Overview
- Microsoft announced the redesigned Copilot on Sept. 25, 2026, consolidating chat, coding and long‑running agents into a single app with a Home, Code and Autopilot structure.
- Home merges Chat and Copilot Cowork and embeds full Word, Excel and PowerPoint so users can create and edit real Office files inside Copilot without switching apps.
- Code uses GitHub Copilot technology to turn natural‑language descriptions into sandboxed apps and dashboards that can be hosted inside a customer’s tenant.
- Autopilot, the rebranded Scout, runs as a persistent cloud agent inside a company’s Microsoft 365 tenant with its own identity, memory and permission controls to address security and compliance concerns.
- Microsoft introduced a two‑lane commercial model that keeps everyday Copilot on a per‑user subscription and bills Cowork, Code, Autopilot and frontier models by usage, while offering FinOps and admin controls as the Home and Code features enter Frontier early access and Autopilot moves to private preview.