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Jeffg635
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Jan 17, 2024

Clarification Needed: Features of 'M365 Chat' vs 'Copilot (new)'

Please help me understand the  following features in Teams for desktop: M365 Chat - What are its main functions and use cases? Copilot (new) - How does it differ from 'M365 Chat' in terms of featu...
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michellegilbert
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Feb 08, 2024
The M365 Chat app is being sun setted. We are asking customers to remove it when they receive the latest Copilot app. All new capabilities will be in the Copilot App and added automatically above chat and included newer features like the integration of the prompt library and Copilot chat history.
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    ThomasTrebing
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 05, 2024

    michellegilbert 
    Could you please provide some clarity on how to keep track of the different tools and their names? The licensed tool, Copilot, has been renamed to M365 Copilot for use within a company environment. The free service, BingChat, has also been renamed to Copilot, with a peculiar statement indicating that the prompt is not used for training but is promoted on the internet. Additionally, within MS Teams, M365 Chat has been renamed to Copilot. However, using Copilot with the Edge browser is not the same as using Copilot with the Teams app. Will the M365 Chat in Edge also be renamed to Copilot? It seems very hard for the user to identify which service is in use and which data they are allowed to enter.

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      Konbarlas
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 09, 2024
      You forgot the Windows Copilot (ex Cortana). It's a mess!
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        Konbarlas
        Brass Contributor
        Mar 29, 2024
        Bing Chat has been renamed to Copilot as well! haha!
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      Mark_Moore
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 06, 2024

      ThomasTrebing it gets even more confusing, I have both M365 app in MS Teams and Copilot in teams, and also Copilot on the office.com web site.  It gets even "better" if you use copilot to ask if they are the same app, The one on the web told me they were not, because the others did not have access to a tool called search_enterprise tool, inferring it weas superior.  when I ask the Copilot app in Teams if it has access to that tool, it says "Yes", so are they the same or are they not?

      Microsoft do themselves know favours with this lack of clarity (again)

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