Microsoft Copilot: New Home, Code and Autopilot AI Work Platform
Announced by Microsoft on 25 September 2026, described as a reimagined Copilot: Home is the new starting point where Chat and Cowork come together with Office in Copilot bringing the full power of Word, Excel and PowerPoint into the experience; Code lets anyone build their own solutions with tools to run them safely, powered by the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot; and Autopilot is a persistent, proactive and personal cloud-hosted agent that keeps working even when you are not — with Home and Code starting to roll out through the Frontier program in the coming weeks and Autopilot expanding to private preview at the end of the month
Tool Overview
Features, steps and FAQ below
Features
- ✓ Home as the new starting point: Microsoft says Home brings Chat and Cowork together in one place where you can review recent activity, get suggestions and pick up work where you left off, with Chat for instant conversation and Cowork for delegated end-to-end work, and soon you won't need to choose a mode as Copilot routes the work for you
- ✓ Office in Copilot: Microsoft says the full power of Word, Excel and PowerPoint is now built in, so from Home you can ask Copilot to draft a launch brief, model a budget or build a deck, creating or updating a real, editable document, workbook or presentation that stays in sync with your conversation
- ✓ Code: Microsoft says Code moves solution-building outside the realm of developers alone, letting anyone describe an app, tracker, dashboard, automation or workflow in natural language that Copilot builds, running in a sandboxed environment and hostable securely within your tenant, powered by the same technology as GitHub Copilot
- ✓ Autopilot: Microsoft says Autopilot (previously called Scout) is your digital teammate, a cloud-hosted agent you give a name, role and goal that watches channels, follows up on threads, runs recurring work and picks a project back up days later, available where people already work like Teams and Outlook and reachable by @mention
- ✓ FinOps for AI and Microsoft IQ: Microsoft says it introduces FinOps for AI to manage AI spend and value, with Microsoft IQ grounding Copilot in business context including Fabric IQ's Power BI semantic models, and Copilot Managed Runtime providing hosting infrastructure that lets code run safely inside your Microsoft 365 environment
How to Use
- Join the Microsoft Frontier program to experience the new Copilot Home and Code (rollout starts in the coming weeks)
- Review recent activity and suggestions in Home, or simply state the goal you need to accomplish in natural language
- Use Code to describe an app, tracker, dashboard or workflow and have it built, running in a sandboxed environment hosted within your tenant
- Give Autopilot a name, role and goal (private preview from the end of the month) and configure FinOps for AI to manage AI spend
FAQ
What new capabilities does the new Copilot add?
Microsoft says it adds three capabilities: Home (a starting point where Chat and Cowork come together with Office in Copilot), Code (natural-language building of solutions that run and are hosted safely) and Autopilot (a persistent, proactive and personal cloud-hosted agent).
When and how is it available?
Microsoft says Home and Code start rolling out through the Frontier program in the coming weeks, Autopilot expands to private preview at the end of the month, and Code will be in preview for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later this year.
Do I need to know how to code to use Code?
Microsoft says Code moves solution-building outside the realm of developers alone, so users can describe an app, tracker, dashboard, automation or workflow in natural language and Copilot chooses an approach and builds it, powered by the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot.
What is Autopilot?
Microsoft says Autopilot (previously called Scout) is a cloud-hosted digital teammate that you give a name, role and goal, and it watches channels, follows up on threads, runs recurring work and picks a project back up days later, reachable by @mention in Teams, Outlook, chats and documents.
How do you manage AI spend?
Microsoft says it introduces FinOps for AI with new capabilities across Agent 365, Insights and Microsoft Copilot: admins can manage spending policies at scale with API access and set which model families are available to different user groups, while end users can view credit usage, remaining balances and usage history in Copilot.