Why can I not see a Memory I just saved?
Sometimes it is a sync delay and the list has not caught up yet, so close it and open it again. Sometimes it is a genuine glitch and the memory was never saved, so create it again. To test it, save a second, different memory and see whether that one appears.
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Does Copilot remember my Previous chats?
Only if you set it up. You can turn on chat history in Personalisation, but it rarely pulls anything useful out of old chats, so do not rely on it. What reliably carries over is what you save yourself as a memory or in custom instructions. If you use none of these, each chat starts fresh.
Can I share my Custom Instructions with colleagues?
No, custom instructions stay with you and cannot be shared. What you can share is an agent, and only within your own organisation. When someone uses your agent, both sets of instructions apply: their own custom instructions and the instructions built into the agent.
Can I paste text into an AI Chat instead of uploading the file?
Yes, it is completely fine, but put the instruction first and the text after it. Pasting works perfectly for plain text such as a transcript or notes. For large files it is slower, and you lose images, charts and table structure, so uploading the file is better for those.