As we kick off a brand new yr, we’re thrilled to see folks more and more utilizing and loving Microsoft Copilot for work and life. Our objective is to empower each particular person and each group on the planet to attain extra by bringing Copilot, the on a regular basis AI companion, to hundreds of thousands of individuals all over the world. We have now reached one other milestone on this mission with greater than 5 billion chats and greater than 5 billion pictures so far. As Copilot continues to earn desire and utilization, we’re receiving beneficial suggestions on the right way to enhance. Two examples: First, there are a set of Copilot energy customers like creators, researchers, programmers and others who need extra fast entry to the very newest we now have to supply. And second, our Microsoft 365 prospects need entry to Copilot within the Microsoft 365 apps for private use.
To assist tackle these wants, right this moment we’re delighted to announce extra choices for energy customers, creators and anybody seeking to take their Copilot expertise to the following stage. This begins with the introduction of Copilot Professional, a brand new premium subscription for people that gives a better tier of service for AI capabilities, brings Copilot AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Private and Household subscribers, and new capabilities, reminiscent of the flexibility 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 deliver Copilot for Microsoft 365 to extra business prospects by increasing the supply to companies of all sizes, together with small- and medium-sized companies, beginning right this moment.
Introducing Copilot Professional: Supercharge your creativity and productiveness
Right now 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 larger efficiency, productiveness and creativity.
Copilot Professional gives:
- A single AI expertise that runs throughout your gadgets, understanding your context on the internet, in your PC, throughout your apps and shortly in your cellphone to deliver the best expertise to you while 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 this moment with OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. With Copilot Professional you’ll have entry to GPT-4 Turbo throughout peak occasions for quicker efficiency and, coming quickly, the flexibility 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) – making certain it’s quicker with 100 boosts per day whereas bringing you extra detailed picture high quality in addition to panorama picture format.
- The power 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 this moment for $20 per 30 days/per person.
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 grew to become typically accessible for enterprises in November. As we mentioned earlier this yr, 40% of the Fortune 100 participated in our Early Entry Program, and since GA for enterprise, prospects 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. Right now we’re excited to announce that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now accessible for organizations of all sizes — with no seat minimal. We’re additionally enabling our companions to assist each enterprise grow to be AI-powered.
Right now’s updates embrace:
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now typically accessible for small companies with Microsoft 365 Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Customary Clients 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 accessible for Workplace 365 E3 and E5 prospects (A Microsoft 365 license was beforehand required).
- Business prospects can now buy Copilot for Microsoft 365 by way of our superb community of Microsoft Cloud Resolution Supplier companions.
- Final month, we additionally introduced eligibility of Copilot for Microsoft 365 for schooling college and workers.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is much more highly effective for organizations as a result of it really works throughout your total universe of knowledge at work — together with emails, conferences, chats, paperwork and extra, plus the online. With pure language prompts like “Inform my staff how we up to date the product technique,” Copilot can generate a standing replace based mostly on the morning’s conferences, emails and chat threads. Copilot can be built-in into the apps hundreds of thousands of individuals use each day, together with Microsoft Groups (which isn’t accessible 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 increase the supply of Copilot to much more folks, we proceed to supply a terrific free expertise for anybody eager about exploring how Copilot can remodel productiveness and creativity utilizing AI. Right now we’re excited to share further updates to Copilot. You may get began by visiting copilot.microsoft.com.
- Copilot GPTs – Right now 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 this moment with particular functions reminiscent of health, journey, cooking and extra. Quickly, Copilot Professional customers may also be capable of create their very own Copilot GPTs utilizing Copilot GPT Builder. Keep tuned for extra on this expertise as we get nearer to availability.
- Copilot cell app – The Copilot cell app is now accessible for Android and iOS. The Copilot app offers you the facility of Copilot on the go as your Copilot queries and chats will roam throughout your cellphone and PC. The Copilot cell app contains the identical capabilities of Copilot in your PC together with entry to GPT-4, Dall-E 3 for picture creation, and the flexibility to make use of pictures 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 cell app – We’re additionally including Copilot to the Microsoft 365 cell app for Android and iOS for people with a Microsoft account. This new function is rolling out over the following 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 this moment’s bulletins, we proceed to deliver Copilot to extra prospects with extra choices that work for them. Whether or not you’re seeking to get began with Copilot free of charge, wish to supercharge your Copilot expertise with Copilot Professional or are an SMB or Enterprise buyer seeking to improve your productiveness in new methods with Copilot for Microsoft 365, there’s a Copilot expertise for everybody.
[i] Presently in preview, English solely
