Deployment overview for the Microsoft 365 Copilot app

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app deployment overview explains how IT admins can install and deploy the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to users and devices across an organization. It also covers Intune deployment, automatic installation with Microsoft 365 Apps, and how to prevent automatic installation.

Download and install the app for a single user

The app is available as:

For organizations that disable access to the Windows Store, you can directly access the installer from this link.

To install the app for a single user, follow these steps:

  1. Download the .exe installer.

  2. Go to the location where you downloaded the .exe file.

  3. Run the downloaded installer manually to install the app.

    .\Microsoft 365 Copilot Installer.exe

Deploy the app across your organization by using Microsoft Intune

To deploy the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to a group of computers or your entire organization through Microsoft Intune, follow the steps in the article Add Microsoft Store Apps to Microsoft Intune.

Note

This method works regardless of whether the Microsoft Store is enabled or disabled for the user.

Deploy the app automatically with Microsoft 365 Apps

Important

Due to a technical issue, Microsoft temporarily disabled the automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to eligible devices with the Microsoft 365 desktop apps. Microsoft will provide another update once it re-enables these installations.

Windows devices with the Microsoft 365 desktop apps automatically install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. The installation happens in the background and doesn't interrupt the user.

To install, devices must have Microsoft 365 Apps Version 2511. Version 2511 was released in the Current Channel in early December 2025 and in the Monthly Enterprise Channel in January 2026.

Devices on the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel don't automatically install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

Note

Customers in the European Economic Area (EEA) can't enable the installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to devices with Microsoft 365 Apps.

Prevent automatic installation

To prevent the app from installing on devices with existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center with an account that has the right permissions.

    Tip

    Make sure you sign in to the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center and not the Microsoft 365 admin center. You can reach the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center from the Microsoft 365 admin center by selecting Show all > All admin centers > Microsoft 365 app.

  2. From the left navigation bar, select Customization.

  3. Under Customization, select Device Configuration.

  4. In the Deployment configurations page, select the Modern Apps settings tab.

  5. In the list of modern apps, select Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

  6. In the Microsoft 365 Copilot app pane, clear the Enable automatic installation of Microsoft 365 Copilot app check box.

  7. Select Save.

Update the Microsoft 365 Copilot app

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app can update automatically through the Microsoft Store and through its own built-in updater.

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