Copilot Pro for Microsoft 365 customers now generally available.

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2024-01-16T02:39:35+00:00

Bringing the full power of Copilot to more people and businesses - The Official Microsoft Blog

As we kick off a new year, we’re thrilled to see people increasingly using and loving Microsoft Copilot for work and life. Our goal is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more by bringing Copilot, the everyday AI companion, to millions of people around the world. We have reached another milestone in this mission with more than 5 billion chats and more than 5 billion images to date. As Copilot continues to earn preference and usage, we’re receiving valuable feedback on how to improve. Two examples: First, there are a set of Copilot power users like creators, researchers, programmers and others who want more rapid access to the very latest we have to offer. And second, our Microsoft 365 customers want access to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps for personal use.

To help address those needs, today we’re delighted to announce more options for power users, creators and anyone looking to take their Copilot experience to the next level. This begins with the introduction of Copilot Pro, a new premium subscription for individuals that provides a higher tier of service for AI capabilities, brings Copilot AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers, and new capabilities, such as the ability to create Copilot GPTs. We are also announcing the general availability of our Copilot app for iOS and Android phones. Finally, we’re excited to bring Copilot for Microsoft 365 to more commercial customers by expanding the availability to businesses of all sizes, including small- and medium-sized businesses, starting today.

Introducing Copilot Pro: Supercharge your creativity and productivity

Today we’re announcing the availability of Copilot Pro, a new subscription that delivers the most advanced features and capabilities of Microsoft Copilot to individuals looking to supercharge their Copilot experience. Whether you need advanced help with writing, coding, designing, researching or learning, Copilot Pro brings greater performance, productivity and creativity.

Copilot Pro provides:

  1. A single AI experience that runs across your devices, understanding your context on the web, on your PC, across your apps and soon on your phone to bring the right skills to you when you need them.
  2. Access to Copilot in Word, Excel[i], PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac and iPad for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers.
  3. Priority access to the very latest models – starting today with OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. With Copilot Pro you’ll have access to GPT-4 Turbo during peak times for faster performance and, coming soon, the ability to toggle between models to optimize your experience how you choose.
  4. Enhanced AI image creation with Image Creator from Designer (formerly Bing Image Creator) – ensuring it’s faster with 100 boosts per day while bringing you more detailed image quality as well as landscape image format.
  5. The ability to build your own Copilot GPT – a customized Copilot tailored for a specific topic – in our new Copilot GPT Builder (coming soon) with just a simple set of prompts.

You can subscribe to Copilot Pro today for $20 per month/per user.

Expanding Copilot for Microsoft 365 to businesses of all sizes

While Copilot Pro is our best experience for individuals, Copilot for Microsoft 365 is our best experience for organizations. Copilot for Microsoft 365 became generally available for enterprises in November. As we said earlier this year, 40% of the Fortune 100 participated in our Early Access Program, and since GA for enterprise, customers like Visa, BP, Honda, Pfizer, and partners like Accenture, KPMG and PwC are already using Copilot — which means thousands of people across industries and sectors have started working in new ways, with an AI-powered copilot at their side. Today we are excited to announce that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available for organizations of all sizes — with no seat minimum. We are also enabling our partners to help every business become AI-powered.

Today’s updates include:

  1. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now generally available for small businesseswith Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard Customers can purchase between one and 299 seats for $30 per person per month.
  2. We’re removing the 300-seat purchase minimum for commercial plans and making Copilot available forOffice 365 E3 and E5customers (A Microsoft 365 license was previously required).
  3. Commercial customers can now purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365 through our amazing network of Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partners.
  4. Last month, we also announced eligibility of Copilot for Microsoft 365 for education faculty and staff.

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is even more powerful for organizations because it works across your entire universe of data at work — including emails, meetings, chats, documents and more, plus the web. With natural language prompts like “Tell my team how we updated the product strategy,” Copilot can generate a status update based on the morning’s meetings, emails and chat threads. Copilot is also integrated into the apps millions of people use every day, including Microsoft Teams (which is not available with Copilot Pro). Copilot jump-starts your creativity in Word, analyzes data in Excel, designs presentations in PowerPoint, triages your Outlook inbox, summarizes meetings in Teams – whether you attended or not – and so much more. Backed by enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance, and Microsoft’s Customer Copyright Commitment, we can’t wait to see how businesses of all sizes achieve more using AI. Learn more on the Microsoft 365 blog.

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  1. Sumit 44,431 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-17T13:36:31+00:00

    I think it is independent of the OS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T13:42:23+00:00

    Can you please post how you signed up? Thanks have only seen being able to add to my business account but don’t want to spend $360 to try it out

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T13:44:06+00:00

    It turns out that it may not be visible for some people if they do not have the correct settings enabled. Here is a short article explaining how to enable Copilot in the desktop version of Microsoft Office applications: Copilot Pro: Microsoft 365 apps and your privacy - Microsoft Support

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T13:46:39+00:00

    solved, it is accessible in the desktop version of apps but settings and the OS (check Windows Update Settings on your windows 10 or 11 machine) must be updated Copilot Pro: Microsoft 365 apps and your privacy - Microsoft Support

    Response from Bing on how to enable Copilot Pro:

    Sure, I can guide you through the process to enable Microsoft Copilot Pro on your Microsoft Office desktop applications and turn on the necessary settings. Here are the steps:

    1. Enable Microsoft Copilot Pro^1^^2^:
      • Make sure you are logged into Microsoft 365 apps with the user who has the Copilot license for Microsoft 365. You can check this in any Microsoft 365 Apps > File > Account.
      • To change your account, click on Switch license.
      • Next, check that the update channel is set to Current Channel. Check in File > Account > Update Channel and select Current Channel.
      • If you still don’t have the button, a license update may correct the problem. Click on Update license, you’ll be asked to log in to your Microsoft 365 account. You should now be able to see the Copilot icon in the Home tab in Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote.
    2. Turn on experiences that analyze content^3^^4^:
      • These are experiences that use your Microsoft 365 content to provide design recommendations, editing suggestions, data insights, and similar features. PowerPoint Designer, Dictate, and Translator are examples of these kind of experiences.
    3. Turn on all connected experiences^4^^5^^6^:
      • Go to any Microsoft 365 application - such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint - and go to File > Account > Manage Settings (In Outlook it’s under Office Account).
      • There you can disable or enable, either category (or both).

    Please note that the exact navigation and options might vary slightly based on the version of your Microsoft Office applications. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!

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  5. Sumit 44,431 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-17T13:57:44+00:00

    You must have a personal Microsoft 365 subscription for 20$ subscription. For buisness subscription, it is 30$/user.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/store/b/copilotpro

    This is for buisness subscription:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/copilot-for-microsoft-365#Howtobuy

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