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Work IQ APIs 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

Business
What the AI doesCode “The Work IQ API is available in public preview, giving developers access to the intelligence layer behind Microsoft 365 Copilot through agent‑to‑agent (A2A), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and REST interfaces.” [2] dated copy
ModelNot yet verified
What it readsEmail, Meetings, Documents, Other data “By continuously processing content and signals from email, calendar, meetings, chats, files, people, collaboration patterns, and connected line of business systems, Work IQ provides intelligence that isn’t available in any other way.” [2] dated copy
Where the data goesNot yet verified
Trains on your dataNot yet verified
On by defaultNot yet verified
Can be turned offNot yet verified
BillingNot yet verified
Feature typeNot yet verified
Frameworks the catalog links to itNot yet verified

Business

What the AI does
Code “The Work IQ API is available in public preview, giving developers access to the intelligence layer behind Microsoft 365 Copilot through agent‑to‑agent (A2A), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and REST interfaces.” [2] dated copy
Model
Not yet verified
What it reads
Email, Meetings, Documents, Other data “By continuously processing content and signals from email, calendar, meetings, chats, files, people, collaboration patterns, and connected line of business systems, Work IQ provides intelligence that isn’t available in any other way.” [2] 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

  • Business: Not yet verified

Frameworks the catalog links to it

Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.

  • Business: Not yet verified

Sources

  1. Partner Center, October 2026 announcements, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
  2. Microsoft 365 Roadmap, ID 558286, Microsoft, October 22, 2026

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