Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's AI, inside Windows and Office · by Microsoft
Level 💰 Free, AI in Office by subscriptionReviewed on August 22, 2026
What is it?
Copilot is Microsoft's assistant: an app and a website to chat, search and create images, but also a helper built into Windows, Edge, Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. Free to chat, paid inside the Office apps.
🧒 Explain it like I'm 8
It's the robot that lives inside the Windows computer: it helps you write in Word, tidy up emails and answer your questions.
Three ways to use it
- Write and summarize in Word and Outlook
- Analyze an Excel sheet in plain English
- Ask Windows or Edge a question
Get started in 2 minutes
Tip: start with one small concrete mission (a letter, an image, a song) rather than exploring at random. You'll learn ten times faster!