What’s new for Copilot – January 2025
The start of 2025 brings exciting new updates for Microsoft Copilot, enhancing productivity and creativity across various applications. One notable update is the Copilot in Excel with Python for Web, allowing users to perform advanced analytics using everyday language, with Copilot writing Python code and inserting it on the grid for deeper insights and stunning visuals.
Another significant feature is the Copilot in Microsoft 365 admin centers, which will be generally available by late March 2025, enhancing productivity with AI for routine tasks, insights, and maximizing Microsoft 365 investments.
Each month, Copilot continues to receive more updates, making it an indispensable tool for users. Continue reading to explore all the exciting new features and innovations.
JAN
3
Power Automate – Use Copilot to analyze desktop flow runs
We are announcing the Use Copilot to analyze desktop flow runs feature for Power Automate. This feature allows users to ask questions about cloud flow and desktop flow activity, work queues, and Power Automate features. This feature will reach general availability on January 31, 2025.
Power Automate – Use Copilot to analyze work queue data
We are announcing the Use Copilot to analyze work queue data feature for Power Automate. This feature enables Copilot to answer questions about work queue statuses and handling times. This feature will reach general availability on January 31, 2025.
Microsoft Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers
Microsoft 365 Copilot will be generally available in the admin center by late March 2025, enhancing productivity with AI for routine tasks, insights, and maximizing Microsoft 365 investments. It respects RBAC and requires no configuration changes by admins. A pre-built admin agent will also be introduced.
Power Automate – Use Copilot to ask Power Automate product questions
We are announcing the Use Copilot to ask Power Automate product questions feature for Power Automate. This feature allows users to ask questions about cloud flow and desktop flow activity, work queues, and Power Automate features. This feature will reach general availability on January 31, 2025.
Power Automate – Use Copilot to analyze automation activity
We are announcing the use Copilot to analyze automation activity feature for Power Automate. This feature will allows users to use natural language to ask copilots about past flow runs, machines and other related data. It will provide advanced operational visibility, without the need to build and deploy custom reports with a predefined set of queries and reports. This feature will reach general availability on January 31, 2025.
Microsoft Viva Engage: New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community
New features are coming to Microsoft Viva Engage for the Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community, including recommendations for similar questions and answers, and the ability for admins to apply adoption features to different communities. Rollout begins January 2025 with no required action for admins to prepare.
JAN
6
Dynamics 365 Field Service – Enhance Copilot experiences in the web app
We are announcing the Enhance Copilot experiences in the web app feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature introduces usability improvements for Copilot in Field Service to help your team of technicians, dispatchers, and service managers adopt and use these capabilities in their existing workflows. This feature will reach general availability on February 3, 2025.
JAN
7
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for Web
Using everyday language, ask Copilot to perform advanced analytics that would usually take you hours or is beyond your skillset like machine learning, predictive forecasting, and more. Copilot will write Python code for you and insert it on the grid, resulting in deeper insights and stunning visuals. Now available for Web in all supported languages.
Copilot Studio – Upcoming updates to Data Loss Prevention policy enforcement
We are updating how we enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies in Copilot Studio. Currently, enforcing DLP policies is a two-step process. A DLP policy must first be created in the Power Platform admin center (PPAC) for your tenant and then you must opt-in to enforce the DLP policy to copilots in your tenant using PowerShell commands, which allows three different enforcement levels:
Power Automate – Copilot in Power Automate for desktop
We are announcing the Copilot in Power Automate for desktop feature. This feature integrates Copilot into Power Automate for desktop, giving users access to generative answers. This feature will reach general availability on January 31, 2025.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Set up “Pay-as-you-go billing” in Microsoft 365 admin center
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will introduce pay-as-you-go billing, rolling out from late January to mid-February 2025. Admins can enable it in the Microsoft 365 admin center after setting up billing with an Azure subscription and resource group. Existing Copilot license holders remain unaffected. Instructions for setup are provided.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Select Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive folders when writing prompts
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon allow users to select SharePoint and OneDrive folders when writing prompts, using Context IQ. This feature, requiring a Copilot license, will roll out worldwide from mid to late February 2025 and will be available by default with no tenant admin impact.
Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: Separate retention policies for Copilot and AI apps
Microsoft Purview introduces separate retention policies for Copilot and AI apps, allowing admins to delete interactions faster. This feature, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470025, will be available worldwide from late January to mid-February 2025 and requires no admin action. Organizations can configure different retention policies by default for various apps.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Select Microsoft SharePoint sites when writing prompts
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon allow users to select SharePoint sites when writing prompts using Context IQ (CIQ). This feature, requiring a Copilot license, will roll out worldwide from mid to late February 2025 without needing admin action. Users will see recent SharePoint sites they have access to in CIQ.
JAN
9
Copilot for Microsoft 365: Take notes in Microsoft OneNote directly in the workflow from the canvas
OneNote is rolling out the new Take notes with Copilot feature for users. Copilot now helps users gather and create notes using natural language prompts based on users’ Microsoft 365 content directly on the Notebook pages that are personal and non-shared with other users.
JAN
10
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Copilot Chat developer mode
Developers can use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and enable developer mode to debug.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Developers can use TypeSpec as an authoring experience
Developers can use TypeSpec as an authoring experience for declarative agents and API plugins in Teams Toolkit.
JAN
13
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Analytics available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot Analytics is designed to empower every IT and business leader to measure adoption and business impact of Copilot and agents with out-of-the-box experiences in Copilot Dashboard and customizable reporting for deeper analysis against your KPIs. With Viva Insights included, IT admins and analysts can now tailor advanced prebuilt Copilot reports with their business data or create custom reports with organizational attributes, longer usage data sets, and more granular controls.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Extensibility – Automatic project scaffolding in Teams Toolkit for building Graph connectors
Developers can now leverage an automatic project scaffolding for Graph connector applications within the Teams Toolkit, allowing for the generation of a full production-ready Graph connector application from just an API description file, significantly reducing setup time and complexity.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Developers can build custom engine agents with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK
Developers can use the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK to create custom engine agents. These agents, built on their own AI stack, can be deployed to various platforms, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and other non-Microsoft channels.
JAN
14
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python Language Expansion for Windows
Using everyday language, ask Copilot to perform advanced analytics that would usually take you hours or is beyond your skillset like machine learning, predictive forecasting, and more. Copilot will write Python code for you and insert it on the grid, resulting in deeper insights and stunning visuals. Available on Excel for Windows in English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish, with additional languages coming soon.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Select Microsoft Graph Connectors when writing prompts in BizChat
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon integrate CIQ, allowing users to incorporate third-party data from Microsoft Graph Connectors into BizChat prompts. This feature, associated with Roadmap ID 413111, will roll out between late February and early March 2025 without requiring admin action.
JAN
15
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Teams meetings for GCC
Copilot helps you run more effective meetings, get up to speed on the conversation, organize key discussion points, and summarize key actions so it’s clear what you need to do next. Users can type any question or use predetermined prompts during or after the meeting, and their interactions with Copilot are only visible to them. This feature is already available in worldwide multitenant and will now be available for customers in GCC.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Developers can use Kiota as an API plugin generation tool
Developers using Teams Toolkit and Kiota can use them together as an API plugin generation tool. This unlocks new scenarios like searching our repository of public APIs, visually selecting the main integration endpoints and improving the maintainability of existing plugins by using a workspace file and allowing full regeneration of plugin files.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Discover all prompt collections in the new Copilot Prompt Gallery app within Microsoft 365
The new Copilot Prompt Gallery app provides a central place to find, save, and share prompts available from Microsoft 365 Copilot apps and agents. You can also explore and use a curated selection of suggested prompts organized by role, function, or industry. This app will be available on Teams, Outlook and www.microsoft365.com.
JAN
20
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Developers can create, test and update custom engine agents to run in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams
Developers can create, test and update custom engine agents using Teams Toolkit & Microsoft Copilot Studio, so that they can run in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams.
Outlook: Summarize email attachments with Copilot
You will now be able to summarize PDF, Word, and PowerPoint email attachments with Copilot in Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat rolling out, IT admin resources available
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is now available for Entra account users with a Microsoft 365 subscription at no extra cost. It offers secure AI chat, pay-as-you-go agents, and IT controls. Admins need to enable agents for shared tenant data, and resources are provided to assist with deployment and user engagement.
Multiple account access to Copilot in Microsoft 365 desktop and mobile apps
Copilot in Microsoft 365 will support multiple account access on desktop and mobile apps starting early March 2025. A Cloud Policy to manage this feature will be available by late January 2025. Organizations can use this policy to restrict access if needed.
JAN
22
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for Mac
Using everyday language, ask Copilot to perform advanced analytics that would usually take you hours or is beyond your skillset like machine learning, predictive forecasting, and more. Copilot will write Python code for you and insert it on the grid, resulting in deeper insights and stunning visuals. Available on Excel for Mac in English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish, with additional languages coming soon.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Dictate your prompts in Copilot Chat
Use the dictation button to input your prompts with speech.
Microsoft 365 admin center: AI administrator role authorization to manage Copilot settings
The AI administrator role in Microsoft 365 admin center authorizes users to manage Copilot settings, with a rollout starting in January 2025. No admin action is required for this update.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: New custom engine agents
Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces custom engine agents for domain or tenant-specific workflows, supported in Teams and soon in BizChat. Requires a Copilot license, with rollout starting February 2025. These agents enable unique AI experiences and can be created and deployed via Copilot Studio or Visual Studio.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: New custom engine agents
Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces custom engine agents for domain or tenant-specific workflows, supported in Teams and soon in BizChat. Requires a Copilot license, with rollout starting February 2025. These agents enable unique AI experiences and can be created and deployed via Copilot Studio or Visual Studio.
JAN
23
Microsoft Copilot Dashboard: New usage intensity and retention insights
Microsoft Viva Insights will enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot’s adoption insights by adding usage intensity and retention metrics to the Copilot Dashboard. This update, which does not require a Copilot license to view, will roll out in late January 2025 and will be available by default. Admins and leaders can measure usage frequency and consistency with new visual tools and cards. Existing admin controls will be respected post-update. No admin action is needed before the rollout.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot Welcome and Monthly user emails will come from a new email address domain
Microsoft 365 Copilot emails will now come from m365copilotupdates@microsoft.com instead of the previous address. This change, happening in late January 2025, requires no admin action but users should be informed.
Video creation in Copilot Visual Creator powered by Clipchamp
Clipchamp’s integration with Copilot Visual Creator allows users to generate videos from typed prompts, sourcing from Microsoft 365’s stock media. Videos are saved in OneDrive and can be edited in Clipchamp. The feature rolls out from mid-February to mid-March 2025 and is available with Microsoft 365 Copilot plan. Users can control access and provide feedback within the app.
JAN
24
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Read aloud available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Play back Copilot responses as audio with read aloud in Copilot Chat.
Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings – 2025 release wave 1 plans available now
Today, we published the 2025 release wave 1 plans for Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform and Role-based Copilot offerings, which is a compilation of new capabilities that will be released between April 2025 through September 2025. The new features and enhancements provide you with significant capabilities to help transform your business using our applications.
JAN
26
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses enterprise assets hosted on SharePoint OAL when creating presentations with Copilot
Once you integrate your organization’s assets into a SharePoint OAL (Organization Asset Library), you will be able to create presentations with your organization’s images.
JAN
28
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Embedded Knowledge capability support for declarative agents.
Developers and makers can embed knowledge (pdf, doc/docx, ppt) into their declarative agents built with Teams Toolkit for additional grounding capabilities.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Ability to use the Graph connector selector when using Teams Toolkit
Developers using Teams Toolkit to author declarative agents can select specific Graph connectors to improve their knowledge grounding.
Copilot Prompt Gallery Prompts app available soon
New Copilot Prompt Gallery Prompts app for Microsoft 365 available: Explore full prompt collections across Copilot and agents in the new Prompts app available on Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
JAN
29
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses Enterprise assets hosted on Templafy when creating presentations with Copilot
Once you connect your asset library, hosted with Templafy, to Microsoft 365 and Copilot, you will be able to create presentations with your organization’s images.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Sessions Grouped by Time frame
This feature will provide users conversation history list structure through grouping conversations by time frame to make it easy for users to visually parse.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Support Lockbox for GenAI
We are announcing the Support Lockbox for GenAI feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature provides an interface for customers to review and approve or reject data access requests; used in cases where a Microsoft engineer needs to access customer data during, for example, a support request. This feature will reach general availability on February 28, 2025.
JAN
30
Dynamics 365 Field Service – Summarize records with Copilot
We are announcing the Summarize records with Copilot feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature provides technicians with a quick summary of their work orders, outlining key details and other contextual information. This feature will reach general availability on March 26, 2025.
Dynamics 365 Field Service – Configure Copilot summaries in Field Service
We are announcing the configure Copilot summaries in Field Service feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature will provide admins with additional control over the specific data that is included in summaries. This feature will reach general availability on March 26, 2025.
Dynamics 365 Field Service – Summarize work orders with Copilot in the mobile app general availability
We are announcing the Summarize work orders with Copilot in the mobile app feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. With this feature, technicians get the ability to summarize their work orders with Copilot within the Field Service mobile application. The summary provides them with meaningful context of the work they are about to perform. It can include notes, diagnostic information, key events in the work order lifecycle, and recommendations. This feature will reach general availability on March 26, 2025.
JAN
31
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Maintaining the agent extensibility setting
In MC928045 Update on Controls for Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot (November 2024), we announced the upcoming removal of the Microsoft Copilot extensibility preview control. In response to customer feedback, the control will remain a production setting and exit preview to aid your management of agents and Copilot extensibility.
No comments yet