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Microsoft 365 Copilot: New audio overviews for Word and PDF files in Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon offer AI-generated audio overviews for Word documents, PDF files, and Teams meeting recordings stored in OneDrive. This feature requires a Copilot license and will be available globally from early to late May 2025. Users can choose between summary and podcast styles for the audio overviews.
Coming soon: With the new Generate an audio overview option, users can listen to AI-generated audio overviews that summarize or discuss the contents of Microsoft Word documents, PDF files, and Microsoft Teams meeting recordings with transcripts that are stored in OneDrive.
A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 478649.
When this will happen:
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025.
How this will affect your organization:
After this rollout, users can access the new feature in OneDrive by going to a Word document, PDF, or Teams meeting recording with transcript, selecting the Copilot icon, and choosing Generate an audio overview:
The floating, draggable audio player will launch and after a little while, the audio overview will play:
This feature will be available by default.
What you need to do to prepare:
You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. These features are available to users with a Copilot license.
Audio overviews will play in a summary style by default (one person, professional, and succinct). If desired, users can switch to Podcast style from the three-dot menu for a longer, two-person, more casual discussion of the content of their files:
Review the following resource to understand how to manage Microsoft 365 Copilot access within your organization:
You can manage Copilot for specific apps or users through either the Microsoft 365 Admin center or Group Policy.
Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.
Message ID: MC1060872
