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Keep conversations going with Copilot follow-up questions

Important

Some of the functionality described in this release plan has not been released. Delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy). Learn more: What's new and planned

Enabled for Public preview General availability
Users, automatically Oct 31, 2024 Jan 2026

Business value

Finance and operations apps already offer innovative in-product, AI-based, contextual help with Copilot. Now, you can keep the conversation going with a single click by selecting from a short list of likely follow-up questions that Copilot automatically generates based on your previous queries. When you select a question, you get related information without needing to create a new query. This feature makes learning how to use the application more efficient and intuitive.

Feature details

The conversational help and guidance experience in Microsoft finance and operations apps uses Copilot to help you quickly and easily learn how to work with your app. Copilot accepts natural-language queries and returns conversational results. Now, Copilot can also provide a list of likely follow-up questions to help you keep the conversation going. Select a question to see more results.

This feature runs in the Copilot sidecar user interface and supports many types of searches that the sidecar offers. It uses AI to generate suggested questions and displays them as a list of clickable items. When you ask a question, Copilot analyzes it and presents its natural-language response. It also adds a list of related questions that other users typically ask after a similar search.

By integrating this feature into the generative help and guidance experience, all users benefit from a more intuitive and efficient way to find information. The feature is automatically enabled and seamlessly incorporated into the Copilot sidecar with no extra setup.

Example of follow-up questions generated by Copilot with responses to user queries.

Geographic areas

We will release this feature in the following Microsoft Azure geographic areas:

  • Germany
  • Norway
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland
  • United Arab Emirates
  • US GCC
  • US GCC High
  • Sweden
  • United States
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • India
  • Japan
  • France

Additional resources

Responsible AI FAQ for Follow-up questions in the Copilot sidecar (docs)