Microsoft has launched a redesigned Copilot app featuring chat, coding, and agent capabilities, aiming to position the tool as a central productivity platform for businesses.
Key facts
- •The new Copilot app replaces previous separate consumer and commercial versions with a unified three-tab design.
- •Autopilot, formerly known as Scout, operates as a persistent agent with its own memory and workspace.
- •The Code tab enables users to build and share cloud-hosted internal apps without needing traditional development expertise.
- •Usage-based billing applies to agentic capabilities and specific models like Astra and Fable.
- •Microsoft aims to position the new Copilot as the defining productivity tool for the AI era, similar to the historical influence of Office.
Microsoft has officially unveiled a redesigned Copilot "super app" that integrates chat, coding, and AI agent capabilities into a single interface. The new application features three primary tabs—Home, Code, and Autopilot—and is designed to serve as a comprehensive productivity tool for enterprise users. The launch includes the rebranding of the previously announced Scout assistant to Autopilot, which functions as a persistent digital teammate.
Interface and Core Features
The Home tab serves as the default landing experience, combining Copilot Chat and Cowork features while providing a dashboard for emails, meeting requests, and Teams activity. The new Code tab allows users to create and share internal applications, trackers, and dashboards using technology derived from GitHub Copilot. These tools operate in a sandboxed environment hosted within the user's tenant.
Autopilot and Enterprise Integration
Autopilot is designed as a cloud-based digital teammate that can perform tasks such as monitoring Teams channels or handling recurring work while the user is offline. Unlike consumer-focused agents, Autopilot is built with enterprise-grade security, identity management, and governance, allowing it to function within existing Microsoft 365 workflows like Outlook and Teams.
Pricing and Rollout
Microsoft is introducing usage-based billing for the Cowork, Code, and Autopilot components, while standard user subscription licenses continue to cover Copilot access in core Office applications. IT administrators will be required to use a new FinOps for AI tool to manage expenditures. The Home and Code tabs are scheduled to reach the Frontier early access program in the coming weeks, with Autopilot entering private preview later this month.
Timeline
- Later this monthAutopilot will enter private preview.
- In the coming weeksHome and Code tabs will roll out to the Frontier early access program.
- Later this yearCode will be available in preview for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by The Verge AI.


