Microsoft 365 Copilot
The latest Microsoft 365 Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Excel Copilot’s New Finance Skills and Audit-Ready Plans Set to Transform Enterprise Workflows
Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update to Copilot in Excel that adds finance-specific Skills, a new Plans feature for structured modeling, and direct connections to external data...
Microsoft Resumes Auto-Install of Copilot on Windows 11 Business Devices, Reigniting IT Control Debate
Microsoft has resumed the automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on managed Windows 11 devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop apps, a move that began rolling out in June...
Microsoft Resumes Auto-Installing 365 Copilot App on Windows via Office Updates
Microsoft has resumed automatically pushing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to eligible commercial Windows devices via the Office update mechanism, a move that reignites debates over user consent and...
KARL STORZ Adopts Microsoft 365 Copilot as Governed AI for 10,000 Employees
Microsoft’s June 26, 2026 customer story spotlighted a watershed moment for AI in healthcare: KARL STORZ, a German medical technology powerhouse with nearly 10,000 employees worldwide, has...
Global and Viva Insights admins can now apply custom department-based filters to Copilot Power BI analytics starting June 2026
Microsoft is adding a governance layer to its Copilot analytics that will let organizations enforce customized, attribute-based filters directly in Power BI reports, according to the just-published...
Microsoft Viva Agent Dashboard Gives IT Full Control Over Copilot Agent Creations Starting June 2026
Microsoft confirmed it will roll out a new Agent Dashboard Overview page within Microsoft Viva starting in June 2026. The feature targets organizations using Microsoft 365 Copilot and aims to give...
Copilot Gets Eyes: Microsoft 365 to Add Real-Time Screen Analysis and Camera Vision from June 2026
Microsoft has confirmed it will roll out real-time visual analysis capabilities to its Microsoft 365 Copilot starting June 2026, giving the AI assistant the ability to see and understand what’s on...
Microsoft Edge’s New Tab Page to Become an AI Command Center: Copilot Integration Hits Preview Next Month
Microsoft is giving the Microsoft Edge new tab page a dramatic AI overhaul for business users. A freshly published entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap confirms that an upgraded, Copilot‑centric new...
Microsoft Purview DLP to Halt Copilot Web Searches for Sensitive Prompts in July 2026
Microsoft will begin blocking Microsoft 365 Copilot from using web search when a user’s prompt contains sensitive data, adding a new layer of data loss prevention (DLP) control expected to reach...
Microsoft Copilot Cowork: AI Agent Handles Multi-Step Tasks in Outlook, Teams, and Office Starting June 2026
Microsoft is set to broadly release Copilot Cowork in June 2026, a new agentic capability that lets business users delegate multi‑step work across the Microsoft 365 suite. Unlike the existing...
Copilot Chat Now Features Shared AI Notebooks for Teams in Microsoft 365
Microsoft has begun rolling out Copilot Notebooks to commercial and education tenants using Copilot Chat, introducing a shared workspace where teams can curate context and let the AI reason over...
Microsoft Teams Recap App Launches July 2026, Unifying Recordings, Transcripts, and AI Summaries
Microsoft is poised to streamline the post-meeting experience for millions of Teams users with a new dedicated Recap app set to arrive by late July 2026. The standalone application, designed for...