Best Microsoft Copilot Books in 2026: 10 Books on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and GitHub Copilot
Updated 7 November 2026. By Parikshit Khanna.
Check which Copilot your team uses before you choose a book. A guide to Microsoft 365 workflows, a Copilot Studio agent tutorial and a GitHub Copilot coding book teach different tasks.
Microsoft explains current access and grounding in its Microsoft 365 Copilot overview. Check your account and permissions before trying exercises that refer to work data.
Choose Microsoft Copilot For Dummies for a broad introduction, Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work for app-by-app practice, Lisa Crosbie’s Copilot Studio guide for building agents, or Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption for planning a rollout.
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How these books were chosen
The list groups books by product, reader role and the work they teach: office productivity, agent building, rollout and software development. Use the linked edition details to check the table of contents and Microsoft’s current docs to check plan-specific instructions.
Check the product and permissions first
For a Microsoft 365 workflow, try one exercise with a sanitized sample file you are allowed to use. Ask for a summary with references, check them against the file and confirm which data the account can access.
For an agent project, look for an exercise on allowed data sources, publishing and testing in Microsoft’s Copilot Studio documentation before choosing a book. For coding, choose a GitHub Copilot title and test its examples in a practice repository.
The 10 books at a glance
Microsoft Copilot For Dummies by Chris Minnick: everyday Microsoft 365 users and beginners.
Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work by Sandar Van Laan, Jared Matfess, Thomas Flock and Ann Reid: office workers who want app by app depth.
Microsoft Copilot Pro Step by Step by Lisa Crosbie: people who learn best with numbered steps.
Microsoft Copilot Studio Step by Step by Lisa Crosbie: low code makers and IT teams building agents.
Microsoft Copilot Studio Quick Start by Jared Matfess: teams that want a faster route to their first agent.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption by Mark Smith and Megan Smith: leaders and consultants planning a company rollout.
Practical Microsoft 365 Copilot Playbook by Ragnar Heil: Microsoft 365 admins, architects and productivity consultants.
Introducing Microsoft Copilot for Managers by Adeel Khan: managers who use Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
AI-Assisted Programming by Tom Taulli: developers using GitHub Copilot.
Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition by Leo Porter and Daniel Zingaro: beginners learning to code with GitHub Copilot.
The 10 best Microsoft Copilot books in 2026
1. Microsoft Copilot For Dummies
Author: Chris Minnick. Wiley India’s 2026 paperback is 330 pages (ISBN 9789377062439). Best for: Beginners who want a broad introduction across Microsoft products.
This introduction spans Windows and Microsoft 365. Choose Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work if your priority is detailed exercises in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint or Teams.
Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
2. Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work
Author: Sandar Van Laan, Jared Matfess, Thomas Flock and Ann Reid. Published: January 2025 (Wiley), 368 pages. Best for: Office workers who want app by app depth.
Four practitioners walk through Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams with real work scenarios, from beginner to intermediate.
Wiley edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
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Inside Parikshit Khanna's AI training rooms: teams practise these ideas on their own documents and workflows.
3. Microsoft Copilot Pro Step by Step
Author: Lisa Crosbie. Published: 2024 (Microsoft Press). Best for: People who learn best with numbered steps.
Microsoft Press's classic step by step format applied to Copilot, with practice tasks for each app. Microsoft has changed its consumer Copilot plans since publication, so check which plan you have before following the setup chapter.
Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
4. Microsoft Copilot Studio Step by Step: Customizing Copilot and creating agents
Author: Lisa Crosbie. Published: December 2025 (Microsoft Press), 592 pages. Best for: Low code makers and IT teams building agents.
Crosbie provides an extended reference for designing, grounding, publishing and monitoring agents. Choose Matfess’s shorter guide if your immediate goal is a first prototype.
Preview the Microsoft Press sample chapter. The preview shows how Crosbie scopes an agent and writes its instructions. Use it to see how much design detail the book offers before you buy.
Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
5. Microsoft Copilot Studio Quick Start: Learn to Create and Deploy Personalized AI Solutions
Author: Jared Matfess. Published: August 2025 (Wiley), 336 pages. Best for: Teams that want a faster route to their first agent.
Covers the Copilot ecosystem, declarative agents and autonomous agents, then publishing and measuring results. Shorter than Crosbie's book.
Preview the Wiley chapter on agent performance. Matfess covers how to measure and improve an agent after a first build. Compare this chapter with Crosbie’s sample if testing and iteration are your priorities.
Wiley edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
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6. Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption: A practical guide for business leaders and consultants
Author: Mark Smith and Megan Smith. Published: September 2025 (Microsoft Press). Best for: Leaders and consultants planning a company rollout.
Focused on the people side: building the business case, choosing pilot groups, change management and measuring value. This is the book I suggest to HR and transformation heads.
Microsoft Press edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
7. Practical Microsoft 365 Copilot Playbook
Author: Ragnar Heil. Published: 31 August 2026 (Packt). Best for: Microsoft 365 admins, architects and productivity consultants.
The newest title here, covering advanced prompting, AI agents, governance and integration across Microsoft 365. Good for the team that owns the Copilot rollout.
Packt edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
8. Introducing Microsoft Copilot for Managers
Author: Adeel Khan. Published: July 2024 (Apress), 721 pages. Best for: Managers who use Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
Written by a Microsoft specialist, it covers Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot for Sales and Service, and Copilot Studio. Long, but a useful reference.
Apress edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
9. AI-Assisted Programming: Better Planning, Coding, Testing, and Deployment
Author: Tom Taulli. Published: 2024 (O'Reilly Media). Best for: Developers using GitHub Copilot.
A practical look at coding with GitHub Copilot and other AI assistants across planning, coding, testing and deployment.
See one StoryGraph reader review. The reader found the overview informative and wanted more general principles. Check the contents if you need methods that transfer across different coding assistants.
O’Reilly edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
10. Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition
Author: Leo Porter and Daniel Zingaro. Published: 2024 (Manning). Best for: Beginners learning to code with GitHub Copilot.
Two computer science professors teach Python from scratch with GitHub Copilot as a partner, focusing on how to read, test and fix the code it writes.
Manning second edition. Find an edition on Amazon.in (India) or Amazon.com (USA)
Which Copilot book should your team read?
Everyday office users: Microsoft Copilot For Dummies, then Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work.
Building agents: Microsoft Copilot Studio Step by Step, or Copilot Studio Quick Start for a shorter path.
Leading a rollout: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption and Practical Microsoft 365 Copilot Playbook.
Developers: AI-Assisted Programming, or Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming if you are new to code.
Want exercises, not chapters: Microsoft Copilot at Work on Topmate and The 90-Day AI Mastery Challenge.
Books by Parikshit Khanna on Amazon
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Microsoft Copilot at Work (₹599): Copilot in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams. Buy on Topmate.
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About the author
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Parikshit Khanna is an AI trainer and the founder of Digital Training Jet (since 2020), based in Greater Noida West, Delhi NCR. Digital Training Jet programmes have reached 3,50,000+ professionals across Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Gemini. He gave the TEDx talk Redesigning Work with Artificial Intelligence at TEDxEicher School Faridabad Youth on 1 August 2026, and he has completed Anthropic Academy courses in Claude 101, Claude Cowork, and AI Capabilities and Limitations.
Parikshit delivers Microsoft 365 Copilot training for corporate teams, including Copilot foundations for finance, accounts, audit and MIS teams, and Copilot based sessions for manufacturing companies. See Claude and Copilot courses from 1 to 15 days.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Microsoft Copilot book for beginners?
Microsoft Copilot For Dummies by Chris Minnick. It is easy to follow and available as a Wiley India paperback.
Which book covers Copilot Studio agents?
Choose Lisa Crosbie’s Microsoft Copilot Studio Step by Step for a longer reference, or Jared Matfess’s Microsoft Copilot Studio Quick Start for a shorter first build.
Is GitHub Copilot the same as Microsoft 365 Copilot?
No. Both come from Microsoft, but GitHub Copilot is for writing code, while Microsoft 365 Copilot works inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. Books 9 and 10 cover GitHub Copilot.
Talk to Parikshit Khanna
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