As we kick off a brand new yr, we’re thrilled to see individuals more and more utilizing and loving Microsoft Copilot for work and life. Our purpose is to empower each particular person and each group on the planet to realize extra by bringing Copilot, the on a regular basis AI companion, to hundreds of thousands of individuals world wide. Now we have reached one other milestone on this mission with greater than 5 billion chats and greater than 5 billion photos to this point. As Copilot continues to earn choice and utilization, we’re receiving precious suggestions on the way to enhance. Two examples: First, there are a set of Copilot energy customers like creators, researchers, programmers and others who need extra speedy entry to the very newest now we have to supply. And second, our Microsoft 365 clients need entry to Copilot within the Microsoft 365 apps for private use.
To assist deal with these wants, right now we’re delighted to announce extra choices for energy customers, creators and anybody seeking to take their Copilot expertise to the subsequent degree. This begins with the introduction of Copilot Professional, a brand new premium subscription for people that gives the next tier of service for AI capabilities, brings Copilot AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Private and Household subscribers, and new capabilities, corresponding to the power to create Copilot GPTs. We’re additionally saying the final availability of our Copilot app for iOS and Android telephones. Lastly, we’re excited to convey Copilot for Microsoft 365 to extra business clients by increasing the supply to companies of all sizes, together with small- and medium-sized companies, beginning right now.
Introducing Copilot Professional: Supercharge your creativity and productiveness
At the moment we’re saying the supply of Copilot Professional, a brand new subscription that delivers essentially the most superior options and capabilities of Microsoft Copilot to people seeking to supercharge their Copilot expertise. Whether or not you want superior assist with writing, coding, designing, researching or studying, Copilot Professional brings higher efficiency, productiveness and creativity.
Copilot Professional gives:
- A single AI expertise that runs throughout your gadgets, understanding your context on the net, in your PC, throughout your apps and shortly in your cellphone to convey the proper expertise to you if you want them.
- Entry to Copilot in Phrase, Excel[i], PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac and iPad for Microsoft 365 Private and Household subscribers.
- Precedence entry to the very newest fashions – beginning right now with OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. With Copilot Professional you’ll have entry to GPT-4 Turbo throughout peak instances for quicker efficiency and, coming quickly, the power to toggle between fashions to optimize your expertise the way you select.
- Enhanced AI picture creation with Picture Creator from Designer (previously Bing Picture Creator) – guaranteeing it’s quicker with 100 boosts per day whereas bringing you extra detailed picture high quality in addition to panorama picture format.
- The flexibility to construct your personal Copilot GPT – a custom-made Copilot tailor-made for a particular matter – in our new Copilot GPT Builder (coming quickly) with only a easy set of prompts.
You’ll be able to subscribe to Copilot Professional right now for $20 per 30 days/per consumer.
Increasing Copilot for Microsoft 365 to companies of all sizes
Whereas Copilot Professional is our greatest expertise for people, Copilot for Microsoft 365 is our greatest expertise for organizations. Copilot for Microsoft 365 turned typically obtainable for enterprises in November. As we stated earlier this yr, 40% of the Fortune 100 participated in our Early Entry Program, and since GA for enterprise, clients like Visa, BP, Honda, Pfizer, and companions like Accenture, KPMG and PwC are already utilizing Copilot — which implies hundreds of individuals throughout industries and sectors have began working in new methods, with an AI-powered copilot at their facet. At the moment we’re excited to announce that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now obtainable for organizations of all sizes — with no seat minimal. We’re additionally enabling our companions to assist each enterprise turn into AI-powered.
At the moment’s updates embody:
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now typically obtainable for small companies with Microsoft 365 Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Normal Prospects can buy between one and 299 seats for $30 per particular person per 30 days.
- We’re eradicating the 300-seat buy minimal for business plans and making Copilot obtainable for Workplace 365 E3 and E5 clients (A Microsoft 365 license was beforehand required).
- Industrial clients can now buy Copilot for Microsoft 365 by way of our wonderful community of Microsoft Cloud Resolution Supplier companions.
- Final month, we additionally introduced eligibility of Copilot for Microsoft 365 for schooling school and employees.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is much more highly effective for organizations as a result of it really works throughout your whole universe of knowledge at work — together with emails, conferences, chats, paperwork and extra, plus the net. With pure language prompts like “Inform my group how we up to date the product technique,” Copilot can generate a standing replace primarily based on the morning’s conferences, emails and chat threads. Copilot can be built-in into the apps hundreds of thousands of individuals use day by day, together with Microsoft Groups (which isn’t obtainable with Copilot Professional). Copilot jump-starts your creativity in Phrase, analyzes knowledge in Excel, designs displays in PowerPoint, triages your Outlook inbox, summarizes conferences in Groups – whether or not you attended or not – and a lot extra. Backed by enterprise-grade safety, privateness, and compliance, and Microsoft’s Buyer Copyright Dedication, we are able to’t wait to see how companies of all sizes obtain extra utilizing AI. Study extra on the Microsoft 365 weblog.
Introducing new options in Copilot
As we develop the supply of Copilot to much more individuals, we proceed to supply an incredible free expertise for anybody excited about exploring how Copilot can rework productiveness and creativity utilizing AI. At the moment we’re excited to share extra updates to Copilot. You may get began by visiting copilot.microsoft.com.
- Copilot GPTs – At the moment we’re saying Copilot GPTs. Copilot GPTs allow you to customise the habits of Microsoft Copilot on a subject that’s of explicit curiosity to you. A handful of Copilot GPTs will begin to roll out starting right now with particular functions corresponding to health, journey, cooking and extra. Quickly, Copilot Professional customers can even have the ability to create their very own Copilot GPTs utilizing Copilot GPT Builder. Keep tuned for extra on this expertise as we get nearer to availability.
- Copilot cellular app – The Copilot cellular app is now obtainable for Android and iOS. The Copilot app offers you the ability of Copilot on the go as your Copilot queries and chats will roam throughout your cellphone and PC. The Copilot cellular app contains the identical capabilities of Copilot in your PC together with entry to GPT-4, Dall-E 3 for picture creation, and the power to make use of photos out of your cellphone when chatting with Copilot. Obtain the app from the Google Play Retailer or the Apple App Retailer.
- Copilot within the Microsoft 365 cellular app – We’re additionally including Copilot to the Microsoft 365 cellular app for Android and iOS for people with a Microsoft account. This new characteristic is rolling out over the subsequent month. Entry Copilot proper contained in the app and simply export the content material you create to a Phrase or PDF doc. Obtain the app from the Google Play Retailer or the Apple App Retailer.
With right now’s bulletins, we proceed to convey Copilot to extra clients with extra choices that work for them. Whether or not you’re seeking to get began with Copilot without cost, need to supercharge your Copilot expertise with Copilot Professional or are an SMB or Enterprise buyer seeking to enhance your productiveness in new methods with Copilot for Microsoft 365, there’s a Copilot expertise for everybody.
[i] At the moment in preview, English solely
