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Why integrating telephony and Copilot into your Microsoft Stack is a game-changer

Why integrating telephony and Copilot into your Microsoft Stack is a game-changer

Integrating telephony and Copilot into your Microsoft Stack is a game-changer for unified communication, insights, and productivity.

Microsoft Teams Phone has become essential for modern enterprises, especially as remote work continues to redefine how businesses operate. At the same time, Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, is transforming productivity by delivering real-time insights and enhancing operational efficiency.

However, without telephony integration, organizations could miss out on the full potential of Copilot. When you integrate global telephony into Microsoft Teams – through solutions like Operator Connect – and utilize Copilot during phone calls, you enable a seamless, data-rich environment where AI can act as a true facilitator, helping your business make smarter, more informed decisions.

Copilot unlocks actionable insights
Integrating global telephony and Copilot is the route to unifying communication, unlocking actionable insights and ensuring that critical data is accessible for smarter decision-making. Many businesses still operate with siloed systems that limit visibility and workflow efficiency. By connecting telephony with the Microsoft ecosystem – Teams, email, chat, calendars, and meetings – organizations gain a holistic, intelligent communication hub.

With Copilot integrating with your organization’s telephony solution, you’ll gain:

  • Customer insights: With Copilot analyzing call data, businesses can gather real-time customer feedback for all data sources and improve customer service.
  • Operational efficiency: Copilot allows you to send a summary of the call so far when transferring a colleague so they are provided with correct context and reduce the need for repetitive explanations.
  • Contextual intelligence: With access to telephony data, Copilot can offer contextual suggestions during calls or meetings to improve business outcomes.

Why Copilot matters for telephony integration
Copilot can transform your business communications by tapping into the valuable data from phone calls which might currently be missing. With Copilot integrated across your Microsoft Stack, including telephony, you can unlock insights and drive productivity in ways traditional systems cannot.

Key benefits of integrating Copilot with your telephony:

  • Actionable insights during calls: Copilot’s AI analyzes phone calls in real-time, providing suggestions for follow-up tasks or opportunities for improvement based on customer interactions. Key data such as sentiment analysis or recurring issues can help businesses take a more proactive approach.
  • AI-driven analytics for continuous improvement: Copilot can generate valuable insights from call data to refine communication strategies and improve operational efficiency. Real-time transcription and summarization help staff quickly digest key information and act on it quickly whether real-time on the call or after.
  • Seamless workflow integration across Microsoft 365: By integrating telephony with tools like Outlook and Teams, Copilot ensures that phone calls and meetings are seamlessly added to employees’ workflows, improving productivity and reducing data fragmentation.

Integrate Copilot for a competitive edge
The key to success is to train employees in how to use this integrated system effectively, ensuring that the insights Copilot provides can be fully utilized. Successful integration will deliver:

  • Faster decision making: Copilot’s AI-driven insights ensure that teams can act on information in real time, making faster, more informed decisions.
  • Customer satisfaction: Real-time access to telephony data allows businesses to optimize customer interactions and personalize services.
  • Increased efficiency: Copilot can automate many manual processes, helping teams focus on higher-value tasks and improving productivity across departments.

Achieving these outcomes depends not only on the technology itself but also on how well it is implemented and adopted across the organization. Ensuring employees are trained to harness Copilot’s AI capabilities and aligning telephony with Microsoft 365 tools are essential steps toward unlocking maximum value. Whether through Operator Connect or Direct Routing, integrating telephony into Teams allows businesses to centralize communication, gain real-time insights, and drive smarter decisions across departments. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in workplace tools, forward-thinking organizations that embrace unified, intelligent communication platforms will be better positioned to adapt, compete, and thrive in a data-driven world.

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Zach Bennett

Zach Bennett is a Microsoft Teams MVP and Principal Architect at LoopUp, a leading Cloud Telephony provider. At LoopUp, the company specializes in offering PSTN solutions built around Microsoft Teams and is proud to participate in the Operator Connect program. In his day-to-day role, Zach works closely with global organizations, assisting them in transitioning from their outdated PBX systems to Microsoft Teams Phone. Leveraging Operator Connect or Direct Routing via the LoopUp Cloud Telephony Platform, he helps these organizations seamlessly migrate and unlock the full potential of Microsoft Teams for their communication needs.

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