# Microsoft Copilot

> Microsoft's AI assistant, built into Windows and Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook.

**Category:** Tools

**Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant.** Its big draw is where it lives: inside Windows and the Microsoft 365 apps you may already use, Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams. It can act on your documents and emails in place.

Like the others it is a [generative AI](/glossary#generative-ai) tool. For businesses on Microsoft 365 it is often a paid add-on per user. The Academy focuses on [Claude](/glossary#claude), but Copilot is the natural fit for deep Microsoft shops.

## At work

In a Microsoft 365 shop, Copilot can summarise a Teams meeting or draft in Outlook without switching apps. That in-place reach is its main selling point.

## Often confused with

GitHub Copilot, the coding tool. They share a name, but Microsoft Copilot is the general work assistant; GitHub Copilot writes code.

## Related terms

- Claude
- Generative AI

## See it in a lesson

[The tool landscape](/en/learn/foundations/the-tool-landscape)

## Further reading

- [Microsoft Copilot (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot): A well-sourced overview of Copilot.
- [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com): The tool itself, from Microsoft.
- [Microsoft AI (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_AI): Background on the division behind Copilot.

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Last updated: 24/07/2026  
Source: Rollo Academy glossary