1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:08,530 Welcome to your weekly brief on what Microsoft changed in Copilot — the week of 6 October to eleventh, 2026. 2 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:13,830 This is for the people who run Microsoft 365 Copilot inside an organisation. 3 00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:17,944 Every date you hear was read on a Microsoft page this week. 4 00:00:17,944 --> 00:00:25,474 It was not a quiet week: one change matters most for how your people work, with a handful more worth a look. 5 00:00:27,324 --> 00:00:33,740 The change that matters most this week: Microsoft 365 Chat now lives directly inside Copilot Search. 6 00:00:33,740 --> 00:00:40,990 Until now, finding something and acting on it were two separate moves — search in one place, then switch to chat. 7 00:00:40,990 --> 00:00:42,081 Now they are one. 8 00:00:42,081 --> 00:00:51,705 Your people can find a document, a person, or an answer and keep going in the same place, turning finding straight into doing, on Windows and the web. 9 00:00:53,205 --> 00:01:09,227 Here is what the page actually says, word for word: Microsoft 365 Chat brings the power of conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move effortlessly from finding information to acting on it. 10 00:01:09,227 --> 00:01:16,054 That is the whole of the claim — no rollout dates beyond the sixth of October, and no new licence. 11 00:01:16,054 --> 00:01:19,676 The page is the Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes. 12 00:01:21,296 --> 00:01:22,774 Is it what it seems? 13 00:01:22,774 --> 00:01:24,918 Mostly — but read it plainly. 14 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:32,311 This is a change to how finding and chat sit together, not a new entitlement and not a price change. 15 00:01:32,311 --> 00:01:37,042 It reaches Windows and the web; the page names no other surface. 16 00:01:37,042 --> 00:01:43,769 And nothing here changes who can see what — your own permissions still govern every result. 17 00:01:43,769 --> 00:01:48,278 So: a workflow improvement, on the seats you already license. 18 00:01:49,848 --> 00:01:51,303 Item one, in brief. 19 00:01:51,303 --> 00:01:58,962 What moved: Microsoft 365 Chat now sits inside Copilot Search, so finding turns straight into doing. 20 00:01:58,962 --> 00:02:08,459 What it means for you: fewer tool-switches for the same work, on seats you already run — nothing to buy, nothing to turn on. 21 00:02:08,459 --> 00:02:17,573 One thing to check this week: open Copilot Search and confirm Chat appears for your pilot group on Windows and the web. 22 00:02:21,033 --> 00:02:21,712 Item two. 23 00:02:21,712 --> 00:02:32,646 What moved: SharePoint Advanced Management now reports item-level permissions for the special Everyone and Everyone-except-external-users groups. 24 00:02:32,646 --> 00:02:44,410 What it means for you: before Copilot surfaces content widely, you can see exactly what those broad groups reach — oversharing made visible, not guessed at. 25 00:02:44,410 --> 00:02:53,309 One thing to check: run the new report against one high-traffic site and read what the Everyone groups actually touch. 26 00:02:56,779 --> 00:02:57,594 Item three. 27 00:02:57,594 --> 00:03:07,083 What moved: Copilot Analytics now shows Cowork adoption and impact, on both the Copilot dashboard and the Consumption dashboard. 28 00:03:07,083 --> 00:03:16,126 What it means for you: you can see where Cowork is genuinely taking hold before you widen it — plan on proof, not a hunch. 29 00:03:16,126 --> 00:03:23,761 One thing to check: open the Copilot dashboard and read the new Cowork view for your most active teams. 30 00:03:26,981 --> 00:03:31,130 A few more landed this week — worth a look, lighter touch. 31 00:03:31,130 --> 00:03:37,496 A Regenerate action lets people get an alternative answer with Try Again or Switch Model. 32 00:03:37,496 --> 00:03:46,438 In PowerPoint, you can now build custom skills on Windows, and on Mac reference files from SharePoint libraries and OneDrive. 33 00:03:46,438 --> 00:03:51,802 Office — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — now works inside the new Copilot app. 34 00:03:51,802 --> 00:03:59,814 And the October Copilot Notebooks roundup covers delegating work, editing Office files, and interactive reports. 35 00:04:02,674 --> 00:04:05,247 What was quiet is worth naming too. 36 00:04:05,247 --> 00:04:20,172 No change this week to Copilot seat pricing, to credits or usage-based billing, or to the cost-management controls — the billing items you may have heard about are dated earlier and sit in a prior brief. 37 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:23,848 No new admin-consent or permission changes either. 38 00:04:23,848 --> 00:04:31,494 When money does move, the move is to plan it, set the limit before the first credit, and widen on proof. 39 00:04:31,494 --> 00:04:34,067 Nothing this week asks that of you. 40 00:04:35,747 --> 00:04:41,314 That is the Microsoft Copilot week, for the people who run it inside an organisation. 41 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:48,976 The next brief lands this time next week — same place, same test: every date you hear read first on a Microsoft page. 42 00:04:48,976 --> 00:04:51,137 This one was made by PhoenixHalo. 43 00:04:51,137 --> 00:04:52,512 Thanks for your time.