Microsoft launches revamped Copilot app with chat, coding and Autopilot features
Microsoft unveiled a redesigned Copilot application that combines chat, code generation and an AI assistant called Autopilot, with usage-based pricing and enterprise-grade security.
Microsoft announced the rollout of a redesigned Copilot application that integrates three AI functions—chat, code generation and an AI assistant—into a single interface. The app is organized into Home, Code and Autopilot tabs. The Home tab merges Copilot Chat with the Cowork experience and will include a personalized dashboard for emails, meetings and Teams activity.
The Code tab, built on the same technology as GitHub Copilot, lets users create and share internal apps, trackers or automations that run in a sandboxed, tenant-hosted environment. "Powered by the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot, Code runs in a sandboxed environment and can be hosted securely within your tenant," said Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer of AI at work.
Autopilot, formerly known as Scout, is positioned as a digital teammate that operates in the cloud and can monitor Teams channels, run recurring tasks or handle follow-ups while users are offline. "Autopilot lives in your tenant with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace, and it’s built on Microsoft IQ so it understands how your organization actually works," Spataro added.
Microsoft said the new Copilot will be billed based on usage for the Cowork, Code and Autopilot components, while a standard user subscription will continue to provide Chat and integration with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. Administrators will need to use Microsoft’s FinOps for AI tools to monitor spending and enforce governance.
The Home and Code tabs are slated to reach participants in Microsoft’s Frontier early-access program in the coming weeks, with Autopilot entering private preview later this month. Code will also be previewed for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later in the year.
CEO Satya Nadella described Copilot as a new operating system for work, noting that it aims to shape productivity in the AI era much as Office did for the PC era. "We’re building Copilot as a new OS for work that spans every model, every form factor, and every task," he wrote on X.