Overview
- Copilot Cowork, developed with Anthropic, is designed to execute long‑running, multi‑step tasks across Microsoft 365 apps and operates in the cloud within a customer’s tenant using Microsoft’s Work IQ context layer.
- The feature is in pilot as a limited research preview and is set to reach early‑access users via Microsoft’s Frontier program later in March, with some usage included in the existing $30 per‑user Copilot plan and additional capacity available for purchase.
- Microsoft is adding Anthropic’s latest Claude Sonnet models across Copilot, signaling a multi‑model approach that expands beyond prior reliance on OpenAI’s GPT models.
- Agent 365, Microsoft’s control plane to observe, govern and secure AI agents, will be generally available on May 1 priced at $15 per user per month, with the company reporting tens of millions of agents in its preview registry and over 500,000 internal agents.
- A new Microsoft 365 E7 bundle launching May 1 will cost $99 per user per month and package E5, Copilot, Agent 365, Entra Suite and advanced security tools, as Microsoft cites 160% year‑over‑year growth in paid Copilot seats and a tenfold increase in daily usage.