What's new and planned for Microsoft Copilot Studio
This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2024 through March 2025. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
For a list of the previous wave's release plans, go to 2024 release wave 1 plan.
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.
Copilot and AI innovation
Industry leading generative AI capabilities in Microsoft Copilot Studio do the work so you and your team don't have to.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get smart actionable insights to improve your copilots | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2025 | - |
| Use Azure OpenAI on your data for generative answers | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Feb 2025 |
| Use generative actions | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Jan 2025 |
| Azure AI Search index as knowledge source | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 11, 2024 |
Mar 2025 |
| Use Microsoft 365 substrate data in agents | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
Nov 18, 2024 |
| Enable Copilot with real-time knowledge from non-Microsoft services | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 18, 2024 |
Mar 2025 |
| Enable every Power Platform connector with a GET action to be a knowledge source in Copilot studio | Users, automatically | Mar 2025 | - |
| Get insights into how your copilots are performing | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2024 | - |
| Get responses based on uploaded images | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2024 | - |
| Add enterprise data with new graph connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Dec 2024 | - |
| Extend M365 Copilot with Copilot Studio custom engine agents | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Dec 2024 | Feb 2025 |
| Create automated copilots triggered by events | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 18, 2024 |
- |
Copilot configuration
Copilot configuration customizes and configures how your organization or business uses Microsoft Copilot Studio copilots.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use customer managed encryption keys to protect your data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jan 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Deploy copilots to WhatsApp, Azure Communication Services Chat and SMS channels | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2025 | - |
| Use a single connector for both knowledge and actions | Users, automatically | Feb 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Discover and install Agents from Copilot Studio | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jan 2025 | May 2025 |
| Enrich agents with third-party data using extensions | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jan 2025 | May 2025 |
| Create REST API copilot connectors in Microsoft Copilot Studio | Users, automatically |
Oct 14, 2024 |
Nov 15, 2024 |
| Unpublish connector actions for Copilot agents | Users, automatically | Nov 2024 | Dec 2024 |
Core authoring
Use the Microsoft Copilot Studio conversational editor to construct your dialogs with rich content, variables, and powerful entity types.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Copilot agents in Microsoft 365 Business Chat and Teams | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 10, 2024 |
| Import and export topics across copilots and environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 11, 2024 |
- |
Speech and IVR
Craft rich AI powered voice solutions using the Microsoft Copilot Studio advanced authoring canvas and native voice support.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use IVR with Omnichannel for Customer Service | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 31, 2024 |
| Enhance IVR with generative answers optimized for voice | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Nov 1, 2024 |
| Business Rules Manager for Omnichannel Bots | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Nov 2024 |
- You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on August 12, 2024, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.
Description of Enabled for column values:
Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.