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Microsoft is adding an app-building Code tab to Copilot and renaming its agents 'Autopilots', both tied to a payment system it has not disclosed. Only the Today dashboard has an October preview date, so IT can test the drafting tool before it learns what app-building costs.
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Microsoft put chat, app-building, always-on Autopilot agents and full Word, Excel and PowerPoint into one Copilot app, days before its Sept. 30 deadline. The agents come later as previews billed on usage, so IT has to pick a pilot group before it has a rate card.
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Microsoft's unified Copilot app adds Code and Autopilot tabs for Microsoft 365 customers, with usage-based billing under a cost model still called 'evolving'. Firms deep in Microsoft 365 get AI that works inside their own tenant, on a bill they cannot yet forecast.
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Microsoft's new Copilot app bills its Cowork, Code and Autopilot features by usage and places all three in the app employees open for chat. Admins now have to budget for what staff build and leave running, using Microsoft's FinOps for AI to control spend.
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