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Microsoft 365 Copilot + Copilot Cowork
It does steps, you reviewHelps you thinkDoes steps, you checkLast checked 2026-10-17
What stays yours: Approving what gets sent, shared or changed in Microsoft 365.
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Can it work safely for you?
- Can it open and edit your files?
- Works on M365 files (SharePoint/OneDrive)
- What it can connect to
- Copilot connectors, Work IQ (Microsoft Graph context)
- Can it keep working while you're away?
- Not yet confirmed
- Controls for your organisation
- Per-user/group spend limits in M365 admin center
Plans, price and where it runs
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Which plans include it, and cost
- M365 Copilot $30/user/mo paid yearly + qualifying M365 plan; Cowork metered in Copilot Credits ($0.01/credit PAYG); Cowork GA 16 Jun 2026
- Where you can use it
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Copilot app
- How it works with you
- It does steps, you review
- How much it does on its own
- Helps you thinkDoes steps, you check
Prices are in US dollars as shown on the vendor's US pricing page, unless stated.
Where this comes from
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/pricing/enterprise (checked 2026-10-17)
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/blog/2026/06/16/copilot-cowork-is-now-generally-available/ (checked 2026-10-17)
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/cowork/cowork-faq (checked 2026-10-17)
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