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Microsoft Moves to Clarify Copilot Lineup and Permit Personal Use on Work Files

Leaders pledge a more coherent experience across products, with IT able to restrict or audit personal Copilot activity in corporate environments.

Overview

  • Internal town hall audio shows Microsoft acknowledging confusion from multiple Copilot-branded apps and committing to align marketing and UX.
  • Satya Nadella said heavier daily use will reduce confusion, quipping the goal is “a billion users of each,” while urging clearer branding.
  • Two distinct mobile Copilot apps — a consumer build and a rebranded Microsoft Office app — present similar chat interfaces that users struggle to distinguish.
  • Yusuf Mehdi cited roughly 100 million monthly active users across the two Copilots and said enterprise PCs will ship with Microsoft 365 Copilot preinstalled.
  • Microsoft now allows personal Microsoft 365 Copilot features to be used on business documents under admin policy controls, which can disable the capability, audit interactions, and apply compliance rules; prompts and responses may be visible to employers, and government tenants do not support the feature.