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Microsoft 365 Copilot

18 posts about Microsoft 365 Copilot from Simon Carter.

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Workplace AI

Microsoft moves M365 Copilot Business CSP usage-based billing default to 1 December 2026 and confirms 4,000-credit spending cap

Microsoft has pushed the CSP usage-based billing default date to 1 December 2026 and confirmed a 4,000 Copilot Credits/user/month spending cap.

5 October 2026
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Workplace AI

Copilot in SharePoint is now generally available: here's what changed and what admins must do before 1 November 2026

Copilot in SharePoint hit GA on 30 September 2026, bringing new features, a split billing model, and a PowerShell deadline admins cannot ignore.

5 October 2026
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Security & Governance

Microsoft is forcing the Copilot URL change in early October 2026: here's what IT admins need to check now

Microsoft completes its Copilot redirect to copilot.cloud.microsoft in early October 2026. Blocked domains mean user lockouts. Here's what to fix.

1 October 2026
Microsoft Copilot's new Autopilot agent interface, showing a named persistent AI agent with its own identity and workspace within Microsoft 365
Workplace AI

Microsoft abandons the consumer chatbot race and rebuilds Copilot around enterprise agents

Microsoft merges consumer and business Copilot into one enterprise product, adds Autopilot: a persistent AI agent, and launches managed app hosting.

25 September 2026
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Agents & Automation

Microsoft Autopilot enters private preview as a persistent background agent inside M365

Microsoft's renamed Scout agent, now called Autopilot, gets its own identity, memory, and workspace inside M365: and keeps working when you log off.

25 September 2026
Microsoft Learn documentation page for usage-based billing and Cost Management for Copilot Credits in the Microsoft 365 admin centre.
Workplace AI

New Microsoft 365 Copilot Business purchases will include automatic usage-based billing from 19 October 2026

From 19 October 2026, new Copilot Business licences include default usage-based billing for agentic AI. Admins need to act before then.

22 September 2026
Microsoft Learn documentation banner for deploying the unified Microsoft Copilot application
Workplace AI

Microsoft's unified Copilot desktop app rolls out to commercial customers from mid-September 2026

The single Copilot app merging consumer and M365 Copilot hits Windows and Mac from mid-September 2026. Here's what IT admins need to do now.

12 September 2026
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Business Apps & Low-Code

Microsoft lets you build full-stack business apps through conversation in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio

Microsoft's new app-building experience lets you describe a business app in plain language and deploy it without writing code, grounded in your org's data.

12 September 2026
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Consumer AI

Copilot group chat, podcasts and deep research reach end-of-life on 18 August 2026

Three consumer Copilot features hit hard end-of-life on 18 August 2026. Here is what is deleted, what survives, and what it costs you.

18 August 2026
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Consumer AI

Microsoft Copilot retires Deep Research, Podcasts, and Group Chat for free users on 18 August 2026

Three free Copilot features are being cut on 18 August 2026. Here's what you need to save, what it costs to keep Deep Research, and what's changing.

14 August 2026
Microsoft Copilot unified app interface showing the new icon and combined personal and work account experience
Workplace AI

Microsoft merges its consumer and business Copilot apps into one product

From 13 August 2026, Microsoft is rolling out a single unified Copilot app: with three consumer features deleted on 18 August.

13 August 2026
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Security & Governance

OpenAI is now a subprocessor inside Microsoft 365 Copilot: and the toggle was auto-enabled on 24 July 2026

GPT-5.6 runs under OpenAI as a subprocessor in M365 Copilot. The admin toggle auto-enabled 24 July 2026 unless you'd already said no.

6 August 2026
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Workplace AI

Copilot Business pricing locks in at $21 on July 1: what SMBs need to know

The Copilot Business promotional price of $18/user/month ends June 30. Here's what the new pricing means and whether the bundles make sense for your team.

Updated 1 August 2026
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Workplace AI

Copilot Cowork is now generally available: what you get on day one

Microsoft's agentic AI assistant Copilot Cowork hit GA on June 16, 2026, with nine launch plugins, $0.01/credit pricing, and a July 1 billing grace period for Frontier customers.

Updated 29 July 2026
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Workplace AI

Claude Opus 4.8 is now in Microsoft 365 Copilot — here's what changes for you

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 arrives in Microsoft 365 Copilot on day one, expanding to Copilot Chat, Excel, PowerPoint, and Copilot Studio with stronger reasoning and Work IQ grounding.

Updated 9 July 2026
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Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 prices rise up to 43% from July 1 as Copilot features move into the base price

Microsoft's July 2026 pricing update bundles Copilot Chat, extra storage, and security tools into most M365 plans, with price rises of 5–43%.

5 July 2026
Microsoft Learn documentation portal logo for Microsoft 365 admin and Copilot deployment pages
Workplace AI

Microsoft is auto-installing the Copilot app on your work PCs again — here's what IT admins need to do now

Microsoft resumed automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on commercial Windows PCs from June 4, with waves running to July 1. Act fast to opt out.

4 June 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets a Major Redesign: Faster, Cleaner, and Actually Useful

Microsoft has redesigned the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience across all M365 apps, with faster load times, smarter context, and a cleaner interface.

28 May 2026

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