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Overview of Microsoft Copilot

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What is Microsoft Copilot?

Microsoft Copilot is your everyday AI companion, providing AI-powered chat for the web. For users signed in with a Microsoft Entra account, Copilot offers enterprise data protection (EDP) and a new, simplified, ad-free user interface designed for work and education. Whether researching industry insights, analyzing data, or looking for inspiration, Copilot gives users access to better answers, greater efficiency, and new ways to be creative.

Copilot provides access to powerful AI that's built on multimodal large language models and text-to-image models including GPT-4o. It's grounded in the Bing search service to provide responses with the most current information from the web, with verifiable citations for transparency. And Copilot adheres to our AI principles.

Microsoft Copilot is a free service separate from Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you're looking for documentation on Microsoft 365 Copilot, see this overview.

The new Microsoft Copilot user interface for work and education

Microsoft Copilot offers enterprise data protection and a new simplified UI that aligns closer to the UI for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users know they're protected by the shield (formerly colored green) in the top right of the experience. The button to start a new chat moved to the top right. Users also have access to their recent chats on the right side. Additionally, suggested prompts are now featured as cards in the center to help users get started.

Screenshot that shows Microsoft 365 Copilot with EDP.

Enterprise data protection

For users signed in with a Microsoft Entra account, Microsoft Copilot offers enterprise data protection (EDP). Enterprise data protection is available for these users at no extra cost.

Get more details on privacy and protections in Microsoft Copilot.

What’s the difference between Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot?

Microsoft Copilot is grounded in data from the public web using the Bing search service. It combines the power of generative AI with up-to-date information from the web. Because it draws on the vast amount of public web information, it's useful for conducting research, finding resources, and staying updated with the latest news and trends.

Unlike Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Copilot cannot invoke organizational content like files, emails, or chats when interacting in Copilot chat. Microsoft Copilot also doesn't offer extensibility like Microsoft 365 Copilot. Learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Where to access Microsoft Copilot

Note

The updates to Microsoft Copilot are currently rolling out and are expected to complete within a few weeks. During this time, you may see a mix of Copilot with commercial data protection and the updated Copilot offering enterprise data protection.

Users who are signed in with a Microsoft Entra account can access Microsoft Copilot from:

  • copilot.cloud.microsoft on any PC or mobile browser

    Screenshot that shows Copilot with EDP.

  • m365.cloud.microsoft/chat on any PC or mobile browser

    Note

    If users or their admin have pinned Copilot and they go to copilot.cloud.microsoft, then these users are redirected to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 app at -m365.cloud.microsoft/chat.

    Screenshot that shows Microsoft 365 Copilot with EDP.

  • Microsoft Edge: Copilot in Edge (web browser only)

  • Microsoft 365 app (web, Windows, mobile): Pinning required by the admin or user

    • Windows: Users signed in to Windows with a Microsoft Entra account can access Copilot through the Microsoft 365 app
    • Mobile: Users signed in to the Copilot mobile app with a Microsoft Entra account are redirected to the Microsoft 365 mobile app

    Note

    Users trying to access Copilot with Microsoft Entra accounts on copilot.microsoft.com or bing.com/chat are redirected as described earlier on this page.

Resources

Copilot learning hub

Microsoft offers Copilot experiences in many products, giving you AI-powered features that deliver tailored insights and intelligent solutions. Find documentation, training, and other technical resources to make the most of the enterprise-grade data-security and privacy features for your organization.