In recent weeks we have anticipated the arrival of Windows Copilot in Windows 11, a digital assistant integrated and evolved largely based on artificial intelligence solutions developed by Microsoft. In view of the release of Windows 11 23H2, the eagerly awaited update for the Redmond company’s latest operating system, the term “Windows” drops to make way for “Microsoft”. Microsoft CopilotIn fact, it does not want to limit itself to Windows alone but rather propose itself as an omnipresent platform, horizontally available in all the products of the company led by Satya Nadella.
Microsoft Copilot is described as the “flywheel” for looking to a new era inartificial intelligence, which – in turn – is profoundly changing our relationship with technology. This new technology takes advantage of the convergence between chat interfaces and Large Language Models (LLM) allowing users to express their requests in natural language and receive intelligent, relevant, correct and exhaustive answers. Microsoft Copilot serves as virtual assistant daily, ready to help with a wide range of tasks.
The birth of Microsoft Copilot and its distinctive features
So far, Microsoft has integrated AI-based virtual assistants into its most used and popular products. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and chief consumer marketing officer, recalls the addition of smart assistants in GitHub, to make programming faster and more efficient; in Microsoft 365, to improve productivity in the workplace; in Bing and Edge, to reinvent online search.
A distinctive feature of Microsoft Copilot is instead its ability to incorporate context and “intelligence” deriving from the Web, data relating to work activities and task being developed on the PC, in real time. This is a completely new “soul” compared to the previous Microsoft offering which allows the new tool to ensure more accurate and relevant assistance.
The experience with Microsoft Copilot will be simple and fluid, according to the technicians of the Redmond company, available on Windows 11, Microsoft 365 and in the web browser with Edge and Bing. The assistant, which presents itself in the same way regardless of the applications used, can present itself as an app or appear on request with a simple right-click.
Over time, Microsoft Copilot will gain new features and integrations as it adapts to the way users work and ties in with an ever-wider range of software.
What is Microsoft 365 Copilot
While Microsoft Copilot debuts with the launch of the final version of Windows 11 23H2, expected on September 26th, corporate customers of the Redmond giant will be able to benefit from a special version of the assistant. It’s about Microsoft 365 Copilota product usable from November 1, 2023, which together with Microsoft 365 Chat, a new assistant based on artificial intelligence, will revolutionize the way we work.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will be reserved for professional users who have activated certain plans: in this case the add-on will not be free and its subscription fee will be added to that of Microsoft 365. Provided that users are interested in using it.
What Microsoft 365 Copilot allows you to do
With Microsoft 365 Copilot, business users can summarize documents or entrust the creation of emails to the AI-based assistant. The tool can, for example, create Word projects ex new using information from other files or offer highlights extracted in real time from Teams meetings. It can also explain how you accomplished a certain goal with a Excel sheet after the user has requested the viewing of certain data or the processing of projections.
The new AI assistant for business users it goes beyond simple questions and answers: it is capable of understanding the user in depth, their work, priorities and the organization in which they operate. Has access to corporate dataincluding emails, meetings, chats, documents and more so you can tackle complex tasks quickly and efficiently.
Fully integrated into applications Microsoft 365including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, the AI assistant is easily accessible and usable within the applications that professionals use every day for their work.
Jared Spataro, corporate vice president, modern work and business applications, ensures that Microsoft 365 Copilot is built on business-focused capabilities. safety corporate, to privacy and maximum compliance. In fact, all data processing takes place within the tenant of the company’s Microsoft 365, ensuring that company data is protected, while complying with privacy regulations.