Microsoft clearly envisions Copilot, the umbrella brand for its portfolio of AI-powered content generation technologies, to be a key revenue line item going forward. And that’s probably not far off. According to the company, more than 40% of Fortune 100 companies have joined his Copilot early access program.
but, Huge To reduce the cost of running GenAI models in the cloud, sustained and ideally massive growth is required for Copilot to become a reliable source of revenue from spending.
Certainly recognizing this, Microsoft today launched paid Copilot plans for consumers and relaxed eligibility requirements for enterprise-level Copilot products. The goal is to make Microsoft’s existing services – Word, Excel, and other apps in the tech giant’s Microsoft 365 family more appealing through his AI capabilities, while increasing his base of potential Copilot paying customers. It seems like expanding the.
Copilot Pro — A new consumer plan priced at $20 per user per month gives customers access to Copilot GenAI features across Word, Excel (in preview, English only at this time), PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac, and iPad — That is, if you have a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family plan. Copilot Pro is not bundled with your Microsoft 365 subscription. Like the Copilot enterprise product (Copilot for Microsoft 365), this is a premium add-on, bringing the total cost to $27 per month for the lowest tier Microsoft 365 subscription ($6.99 per month for Microsoft 365 Personal, Copilot Pro (for $20). .
The functionality of Microsoft 365 with Copilot Pro is the same as what enterprise customers have always enjoyed.
Copilot creates, edits, summarizes, and generates text in Word and OneNote. Her Copilot for Excel and PowerPoint transforms natural language commands into designed presentations and data visualizations. Additionally, in Outlook, you can use Copilot to draft email responses with toggles to adjust length and tone.
In addition to the Microsoft 365 upgrade, Copilot Pro subscribers also receive 100 “boosts” per day in Designer (formerly known as Bing Image Creator), Microsoft’s AI-powered image creation tool, which speeds up the image generation process. You can speed it up. Additionally, generation quality and landscape formatting options have also been improved. It also has preferential access to the latest GenAI models that power Copilot, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo, which Microsoft claims will improve peak performance.
In the future, Copilot Pro subscribers will be able to switch between models according to their preferences, and if they want even more advanced customization, they can tap Microsoft’s upcoming Copilot GPT Builder to create a series of You will now be able to create “Copilots” tailored to specific topics from the prompt.
Copilot GPT Builder is suspiciously similar to OpenAI’s recently released GPT Builder for creating custom chatbots powered by OpenAI GenAI models. However, Copilot GPT Builder is expected to come with Microsoft services and app-specific integrations.
co-pilot for business
By rolling out premium Copilot for consumers, Microsoft is also expanding the service’s availability to businesses.
Starting today, Copilot is generally available to organizations that subscribe to Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, or Office 365 E3 and Office E5. Previously, Copilot for Microsoft 365 had a minimum purchase of 300 users and required a Microsoft 365 license, but both of these requirements are gone.
There are some differences to be aware of between Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot Pro, but the main difference is Copilot for Teams. Enterprise Copilot customers, not consumers, can take advantage of Copilot for Teams, which provides real-time summaries and action items to handle tasks like identifying people to follow up with and creating meeting agendas. .
We compared different Copilot plans.
In addition, Copilot for Microsoft 365 comes with what Microsoft calls “enterprise-grade data protection” and Semantic Indexing, a back-end system that creates maps of data and content within your organization. The top will be able to provide a more personal service. and related answers.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers can also: Access expanded customization options through Copilot Studio, an enhanced version of Copilot GPT Builder. revealed In November, Copilot Studio enabled users to build and fine-tune their own chatbots and plugins using first-party data.
New free features
Microsoft’s focus may be on paid Copilot plans, but the company isn’t completely You are ignoring free users.
Today we celebrate the announcement of Copilot GPT, which, like OpenAI’s GPT, is tailored to topics of particular interest. A small number of Copilot GPTs were published this morning. web client Finely tuned for Copilot to answer questions about fitness, travel, cooking, and more.
The free mobile app for Copilot includes access to GPT-4 for image creation, DALL-E 3, the ability to use images on your phone while chatting with Copilot, and chat history between mobile, PC, and web. It has the ability to sync. Released for Android and iOS. And Microsoft announced that it is adding Copilot to the Microsoft 365 mobile app for Android and iOS for users with Microsoft accounts. The Microsoft 365 mobile app Copilot integration, scheduled to roll out over the next month, will allow users to export content they create with Copilot to Word or PDF documents.
Finally, Microsoft says it will expand the number of languages Copilot supports. In the first half of 2024, Copilot will be available in Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish. language, and will be expanded to Ukrainian.