Microsoft is rolling Copilot from an optional add‑on into a default part of the Microsoft 365 experience — automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients — a background rollout Microsoft says will begin in Fall 2025 and...
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto Windows machines that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients installed, a background rollout Microsoft frames as starting in “Fall 2025” and industry reporting places in early October through mid‑November — and...
Microsoft will begin automatically pushing the Microsoft 365 Copilot desktop app to Windows devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients installed, in a background rollout scheduled to start in October 2025 and described by Microsoft as beginning in “Fall 2025.”
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Starting in early October and finishing around mid‑November 2025, Microsoft will quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to many Windows PCs that already have Microsoft 365 desktop apps installed — downloading and installing the app in the background, adding an icon to the Start menu, and...
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop client apps, rolling the background install out beginning in Fall 2025 — with a practical deployment window that industry reporting ties to early October through...
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Microsoft will begin installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app automatically on Windows devices that already have the Microsoft 365 desktop apps, a background rollout that starts this fall and is expected to reach completion by mid‑November — but it won’t happen for devices in the European...
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Microsoft’s plan to push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto many Windows desktops next month is the clearest signal yet that the company intends to make an AI assistant a default part of the Windows productivity surface — but the details, caveats, and operational impact matter as much as the...
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the standalone Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto many Windows devices this fall, pushing a dedicated Copilot entry into the Start menu on eligible machines unless administrators explicitly opt out — a move Microsoft describes as a background...
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