Microsoft 365 Copilot, the rebranded name for the enterprise-focused version of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, is getting new features. It was announced on Monday that the tech giant is introducing various improvements to Microsoft 365 apps as well as a new Copilot Pages feature. The latter is a multiplayer AI feature that allows different users to collaborate on a project. Additionally, CoPilot agents, purpose-specific mini chatbots, are also being launched for Microsoft’s enterprise customers. The company also highlighted that more new features will be introduced in the next two months.
Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot gets new features
In a blog post, the company detailed the new features of business-focused Copilot. Among them, Copilot Pages is a unique feature that allows enterprise users to collaborate. Users can create a shared space where both Copilots and humans can add and edit information for a project.
To use it, customers can open Copilot and run a query. The response can be opened as a separate page that other organization users can access. Once added, they can use it as a Word page and add tables, links, text, and images. Users can also prompt Copilot to add information. Microsoft said the feature is currently available in beta for select businesses and will be generally available later this month.
Additionally, various Microsoft 365 apps are also getting new AI features. For example, Copilot in Excel with Python will allow users who don’t know coding to run advanced analytics like forecasting, risk analysis, machine learning functions, and more. All this can be done by typing natural language prompts on the chatbot. It is also available in public preview.
Microsoft PowerPoint is getting a Narrative Builder feature that uses Copilot to create the first draft of a presentation with a single prompt. It can create an outline with editable themes. Additionally, the company said that in the future, users will be able to add files to the outline to let the AI generate more sophisticated drafts.
Co-Pilot in Teams can now process conversations in spoken words and written text in chat and combine them to generate a more accurate transcript. Outlook is also getting a Prioritization feature that will analyze the inbox to show emails that require immediate action by the user. In the future, users will be able to teach Copilot about specific topics, keywords, or important people. Any emails containing them will be marked as high priority. This feature will be available later this year.
Later this month, Copilot in Microsoft Word will let users reference documents as well as emails and meetings. Users can run a simple prompt to ask the AI to pull references from these sources to prepare a draft. OneDrive is also getting an AI feature that can process all the files saved on the cloud server to help users find what they’re looking for.
Finally, Copilot agents are finally being made available to enterprise users. These can be thought of as mini chatbots that can be programmed to perform a specific function. Chatbots can also be customized with specific datasets to ensure the output is accurate and relevant. These are autonomous agents, which do not require users to repeatedly send signals to perform a task.
