As we kick off a brand new 12 months, we’re thrilled to see individuals more and more utilizing and loving Microsoft Copilot for work and life. Our purpose is to empower each individual and each group on the planet to attain extra by bringing Copilot, the on a regular basis AI companion, to tens of millions of individuals all over the world. We’ve reached one other milestone on this mission with greater than 5 billion chats and greater than 5 billion photographs to this point. As Copilot continues to earn desire and utilization, we’re receiving priceless suggestions on tips on how 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 clients need entry to Copilot within the Microsoft 365 apps for private use.

To assist deal with these wants, at this time we’re delighted to announce extra choices for energy customers, creators and anybody trying to take their Copilot expertise to the subsequent 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, akin to the power to create Copilot GPTs. We’re additionally asserting the overall availability of our Copilot app for iOS and Android telephones. Lastly, we’re excited to deliver Copilot for Microsoft 365 to extra business clients by increasing the provision to companies of all sizes, together with small- and medium-sized companies, beginning at this time.

Introducing Copilot Professional: Supercharge your creativity and productiveness

At present we’re asserting the provision of Copilot Professional, a brand new subscription that delivers probably the most superior options and capabilities of Microsoft Copilot to people trying 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:

1. A single AI expertise that runs throughout your units, understanding your context on the net, in your PC, throughout your apps and shortly in your cellphone to deliver the proper expertise to you whenever you want them.

2. Entry to Copilot in Phrase, Excel[i], PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac and iPad for Microsoft 365 Private and Household subscribers.
3. Precedence entry to the very newest fashions – beginning at this time with OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. With Copilot Professional you’ll have entry to GPT-4 Turbo throughout peak occasions for sooner efficiency and, coming quickly, the power to toggle between fashions to optimize your expertise the way you select.
4. Enhanced AI picture creation with Picture Creator from Designer (previously Bing Picture Creator) – making certain it’s sooner with 100 boosts per day whereas bringing you extra detailed picture high quality in addition to panorama picture format.
5. The power to construct your personal Copilot GPT – a personalized Copilot tailor-made for a selected 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 at this time for $20 per thirty 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 accessible for enterprises in November. As we stated earlier this 12 months, 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 suggests hundreds of individuals throughout industries and sectors have began working in new methods, with an AI-powered copilot at their facet. At present 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 turn into AI-powered.

At present’s updates embody:

1. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now typically accessible for small companies with Microsoft 365 Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Customary Prospects should purchase between one and 299 seats for $30 per individual per thirty days.
2. We’re eradicating the 300-seat buy minimal for business plans and making Copilot accessible for Workplace 365 E3 and E5 clients (A Microsoft 365 license was beforehand required).
3. Business clients can now buy Copilot for Microsoft 365 by our superb community of Microsoft Cloud Answer Supplier companions.
4. Final month, we additionally introduced eligibility of Copilot for Microsoft 365 for training college and employees.

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is much more highly effective for organizations as a result of it really works throughout your complete universe of knowledge at work — together with emails, conferences, chats, paperwork and extra, plus the online. With pure language prompts like “Inform my workforce 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 also be built-in into the apps tens of millions of individuals use daily, 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 will’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 provision of Copilot to much more individuals, we proceed to supply an ideal free expertise for anybody desirous about exploring how Copilot can rework productiveness and creativity utilizing AI. At present we’re excited to share extra updates to Copilot. You may get began by visiting copilot.microsoft.com.

1. Copilot GPTs – At present we’re asserting Copilot GPTs. Copilot GPTs allow you to customise the conduct of Microsoft Copilot on a subject that’s of specific curiosity to you.  A handful of Copilot GPTs will begin to roll out starting at this time with particular functions akin to health, journey, cooking and extra. Quickly, Copilot Professional customers may also 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.
2. Copilot cellular app – The Copilot cellular app is now accessible 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 photographs out of your cellphone when chatting with Copilot. Obtain the app from the Google Play Retailer or the Apple App Retailer.
3. 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 at this time’s bulletins, we proceed to deliver Copilot to extra clients with extra choices that work for them. Whether or not you’re trying to get began with Copilot free of charge, wish to supercharge your Copilot expertise with Copilot Professional or are an SMB or Enterprise buyer trying to improve 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

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