The redesigned app merges chat, coding, and agents, and rebrands Scout, Microsoft’s personal AI assistant, as Autopilot.

Microsoft unveiled a redesigned Copilot app that combines chat, coding, and agents in one interface. The new app has three tabs: Home, Code, and Autopilot. Home merges Copilot Chat and Cowork, Code runs in a sandboxed environment, and Autopilot is the cloud version of the assistant Microsoft previously called Scout.

Microsoft first teased the super app last month and formally launched it today. The company also renamed Scout, the personal assistant it showed at Build earlier this year, to Autopilot. Autopilot runs in the cloud with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace, and it appears across Teams, Outlook, chats, channels, and documents.

The Code tab is unusual for productivity software because it lets any employee build an app, tracker, dashboard, or automation and share it as a cloud-hosted internal app. Microsoft says Code uses the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot. Autopilot targets enterprises that already rely on Office and Microsoft identity management, giving them permissions, audit, and governance controls.

Microsoft plans to add a Today feature inside the Home tab that acts as a personalized dashboard for important emails, meeting requests, and Teams threads. The company is positioning Copilot as a central place for work rather than a single chat window. Enterprise security and control remain the main pitch as Microsoft tries to sell businesses on Copilot again.

What matters

• Microsoft launched a redesigned Copilot app with Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs in one interface.
• The Code tab lets workers build cloud-hosted apps, trackers, and automations inside their tenant.
• Microsoft plans a Today dashboard for emails, meetings, and Teams threads inside the Home tab.

Why it matters

Microsoft plans a Today dashboard for emails, meetings, and Teams threads inside the Home tab.

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