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Microsoft Plans First Voluntary Employee Buyout: Report
The one-time retirement program will be open to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below, with a combined age and years of employment of 70 or more, per reports.
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Microsoft Makes Copilot’s Agentic Features in Word, Excel and PowerPoint Generally Available
Microsoft made Copilot's agentic capabilities generally available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Wednesday. The new features are being expanded to the different paid tiers of Microsoft 365, and the agentic features will be set as the default. The Redmond-based tech giant said these features will allow Copilot to not only answer queries, but also...
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Microsoft Pauses Automatic Rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Windows
Microsoft has paused the automatic rollout of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 apps. The company said existing installations will remain and admins can still deploy it manually. The rollout had already begun after being announced for October 2025, with wider availability planned for December. Microsoft has not giv...
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Microsoft’s New Copilot Cowork Can Take Actions and Autonomously Complete Tasks
Microsoft introduced Copilot Cowork, an agentic AI tool for enterprises, on Monday. Built using Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models and the Work IQ intelligence layer, the tool is aimed at transforming Copilot’s capabilities from chats to actions. In practice, it will gain agentic capabilities by drawing context from the Micr...
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Microsoft Says Copilot Gained Access to Confidential Outlook Emails Due to Bug: Report
A Microsoft 365 Copilot bug reportedly allowed the AI assistant to summarise confidential emails for several weeks without permission. Microsoft reportedly acknowledged the issue, which was first detected in January. The bug, identified as CW1226324, reportedly affects the Copilot "work tab" chat feature. The company has not disclosed how many user...
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Microsoft 365 Personal With Copilot Is Now Free for Students for One Year
Microsoft is giving college students free access to the Microsoft 365 Personal plan with Copilot for 12 months, expanding its usual three-month trial. Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students can claim the offer until November 30. The plan supports up to five devices and includes premium Office apps, Copilot features such as Deep Research a...
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Microsoft Introduces New Copilot Agent That Can Build Apps from Text Prompts
Microsoft has introduced two new Copilot agents —App Builder and Workflows —for Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. App Builder can generate full-fledged apps from simple text prompts, while Workflows automates routine tasks across Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint. Both features are initially limited to Frontier users, expanding soon to more subsc...
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Microsoft Faces Lawsuit in Australia Over Allegedly Misleading Users on Copilot Pricing
Microsoft is facing a lawsuit in Australia after the ACCC accused it of misleading Microsoft 365 subscribers. The regulator claims Microsoft failed to mention that users could keep their old plan at the same price without Copilot AI features. Instead, subscribers were told to pay higher prices or cancel. The case could result in fines of up to AUD ...
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Microsoft Sued For "Misleading" 2.7 Million Australians About Subscriptions
Microsoft is accused of making "false or misleading" statements to around 2.7 million Australians who subscribe by auto-renewal to Microsoft 365 plans, which include a suite of online Office services.
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Anthropic Connects Claude With Microsoft 365 Platforms, Can Pull Information From Outlook and Teams
Anthropic has announced that Claude can now connect with Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive. Using its Model Context Protocol (MCP), the AI can pull data from emails, chats, and files to provide context-aware answers and summaries. Available to Team and Enterprise users, the integration also enables unified enterprise search...
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Microsoft Plans First Voluntary Employee Buyout: Report
The one-time retirement program will be open to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below, with a combined age and years of employment of 70 or more, per reports.
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Microsoft Makes Copilot’s Agentic Features in Word, Excel and PowerPoint Generally Available
Microsoft made Copilot's agentic capabilities generally available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Wednesday. The new features are being expanded to the different paid tiers of Microsoft 365, and the agentic features will be set as the default. The Redmond-based tech giant said these features will allow Copilot to not only answer queries, but also...
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Microsoft Pauses Automatic Rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Windows
Microsoft has paused the automatic rollout of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 apps. The company said existing installations will remain and admins can still deploy it manually. The rollout had already begun after being announced for October 2025, with wider availability planned for December. Microsoft has not giv...
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Microsoft’s New Copilot Cowork Can Take Actions and Autonomously Complete Tasks
Microsoft introduced Copilot Cowork, an agentic AI tool for enterprises, on Monday. Built using Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models and the Work IQ intelligence layer, the tool is aimed at transforming Copilot’s capabilities from chats to actions. In practice, it will gain agentic capabilities by drawing context from the Micr...
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Microsoft Says Copilot Gained Access to Confidential Outlook Emails Due to Bug: Report
A Microsoft 365 Copilot bug reportedly allowed the AI assistant to summarise confidential emails for several weeks without permission. Microsoft reportedly acknowledged the issue, which was first detected in January. The bug, identified as CW1226324, reportedly affects the Copilot "work tab" chat feature. The company has not disclosed how many user...
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Microsoft 365 Personal With Copilot Is Now Free for Students for One Year
Microsoft is giving college students free access to the Microsoft 365 Personal plan with Copilot for 12 months, expanding its usual three-month trial. Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students can claim the offer until November 30. The plan supports up to five devices and includes premium Office apps, Copilot features such as Deep Research a...
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Microsoft Introduces New Copilot Agent That Can Build Apps from Text Prompts
Microsoft has introduced two new Copilot agents —App Builder and Workflows —for Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. App Builder can generate full-fledged apps from simple text prompts, while Workflows automates routine tasks across Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint. Both features are initially limited to Frontier users, expanding soon to more subsc...
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Microsoft Faces Lawsuit in Australia Over Allegedly Misleading Users on Copilot Pricing
Microsoft is facing a lawsuit in Australia after the ACCC accused it of misleading Microsoft 365 subscribers. The regulator claims Microsoft failed to mention that users could keep their old plan at the same price without Copilot AI features. Instead, subscribers were told to pay higher prices or cancel. The case could result in fines of up to AUD ...
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Microsoft Sued For "Misleading" 2.7 Million Australians About Subscriptions
Microsoft is accused of making "false or misleading" statements to around 2.7 million Australians who subscribe by auto-renewal to Microsoft 365 plans, which include a suite of online Office services.
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Anthropic Connects Claude With Microsoft 365 Platforms, Can Pull Information From Outlook and Teams
Anthropic has announced that Claude can now connect with Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive. Using its Model Context Protocol (MCP), the AI can pull data from emails, chats, and files to provide context-aware answers and summaries. Available to Team and Enterprise users, the integration also enables unified enterprise search...
