Microsoft Splits Next-Generation Copilot Into Home, Code, And Autopilot
Microsoft is positioning Copilot as the layer above Office rather than a feature inside it, which puts the company's productivity business and its AI models under the same brand and the same delivery channel.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Microsoft announced a next-generation Copilot built around three core functions: Home, Code, and Autopilot. Home combines the existing Chat with Cowork, which executes complex tasks end to end, and links to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Code lets non-engineers build apps and tools in natural language, using the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot, while Autopilot runs as a persistent agent that works without waiting for instructions.
Home is the portal screen that now holds both Chat and Cowork in one place. Cowork takes a defined task and runs it end to end: drafting responses to requests for proposals, preparing launch kits, building customer briefing materials, producing monthly financial close packages. Microsoft says routing to the right function will eventually happen on its own, without the user picking a mode.
Code uses the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot and runs in a secure sandbox inside the corporate tenant, with generated tools shared as desktop widgets or cloud-hosted apps. Autopilot, formerly Scout, is a persistent agent configured with a name, role, and goals.
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