Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant, available in the browser, on desktop and mobile, and inside Microsoft 365 apps. It connects to your work content and existing apps, and brings several AI models together so you can finish work rather than collect answers. A Home view puts Chat for grounded answers next to Cowork for longer multi-step tasks. Agents can be built in natural language and managed at scale in Copilot Studio.

Key Features

• Home, which combines Chat for answers grounded in your work with Cowork for multi-step tasks across apps and workflows.
• Work IQ, which grounds responses in your company, team roles, and project context.
• Multiple AI models in one place, with automatic selection that weighs accuracy, speed, and cost.
• Built-in support for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and Teams.
• Copilot Code, which builds a dashboard, tracker, or app from a plain-language description without coding.
• Autopilot, an always-on cloud-hosted agent with its own identity, memory, and tools that runs within guardrails.
• Agent Builder for work-grounded agents, with Copilot Studio for scaling and managing them.

Who is it for

• Individuals who want AI help to create, brainstorm, learn, and solve problems through the day.
• Business teams already working in Microsoft 365 apps.
• Enterprises that need identity management, security controls, and agent governance.
• Education customers, who have a separate plan listing.
• People who work across desktop, mobile, and web with voice, keyboard, or pen input.

What can you do with Microsoft Copilot

• Ask a question and get an answer that reflects your work context instead of generic web results.
• Hand a complex task to Cowork and let it work across your apps, data, and workflows.
• Describe a dashboard or tracker and have Copilot Code build it.
• Draft in Word, analyze data in Excel, build a deck in PowerPoint, or prepare email and meetings in Outlook and Teams.
• Build a work-grounded agent with Agent Builder and manage it in Copilot Studio.
• Start a background task with Autopilot and check back on progress later.

How does Microsoft Copilot work

• Open Copilot in the browser or the desktop and mobile apps, or use it from inside a Microsoft 365 app.
• Describe what you need in natural language, by voice, keyboard, or pen.
• Copilot grounds the request with Work IQ and selects a model based on the task.
• Read the answer, or ask Copilot to produce a finished file, deck, or code artifact.
• Move longer work to Cowork, Code, or Autopilot, and build repeatable agents when a task recurs.

Pricing

• Individuals: $9.99 a month for Copilot, the productivity apps, and cloud storage.
• Business: $23.50 per user a month, paid yearly, adding Work IQ, productivity apps, identity management, security, and cloud storage.
• Enterprise: $30.00 per user a month, paid yearly, adding Copilot Studio and enterprise-grade security.
• Education plans are listed separately.
• Work and personal accounts stay separate; enterprise buyers can contact sales.

FAQ

What is Microsoft Copilot?

It is Microsoft's AI assistant that works in the browser, on desktop and mobile, and inside Microsoft 365 apps, using your work content as context.

Which apps does Copilot work with?

Copilot works with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and Teams, and it can hand tasks to Cowork across apps and workflows.

How much does Copilot cost?

Individuals pay $9.99 a month. Business is $23.50 per user a month billed yearly, and Enterprise is $30.00 per user a month billed yearly.

What is Copilot Autopilot?

Autopilot is an always-on cloud-hosted personal agent with its own identity, memory, and tools. It runs in the background within guardrails and is available in private preview.

Can I build my own agent?

Yes. Agent Builder creates work-grounded agents from natural language, and Copilot Studio is used to scale and manage them.

Is my work data kept separate from personal use?

Microsoft states that work and personal accounts stay separate, and that Copilot is built on Microsoft 365 with enterprise controls.