Microsoft 365 Copilot is now available, but it’s $30 a month (and that’s per person)
This AI-powered helper promises efficiency and productivity.
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What you need to know
Microsoft’s long-awaited AI-powered experience,Microsoft 365 Copilot, is finallyshipping to broad availabilityacross Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. Before this, the company ran tests on the tool via anearly access programwith over 600 enterprise customers.
As you might have guessed, the AI assistant is designed to help create content intelligently, including generating meeting summaries for Teams calls, creating PowerPoint presentations based on a specific document, and more.
How much will Microsoft 365 Copilot cost?
The AI-powered add-on for Microsoft’s Office app subscriptions will cost $30 per person per month for E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium Customers. As for companies, 300 employee licenses are the minimum requirement for access. While the cost implication seems relatively high, analysts at Piper Sandler estimated that the tool will be able to generate more than $10 billion per year by 2026 in revenue in anote to its clients.
When will Microsoft 365 Copilot be available for everyone?
The experience won’t be available for everyone immediately despite Microsoft’s announcement. Enterprise customers must liaise with their Microsoft account representative to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot, while customers with Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 (or Business Standard / Premium) should already have access to Bing Chat Enterprise.
Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 commercial customers are eligible to make the Microsoft 365 Copilot purchase immediately. However, this still leaves out customers onOffice 365plans, as well as Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Business Premium subscribers. Finally, Microsoft 365 Copilot won’t be available for Microsoft 365 Monthly Enterprise Channel users until December.
As spotted byDirections on Microsoft, some key elements of the Microsoft 365 Copilot are still in preview. For instance, Copilot for Excel is still in preview, while Copilot for OneNote is limited to Windows. It’s likely that the experience will fully roll out to everyone in the next few months.
Will you get the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription at $30 per month? Let us know in the comments.
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