Two Copilots Converging, Slightly

The chat UIs for Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot for Windows have become lightly integrated with a feature introduced in Feb. 2024. A new toggle switch in the Copilot for Windows chat pane allows users to choose whether to use “Work” or “Web” for responses (shown at top). The Work choice uses Copilot for Microsoft 365, which accesses internal organizational data through Microsoft Graph. The Web choice uses public data only with so-called commercial data protection, which prevents sensitive information in chats from being saved or used externally (to train AI models, for example). 

The switch simplifies using the two Copilots together within a single UI for customers who are subscribed to Copilot for Microsoft 365 and have Copilot for Windows (which is free) enabled. 

The feature, which will not appear to all customers simultaneously since Microsoft is rolling it out gradually, is a first effort toward integrating the company’s numerous Copilots, suggesting that there might eventually be a unified chat UI for working with multiple Copilots.