Overview
AI assistant in Microsoft 365, search, and Windows
Best for: M365 document drafting; Excel analysis; Teams meeting summaries; email composition; Windows assistant
At a glance
Pricing
- Difficulty
- Beginner-friendly
- Time to productivity
- 5 min
- Privacy
- High
- Learning curve
- Instant
Ideal for
Key capabilities
Works with
- Text
- images
- code
- documents
- presentations
Outputs
- Text
- images
- M365 docs (Word/Excel/PPT)
Mobile access
How to use Microsoft Copilot on phones and tablets.
- Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).
Free Tier
Copilot chat; web browsing; basic image creation via Designer; limited GPT-4 access
Limits: Limited boosts/day for GPT-4; basic image limits; no M365 integration on free
When to upgrade: M365 integration needed; enterprise features; higher GPT-4 limits; Copilot in Teams/Excel/Word
Technical Details
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