What do the three tabs in the new Copilot app do?

Home combines Copilot Chat and Cowork and is the default landing experience; Code lets anyone create an app, tracker, dashboard, or automation and share it with colleagues as cloud-hosted internal apps; Autopilot is a personal AI assistant that keeps running while you're asleep.

When can I try the new Copilot app?

The Home and Code tabs start rolling out to Microsoft's Frontier early-access program in the coming weeks, and Autopilot goes into private preview later this month. Code will also be in preview for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later this year.

How much does the new Copilot cost?

The regular Copilot license, or user subscription license, covers Copilot in Chat and in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Cowork, Code, and Autopilot use usage-based billing, where long-running agentic capabilities or models like Astra and Fable are billed based on usage.

Where does Autopilot live?

Spataro says Autopilot lives in your tenant with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace, built on Microsoft IQ. It shows up in Teams, Outlook, chats, channels, and documents, with permissions, audit, and governance behind it.

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Microsoft unveils Copilot super app, rebrands Scout as Autopilot

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What happened
Microsoft officially unveiled its redesigned Copilot super app with three tabs — Home, Code, and Autopilot — and rebranded Scout as Autopilot.
Why it matters
Spataro says the new Copilot is "built to define" work for the AI era, and Nadella calls it a new OS for work, per a post on X.
What to watch
Chat and Word access stay under the regular user subscription license, but long-running agentic use and models like Astra and Fable will be billed by usage, so the payoff hinges on whether businesses accept usage-based billing.

WHO IT HITSIT admins and finance teams at Microsoft's commercial customers will need Microsoft's new FinOps for AI to manage AI spend, since Cowork, Code, and Autopilot use usage-based billing and agentic usage can outrun a fixed seat fee.

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Microsoft's Copilot has been redesigned repeatedly since it debuted as a chatbot inside Bing, and the new three-tab layout follows last month's combination of its separate consumer and commercial Copilot apps — a change the article calls long overdue, alongside AI leadership reshuffles that finally produced a single Copilot boss. Enterprise control is central to the pitch: Autopilot is described as enterprise grade and tenant-hosted, aimed at businesses already relying on Microsoft's Office and identity management suites, while IT admins get FinOps for AI to track AI spend. Still, the framing is more than a product refresh. Nadella calls Copilot a new OS for work, and Spataro compares its potential influence to Office in the PC era. Whether that ambition holds depends on how customers react to usage-based billing for the agentic parts, and on whether "the AI built for work" is enough for Microsoft to close a gap with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.

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What do the three tabs in the new Copilot app do?: Home combines Copilot Chat and Cowork and is the default landing experience; Code lets anyone create an app, tracker, dashboard, or automation and share it with colleagues as cloud-hosted internal apps; Autopilot is a personal AI assistant that keeps running while you're asleep.
When can I try the new Copilot app?: The Home and Code tabs start rolling out to Microsoft's Frontier early-access program in the coming weeks, and Autopilot goes into private preview later this month. Code will also be in preview for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later this year.
How much does the new Copilot cost?: The regular Copilot license, or user subscription license, covers Copilot in Chat and in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Cowork, Code, and Autopilot use usage-based billing, where long-running agentic capabilities or models like Astra and Fable are billed based on usage.
Where does Autopilot live?: Spataro says Autopilot lives in your tenant with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace, built on Microsoft IQ. It shows up in Teams, Outlook, chats, channels, and documents, with permissions, audit, and governance behind it.

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