Microsoft Expands Copilot With Task Execution Feature
Microsoft Expands Copilot With Task Execution Feature
Publish Date: 2026-03-30 16:15:00
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- Microsoft introduced Copilot Cowork, a new feature allowing its AI assistant to handle tasks across multiple Microsoft 365 applications.
- The feature is initially available to a limited group of customers through Microsoft’s Frontier program for early access to new AI tools.
- Copilot Cowork is designed to manage multi-step tasks, gathering information from emails, documents, and chats to produce a final output.
- The feature aims to maintain context across tasks, allowing Copilot to follow ongoing assignments over time.
- Alongside Cowork, Microsoft introduced updates for Copilot to use multiple AI models, including “Critique” for improved accuracy and “Council” for comparing responses from different models.
- The new features are currently limited to select users and Microsoft plans to expand access based on feedback and testing.
- The release comes as part of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to integrate new features into its AI tools and increase their usage across its workplace software.
