--- title: Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on... description: Microsoft has relaunched its Copilot app as a unified 'super app' combining Chat, Cowork, Code (a natural-language app builder using GitHub Copilot's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on Autopilot agent | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft has relaunched its Copilot app as a unified 'super app' combining Chat, Cowork, Code (a natural-language app builder using GitHub Copilot's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LKcV83RkH.png og:image:alt: Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on Autopilot agent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on Autopilot agent **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft has relaunched its Copilot app as a unified 'super app' combining Chat, Cowork, Code (a natural-language app builder using GitHub Copilot's underlying technology), and Autopilot, an always-on cloud agent formerly called Scout. Autopilot has its own identity, memory, and workspace, and grew out of experiments with the open-source OpenClaw agent. Per-user licensing covers everyday chat and Office use, while Cowork, Code, Autopilot, and frontier models like Astra and Fable are billed by usage. Home and Code roll out to Microsoft's Frontier early-access program soon, Autopilot enters private preview at the end of September, and Code reaches Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers later this year. The move is widely seen as Microsoft catching up to OpenAI and Anthropic, which have bundled chat, coding, and agents into single apps, and comes after Microsoft retired its consumer-facing Mico mascot and merged its separate consumer Copilot into the new app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Microsoft's new unified Copilot app and what does it include? Microsoft's new Copilot app combines three sections: Home (Chat plus Cowork, an agent that runs tasks to completion, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Code (natural-language app and dashboard building using the same technology as GitHub Copilot, running in a sandbox hostable inside a company's Microsoft 365 tenant), and Autopilot (an always-on cloud agent with its own identity and memory). It also absorbs the separate consumer Copilot app. _Developers weighing unified AI work platforms can follow rollout details for Copilot's Code and Autopilot on daily.dev._ ### What is Microsoft's Autopilot agent and how is it different from Copilot chat? Autopilot, previously called Scout, is an always-on agent that runs in the cloud with its own identity, memory, and workspace, continuing tasks even when the user is away. Users give it a name, role, and goal, and can mention it in Teams and Outlook like a colleague. It grew out of Microsoft's experiments with OpenClaw, an open-source personal agent, and enters private preview at the end of September. _Teams evaluating long-running AI agents can track Autopilot's preview rollout via daily.dev._ ### How is Microsoft pricing the new Copilot app's coding and agent features? A per-user license covers everyday use like Chat and Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, while Cowork, Code, and Autopilot are billed by usage, as are frontier models such as Astra and Fable. Home and Code roll out to the Frontier early-access program soon, and Code reaches Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers in preview later this year. _Teams budgeting for usage-based AI coding tools can compare pricing models discussed on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft is merging its Copilots into one AI super app](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-merging-its-copilots-into-one-ai-super-app-f2ckdhaiq) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-taps-claude-to-make-copilot-cowork-a-better-agent-1re1wylwc) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub takes aim at Claude Code and Codex with its new Copilot app](https://daily.dev/posts/github-takes-aim-at-claude-code-and-codex-with-its-new-copilot-app-u5mftvizf) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#microsoft-copilot](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-copilot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on Autopilot agent","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh"},"datePublished":"2026-09-25T13:52:12.519Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T06:35:26.849Z","description":"Microsoft has relaunched its Copilot app as a unified 'super app' combining Chat, Cowork, Code (a natural-language app builder using GitHub Copilot's...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4d1f45a2dc7862bdd1f174f9df46bb90?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4d1f45a2dc7862bdd1f174f9df46bb90?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"microsoft,ai-agents,github,vibe-coding,microsoft-copilot","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microsoft’s new Copilot app adds coding and an always-on Autopilot agent"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-new-copilot-app-adds-coding-and-an-always-on-autopilot-agent-lkcv83rkh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Microsoft's new unified Copilot app and what does it include?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Microsoft's new Copilot app combines three sections: Home (Chat plus Cowork, an agent that runs tasks to completion, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Code (natural-language app and dashboard building using the same technology as GitHub Copilot, running in a sandbox hostable inside a company's Microsoft 365 tenant), and Autopilot (an always-on cloud agent with its own identity and memory). 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