At its Build conference earlier this year Microsoft introduced a personal AI assistant named Scout. The company has now rebranded that assistant as Autopilot and unveiled a redesigned Copilot application on September 25. The new interface groups three AI functions,chat, code generation and autonomous agents,under separate tabs labeled Home, Code and Autopilot, creating a single “super app” experience for users.
Unlike earlier versions, the updated Copilot merges consumer-focused chat tools with enterprise-grade coding and agent capabilities in one place. The app has struggled to gain traction in a market dominated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, but Microsoft hopes the integrated design will echo the widespread adoption of Office 365 among its core business customers.
Pricing for the three components,Cowork, Code and Autopilot,is based on usage rather than a flat subscription. Customers who already hold a standard Copilot license retain access to the chat function and to AI features embedded in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, while additional code generation or autonomous agent tasks are billed according to consumption.
The Home tab consolidates functions previously found in Copilot Chat and Cowork, and it will soon host a ‘Today’ panel that surfaces key emails, meeting invitations, Teams threads and other personalized items. This dashboard aims to give users a quick overview of priority communications and tasks directly within the Copilot environment, reducing the need to switch between separate applications.
The Code tab lets users generate applications, trackers, dashboards and similar artefacts, which can be shared as cloud-hosted internal apps. Its underlying engine draws on the same large language models that power GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft runs the code generation in a sandboxed environment to mitigate security risks while preserving productivity.
Autopilot functions as an always-on digital teammate that runs inside its own cloud computer instance, enabling it to monitor Teams channels, execute recurring tasks or manage follow-ups even when the user is offline. Microsoft positions the agent as enterprise-grade, noting that it resides in the customer’s tenant with a distinct identity, memory and workspace, and that it leverages Microsoft IQ to understand organizational context while supporting audit, permission and governance controls.