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Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users (Wave 2 Spring release)
We are excited to introduce Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release updates to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—the starting place for AI at work. Designed for the new AI-first way of working, these updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users include:
- Copilot Search: AI-powered enterprise search that helps users find information quickly.
- Agent Store: Easily find, pin, and use a range of agents.
- Simplified Copilot Chat experience: Quick access to chat history, Copilot Pages, and agents, with collapsible navigation pane.
- Updated Create experience: Modify or customize images using GPT-4o and organization-approved brand guidelines.
- Copilot Notebooks: Turn notes, documents, and work data into immediate insights and actions and ground chats in it.
- Memory and personalization: Copilot will improve its ability to analyze your work preferences using chats, work profile, custom instructions and more.
We are excited to introduce Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release updates to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—the starting place for AI at work. Designed for the new AI-first way of working, these updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users include:
- Copilot Search: AI-powered enterprise search that helps users find information quickly.
- Agent Store: Easily find, pin, and use a range of agents.
- Simplified Copilot Chat experience: Quick access to chat history, Copilot Pages, and agents, with collapsible navigation pane.
- Updated Create experience: Modify or customize images using GPT-4o and organization-approved brand guidelines.
- Copilot Notebooks: Turn notes, documents, and work data into immediate insights and actions and ground chats in it.
- Memory and personalization: Copilot will improve its ability to analyze your work preferences using chats, work profile, custom instructions and more.
These updates will provide a more streamlined and productive experience, helping to ensure that users have the tools they need to leverage AI effectively at work. Learn more about this announcement: https://aka.ms/NewM365CopilotApp
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490155
When will this happen
- Targeted Release (Web, Windows): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late-May 2025.
- General Availability (Web, mobile, Windows): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by end of June 2025.
How will this affect your organization
Licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users will notice the following changes to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app:
1. Refreshed Navigation Pane – The Microsoft 365 Copilot app’s left navigation pane now provides users with quick access to essential modules such as Search, Chat, Notebooks, Create, and Apps. Users can pin or unpin apps and agents to customize their workspace. Users can also install Microsoft 365 apps to their desktop using the Install button in the Apps module. Notifications for Copilot asynchronous activity will be indicated by toast notifications and bubble icons in the navigation pane.
New modules:
2. Notebooks – Copilot can ground on the contents of a user’s notebook, to give them more relevant, contextualized responses based on prompts. Users can gather information from chats, meetings, pages, and files, as well as organize and store important documents, notes, and tasks.
Existing modules:
3. Search – With this update, Search replaces the Home module. Search will have a refreshed experience displaying key files in dedicated sections for easier access and a search bar to help them quickly find what they need. Users can also view Copilot generated summaries by hovering over files like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDFs. Towards the end of CYQ2, the Search will be enhanced with Copilot Search, helping users connect to dozens of first- and third-party apps for fast, relevant results and rich, context-aware answers from across the organization.
4. Chat – Chat has been streamlined for a simplified experience with an updated collapsable left navigation pane for quick access to chat history, Copilot Pages, agents, and the Agent Store located underneath Chat. Additionally, the input box is moving to the center of the UI with prompt suggestions found below it. Users can also use the Copilot key or Win + C shortcut on Windows 11 devices to open Chat and invoke the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
5. Create – The updated Create experience incorporates prompt templates, brand kits, and generative AI such as GPT-4o for image generation to help users create and edit content like visuals, video, text, and surveys.
Mobile: Below are changes specific to the mobile app experience.
- Navigation pane – Users will see the Search, Chat, and Create modules pinned to the bottom of the app. Users can access other modules (like Pages, Agents, Chats, Apps, and Notebooks) through the new navigation hamburger menu in the top left of the UI.
- Create – The Scan, Extract, and Dictate flows from the Capture module have been merged into the Create module for a one-stop destination for all creation flows in the app.
What do you need to do to prepare
The update to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will occur automatically by the specified dates, requiring no admin action before the rollout. However, it is advisable to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation to ensure a smooth transition.
Admins can manage Microsoft 365 Copilot app scenarios with the following controls.
| Setting | Setting Description | Settings Documentation |
| Web search | Ability to manage Chat eligibility, access to Chat, Chat pinning, web search queries, availability in-apps, and managing access. | Managing web search: Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Microsoft Learn |
| Agents | Admins can manage agents for Copilot in the same way they manage other apps in the Integrated apps section of the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Admins can enable, disable, assign, block, or remove agents for their organization, and manage Copilot capabilities and data privacy | See settings configurations here: Manage agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Integrated Apps – Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn |
| Notebooks | Ability to manage Copilot Notebooks, consisting of content stored in user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers, using the same admin on/off switch as Copilot Pages. Both Notebooks and Pages use Loop components. | See settings configurations here: Manage Loop components in your organization | Microsoft Learn |
| Pages | Ability to manage Copilot Pages, .loop files stored in a user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers, using an admin on/off switch | See settings configurations here: Manage Loop components in your organization | Microsoft Learn |
| Copilot Key and Windows + C shortcut | Admins can map the Copilot key to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. | Use policy to map the Copilot Key: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/manage-windows-copilot#policies-to-manage-the-copilot-key |
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