Microsoft Copilot Cowork 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
Whether it is on by default is not yet verified; whether it can be turned off is not yet verified.
The facts, edition by edition
| All editions | |
|---|---|
| What the AI does | Act “Microsoft Copilot Cowork uses AI to carry out multi-step tasks on your behalf across Microsoft 365.” “You can automate complex tasks across your work data, business systems, and connected apps with grounded context, multi‑model intelligence, integrated plugins, and the same security and governance controls you already trust.” [1] dated copy |
| Model | Not yet verified |
| What it reads | Email, Meetings, Documents “Microsoft Copilot Cowork uses AI to carry out multi-step tasks on your behalf across Microsoft 365.” “Cowork executes it by sending emails, scheduling meetings, creating documents, posting in Teams, conducting research, and managing files.” [1] dated copy |
| Where the data goes | Not yet verified |
| Trains on your data | Not yet verified |
| On by default | Not yet verified |
| Can be turned off | Not yet verified |
| Billing | Not yet verified |
| Feature type | Not yet verified |
| Frameworks the catalog links to it | Not yet verified |
All editions
- What the AI does
- Act “Microsoft Copilot Cowork uses AI to carry out multi-step tasks on your behalf across Microsoft 365.” “You can automate complex tasks across your work data, business systems, and connected apps with grounded context, multi‑model intelligence, integrated plugins, and the same security and governance controls you already trust.” [1] dated copy
- Model
- Not yet verified
- What it reads
- Email, Meetings, Documents “Microsoft Copilot Cowork uses AI to carry out multi-step tasks on your behalf across Microsoft 365.” “Cowork executes it by sending emails, scheduling meetings, creating documents, posting in Teams, conducting research, and managing files.” [1] dated copy
- Where the data goes
- Not yet verified
- Trains on your data
- Not yet verified
- On by default
- Not yet verified
- Can be turned off
- Not yet verified
- Billing
- Not yet verified
- Feature type
- Not yet verified
- Frameworks the catalog links to it
- Not yet verified
To turn it off
- All editions: Not yet verified
Frameworks the catalog links to it
Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.
- All editions: Not yet verified
Sources
- Application card: Microsoft Copilot (for organizations), Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap, ID 558286, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
Change log
No change since first publication.
This fact sheet says nothing about your setup: the free readout, in French for now, reads it in your tools.