January 6, 2026

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Executive Focus: What is Microsoft 365 Copilot?

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David Berry

David specializes in SharePoint and Microsoft 365. He spent 25 years as a solution architect and advisor consulting with Fortune... more

Microsoft 365 Copilot is a suite of AI features and capabilities designed to assist knowledge workers in their everyday work. It also provides a platform for hosting agents that can accelerate tasks.

Main Features:

  • Copilot Chat is a chat service available to all M365 users including in the Office suite, with additional features available to licensed M365 Copilot users
  • Create is an image-generation tool
  • Copilot Search is an AI-enhanced enterprise search tool
  • Other collaborative features include Copilot Notebooks and Copilot Pages

Applications & Interfaces:

  • M365 Copilot desktop app and Web site: m365.cloud.micrsoft
  • M365 Apps for enterprise (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
  • M365 services including SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive

Host for Agents:

  • Microsoft-built agents such as Researcher and Analyst
  • Custom agents grounded in Web or work data
  • Custom agents can be built with lightweight tools in the M365 app and SharePoint or using Copilot

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