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Bringing Copilot to more customers worldwide—across life and work
Continuing our vision for Microsoft Copilot to bring the power of generative AI to everyone across work and life, we’re expanding availability and purchase options for individuals and organizations and bringing new value to Copilot Pro subscribers.
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Introducing Microsoft Copilot for Finance: Transform finance with next-generation AI in Microsoft 365
We’re announcing the public preview of Microsoft Copilot for Finance, a game-changer for finance professionals and the newest role-based extension of Microsoft Copilot. Microsoft Copilot for Finance is a momentous leap forward, specifically crafted to revolutionize the daily grind of well-known financial processes.
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Expanding Copilot for Microsoft 365 to businesses of all sizes
We are updating our Microsoft Copilot product line-up with a new Copilot Pro subscription for individuals; expanding Copilot for Microsoft 365 availability to small and medium-sized businesses; and announcing no seat minimum for commercial plans.
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The right way to AI: what we’re learning from customers
We want to help everyone navigate this new world of work. At Microsoft, we’re taking a learn-it-all approach with Copilot, working alongside our customers and employees to understand what the organizations getting the most value out of Copilot are doing right.
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Microsoft Copilot for Sales and Copilot for Service are now generally available
Microsoft is dedicated to helping organizations transform the way people work using secure, enterprise-grade AI capabilities, no matter which business applications teams depend on. Starting today, you can seamlessly integrate role-specific Copilot capabilities into Microsoft 365 applications and popular customer relationship management (CRM) and contact center systems for sales and customer service professionals.
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Introducing Microsoft Copilot Studio and new features in Copilot for Microsoft 365
At Microsoft Ignite 2023, we are announcing new innovations across Microsoft Copilot—one copilot experience that runs across all our surfaces, understanding your context on the web, on your PC, and at work to bring the right skills to you when you need them across work and life.
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Announcing Microsoft Copilot Studio: Customize Copilot for Microsoft 365 and build your own standalone copilots
At Microsoft Ignite 2023, we’re excited to announce Microsoft Copilot Studio, a low-code tool to customize Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and build standalone copilots.
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Announcing Copilot for Microsoft 365 general availability and Microsoft 365 Chat
Today at an event in New York, we announced our vision for Microsoft Copilot—a digital companion for your whole life—that will create a single Copilot user experience across Bing, Edge, Microsoft 365, and Windows.
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Microsoft Mesh enters general availability in January, including a new Teams experience
We are re-imagining the way employees come together with Microsoft Mesh, a new three-dimensional (3D) immersive experience and, we are excited to announce Mesh public preview availability in October.
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Level up your retail workforce with smart, simple solutions from Microsoft Teams
In the race to deliver engaging in-store experiences, Microsoft is uniquely positioned to equip retailers with the tech they need to transform their store team’s workdays. At the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2024, we are announcing new solutions designed to enable store teams to efficiently meet customers' expectations and improve the retail experience in this new era of AI.
Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service for the fifth year in a row
We are honored to announce that Gartner® has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)—this is the fifth consecutive year we’ve received this recognition.
3 reasons why now is the time to go cloud native for device management
Since the start of Microsoft Intune in 2010, we have been working on and iterating toward simplified Windows management, in part by moving infrastructure from on-premises to the cloud. Discover these three recent customer stories to better understand the full value of becoming cloud native.
Build your brand with ease using Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses
We are constantly evolving the Microsoft 365 platform by introducing new experiences like Microsoft Clipchamp and Microsoft Loop—available now for Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscribers.
Microsoft Teams Premium: The smart place to work is also a smart investment
In a 2023 commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study, Forrester Consulting found that Teams Premium helped organizations save time, improve security, and reduce costs—all contributing to a projected return on investment (ROI) of 108 to 360 percent over three years. Today, we’re excited to share new advanced collaboration capabilities that help you meet the challenges of the new way of work.
Introducing Skills in Microsoft Viva, a new AI-powered service to grow and manage talent
We’re excited to announce a new AI-powered Skills in Viva service that will help organizations understand workforce skills and gaps, and deliver personalized skills-based experiences throughout Microsoft 365 and Viva applications for employees, business leaders, and HR.
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service—defined by Gartner as "the provision of virtual desktops by a public cloud or service provider" and uses the term to encompass a variety of cloud solutions.
Save costs and drive efficiency with next-generation AI on the frontline with Microsoft Teams
Frontline workers are the backbone of the global workforce and often the first to interact with customers and manage on-the-ground operations. When organizations invest in fast time to value technology for their frontline workers, it not only drives positive outcomes for businesses’ bottom lines but also for frontline employees.
Introducing Microsoft Clipchamp: Unlock the power of video at work
With Clipchamp as part of Microsoft 365, it’s easy to know where to turn to make videos and get started. Anyone can confidently create and publish videos, using an intuitive interface and harnessing useful tools. Clipchamp empowers anyone to produce high-quality videos they can be proud of.
Introducing Bing Chat Enterprise, Copilot for Microsoft 365 pricing, and Microsoft Sales Copilot
Today, at Microsoft Inspire 2023, we announced the next steps in our journey to empower every person on the planet to work in a new AI-powered way.