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.
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Microsoft
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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.
Workplace AI
Microsoft is building one Copilot app to replace all the others
Microsoft is unifying its fragmented Copilot tools into a single super app with chat, GitHub Copilot, Cowork, Autopilot, and a new proactive agent called Scout.
Security & Governance
Copilot Credits cost controls are here: what IT admins need to know about Work IQ GA billing
Work IQ API hits GA on June 16 with consumption-based Copilot Credits billing. Here's what admins must configure before agents start running up charges.
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.
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%.
Business Apps & Low-Code
Microsoft Power Apps MCP server is now in public preview — AI agents inside your business apps, with humans in control
Microsoft's Power Apps MCP Server brings AI agents into model-driven apps with human-in-the-loop supervision, automated data entry, and a redesigned agent feed.
Developer Tools & APIs
Microsoft Work IQ API is now generally available: what it does, what it costs, and what you need to do
Microsoft's Work IQ API reached GA on June 16, bringing an agent-ready intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 with consumption-based Copilot Credits billing.
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.
Developer Tools & APIs
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows Agent Framework Goes Open Source, Project Polaris Takes Aim at GitHub Copilot's Future
Microsoft open-sourced its Windows Agent Framework, unveiled Project Polaris to replace GPT-4 Turbo in Copilot, and shipped Copilot Workspace as GA at Build 2026.
Models & Assistants
Microsoft builds its own AI models: MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1 explained
Microsoft unveiled seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, cutting reliance on OpenAI with its own reasoning and coding models.
Agents & Automation
Microsoft IQ is now generally available: one context layer to ground all your agents
Microsoft IQ — combining Work IQ, Fabric IQ, and the new Web IQ — is now GA across GitHub Copilot, Foundry, and Copilot Studio.
Agents & Automation
Microsoft Scout is the first Autopilot: an always-on agent that works without being asked
At Build 2026, Microsoft launched Autopilots — always-on autonomous agents with their own Entra identity. Microsoft Scout is first.
Consumer AI
Microsoft Copilot Health is now in preview for U.S. Microsoft 365 subscribers
Copilot Health entered public preview on May 29, 2026, giving eligible U.S. Microsoft 365 subscribers AI-powered health insights, wearable data, and EHR access.
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.
Agents & Automation
Copilot Studio computer-using agents are now generally available — plus new workflows and voice updates
Microsoft's Copilot Studio CUA feature hits GA, letting agents operate any UI like a human, with new workflow tools and real-time voice now live too.
Agents & Automation
Copilot Cowork is now on iOS and Android — delegate work from anywhere, finish it everywhere
Microsoft's Copilot Cowork AI task delegation tool is now available on iOS and Android, letting users hand off work from mobile and pick it up on desktop.
Workplace AI
Microsoft 365 E7 is now generally available: what the Frontier suite means for your organisation
Microsoft's first new enterprise licence tier since 2015 bundles E5, Copilot, Entra Suite, and Agent 365 into one platform at $99/user/month.
Security & Governance
Microsoft Agent 365 is now generally available, and it wants to find the AI tools your IT team doesn't know about
Microsoft Agent 365 is now GA at $15/user/month, with preview tools to discover and manage shadow AI agents running on employee devices.
Workplace AI
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index: The real barrier to AI value isn't the technology
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index finds organisational culture, not tools or people, is what's holding back real AI value — and agents are changing what work looks like.
Models & Assistants
Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 on Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft's new in-house AI models for speech, voice, and image generation are now in public preview on Microsoft Foundry — here's what they do and who they're for.
Agents & Automation
Copilot Cowork is now available in Microsoft's Frontier Program
Microsoft's AI execution layer for Microsoft 365, built with Anthropic, has expanded to broader availability through the Frontier early-access program.
Workplace AI
Microsoft is removing free Copilot Chat from Office apps — here's what changes in April 2026
Microsoft is reversing its September 2025 decision to offer free Copilot Chat inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with changes taking effect April 15, 2026.
Security & Governance
Microsoft's RSAC 2026 Security Announcements: Agent 365, Zero Trust for AI, and What It All Means
Microsoft announced Agent 365, ZT4AI, and a sweeping set of security updates at RSAC 2026 to help enterprises secure the rise of agentic AI.
Security & Governance
Microsoft launches Zero Trust for AI: a security framework built for the age of autonomous agents
Microsoft has released Zero Trust for AI — new tools, architecture, and guidance for securing AI systems across the full lifecycle, from data to agents.
Workplace AI
Microsoft 365 Copilot February 2026: What's New and What It Means for Your Team
Microsoft's February 2026 Copilot update brings AI agents, mobile widgets, SharePoint grounding, and new admin controls across Microsoft 365.