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Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities now available in the Windows desktop

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Feb 05, 2024

As previously announced at Ignite 2023 and in the January 15th blog, we are enhancing the Copilot in Windows experience and making it easier for users to access to the power of generative AI. Today, we are happy to share that the integration of Copilot for Microsoft 365 into the Windows desktop experience is now available. This will bring Graph-grounded chat capabilities to Copilot in Windows for users who have a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and Copilot for Windows enabled.  

 

In the Copilot in Windows sidebar, this appears as a toggle between “Work” and “Web”, allowing users to choose between leveraging the capabilities of Copilot for Microsoft 365 or Copilot with commercial data protection (formerly known as Bing Chat Enterprise). This offers a new, easy way for users to access Copilot in Microsoft 365 features in addition to existing surfaces in Teams, Edge, and copilot.microsoft.com. 

The new Copilot for Microsoft 365 experience in the Windows sidebar appears as a toggle between “Work” and “Web” options.

 

Availability 

The feature will roll out today for organizations with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and Copilot in Windows enabled.  

 

Resources 

For information on managing Copilot in Windows, please review this article. 

 

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Updated Feb 05, 2024
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  • RSCALLION's avatar
    RSCALLION
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 02, 2024

    Hi All,

     

    Copilot Newbie here, if "web" is the only mode that runs in 'protected mode' that keeps company data out of AI learning models, how do I make the default for all our corporate Copilot licenced users, they won't remember to flick over to the "web" mode from "work" mode every time they open a corporate browser, why would you have a "work" mode in the first place, and shouldn't that mode be the permanently protected one (work data?), it's make no sense naming it the current way.

     

    Please correct me if I have misunderstood the two modes.

     

    Thank you in advance.

     

     

     

  • bipinprakash's avatar
    bipinprakash
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 04, 2024

    giovanisp Here is a page that might help with the feature set. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/01/15/expanding-copilot-for-microsoft-365-to-businesses-of-all-sizes/ To me, the biggest advantages are ability to ground your prompts/searches with your own data which is not possible with just Copilot. Also, the ability to natively draft from within Word, look for insights from excel sheets, summarize emails in Outlook are super helpful. 

  • Will Wilson's avatar
    Will Wilson
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 21, 2024

    How do you add the organizational branding logo to Copilot in Windows?  Ours is just text and no logo.

  • giovanisp's avatar
    giovanisp
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 17, 2024

    For users who have a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and Copilot for Windows enabled, which additional features are available that are not available in the free Windows Copilot ? The subscription cost is significantly high so I expect it has additional benefits...

  • David_Swenson's avatar
    David_Swenson
    Steel Contributor
    Feb 13, 2024

    Harjit_Dhaliwal , I am noticing that Tenants with Microsoft 365 Copilot license when the Organization Settings in the Microsoft Admin Center are setup with a custom theme, the brand image selected does not propagate across Copilot entry points when using a URL linked image. Currently it only works when the image is uploaded into the MAC when setting up a branding policy. Can this be fixed so the URL logo and Uploaded Logo propagate out?