New capabilities bring AI-powered work, automation, and application development together in a single platform.
The new Copilot is centered around Home, Code, and Autopilot. Home and Code will be rolled out gradually to the Microsoft Frontier program over the coming weeks. Autopilot will expand to Private Preview at the end of the month. In addition, Microsoft is integrating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint directly into Copilot and offering a preview of upcoming capabilities such as Today in Home and @Copilot in Teams.
The most important key points:
- “Home” brings Chat and Cowork together in one central location. While Chat supports day-to-day work, Cowork enables users to delegate entire tasks.
- “Code” enables users to build applications and automations using natural language. The new capability is based on the same technology as GitHub Copilot and is designed to enable non-developers to securely create their own solutions within their organization’s environment.
- “Autopilot” works as an agent that can continue working on tasks independently, even when the user is away from their computer.
- Office directly integrated into Copilot: Files in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats can be created and edited directly in Copilot. Content remains synchronized between Copilot and the Office applications.
- Enhanced Copilot grounding: With Fabric IQ, Work IQ, and a new Plugin Registry, Copilot will make more comprehensive use of organizational data, business processes, and applications—delivering even more relevant, context-aware results.
Just as Microsoft Office shaped the way people worked in the PC era, the new Copilot is designed to redefine work in the age of AI: as a central place to ask questions, complete and delegate tasks, develop solutions, automate processes, and much more.
You can find the original post by Jared Spataro, Chief Marketing Officer, AI at Work, Microsoft, here.