Microsoft puts interactive SharePoint apps inside Copilot chat in public preview
Reviewed by Helen Jones
On 9 July 2026 Microsoft opened public preview of SharePoint Copilot Apps as part of SharePoint Framework 1.24. Developers can package interactive components such as multi-step forms, filterable grids, approval panels, charts and dashboards using ordinary JavaScript, TypeScript or React. The same package deploys once to the tenant app catalog and runs inside the Microsoft 365 Copilot canvas as well as SharePoint and Teams. Microsoft handles hosting, security routing and basic governance. During preview any tenant can build and test without a Copilot licence, though that may change before general availability later in 2026.
Until now Copilot mostly returned text and links. Admins could treat overshared files and abandoned sites as a quiet risk that only appeared when someone searched hard enough. Interactive surfaces change the exposure model: an approval panel or live KPI grid will pull live data and actions into the chat, making permission mistakes and stale content immediately visible to more people. For a small admin team this is less about writing new SPFx code and more about the readiness bar rising. Existing SharePoint investments become reusable building blocks, but only if ownership, external sharing and broken inheritance are already under control. The preview therefore turns Copilot readiness from a future project into a nearer-term cleanup priority.
Analysis
This is a trend to watch, not a feature to rush into production while it is still preview. Review your app catalog ownership and any existing SPFx packages this week, then add a short check for interactive surfaces to your next permissions and oversharing sweep so you are not surprised when the same package starts appearing inside Copilot.
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