Microsoft confirms Copilot Cowork is now generally available
Reviewed by Helen Jones
The Microsoft 365 Roadmap now lists Copilot Cowork as generally available from 16 June 2026. The entry provides no further detail on licensing, tenant rollout, or required configuration. A separate roadmap note mentions upcoming availability of Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8, also without rollout specifics. Both items remain subject to change and depend on existing Copilot licensing and tenant settings.
Before this entry, teams already struggled to decide which tasks belonged in core Copilot versus external tools. Adding another named feature increases the number of buttons and decision points without clarifying when any of them actually improve output quality. The change shifts attention toward a new surface while the underlying problem, inconsistent results across Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook, stays untouched for most users.
Analysis
Ignore Copilot Cowork until you have one documented, repeatable workflow inside an app you already use daily. Pick Word or Teams, write down the exact prompt, the files or meetings it needs, and the three checks you perform before sending the output, then test it on your own tenant data this week.
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