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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents

We are introducing Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation, with three key updates. From enterprises to small businesses, they help Copilot get better every day. Nearly 1,000 customers have given us direct feedback on Copilot, and we’ve made more than 700 product updates based on that feedback.

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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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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 December 4, 2013

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Welcome to the cloud: Peel School District moves to Office 365

On Monday, we announced the availability of Student Advantage, which enables schools and universities licensing Office 365 ProPlus or Office Professional Plus for staff and faculty to extend the service to students at no additional cost. We also mentioned a new education customer has recently turned to Office 365, and today we're happy to officially share more details.

Published December 2, 2013

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Student perspective: How college senior Kara Page prepares for the working world with Office

A conversation with Kara Page, a college senior majoring in biochemistry, who's been using Office since she was 13 years old and can't imagine life without tools like Word, OneNote, PowerPoint and Excel helping her through college.

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Published December 2, 2013

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What’s New: November 2013

Learn What's New with Office 365 for the month of November, including updates major updates to the Office Web Apps, mobile enhancements across SharePoint, Yammer and Office 365 admin, and more! Let us know your favorite new feature in the comments.

Published November 21, 2013

5 min read

Introducing Office 365 Message Encryption: Send encrypted emails to anyone!

Today we're announcing Office 365 Message Encryption! This service will help customers who need to securely send email to people outside of their organization. Read on to learn how the service works and more!

Published November 19, 2013

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Real-time co-authoring in the Excel Web App: Why and how we did it

Recently, we released some exciting new features in the Excel Web App. One of the highlights is real-time co-authoring, which can change the way people work together on spreadsheets by allowing simultaneous collaboration. Here’s why we did it and how we made it happen.

Published November 12, 2013

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Top 10 things you didn’t know about OneNote

Check out this post for a list of the top 10 things you (and I) didn't know about OneNote.

Published November 6, 2013

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Microsoft Office declares Get it Done Day!

Microsoft Office is declaring November 7 "Get it Done Day"--a day intended to shine a light on how busy people all over the world are using Office 365 and productivity tools to get the job done.

Published November 6, 2013

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What’s new in the Word Web App?

Wouldn't it be great to have the power and dependability of Word anytime, anywhere? The Word Web App is an online, free version of Word that extends the Office experience you already know and love into a real-time collaboration experience. We've been busy making the Word Web App even better, and we're excited to show you what we've been working on.

Published November 5, 2013

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Ali’s Yammer Moment: Connecting global employees to drive sustainability initiatives

Ali Kenney is the Director of Sustainability at Burton Snowboards. Yammer gives her a platform to generate buy-in for environmental initiatives so she can help change the world. Watch the video to hear her story...

Published November 4, 2013

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An improved Message Center

Read on to learn how the message center is improving to make messages more relevant for you and your organization.

Published October 28, 2013

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Office 365 compliance controls: Data Loss Prevention

When was the last time you read your company's handbook containing all the communication policies? Learn how you can achieve compliance without disrupting your routine or your colleagues'. Last weeks blog post explained the two dimensions of Office 365 security, compliance, and privacy: built-in capabilities and customer controls. This post focuses on a key customer controls in compliance: data loss prevention (DLP).

Published October 21, 2013

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Windows 8.1 Pro for small and medium sized business

Few factors can have as much of an impact on a small or medium-sized business than what technology a company deploys to its employees. For many organizations, this can be one of their most significant expenses, to the tune of $24 Billion in productivity annually, and results in many becoming the involuntary IT manager at