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Microsoft Expands Copilot With Agentic Features
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Microsoft detailed the "wave 3" of Microsoft 365 Copilot, introducing Copilot Cowork built with Anthropic's Claude, now in private preview and launching as a Frontier research preview later this month. It also announced Agent 365 general availability and pricing on May 1 ($15 per user) and the Microsoft 365 Enterprise E7 suite at $99 per user per month.
Key Points
- 1Announces Copilot Cowork agent powered by Anthropic's Claude, available in private and research previews
- 2Integrates agentic workflows into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, enabling long-running multi-step task orchestration
- 3Introduces Agent 365 platform and Enterprise E7 pricing, affecting enterprise deployment and licensing strategies
Scoring Rationale
Major enterprise impact from agentic Copilot and Anthropic partnership; limited technical detail slightly lowers transformative assessment.
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