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What’s new for Copilot – October 2025
Just when I think it’s impossible for Copilot to deliver more updates in a single month, it proves me wrong—and October was absolutely mind-blowing. Over 160 updates landed across nearly every corner of Microsoft 365, redefining what “continuous improvement” really means.
Out of all these changes, one stands out above the rest: GPT‑5 is now the default Copilot model. This means Copilot is faster, smarter, and more accurate—without you having to press a button or toggle a setting to use the latest version. It’s seamless, and it sets a new benchmark for AI-powered productivity.
There’s plenty more in the full post, but this single update alone signals a major leap forward for how we work with Copilot.
OCT
1
We are announcing the ability to use Copilot to generate contextual partial email content for Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature enables customer service representatives to leverage AI assistance at any point during email composition. This feature will reach general availability on October 31, 2025.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will support delegate mailbox access starting late September 2025, allowing users with delegate permissions to use Copilot on those emails across multiple platforms. No permission changes are needed, the feature is on by default, and admin policies remain unchanged.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will allow users with read access to shared mailboxes to use Copilot for email starting late September 2025. The feature is on by default, requires no permission changes, and is available across multiple platforms. Access is controlled by existing mailbox permissions.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages will add version history in October 2025, allowing users to view and restore previous page versions, including manual, Copilot, or collaborative changes. This feature is enabled by default, requires no license, and cannot be disabled by admins. No action is needed to prepare.
We’re introducing multilingual support for Copilot in Viva Glint, enabling users to interact with Copilot in their preferred language. This enhancement removes a key adoption barrier for non-English users and promotes equitable access to AI-powered insights across global organizations.
We are announcing the ability to insert Copilot prompts in email templates that will enable data to be auto populated when the email template is inserted in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach general availability on October 31, 2025.
Live subtitles for voice chats in Copilot will be available for users to help them follow the conversation when using the quick composer.
OCT
2
We are announcing the ability to access insights on opportunity while working on emails in Outlook in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales. This feature will reach general availability on November 1, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to request information from humans in the loop in agent flows in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature reached public preview in August 2025.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports HR and employee profile data via connectors like BambooHR and custom Microsoft Graph connectors, enhancing people profiles with authoritative external data. Administrators configure these in the Admin Center. Public preview runs mid-May to mid-November 2025; general availability starts mid-November 2025.
We are announcing the ability to create multisession apps. This feature will reach general availability on October 31, 2025.
Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data.
Viva Insights is creating an Agent Dashboard, designed to be a central place for leaders, delegates and analysts to understand how your organization is adopting agents. #copilotcontrolsystem
Graph API for custom connectors will provide the options to configure icons, visibility, connection metadata, property descriptions and more semantic labels for improved relevance and UX.
OCT
3
Starting October 3, 2025, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Pay-as-you-go billing plans must be set up via the Microsoft 365 admin center, not the Power Platform admin center. Existing plans remain active, and there is no impact on user experience or compliance. Admins should prepare for this transition.
We are announcing the ability to autonomously grow your pipeline with Sales Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales. This feature will reach general availability on November 1, 2025.
New Create module within M365 Copilot App to access Word, Excel and PPT templates.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will be generally available for the GCC High environment, and it will be delivered with web grounding OFF by default. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC High compliance boundary.
Track user sentiment of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Understand how users perceive Copilot value by analyzing the breakdown of thumbs up and thumbs down ratings after Copilot interactions. See trends over time and breakdowns by group.
OCT
6
We are introducing the Draft with Copilot feature for Copilot Studio. This feature will help write or rewrite your prompts using Copilot to produce better outcomes. This feature will be available on November 3, 2025.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will integrate Teams channels into Context IQ prompts, allowing users to search and insert relevant channel data when writing prompts. This feature, enabled by default, rolls out worldwide from mid to late October 2025, requiring no admin action but user notification is recommended.
Users can quickly add a Search result as a reference to a Copilot Notebook within the M365 Copilot app.
Use the tools menu in Copilot Chat to co-create content or code with Copilot in a Page and share with others when ready.
To give organization administrators and adoption managers better visibility into usage intensity of Microsoft 365 Copilot , the Copilot usage report will be updated to include the tenant-wide count of prompts submitted in total and per-user average. The report will include a count of prompts submitted and the active usage days per user for the selected time period (anonymized by default).
OCT
7
Microsoft Viva Copilot Analytics introduces a new Agent Dashboard for detailed insights on agent adoption and Copilot credit usage. Rolling out from November 2025 (preview) to February 2026 (general availability), it targets organizations with 50+ Copilot licenses, enhancing adoption tracking and management within Viva Insights.
We are announcing the ability to add enterprise knowledge to prompt builder with connectors in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on October 27, 2025.
OCT
8
Video overviews in Copilot Notebook generate concise, Copilot-powered videos with narration, visuals, diagrams, and text overlays—making it easy to summarize the content of your Notebook.
Find meetings—and everything connected to them, in seconds.Copilot Search makes it effortless to locate any meeting, even if you only remember a few details. Just type what comes to mind—like “last week’s design review”, “budget sync with marketing”, or “next quarterly planning session”—and Copilot instantly finds the right event.Copilot doesn’t just show you the meeting invite. It brings together the full context: who attended, what was discussed, what files were shared, and what follow-ups were assigned.Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming meeting or trying to recall what was decided in a past one, Copilot gives you a complete, connected view—all from a single search bar.
OCT
9
Admins can now pin Microsoft 365 Copilot and companion apps (People, File, Calendar) to the Windows taskbar via a new setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Rollout starts October 2025, with the toggle off by default. Pinning applies only if apps are installed and can be managed by admins.
We are announcing the ability for admins to enforce the use of end-user credentials by managing how authentication is handled. This feature will be generally available starting October 30, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to leverage Copilot Studio agents to engage in real-time personalized voice conversations, offering alternative, solutions-based ongoing dialogue with your customers in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys. This feature will reach general availability on October 27, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to reassign an agent’s owner with PowerShell in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on October 30, 2025.
Users will be able to use Copilot Notebooks in OneNote on iPhone and iPad.
Microsoft 365 Chat brings the power of conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move effortlessly from finding information to acting on it. Search results become the foundation for contextual chat, allowing you to ask follow-up questions, synthesize insights, and generate content—all in one unified experience. This integration reduces workflow fragmentation, accelerates decision-making, and delivers a more intuitive way to interact with your organization’s knowledge.
Users will find Copilot-powered Notebook summaries and insights as a landing page within their Copilot Notebook.
OCT
10
Microsoft Copilot in Outlook will expand to support all meeting types, including 1:1s, providing real-time contextual insights and chat-based preparation tools. This update, rolling out worldwide from mid-October to November 2025, is on by default and requires no admin changes. Users should be informed and trained accordingly.
New Microsoft 365 Copilot usage intensity metrics will be available in the admin center report by late October 2025, showing prompt counts, daily trends, and active days at organization and user levels. No admin action is needed before rollout; admins should inform stakeholders and review updated reports.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports MCP-based agents, allowing developers to build and admins to manage these agents via the Copilot Agent Store and admin center. The rollout starts late October 2025, is on by default, and requires no immediate action but recommends reviewing agent catalogs and updating documentation.
Microsoft 365 admins can now manage SharePoint agents in Copilot Chat via a new Agents section in the Copilot Control System. They can view, block, or unblock agents starting late September 2025. This feature is enabled by default and only affects Copilot Chat.
Microsoft Loop is upgrading its Copilot experience to align with Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages, temporarily removing older integrations starting September 9, 2025. The update will provide consistent, improved Copilot features across chat and pages. Users should update training materials accordingly; no compliance changes are expected.
Users will be able to use Copilot Notebooks in OneNote on iPhone and iPad.
Microsoft 365 Chat brings the power of conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move effortlessly from finding information to acting on it. Search results become the foundation for contextual chat, allowing you to ask follow-up questions, synthesize insights, and generate content—all in one unified experience. This integration reduces workflow fragmentation, accelerates decision-making, and delivers a more intuitive way to interact with your organization’s knowledge.
Users will find Copilot-powered Notebook summaries and insights as a landing page within their Copilot Notebook.
OCT
13
Video recaps in Copilot Chat makes it easy to catch up on recorded meetings directly in Copilot Chat. It identifies and extracts key topics from transcripts, provides AI generated narration to summarize discussions, and pairs these with 20–40 second video snippets highlighting impactful moments of your meeting.
“Copilot Notebooks will be available to 13-17 year-old users (students) with Entra ID accounts within the Microsoft 365 Copilot and OneNote apps.
OCT
14
Microsoft Outlook now includes Copilot’s Intelligent Draft Agenda, automatically generating proposed meeting agendas when creating or editing calendar events. This AI-powered feature, enabled by default worldwide on October 9, 2025, enhances meeting preparation on both Web and Desktop without requiring admin policy changes.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now offers AI video generation in the Create experience for all Copilot Chat users without a license, using natural language and Word, PowerPoint, or PDF files. It rolls out globally from November 2025, requires no admin action, and supports editable stock videos.
We are announcing the ability to analyze action usage for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature allows you to understand usage patterns, identify areas for improvement, and optimize performance for agents. This feature will reach general availability on November 10, 2025.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Zendesk Help Center to retrieve support articles and FAQs with Copilot Connector
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Egnyte to collaborate on secure file storage with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Dropbox to access and manage cloud files with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Fresh service to access IT service documentation with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Amazon S3 to access structured document repositories with Copilot Connector.
Delegates can now manage their leader’s meetings directly through Copilot chat reviewing pending invites, accepting or declining meetings, categorizing, or even deleting them all through simple chat commands without leaving the conversation.
OCT
21
We’re introducing column metadata support for queries in Microsoft 365 Copilot when a SharePoint library or folder is attached or its URL is provided. This enhancement improves contextual relevance by enabling Copilot to leverage additional metadata from the selected library, delivering more accurate and meaningful results.
Copilot in PowerPoint now helps you create a compelling title, a concise summary, or captions for your visuals. Just describe what you want in natural language and Copilot will generate text based on the content of your slide. It’s a simple way to turn ideas into content quickly.
Pre-setup guides, editability, actionable errors & alerting support available for Connector admins.
Users will be able to upload files stored locally or in one drive to custom engine agents.
Copilot in PowerPoint now helps you create a compelling title, a concise summary, or captions for your visuals. Just describe what you want in natural language and Copilot will generate text based on the content of your slide. It’s a simple way to turn ideas into content quickly.
Once you connect your asset library hosted on Adobe Experience Manager to Microsoft365 and Copilot, Copilot will create presentations using your organization’s images.
Once you connect your asset library hosted on Adobe Experience Manager to Microsoft365 and Copilot, Copilot will create presentations using your organization’s images.
Users can share custom engine agents with others to boost collaboration and reuse
Support of Audit logs for custom engine agents.
Copilot in PowerPoint now helps you create a compelling title, a concise summary, or captions for your visuals. Just describe what you want in natural language and Copilot will generate text based on the content of your slide. It’s a simple way to turn ideas into content quickly.
This enables users to export row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis.
Schema enrichment & validation for custom connectors for better relevance & UX (Property descriptions, content Category attributes and additional semantic labels)
We are expanding Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for Microsoft 365 Copilot to safeguard prompts containing sensitive data. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data leakage and oversharing risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot, including pre-built agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, from returning a response when prompts contain sensitive data or using that sensitive data for grounding in Microsoft 365 or the web.
Drive Copilot chat engagement for 3P content via deep citations, inline citations, side by side preview experiences.
Add web links as references in your Copilot Notebooks.
Delegates can now use Copilot chat to quickly find their leader’s meetings—past or upcoming—by simply asking questions. They can search by attendee name, meeting title, location, or time range to instantly get details like the next 1:1 or upcoming appointments.
Executive Assistants can now seamlessly schedule, edit, and send meeting invites on behalf of their leaders directly within Copilot chat. Using simple chat commands, they can create invites, make updates, and add attendees—all without leaving the chat experience.
Bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot your AI assistant for work in the GCC-H environment. It combines the power of Large Language Models with your work content and context, to help you draft and rewrite, summarize and organize, catch up on what you missed, and get answers to questions via open prompts. Copilot generates answers using the rich, people-centric data and insights available in the Microsoft Graph. Microsoft 365 Copilot is available in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (web), Teams (Chat and Channel) excluding Compose, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, SharePoint, and Clipchamp.
Users in GCC-H will be able to use custom engine agents.
Users will now have access to their Copilot Notebooks on the web version of OneNote.
Once you connect your asset library hosted on Adobe Experience Manager to Microsoft365 and Copilot, Copilot will create presentations using your organization’s images.
Users will be able to click on “Explain this’ on an acronym, text box, an image, or even a complete slide, and get a detailed contextual explanation of the selected object.
Outlook iOS mobile users can now prepare for their meetings using Copilot chat in a single tap. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
Microsoft 365 is launching two new Graph APIs in November 2025 for admins to manage Copilot agents and apps programmatically. These APIs enable automated reporting and integration without UI changes or extra licenses. Admins should review the Microsoft Graph API documentation to prepare.
Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces an “Edit in Outlook” button for drafting emails from Copilot Chat prompts. Available to all licensed users across multiple platforms, it opens Outlook with a pre-filled draft. Rollout starts late October 2025, requires no extra licenses or admin changes, and is enabled by default.
Microsoft Copilot Notebooks will be available to 13–17 year-olds with Microsoft 365 Copilot plans and Entra ID accounts starting mid-November 2025. The feature will be on by default across supported platforms, with admin policies and Cloud Policy controls applicable for managing access.
Microsoft is introducing a public preview of data export in the Copilot Dashboard, allowing users with company-level access to download de-identified weekly Copilot usage metrics from the past six months. Available late November 2025, it supports adoption analysis and licensing optimization for organizations with 50+ Copilot licenses.
OneDrive will introduce a floating Copilot button starting October 15, 2025, providing quick access to AI-powered file actions like summarizing and comparing documents. Enabled by default for eligible users, it streamlines navigation and offers contextual recommendations within the OneDrive web interface.
M365 Copilot Chat will soon answer questions about the currently open Copilot Pages content, enhancing workflow with side-by-side Chat. Rolling out worldwide from October to November 2025, the feature is on by default, respects existing policies, and requires no compliance changes.
Microsoft 365 Copilot chat will preserve conversations by creating session entries in the navigation pane when a prompt is submitted, allowing users to return without losing progress. This update rolls out globally from October to November 2025, requires no admin action, and improves chat continuity.
Microsoft 365 admin center will introduce Capacity Pack support for SharePoint Agents and Copilot Tuning in late October 2025, allowing prepaid message bundles to manage costs before pay-as-you-go charges. Admins can allocate packs, monitor usage in PPAC, and control environments via Entra ID. No prior action needed.
We are announcing the ability to reference previous prompts in Copilot for Power Automate desktop in Power Automate. This feature will reach general availability on November 17, 2025.
Users can now copy agents from the lite Copilot Studio into the full experience, gaining advanced authoring, publishing, lifecycle, and governance features. Rollout starts November 2025. Admins should prepare by managing environments, licensing, security policies, and governance via the Power Platform admin center.
Classic Outlook will gain a Copilot side pane after searches, showing AI-generated summaries from documents and Teams messages. Users can interact and ask follow-up questions. The feature, enabled by default for Microsoft 365 AI SKU users, rolls out from mid-December 2025 to mid-February 2026.
GPT-5 will become the default Microsoft 365 Copilot model in a phased rollout from October to November 2025. Initially, users can toggle GPT-5 on or off; later, it becomes mandatory with no opt-out. GPT-5 offers faster, more accurate responses with dynamic model routing and reasoning features.
We are announcing the ability to manage the Org-Wide Sharing Control for agents built in Copilot Studio lite in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on October 23, 2025.
OCT
23
Chat in Work and PowerPoint now supports voice. Users can talk and interact with Copilot to brainstorm ideas, create content, and analyze information. Same as text, voice understand documents, work and web context.
With Agents in Notebooks, use the specialized skills and knowledge of Agents on the content that matter most to your task at hand, whether it’s transforming complex data into clear insights and visualizations with Analyst, or creating stunning designs with Designer.
Copilot will help you form your narrative and turn that into a presentation of fully-designed slides.
Users can now customize the AI-generated notes in meeting recap, instantly transforming meeting notes into the format that works best for each person. Choose from built-in options like Speaker Summary or Executive Summary to quickly surface the details that matter most. Users can even create and save their own custom templates with a simple prompt, so meeting notes always match the way each user prefers to work.
Copilot will help you form your narrative and turn that into a presentation of fully-designed slides.
You can now adjust the length of your presentation, the tone of your narrative, the style of your slides, and leverage AI-generated images when creating with Copilot.
Users can quickly add references to a Copilot Notebook through the Quick Access section in Search on the M365 Copilot app.
You can now adjust the length of your presentation, the tone of your narrative, the style of your slides, and leverage AI-generated images when creating with Copilot.
The Microsoft 365 Copilot app now has a simpler, cleaner navigation. Key updates include an expanded chat history, quick actions to create new Notebooks and Agents, and intuitive feature grouping so users can find what they need faster and unlock more AI value.
Now you can filter your search as you type. Use person and source filters right in the Search box to refine results instantly. Get smart suggestions and see only what matters, all without leaving the box.1. When “person” or “source” is typed, a list of relevant filter suggestions appears. This helps auto-complete the filter expression and enables effective pre-scoping.2. Once filters are applied in the Search box, all subsequent suggestions are refined based on those filters.
Copilot will help you form your narrative and turn that into a presentation of fully-designed slides.
When opening a Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Android, users will see a preview experience where they can use M365 Copilot Chat to command and ask questions about the file. If users wish to edit the document, they will transition to the standalone Word, Excel, or PowerPoint app. PDF scenarios are not affected. The feature will begin a phased rollout in December.
Copilot in Viva Glint is expanding its capabilities to support multilingual interactions, allowing users to submit prompts and receive responses in their preferred language. This enhancement improves accessibility and usability for global organizations by enabling Copilot to detect the language of user input, and return responses in the same language.
Gracefully handle Foundry agents that will either be blocked or will work with sub-optimal experiences
Rich entity representation for connectors in Search results.
We are announcing the ability to analyze and monitor the performance of your Generative AI-powered copilot agents by tracking key analytics metrics and KPIs for categorized themes of user questions in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on November 15, 2025.
OCT
24
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Trello to organize boards and cards with Copilot Connector.
Edit your images directly in PowerPoint with Copilot, no need to switch apps or interrupt your flow. Whether you’re refining visuals for a pitch deck, enhancing marketing assets, or simply making your slides pop, the image editor makes it fast and seamless. You can make edits like improving the resolution, removing the background, and more.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with 15Five to surface team priorities and recognition with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Shortcut to manage agile development workflows with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Zendesk Tickets to triage and resolve customer issues with Copilot Connector.
Users in DoD will be able to use custom engine agents.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Asana to manage projects and tasks with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with GitLab Issues (Cloud and Server) to track engineering tasks and bugs with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Aha! to manage product features and customer ideas with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with PagerDuty to access escalation policies and on-call schedules with Copilot Connector.
Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Monday.com to track work and team progress with Copilot Connector.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint will soon generate titles, summaries, and captions using slide context via natural language prompts. Rolling out mid to late December, it appears as a default dropdown for blank textboxes on Windows, Mac, and Web. No admin action needed; user notification recommended.
OCT
27
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Guru with Copilot connectors to retrieve internal knowledge and team insights.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to GitLab with Copilot connectors to query knowledge base content and merge requests
Developers can now publish Azure AI Foundry Agents directly to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Store with a simplified, no-code experience.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Coda with Copilot connectors to query collaborative documents and wikis.
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is extended to Microsoft 365 Copilot. This feature will allow DLP policies to provide detection of sensitivity labels in enterprise grounding data and restrict access of the content in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
This feature introduces automated, role-targeted onboarding emails for Leaders to drive discovery of the Copilot Dashboard in Viva insights.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to DataStax with Copilot connectors to query insights from distributed databases.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Miro with Copilot connectors to query visual boards and diagrams.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Adobe Experience Manager with Copilot connectors to query and summarize web content.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to SharePoint Server with Copilot connectors to query and manage enterprise documents.
Customers can now connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to PostgreSQL with Copilot connectors to query structured data
Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces shared Copilot Notebooks for team collaboration and a new mobile app for on-the-go access. Rolling out from October to December 2025, these features enhance cross-functional workflows, require Copilot licenses, and maintain data security and compliance. Admins manage availability via Office Cloud Policy Service.
OCT
28
A new usage report will be available in the Microsoft 365 admin center for Copilot Connectors in Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed to give organizations a detailed view of how connectors are being used within Microsoft 365 Copilot. This report provides insights into overall connector activity, publisher-level trends, and connector powered response patterns over time, along with detailed user-level connectors adoption data. With these analytics, admins can monitor adoption, identify usage patterns, and optimize Copilot experiences to drive greater value across their organization. #copilotcontrolsystem
1. Maker can create agents by providing 3p URL.2. Maker can provide either an item URL or a container level, for e.g. ADO ticket/ ADO area path.
Compliance sensitivity labels for custom connectors.
We are announcing the ability to strengthen security of Copilot Studio agents with additional threat protection in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on November 28, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to add and configure tool groups to agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on November 20, 2025.
OCT
29
The floating Copilot button is a quick-access button that appears prominently in your OneDrive web interface. It’s your gateway to Copilot-powered actions —right where you need them. Instant Copilot Access: Ask questions about your files, summarize documents, or compare content—all without leaving OneDrive. Contextual Recommendations: The button will suggest helpful actions based on your file selection—like generating a status report from a file you’ve selected or generating a summary of a new file shared with you. Streamlined Navigation: No more hunting through menus; the Copilot floating button brings the most relevant tools to your fingertips.
We’re refreshing the Copilot Chat navigation pane to simplify the agents list and increase the visible chat history list beyond a user’s five most recent chats with a more prominent chat history search UI.
A new Copilot icon button provides a quick, visible entry point to Copilot directly within the file previewer in OneDrive. Positioned at the bottom-right corner (instead of the command bar), this button surfaces contextual prompts tailored to the file type and offers seamless access to Copilot chat, making it easier to get insights and take action without leaving the preview experience.
A new Power BI report in Microsoft Viva Insights links Microsoft 365 Copilot usage with employee sentiment from Viva Glint surveys. Available late 2025, it requires licenses, admin setup, and integration between Viva Glint and Viva Insights to analyze engagement, sentiment, and improve Copilot adoption.
OCT
31
Helps in discovery of personalized micro and structured AI Learning Agent (AILA) to help employees upskill and grow in their career.
Researcher with Computer Use can securely interact with public, gated, and interactive web content using a virtual computer—enabling you to uncover deeper insights and generate richer reports all grounded in your work data and the web.
Interact in real time with podcasts created by Copilot in Word. Today, audio summaries help you absorb content on the go, but they’re one-way—listeners can’t clarify or explore without stopping. With this feature, you can ask questions with your voice while listening and get answers instantly, staying in the audio experience and understanding content faster.
Interact in real time with read aloud in Word with Copilot. While your document is being read aloud, you can ask questions with your voice—such as “What does this mean?” or “Summarize this section”—and get answers instantly. No need to pause and search manually. This keeps you in context, reduces interruptions, and helps you understand and act faster.
Enable admins to configure retention policies for various Copilots and AI Apps.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Search will add an AI and Microsoft Graph-powered Overview feature by mid-November 2025, providing concise summaries of search results. It requires a Copilot license, is enabled by default, needs no admin action, and helps users quickly grasp search context.
Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces Researcher with Computer Use, enabling secure interaction with public and gated web content via a virtual computer. Launching October 30, 2025, it requires a Copilot license, allows advanced content generation, and is admin-configurable with default enabled status.
Microsoft Copilot Chat will update its AI Disclaimer experience starting late November 2025, making the disclaimer off by default with an admin toggle to enable it. Enabled disclaimers show bolded text and allow custom URLs. All users see the input box and disclaimer without needing a Copilot license.
Microsoft 365 introduces the Employee Self-Service Agent in Copilot Studio to streamline HR and IT support. Available from November 2025, it offers a unified interface for employees, configurable by admins, with no default policy changes. Organizations should review workflows and prepare for integration.
Microsoft Copilot Studio launches a Pre-Purchase Plan (P3) on November 1, 2025, offering annual prepaid Commit Units with discounts, a single usage meter across Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, and Moveworks, MACC eligibility, and Pay-As-You-Go overage billing. Preparation includes choosing credit options and aligning budgets.
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The podcast features AI hosts Maria and John, who dive into the same updates covered in this post but through a conversational format. John brings his technical analyst perspective with attention to detail, while Maria focuses on the strategic implications and user experience impact. As the prompt director, I guide the conversation to ensure we’re covering what matters most for your day-to-day work.
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