Microsoft 365 Copilot Update

Microsoft 365 Copilot adds web updates for connectors, SharePoint, Outlook, PowerPoint, Viva Insights, Word, and Planner. Highlights include parallel content crawling, role-based ServiceNow permissions, authoritative SharePoint sites, new presentation creation options, and Anthropic model support in Word.

• ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog connectors now enforce access based on user roles, improving permission accuracy and reducing unauthorized access.
• SharePoint Authoritative Sites lets administrators prioritize trusted sources in Copilot Search, helping reduce misinformation and improve content reliability.

• Copilot connectors now run content crawl and identity crawl in parallel, reducing delays before ingested content becomes available.
• Outlook Copilot coaching feedback now appears in chat and lets users apply selected suggestions directly to email drafts.
• Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows now provides meeting preparation summaries and chat-based follow-up.
• PowerPoint can create presentations directly from the web app home screen.
• PowerPoint can reference online sources while creating presentations.
• PowerPoint can use enterprise assets from Adobe Experience Manager when creating presentations.
• Viva Insights Consumption Dashboard now tracks Copilot credit usage and adds a Cost Management query template.
• Word now supports choosing Anthropic models in addition to OpenAI models when editing with Copilot.

• Planner Agent is now available in all group-based basic Planner plans for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users.
• SharePoint Authoritative Sites is available to prioritize official content in Copilot Search.
• Outlook Copilot coaching feedback can be applied selectively from chat.
• Classic Outlook for Windows now supports Copilot meeting preparation.
• PowerPoint web app can start a new presentation with Copilot immediately from the home screen.
• PowerPoint can reference web sources during presentation creation.
• Viva Insights adds a Copilot credit Consumption Dashboard.
• Word adds Anthropic model selection for Copilot editing.

• ServiceNow connectors require role assignments such as admin, knowledge manager, or knowledge admin to control access.
• SharePoint administrators can mark sites as authoritative in the SharePoint admin center.
• PowerPoint Adobe Experience Manager integration requires connecting the asset library to Microsoft 365 and Copilot.
• The Viva Insights Consumption Dashboard requires usage-based billing setup via Cost Management in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• The Word model selection feature is available when editing with Copilot in Word on the web.

• Copilot license information
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Microsoft-365-Copilot/what-copilot-license-do-i-have

Product Information

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: 365 Copilot

Product type: Other

Platform: Web

Vendor release date: Aug 11, 2026

Original release notes: View on vendor site

Published on updatealert.io: Aug 12, 2026

Description: AI assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 productivity workflows.