What is Copilot Home?

Home is the new starting point of Copilot, combining Chat with Cowork. It includes Office in Copilot, so Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents are real, editable files inside the workspace, with team sync, @mentions, on-brand PowerPoint output, and Skills that add specialized expertise per app (Official Microsoft Blog, Sep 25, 2026).

What is the Copilot Autopilot agent?

Autopilot, previously called Scout, is a persistent proactive agent. You give it a name, a role, and a goal; it then watches channels, follows up, and runs recurring work from your tenant with its own identity, memory, and workspace. It enters private preview at the end of September 2026 (Official Microsoft Blog, Sep 25, 2026).

When can I try Copilot Code?

Code reaches the Frontier program by the end of September 2026 and enters preview for Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later in the year. Apps it builds run in the sandboxed, IT-governed Copilot Managed Runtime inside Microsoft 365, which is now in preview (Official Microsoft Blog, Sep 25, 2026).

What did the September 25 Windows Insider builds add?

Beta build 26220.9568 and Experimental build 26340.9577 shipped, with a scrollable Phone companion pane in the Start menu and Energy Recommendations surfaced directly in Quick Settings (Windows Insider Blog, Sep 25, 2026).

Windows & Microsoft AI News: Autopilot & Home (Sep 28, 2026)