Latest updates on Microsoft Copilot, summarised and linked back to the knowledge base. Subscribe via RSS.
Copilot Studio gains natural-language app building alongside agents and workflows, rolling out in public preview; the same capability lands in Copilot Cowork as an /app skill, currently gated behind the Microsoft Frontier program. You describe the outcome, data and users, Copilot generates an app scaffold you can iterate on in conversation or inspect as code.
Fabric data agents are generally available inside Copilot Studio, so an agent can query Fabric data directly. Worth knowing before anyone builds a bespoke connector to do the same job.
On testing what an agent actually knows and closing the gaps, using SPFx dev skills as the worked example. Useful if you're past the demo stage and into whether the thing is reliable.
From September 2026 Microsoft is folding the Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse roadmaps into the single AI at Work roadmap, so upcoming capabilities, rollout progress and adoption planning all sit in one place. If you've been tracking the separate release-plan sites, that's where they're heading.
Second part of the Teams agent series, this one on keeping an agent useful in a noisy channel rather than making it another source of noise. Practical design guidance, not marketing.
Developer tools for Work IQ are in preview — the layer that gives agents access to work context across Microsoft 365. Early, but it's where the extensibility story is heading.
Power BI insights are being surfaced to Copilot users generally, not just people who live in Power BI. Changes who you need to think about when you set up row-level security.
The unified manifest has reached general availability for Office add-ins, so Teams apps, add-ins and Copilot extensions now share one packaging format instead of three. If you're still shipping the old XML manifest, this is the point to plan the move.
First part of the dev-blog series on building agents that live inside Teams conversations, covering how to turn a thread into a concrete action rather than another chat window.
SharePoint Copilot Apps in public preview: turning intent into an app surface inside Microsoft 365 Copilot. Preview, so expect the shape to move.
A prebuilt Onboarding Agent lands in Dynamics 365 Human Resources to walk new starters through their first days. Relevant only if the client runs D365 HR, but it's another packaged agent to fold into licensing and governance planning.
Microsoft is aiming Copilot in Excel squarely at finance work, building on the Frontier programme. If you advise finance teams, look at how it handles structured models and whether its outputs are auditable enough for their controls.
Copilot Cowork — the agent that works across files and tasks — is out of the Frontier preview and generally available. GA puts it in scope for production rollouts, so fold it into adoption and governance planning rather than treating it as experimental.
Scout is a new always-on personal agent embedded across the Microsoft 365 apps and grounded in the user's flow of work. Watch how it overlaps with existing Copilot surfaces and what admin controls govern it before it reaches tenants.
Work IQ — the intelligence layer that models how work happens across a tenant — now exposes APIs, so custom agents and integrations can build on that signal. Relevant if you're building Copilot extensions or agents that need organisational context.
New Microsoft 365 Business SKUs ship with Copilot built in (from 1 July), aimed at small business. Check the licensing maths against standalone Copilot add-ons before recommending a path for smaller clients.
Copilot's app and its presence across Microsoft 365 apps got a visual refresh: cleaner layout, faster load, more consistent placement. No functional or licensing change, but screenshots and training material in adoption decks will now look dated.
Computer-using agents reached general availability in Copilot Studio, alongside a redesigned workflows canvas and Work IQ extensibility. GA changes the support and SLA conversation for anyone already piloting CUA-based automation.
April's Copilot Studio update adds tighter agent governance controls, a revamped workflow experience with connected-app actions, and a bigger agent usage estimator, useful ammunition for governance and cost-forecasting conversations.