusses managing costs associated with Microsoft Copilot Cowork and strategies to optimize AI spending.

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss the release of Microsoft Copilot Cowork and its hidden financial implications for your business. You’ll learn how to calculate potential costs by categorizing your daily tasks into light, medium, and heavy workloads. You’ll discover how to apply the 5P framework to prevent runaway AI spending in your organization. You’ll identify specific strategies to optimize your workflows by separating planning from execution. You’ll explore how command-line tools can help you maintain efficiency without burning through expensive credits. 00:00 – Introduction 03:15 – Categorizing AI tasks 08:45 – The shock of the credit-based bill 14:20 – Applying the 5P framework for cost control 19:10 – Using planning to save money 25:30 – Call to action Watch this episode now to learn how to keep your enterprise AI costs under control before you start using Microsoft Copilot Cowork. Use the free Trust Insights Microsoft Copilot Cowork Cost Calculator! Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie, Chris

Topics covered

• Microsoft Copilot Cowork
• AI cost management
• workload categorization
• 5P framework
• workflow optimization
• command-line tools

Keywords

• AI costs
• Microsoft Copilot
• cost calculator
• workload
• 5P framework
• efficiency
• planning
• execution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Trust Insights

Products: Microsoft Copilot Cowork

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