Microsoft has unveiled a redesigned Copilot experience that brings chat, office software, coding and AI agents together in one workspace. The company says users will be able not only to ask questions, but also to delegate tasks and build tools for their work.
Three new areas
Home is presented as the main workspace. Microsoft says it brings Chat and Cowork together: Chat is for quick questions and drafting, while Cowork is intended for longer tasks that users can delegate. Users will also be able to create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in Copilot.
Code lets users describe an app, tracker, dashboard or automation in natural language. Microsoft says the resulting tools will run in a secure environment and can connect to an organisation’s data.
Autopilot is an agent that can keep working toward a goal set by the user. It can be given a name, role and task; one company example has it coordinating meetings and follow-up work. The feature was previously known as Microsoft Scout.
A phased rollout
The features will not be available to everyone immediately. Microsoft says Home and Code will begin appearing in its Frontier programme in the coming weeks, while Autopilot will expand to private preview at the end of September. The company also says it will charge based on usage for new agent capabilities and advanced models.
Why it matters
The update reflects a broader shift in AI products: from chat interfaces toward workspaces where people create documents, build software tools and hand tasks to agents. How reliably these agents handle real, multi-step work will become clearer as the features reach more users.