AgentsMicrosoft 365 Copilot
A natural fit if your organization already runs on Microsoft 365. Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, with prebuilt agents (Researcher, Analyst) and Autopilot, a persistent background agent announced September 25, 2026 and in private preview. It's a separate product from Copilot Studio (Microsoft's agent builder) and GitHub Copilot (the coding assistant), which have their own profiles.
✓ Last verified October 15, 2026 from official sourcesMicrosoft 365 Copilot $30/user/mo (annual) on top of a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan. Long-running agentic features use usage-based billing.
Organizations already standardized on Microsoft 365. Agents grounded in company email, files and meetings.
Cloud, within the organization's Microsoft 365 tenant. Skill level: Beginner.
What it's great at
- Research across company email, files and meetings (Researcher)
- Spreadsheet analysis (Analyst)
- Internal agents built in Copilot Studio
What it can do
- Agent Mode is the default editing experience in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Researcher (cited multi-step research) and Analyst (data analysis with Python)
- Includes basic agent building for internal use. Publishing agents externally needs Copilot Studio (separate profile).
Example tasks to try
- "Research what customers said about pricing in last quarter's meetings."
- In Excel: "Find the three biggest cost drivers and chart them."
- A Copilot Studio agent that answers IT help-desk questions.
Start in 5 minutes
- Ask your admin whether you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license
- Open Copilot Chat and try the Researcher agent on one question
- For custom agents, start a free trial of Copilot Studio
Go to Microsoft's official page →
Watch out for
Licensing is per user on top of Microsoft 365, and agentic features may use usage-based billing.
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Microsoft's full lineup
- Microsoft 365 CopilotA natural fit if your organization already runs on Microsoft 365.
- Microsoft Copilot StudioMicrosoft's agent builder, separate from M365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.
- GitHub Copilot (agent mode, cloud agent & CLI)CODINGThe most widely used AI coding tool, built into GitHub and most editors.
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Official sources
- Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing
- Copilot Studio pricing
- Official blog: Home, Code and Autopilot
- Researcher & Analyst GA
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