Microsoft 365 Copilot
The latest Microsoft 365 Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Flags CVE-2026-41106: Copilot Privilege Escalation Could Cross Tenant Boundaries
Microsoft has published details on a newly disclosed elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot, tracked as CVE-2026-41106, that threatens the trust boundaries between tenants and...
Microsoft Plans Webhook-Based Real-Time Data Sync for 365 Copilot Connectors, GA in August 2026
Microsoft is preparing a significant upgrade to how Microsoft 365 Copilot retrieves data from popular development and project management tools, with plans to shift from periodic polling to real-time...
Excel Copilot Gains Multi-Agent Web Smarts: General Availability Set for July 2026
Microsoft has quietly added a landmark entry to its Microsoft 365 roadmap that promises to transform Excel from a static number cruncher into a dynamic research assistant. Roadmap ID 566872, posted...
Xero's JAX AI Powers Real-Time Financial Queries Inside Microsoft 365 Copilot
Small business owners who use Xero can now ask Microsoft 365 Copilot to pull their latest profit-and-loss statement, list overdue invoices, or compare revenue across months—all without leaving...
Microsoft Teams Facilitator to Detect Knowledge Gaps and Post Web-Grounded Explanations in Meeting Chat by August 2026
Microsoft is preparing to arm its Teams Facilitator agent with a new capability that will detect when meeting participants lack critical context and automatically inject web-sourced explanations into...
Raisio, Finland Adopts Microsoft 365 Copilot with a Phased Training Program to Ensure AI Readiness
The City of Raisio, a municipality of around 25,000 residents in southwestern Finland, has embarked on a deliberate journey to integrate Microsoft 365 Copilot into its daily operations. In autumn...
Microsoft to Launch Copilot Cowork Analytics Dashboard in July 2026, Exposing AI Cost and Impact Data
Microsoft has quietly updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap with a new feature that will give enterprises hard numbers on how their employees use AI. Roadmap item 567005, added on June 30, 2026,...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks Embrace Web Links as Direct References, Transforming Research Workflows
Microsoft has begun rolling out a new feature that promises to make Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks far more versatile for knowledge workers: the ability to add web links as direct references. The...
Copilot Gets an Action-Oriented Upgrade: Service Agent Automates Customer Service with 70+ MCP Tools
Microsoft turned a vision into reality on June 30, 2026, when it declared Service Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot generally available. The move hands enterprise customers a direct pipeline from chat...
Microsoft, Hong Kong Law Society Unveil Legal Copilot Cookbook to Govern AI Workflows for Lawyers
Microsoft has partnered with LITE Lab@HKU, the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA), and The Law Society of Hong Kong to release a groundbreaking resource for the legal...
Microsoft's July Dataverse Wave Brings Business Data Directly to Copilot, Adds Semantic Models and More
Microsoft has announced a sweeping update to its Dataverse platform, set to roll out in July 2026, that will deeply integrate business data into the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience and introduce new...
Lancashire County Council Deploys Copilot AI to Slash Social Worker Admin Overload
Lancashire County Council is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot across its social care workforce in 2026, aiming to reclaim thousands of hours lost to case documentation by transforming spoken visit...