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Microsoft Unveils Copilot Super App for Business Productivity

The company has bundled chat, built-in Office, natural-language coding and identity-bound Autopilot agents into one app to push AI deeper into the workplace and introduce usage-based billing for advanced features.

Overview

  • Microsoft publicly unveiled the redesigned Copilot app on Friday as a single enterprise-focused 'super app' that merges chat, Cowork, Home and other Copilot experiences into one interface.
  • Word, Excel and PowerPoint are embedded inside Copilot so users can create and edit real Office files without leaving the AI workspace.
  • A new Code tab, powered by GitHub Copilot technology, will let users build apps and dashboards from natural-language prompts and will roll out to Frontier early-access customers then to Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro previews later this year.
  • Autopilot, the always-on agent formerly called Scout, is entering a private preview at the end of September with directory identities, explicit permissions, audit logs and admin controls to limit insider-risk and enforce governance.
  • Microsoft will charge extra for high-end capabilities and use usage-based billing for Code, Autopilot and access to the newest models while adding FinOps cost tools so companies can monitor and control AI spending as competition and security concerns grow.