Microsoft 365 Copilot, an AI assistant that helps people write, summarize, analyze information, and complete work tasks, has been redesigned. It now serves as a single, flexible entry point to Copilot across Microsoft 365 apps, suggesting relevant actions based on the user’s work. A redesigned interface built around user intent Microsoft applied the design principle…
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Microsoft’s Copilot trust test: Zero findings, more models, wider oversight
Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat (Copilot) have been recertified under ISO/IEC 42001:2023 by an independent auditor for the second consecutive year. Copilot first received ISO 42001 certification in March 2025. This year’s recertification recorded zero non-conformities and zero improvement observations, resulting in a second audit in a row. The certification evaluates the AI management…
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5 Steps to Managing Shadow AI Tools Without Slowing Down Employees
When an employee installs an AI writing assistant, connects a coding copilot to their IDE, or starts summarizing meetings with a new browser tool, they are doing exactly what a productive employee should do: finding faster ways to work. Across most organizations today, employees are running three to five AI tools on any given day.…
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Microsoft’s WinUI agent plugin trims token use by over 70% during development
Microsoft published a plugin on May 13 that lets GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code drive the full WinUI 3 development cycle, from project scaffolding through signed MSIX packaging. The WinUI agent plugin ships one agent, eight skills, and several supporting tools targeting the loop developers run dozens of times a day: scaffold, build, run,…
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Microsoft turns Copilot Studio into an AI agent control center
The Microsoft Copilot Studio April 2026 updates improve visibility and governance for admins and expand workflow capabilities for managing agents. Copilot surfaces agent status in the authoring experience, giving admins insight into each agent’s security and protection posture. Customers can identify issues such as authentication gaps or policy impacts and investigate them at the source.…
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Microsoft now lets admins uninstall Copilot on enterprise devices
Microsoft says IT administrators can now uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant from enterprise devices using a new policy setting, which has become broadly available after the April 2026 Patch Tuesday. […]
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Microsoft, Salesforce Patch AI Agent Data Leak Flaws
Two recently fixed prompt injections in Salesforce Agentforce and Microsoft Copilot would have enabled an external attacker to leak sensitive data.
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Microsoft is developing Copilot features inspired by Openclaw
Microsoft is testing new features for Microsoft 365 Copilot inspired by the open-source platform Openclaw, according to The Information. The goal is to make the AI assistant more autonomous so it can perform tasks automatically on behalf of the user. The technology behind Openclaw gained popularity earlier this year; it allows users to build AI…
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Microsoft adds multi-model AI to Copilot Researcher, raising accuracy stakes
Microsoft is expanding its Microsoft 365 Copilot “Researcher” agent with new multi-model capabilities designed to improve the accuracy and depth of AI-generated research outputs. The update introduces a “Critique” system that assigns separate roles for generation and evaluation, alongside a “Council” feature that compares outputs from multiple models and highlights agreement, divergence, and unique insights.…
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Microsoft backtracks on Copilot Chat access in M365 apps
Microsoft is set to remove Copilot Chat access within Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for large M365 commercial customers starting April 15 — a “mystifying backtrack,” according to one technology industry analyst. Copilot Chat is essentially a freemium version of the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot, which costs $30 per user per…
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Microsoft won’t force Copilot in everywhere after all
Microsoft has temporarily halted automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 desktop apps. The company announced the change via an update in Microsoft 365 Message Centre, but offered no indication when the measure would be reactivated. However, existing installations of the app will not be affected. “Automatic installation…
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Microsoft stops force-installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app
Microsoft has stopped automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices outside the European Economic Area (EEA) that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. […]
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Microsoft’s New AI Health Tool Can Read Your Medical Records and Give Advice
A new feature within the Copilot app will offer personalized healthcare advice and make it easy to upload test results, fitness data and more.
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M365 Copilot gets its own version of Claude Cowork
Microsoft has added agentic AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve its usefulness for office workers — including its own version of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. Microsoft’s AI assistant has, so far, failed to attract significant business demand since launching more than two years ago, at least compared to its other products. Only 3% of…
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A Practical Guide to Microsoft Copilot for MSPs
If you’re an MSP considering adding Microsoft Copilot to your portfolio in 2026, it’s worth being deliberate about how you package and position it for clients. For many organizations, pitching AI as a novel “productivity booster” is no longer enough. Customers increasingly expect the conversation to shift from experimentation to execution, anchored in defined use…
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Microsoft adds Copilot data controls to all storage locations
Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing confidential Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, regardless of their location. […]
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‘God-Like’ Attack Machines: AI Agents Ignore Security Policies
Microsoft Copilot recently summarized and leaked user emails; but any AI agent will go above and beyond to complete assigned tasks, even breaking through their carefully designed guardrails.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Bug Circumvented DLP Controls
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat that allowed the AI assistant to summarize emails labeled as confidential, even when sensitivity labels and data loss prevention (DLP) policies were in place. The issue, first identified on Jan. 21, 2026 and tracked internally as CW1226324, impacted Copilot’s “work tab” chat feature. “Without proper…
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AI platforms can be abused for stealthy malware communication
AI assistants like Grok and Microsoft Copilot with web browsing and URL-fetching capabilities can be abused to intermediate command-and-control (C2) activity. […]
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AI Assistants Used as Covert Command-and-Control Relays
AIs like Grok and Microsoft Copilot can be exploited as covert C2 channels for malware communication
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Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. […]
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GitHub enables multi-agent AI coding inside repository workflows
GitHub has expanded Agents HQ, enabling AI coding agents such as GitHub Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, and OpenAI Codex to execute development tasks directly within GitHub and developer editors while preserving repository context, session history, and review workflows. Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise developers can start agent sessions from GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio…