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 September 9, 2015

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Office updates for the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2

Today Apple announced the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2. We’ve developed a number of new features for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook and Translator to take advantage of these enhancements. This post provides an overview of some of the most useful new features, including multitasking, inking, intelligent search, wireless keyboard support and updates to Outlook and Translator on the Apple Watch.

Published September 2, 2015

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Firm improves service and reduces costs with Microsoft Office 365

Greater mobile productivity, increased collaboration and cost savings—Office 365 allows DeKalb Mechanical to service more customers with less down time between calls, resulting in greater customer satisfaction and an increase in customer revenue for DeKalb.

Published August 31, 2015

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We’re making our in-house legal software—Matter Center for Office 365—available broadly

Matter Center for Office 365, a tool that allows legal professionals to organize legal matters and collaborate on documents within the familiar Office 365 tools they use most, is becoming available to legal professionals at law firms and in-house departments of all sizes.

Published August 31, 2015

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Introducing Office UI Fabric—your key to designing add-ins for Office

Office UI Fabric is a responsive, mobile-first, front-end framework designed to make it simple to quickly create web experiences using the Office Design Language.

Published August 20, 2015

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Working with external data in Excel 2016 for Mac

Excel 2016 for Mac adds native support for ODBC data connections and an all new Connection Manager and Microsoft Query to enable you to build, share and use workbooks that work on both Windows and Mac right out of the box.

Published August 20, 2015

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Make your own custom shapes in PowerPoint

Shapes can be used to add interest to a presentation, to emphasize a point, or just to make your presentation look a bit more exciting. PowerPoint’s shapes are great because you can format them with colors, 3-D effects and shadows, and they always look perfect, even when you scale them really large or very small. With just a few simple tricks you can add a little variety and a unique feel to your shapes.

Published August 18, 2015

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Visualize statistics with Histogram, Pareto and Box and Whisker charts

We introduced you to our new chart types across Office 2016 and dove deeper into a few of them. We showed the effectiveness of Waterfall charts in visualizing financial statements and how hierarchical charts show complicated data with multiple levels and categories. Now, we'll take a closer look at the last set of chart types: statistical. —Read about Histogram, Pareto and Box and Whisker charts in Office 2016 for Windows.

Published August 13, 2015

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Optimizing Yammer for teams

Today we’re unveiling a number of exciting changes to Yammer, including a fresh new look and feel that’s designed for teamwork from the ground up. —Read more about Yammer from Juliet Wei.

Published August 13, 2015

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10 little-known keyboard shortcuts for editing in PowerPoint

If you use PowerPoint at work or at home, keyboard shortcuts can be a great time saver. —Read more about some little-known keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint.

Published August 12, 2015

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Managing Office 365 updates

Over the past year, the Office 365 team rolled out over 450 updates, and the pace of change continues unabated. Learn about the improvements we’ve made to help you manage change in Office 365 based on your feedback.

Published August 12, 2015

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New Outlook partner add-ins and expanded rollout of Outlook.com preview

Earlier this year, we announced a preview of the new Outlook.com, featuring a refined inbox, new ways to collaborate, an upgraded calendar and support for partner add-ins, including Uber, PayPal and Boomerang. Today, we're pleased to announce new partnerships with Evernote, Yelp, IFTTT and Wunderlist to deliver solutions for both consumer and commercial Outlook users. In addition, we're expanding the rollout of the new Outlook.com to a broader audience.

Published August 11, 2015

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Breaking down hierarchical data with Treemap and Sunburst charts

Dive deeper into the Treemap and Sunburst charts to help you expand your chart portfolio with new visualizations beyond the classic set of bars and circles.