What is new in Copilot for Microsoft 365 for April 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 edition of What's New in Copilot for Microsoft 365! Every month, we highlight new features and enhancements for Copilot for Microsoft 365, so you can stay up to date with Copilot features that help you be more productive and efficient in the apps you use every day. This month, we’re excited to share information about extended language support in Copilot, features to help streamline data in Copilot in Excel, more efficient search and document creation with Copilot in Word, new training in Copilot Academy, and so much more!

And in case you missed it, be sure to catch up on our recent announcement about general availability of Microsoft Copilot Dashboard, as well as our quarterly blog series designed to help you skill up on Modern Work technologies.

Now let’s take a look at this month’s updates:

Expanded capabilities

• Copilot with Graph-grounded chat now available in Outlook
• Use local files to ground Copilot prompts
• Create and consume Word documents more efficiently with Copilot
• Generate multiple formula columns with Copilot in Excel
• Fine-tune prompts with Notebook in Copilot with commercial data protection

Expanded access and management

• App Assure now supports Copilot customers transitioning to monthly updates
• Support for new languages in Copilot for Microsoft 365
• Improve Copilot skills with Copilot Academy in Viva Learning
• Manage Copilot availability in Teams meetings
• Restricted SharePoint Search now in Public Preview