Microsoft Copilot in Teams in Microsoft 365 Copilot: what does this AI read, and can you turn it off?
Checked on October 27, 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 | Summarize “Microsoft Copilot in Teams can recap conversations, organize key discussion points, and summarize key actions.” “Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings and events is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that captures important conversation points.” “Use Copilot in Recap to summarize key points from an event, generate follow-up tasks, and more.” [2] dated copy |
| Model | GPT “AI-generated content is based on the event transcript and is powered by GPT and other AI models.” [3] dated copy |
| What it reads | Meetings “Microsoft Copilot in Teams can recap conversations, organize key discussion points, and summarize key actions.” “Users can get answers to specific questions and catch up on things they've missed in meetings or chat” “Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings and events is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that captures important conversation points.” “This option relies on speech-to-text audio processing data that isn't saved after the meeting or event ends.” “Teams uses the event transcript, attendance data, and PPT Live data to provide AI-powered features in Intelligent Recap.” [2] dated copy |
| Where the data goes | Not documented by the vendor “Models provided by Anthropic as a subprocessor are currently excluded from the EU Data Boundary.” [1] dated copy |
| Trains on your data | No “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.” “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.” “Prompts, responses, and data accessed through Microsoft Graph aren't used to train foundation LLMs, including those used by Microsoft Copilot.” [2] dated copy |
| On by default | Yes “This is the default value.” [4] dated copy |
| Can be turned off | Yes “Meeting or event organizers can also set Copilot's value to Off to prevent anyone in the meeting from using Copilot.” [4] dated copy |
| Billing | Not yet verified |
| Feature type | Not yet verified |
| Frameworks the catalog links to it | Not yet verified |
All editions
- What the AI does
- Summarize “Microsoft Copilot in Teams can recap conversations, organize key discussion points, and summarize key actions.” “Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings and events is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that captures important conversation points.” “Use Copilot in Recap to summarize key points from an event, generate follow-up tasks, and more.” [2] dated copy
- Model
- GPT “AI-generated content is based on the event transcript and is powered by GPT and other AI models.” [3] dated copy
- What it reads
- Meetings “Microsoft Copilot in Teams can recap conversations, organize key discussion points, and summarize key actions.” “Users can get answers to specific questions and catch up on things they've missed in meetings or chat” “Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings and events is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that captures important conversation points.” “This option relies on speech-to-text audio processing data that isn't saved after the meeting or event ends.” “Teams uses the event transcript, attendance data, and PPT Live data to provide AI-powered features in Intelligent Recap.” [2] dated copy
- Where the data goes
- Not documented by the vendor “Models provided by Anthropic as a subprocessor are currently excluded from the EU Data Boundary.” [1] dated copy
- Trains on your data
- No “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.” “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.” “Prompts, responses, and data accessed through Microsoft Graph aren't used to train foundation LLMs, including those used by Microsoft Copilot.” [2] dated copy
- On by default
- Yes “This is the default value.” [4] dated copy
- Can be turned off
- Yes “Meeting or event organizers can also set Copilot's value to Off to prevent anyone in the meeting from using Copilot.” [4] dated copy
- Billing
- Not yet verified
- Feature type
- Not yet verified
- Frameworks the catalog links to it
- Not yet verified
To turn it off
- All editions: Yes “Meeting or event organizers can also set Copilot's value to Off to prevent anyone in the meeting from using Copilot.” [4] dated copy
Frameworks the catalog links to it
Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.
- All editions: Not yet verified
Sources
- Data, Privacy, and Security for Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Application card: Microsoft Copilot (for organizations), Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Manage Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings and events, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
Change log
- October 26, 2026 · All editions · ai_type: Embedded feature → Two vendor statements · correction by Ojja [3, 4]
- October 26, 2026 · All editions · models: [{"maker":"not_disclosed","name":"GPT","open_weights":"not_disclosed","hosting":{"provider":"not_disclosed","regions":["not_disclosed"]}}] → [{"maker":"not_disclosed","name":"GPT","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 [3, 4]
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