Cowork: /cost skill

Shows credits used in the current session, remaining percentage of the monthly limit, credits used month to date and when the limit resets.

Cowork: Automations tab

The Scheduled tab is renamed Automations; scheduled and event-triggered tasks are managed in one place.

Retry a prompt with the same or another model

Regenerate an answer in place, or rerun the same prompt with a different model, without starting a new conversation.

Copilot in Word: hyperlinks, image understanding, word-level highlights

Copilot inserts formatted hyperlinks, uses images in reference files, and highlights the exact words it edited.

Copilot in PowerPoint: comments, translation, SmartArt

Copilot pulls stakeholders into comment threads and assigns tasks; translation moves into Copilot with auto-resizing text boxes; SmartArt editing on canvas.

Copilot in Excel: change history skill and chat history

Summarizes who (people or AI) changed what, can restore earlier states; past Copilot chats are kept and can be reopened.

Copilot in Outlook: natural-language inbox and calendar management

Organize messages, apply categories, create folders, manage inbox rules and act on meetings directly from chat.

Custom engine agents directly in Outlook

Custom engine agents are available inside Outlook, where users manage email and calendar.

Further admin updates

• Organizational Messages now support hybrid-joined devices.
• ServiceNow connectors support role-based permissions; parallel content and identity crawl improves connector content freshness.

Further user updates

• Researcher model selection; Python when editing with Copilot in Excel; scheduling with Copilot in classic Outlook; voice Q&A during Read Aloud in Word; image generation in Cowork; simplified Copilot app design.
• Coaching feedback while drafting in Outlook; meeting prep in classic Outlook; Adobe Experience Manager assets in PowerPoint; reference web sources in PowerPoint.