Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant brand spanning chat and productivity features in workplace apps.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant brand introduced by Microsoft in 2023. It spans products and features ranging from conversational answers to writing and analysis in Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. The work-oriented Microsoft 365 Copilot can draw on organizational data such as files, email and meeting information. Related offerings and features include the basic Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot Business for smaller organizations, Copilot Notebooks for working across collected materials and Copilot Cowork for carrying out work across apps. Microsoft 365 Copilot also includes agents such as Researcher, for in-depth research, and Analyst, for data analysis.
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Microsoft's decision to bring its consumer and workplace Copilot tools together addresses the second.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is most useful when it works with the files a project already has.