Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces Copilot Cowork: Here’s what this AI Agent can do in Microsoft 365 apps

While Anthropic and OpenAI are involved in a controversy including the US Department of War, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has unveiled Copilot Cowork as a powerful new AI capability for Microsoft 365. The update shifts Copilot from a simple assistant to an autonomous agent capable of planning and executing complex tasks across Outlook, Teams, Excel, and other apps.

In his announcement shared on LinkedIn and detailed in recent reports, Nadella described Copilot Cowork as a way to hand off work to AI. Users describe the desired outcome in natural language, and the system converts the request into a structured plan.