Microsoft Copilot drafts emails inside Outlook compose window
Microsoft 365 Copilot now generates email drafts directly in the compose window of the new Outlook app. It produces an initial draft from your instructions, then asks questions about the email's goal, audience and tone to refine it. Changes update in place, skipping the need to copy and paste from another window. The feature reached users in March 2026. It applies only to the new Outlook app, not the classic version.
Workers composing dozens of emails daily pasted AI-generated text from side tools into Outlook. This broke formatting, forced manual tweaks and added 30 seconds or more per message during rushed triage sessions. Inline drafting now keeps everything in one view for seamless edits. High-volume users stand to save minutes per email that add up across 80-plus messages, easing the path to fewer unread items without app switching.
Analysis
New Outlook's bad rap ends here – this Copilot trick slashes your draft time on replies and cuts inbox overload without extra learning. Switch to new Outlook right now and use inline drafting for your next 20 outgoing emails to prove Inbox Zero by lunch.
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