Microsoft Copilot Chat in Microsoft 365 Copilot: what does this AI read, and can you turn it off?
Checked on October 22, 2026 by verification chain vchain-1
This AI is on by default; it can be turned off.
The facts, edition by edition
| All editions | |
|---|---|
| What the AI does | Two vendor statements
|
| Model | GPT, GPT-5 “Copilot Chat includes standard access to capabilities like file upload, image generation, and models (like GPT-5).” [1] dated copy |
| What it reads | Two vendor statements
|
| Where the data goes | Not yet verified |
| Trains on your data | No “Copilot Chat does not use your data to train foundation models.” “Prompts and responses aren't used to train the underlying foundation models.” “Data stored about user interactions with Microsoft Copilot is encrypted and isn't used to train foundation models (including those used by Microsoft Copilot) from model providers such as Microsoft (Azure Open AI Service), Anthropic, or OpenAI.” [3] dated copy |
| On by default | Yes “Copilot Chat (Basic) is the standalone baseline experience included with eligible Microsoft 365 licenses.” [1] dated copy |
| Can be turned off | Yes “This setting blocks Copilot in the Microsoft Copilot app, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot Chat on the web for all users.” “Blocking Copilot through Integrated Apps is a tenant-wide control that you can scope to specific users or groups, including licensed users.” [2] dated copy |
| Billing | Included in the license “Using Copilot Chat doesn't require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.” “Copilot Chat (Basic) is the standalone baseline experience included with eligible Microsoft 365 licenses.” [1] dated copy |
| Feature type | Not yet verified |
| Frameworks the catalog links to it | Not yet verified |
All editions
- What the AI does
- Two vendor statements
- Analyze “Analyze uploaded files and documents.” [1]
- Search “Copilot Chat is a generative AI service grounded in data from the public web from the Bing search service.” [3]
- Model
- GPT, GPT-5 “Copilot Chat includes standard access to capabilities like file upload, image generation, and models (like GPT-5).” [1] dated copy
- What it reads
- Two vendor statements
- Documents, Other data “Web + user-provided content + supported app context” [1]
- Email, Meetings, Documents “The accessible user data includes their emails, calendar, meetings, chats, and files limited to the following boundaries:” [3]
- Where the data goes
- Not yet verified
- Trains on your data
- No “Copilot Chat does not use your data to train foundation models.” “Prompts and responses aren't used to train the underlying foundation models.” “Data stored about user interactions with Microsoft Copilot is encrypted and isn't used to train foundation models (including those used by Microsoft Copilot) from model providers such as Microsoft (Azure Open AI Service), Anthropic, or OpenAI.” [3] dated copy
- On by default
- Yes “Copilot Chat (Basic) is the standalone baseline experience included with eligible Microsoft 365 licenses.” [1] dated copy
- Can be turned off
- Yes “This setting blocks Copilot in the Microsoft Copilot app, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot Chat on the web for all users.” “Blocking Copilot through Integrated Apps is a tenant-wide control that you can scope to specific users or groups, including licensed users.” [2] dated copy
- Billing
- Included in the license “Using Copilot Chat doesn't require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.” “Copilot Chat (Basic) is the standalone baseline experience included with eligible Microsoft 365 licenses.” [1] dated copy
- Feature type
- Not yet verified
- Frameworks the catalog links to it
- Not yet verified
To turn it off
- All editions: Yes “This setting blocks Copilot in the Microsoft Copilot app, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot Chat on the web for all users.” “Blocking Copilot through Integrated Apps is a tenant-wide control that you can scope to specific users or groups, including licensed users.” [2] dated copy
Frameworks the catalog links to it
Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.
- All editions: Not yet verified
Sources
- Microsoft Copilot Chat overview, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Manage Copilot, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Privacy and protections, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Application card: Microsoft Copilot (for organizations), Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap, ID 558286, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
Change log
- October 26, 2026 · All editions · models: [{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus and Claude Sonnet","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Sonnet","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Microsoft","name":"GPT (Azure OpenAI Service)","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Microsoft","name":"GPT models (Azure OpenAI Service)","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"Azure OpenAI Service","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"OpenAI","name":"GPT","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"OpenAI","name":"GPT models","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"not_disclosed","name":"GPT-5","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}}] → [{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus 4.8","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus 5","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Opus and Claude Sonnet","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Anthropic","name":"Claude Sonnet","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Microsoft","name":"GPT models (Azure OpenAI Service)","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"Azure OpenAI Service","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"Microsoft","name":"GPT models (Azure OpenAI Service)","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"Microsoft (Azure OpenAI Service)","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"OpenAI","name":"GPT models","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"OpenAI","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"OpenAI","name":"GPT models","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"OpenAI","name":"GPT-5.6","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"not_disclosed","name":"GPT-5","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}},{"maker":"not_disclosed","name":"not_disclosed","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}}] · correction by Ojja [1, 3, 4, 5]
- October 26, 2026 · All editions · What the AI does: Write → Two vendor statements · correction by Ojja [1, 3]
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