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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, with prebuilt agents (Researcher, Analyst) and Autopilot, a persistent background agent announced September 25, 2026 and in private preview. It's a separate product from Copilot Studio (Microsoft's agent builder) and GitHub Copilot (the coding assistant), which have their own profiles.

✓ Last verified October 15, 2026 from official sources

Pricing

Microsoft 365 Copilot $30/user/mo (annual) on top of a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan. Long-running agentic features use usage-based billing.

Best for

Organizations already standardized on Microsoft 365
Agents grounded in company email, files and meetings

Privacy · Skill

Cloud, within the organization's Microsoft 365 tenant. Skill level: Beginner.

What it's great at

Research across company email, files and meetings (Researcher)
Spreadsheet analysis (Analyst)
Internal agents built in Copilot Studio

What it can do

Agent Mode is the default editing experience in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Researcher (cited multi-step research) and Analyst (data analysis with Python)
Includes basic agent building for internal use. Publishing agents externally needs Copilot Studio (separate profile).

Example tasks to try

"Research what customers said about pricing in last quarter's meetings."
In Excel: "Find the three biggest cost drivers and chart them."
A Copilot Studio agent that answers IT help-desk questions.

Start in 5 minutes

Ask your admin whether you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license
Open Copilot Chat and try the Researcher agent on one question
For custom agents, start a free trial of Copilot Studio

Go to Microsoft's official page →

Watch out for

Licensing is per user on top of Microsoft 365, and agentic features may use usage-based billing.

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