Microsoft 365 Blog

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New agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot unlock business value

Microsoft Copilot is already helping individual employees boost productivity, creativity and time savings. With the announcements at Microsoft Build 2024, we’re delivering an entirely new set of capabilities that unlock Copilot’s ability to drive bottom-line business results for every organization.

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Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work

For our fourth annual Work Trend Index, out today, we partnered with LinkedIn for the first time on a joint report so we could provide a comprehensive view of how AI is not only reshaping work, but the labor market more broadly.

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Bringing Copilot to more customers worldwide—across life and work

Continuing our vision for Microsoft Copilot to bring the power of generative AI to everyone across work and life, we’re expanding availability and purchase options for individuals and organizations and bringing new value to Copilot Pro subscribers.

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Introducing Microsoft Copilot for Finance: Transform finance with next-generation AI in Microsoft 365

We’re announcing the public preview of Microsoft Copilot for Finance, a game-changer for finance professionals and the newest role-based extension of Microsoft Copilot. Microsoft Copilot for Finance is a momentous leap forward, specifically crafted to revolutionize the daily grind of well-known financial processes.

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Expanding Copilot for Microsoft 365 to businesses of all sizes

We are updating our Microsoft Copilot product line-up with a new Copilot Pro subscription for individuals; expanding Copilot for Microsoft 365 availability to small and medium-sized businesses; and announcing no seat minimum for commercial plans.

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The right way to AI: what we’re learning from customers

We want to help everyone navigate this new world of work. At Microsoft, we’re taking a learn-it-all approach with Copilot, working alongside our customers and employees to understand what the organizations getting the most value out of Copilot are doing right.

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Microsoft Copilot for Sales and Copilot for Service are now generally available

Microsoft is dedicated to helping organizations transform the way people work using secure, enterprise-grade AI capabilities, no matter which business applications teams depend on. Starting today, you can seamlessly integrate role-specific Copilot capabilities into Microsoft 365 applications and popular customer relationship management (CRM) and contact center systems for sales and customer service professionals.

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Introducing Microsoft Copilot Studio and new features in Copilot for Microsoft 365 

At Microsoft Ignite 2023, we are announcing new innovations across Microsoft Copilot—one copilot experience that runs across all our surfaces, understanding your context on the web, on your PC, and at work to bring the right skills to you when you need them across work and life.

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Announcing Microsoft Copilot Studio: Customize Copilot for Microsoft 365 and build your own standalone copilots

At Microsoft Ignite 2023, we’re excited to announce Microsoft Copilot Studio, a low-code tool to customize Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and build standalone copilots.

Recent articles

Published March 16, 2017

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Graph math equations with Ink math assistant in OneNote for Windows 10

Ink math assistant can now draw graphs of your equations in OneNote for Windows 10!

Published March 14, 2017

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Microsoft Teams rolls out to Office 365 customers worldwide

Today, during a global webcast from Microsoft headquarters, we announced that Microsoft Teams—the chat-based workspace in Office 365—is now generally available in 181 markets and in 19 languages.

Published March 10, 2017

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Introducing the new Office 365 profile experience

Office 365 introduces an extended profile card experience to enhance the way users collaborate with people and get things done.

Published March 8, 2017

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Deploy your SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure

SharePoint Server 2016 in Microsoft Azure is designed to leverage faster provisioning of servers allowing you to take your first step in hosting a server-based IT workload in the cloud. Our support articles help you plan, design, test and deploy SharePoint farms in Azure.

Published March 6, 2017

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New in Access 2016—Large Number (BigInt) support

The Large Number data type provides additional analytical capability and deepens the integration experience when users are importing/linking BigInt data. —Read on to learn more.

Published March 6, 2017

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Moving to the cloud with confidence—Deutsche Börse Group chooses Office 365

Deutsche Börse Group, the leading stock exchange in Germany and one of the largest exchange organizations worldwide, impressed with Microsoft’s regulatory compliance support, adopts Office 365.

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Published March 1, 2017

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Visio Online—anywhere, anytime access to your diagrams

We’re excited to announce Microsoft Visio Online, which enables users to share and view Visio diagrams in high fidelity from almost any device using their favorite browser. In addition, we're releasing JavaScript APIs to help developers extend Visio Online capabilities for specific user needs. —Read on to learn more.

Published March 1, 2017

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Outlook 2016 for Mac adds support for Google Calendar and Contacts

Today, Outlook 2016 for Mac is adding support for Google Calendar and Contacts—available first to our Office Insider Fast community.

Published February 27, 2017

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eBay makes a bid for flexibility in the workplace using Office 365

“At eBay, we were built on the belief that we can empower and connect people to create more opportunity, specifically through commerce. Within our own company, we’ve mirrored that same belief by leveraging technology and tools that enable our employees to easily connect and collaborate with one another.”

Published February 23, 2017

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SharePoint Framework reaches general availability—build and deploy engaging web parts today

The SharePoint Framework lets developers take advantage of up-to-date developer practices, tools and libraries to help them build more engaging, mobile-ready user experiences at a rapid pace. Today, we’ve reached the general availability milestone of SharePoint Framework—allowing developers and administrators to build and deploy parts that are used by Office 365 users in their production environments.

Published February 22, 2017

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Willis Towers Watson—increasing business agility with global commitment to Office 365

“Willis Towers Watson drives business performance for our clients by helping them unlock potential. We aim to do the same for our global workforce. The Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 solution provides the advanced enterprise security, collaboration and intelligence from Office 365, which our colleagues can use to drive business results.”

Published February 13, 2017

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Work smarter, not harder with Office 365—free live demos with Q&A

Join us for our demo series, where we’ll show you how to expand the digital capabilities of your team with the latest apps including Office Graph, Microsoft Delve, MyAnalytics and Microsoft Teams.