Microsoft added SharePoint and OneDrive usage-based billing for advanced work to the Copilot Cost Management policies in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Organizers and presenters in Microsoft Teams with a Copilot license can now turn Meeting AI, including Copilot and Facilitator, on or off during a meeting. This should give users more flexibility during sensitive meetings.
Admins can now pin the Copilot desktop app to the Windows taskbar for selected user groups instead of everyone or no one.
Microsoft retires the PowerShell controls for Copilot in SharePoint on 1 November 2026. After that date, the existing tenant settings to control Copilot in SharePoint are no longer honored. Tenants with excluded SharePoint sites should review their configuration before the retirement.
Copilot in SharePoint and Copilot in OneDrive reach general availability starting on 30 September 2026, with a hybrid billing model for SharePoint and Copilot Search as the new default search experience for Copilot Premium users.
Microsoft is removing Copilot from the top of the Teams Chat list. The Copilot app in Teams will soon be the new single entry point for Copilot Chat.
Microsoft is changing how it prices Copilot Premium. Everyday use remains included in the Microsoft 365 Copilot license, while advanced AI features such as Cowork, Code, Autopilot, and parts of Copilot in SharePoint move to usage-based billing with Copilot Credits.
Microsoft added a new setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center to control who can upload advanced agents and plugins to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Cowork, including uploads from the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit.
Copilot Premium users can now use Ask Copilot in Teams messages, which opens the Copilot pane with the selected message content already included.
Starting on 1 December 2026, Microsoft will preconfigure usage-based PAYG billing for new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business purchases via a CSP Partner.
Copilot Chat now lets Copilot Premium users interact with shared and delegated mailboxes they already have access to, right from the chat interface. This capability can reduce the time required to review, summarize, and respond to emails while maintaining existing security and governance controls.
Microsoft now lets administrators disable Copilot Chat for all users, or just the Work IQ capabilities for Copilot Premium users.
Microsoft is rolling out self-serve sync connectors for Copilot, starting with Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud, letting users sync their own accessible content into Microsoft Graph.
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Compliance administrators can now restrict external or untrusted emails from being used as grounding data by Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat. The configuration is off by default.
Intelligent Meeting Recaps in Teams can now be switched to another supported language after the recap is ready, giving multilingual meeting participants more flexibility to review content in their preferred language.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will soon let users share entire chat sessions or single responses with coworkers. Recipients can then continue from the shared content in their own Copilot chat session.
Microsoft has introduced a Copilot Action for the SharePoint page button, allowing editors to configure a predefined prompt for site visitors with a Copilot license.
Copilot Agent Builder now supports multiple owners per declarative agent, along with a redesigned sharing screen that lets owners manage additional owners or chat users.