Microsoft 365 Blog

Copilot Cowork: From conversation to action across skills, integrations, and devices

Today, we’re announcing additional capabilities in Cowork to expand on what it can make possible for you.

Copilot’s agentic capabilities in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are generally available

From first draft to final polish, Copilot acts as a true collaborator, taking action while you stay in control.

Bring your everyday business apps into the flow of work with agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot can now bring your go-to apps directly into the conversation, which closes the gap between AI-powered insight and real, in-app action.

Copilot Cowork: Now available in Frontier

Today, Copilot Cowork—designed for long-running, multi-step work in Microsoft 365—is available via the Frontier program.

Powering Frontier Transformation with Copilot and agents

Wave 3 marks a new version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, moving beyond assistance to embedded agentic capabilities.

Copilot Cowork: A new way of getting work done

We’re excited to announce Copilot Cowork, the execution layer for Microsoft 365—delegate tasks, coordinate workflows, and stay in control.

Agents

• Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations

Microsoft Agent 365 helps you take control of agent sprawl as your control plane to observe, govern, and secure agents and their interactions.

• 6 core capabilities to scale agent adoption in 2026

Learn six key capabilities organizations are using to scale Copilot Studio agent adoption in 2026—plus practical considerations for enterprise deployment.

• Microsoft Ignite 2025: Copilot and agents built to power the Frontier Firm

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, we introduced new capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot to help every customer become Frontier—including Work IQ, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents in chat, and Agent 365.

Copilot Studio

• New and improved: Agent governance, intelligent workflows, and connected app experiences

See what’s new in Copilot Studio, April 2026: updates to workflows, increased control over agent operations, and an expanded agent usage estimator.

• New and improved: Multi-agent orchestration, connected experiences, and faster prompt iteration

Learn what’s new in Copilot Studio: Multi-agent systems are now generally available, plus recent updates to the Prompt Editor and governance controls.

• Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity, and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud’s expansion of capabilities includes Azure Local disconnected operations, Microsoft 365 Local disconnected, and Microsoft Foundry addition of large model and modern infrastructure capabilities.

• What’s new in Microsoft Copilot Studio: November 2025

November 2025 was a busy month for Microsoft Copilot Studio, marked by major announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2025 and a wave of new features now rolling out to makers.

• Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update

Today we are announcing expanded availability of AI, security, and management capabilities coming to Microsoft 365 offerings in 2026.

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Latest news

• New and improved: Agent governance, intelligent workflows, and connected app experiences

See what’s new in Copilot Studio, April 2026: updates to workflows, increased control over agent operations, and an expanded agent usage estimator.

• Microsoft 365 Copilot, human agency, and the opportunity for every organization

As AI and agents take on more of the execution, people have more agency than ever to unlock their ambition, direct what gets done, and own the outcomes.