Subj : Microsoft 365 is coming to your business soon - but you'll pay ex
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 22 2023 14:15:04

Microsoft 365 is coming to your business soon - but you'll pay extra for AI 
features

Date:
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:02:11 +0000

Description:
Microsofts Copilot AI is finally nearing general availability after months of 
trial, but only to certain customers.

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After months of teasing us with snippets of what its generative AI-powered 
Copilot assistants can do, Microsoft has now confirmed its plans to bring a 
unified Copilot experience to its users across Bing, Edge, Microsoft 365, and 
the Windows operating system. 

As part of the announcement, Redmond has finally assigned a dedicated icon 
just to Copilot as the AI tool begins to expand across the companys 
portfolio,. 

At the same time, Microsoft announced the general availability of Copilot, 
which will launch in several stages beginning on September 26. Microsofts 
Copilot is becoming a reality 

 Windows 11 uptake has struggled as many enterprises continue to prefer older 
versions, including Windows 10 , for their better compatibility with certain 
workplace apps. Microsoft hopes that introducing Copilot to the OS will help 
attract customers to upgrade to the latest version. It coincides with the 
launch of macOS Sonoma, Apples latest operating system for its desktops and 
laptops, which also launches on September 26. 

Microsoft Copilot in Windows will be available to commercial customers for 
free and can be accessed with the Win+C keyboard shortcut. 

Microsoft 365 Copilot will launch next, on November 1, for the costly sum of 
$30 per user per month. The company has already been trying out several 
features across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other M365 apps 
to varying degrees of access, but from November, all enterprise customers 
will be able to benefit from artificial intelligence help across the companys 
office software . 

The news comes several weeks after Google made its office app-based AI 
helper, Duet AI for Workspace , generally available, and for the exact same 
monthly cost. 

The reality is, though, that individual customers will have to keep waiting 
to find out whether they will be able to get their hands on the same sorts of 
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