Over the past few years, AI has transformed how we access information and get answers. The next step is helping people take actions. That’s the shift behind Copilot Cowork.
We recently introduced Copilot Cowork through the Frontier program to move beyond chat and into execution—helping you delegate real tasks and have them completed for you. Since then, we’ve seen people use Cowork in ways that go far beyond simple prompts: orchestrating inbox workflows, conducting deep research, generating structured documents, and even building full web pages.
What is becoming clear is that once AI understands your work, it can start contributing to it and working alongside you. Cowork is built on Work IQ, our intelligence layer that understands your data, your tools, and your organization. That foundation allows Cowork to plan, act, and produce outcomes that are grounded in how your business runs and not just what is available on the public internet.
Today, we’re announcing additional capabilities in Cowork to expand on what it can make possible for you.
Work doesn’t just happen at your desk—bringing Cowork to iOS and Android mobile
A key part of our Copilot vision is bringing AI into the flow of work, wherever that work happens.
Cowork already runs in the cloud, so you don’t have to worry about closing your laptop or if your PC is running. Now, we’re introducing Cowork on iOS and Android so you can delegate work the moment you think of it—on your commute, between meetings, or away from your desk—and come back to a finished outcome. Instead of completing those tasks, you can hand them off and keep going while the work progresses in the background.
Turning work into reusable intelligence with Cowork Skills
A lot of work follows repeatable structures and that’s where skills come in. A skill is a reusable set of instructions that guides Cowork on how to complete a task or workflow. Instead of starting from scratch each time, you can capture how you want something done—your structure, your tone, and your process—and ask Cowork to apply it consistently.
We’re introducing built-in skills across Microsoft 365 to help with common workflows like creating documents, coordinating meetings, and conducting research. You can also create your own custom skills, whether you’re standardizing a team process or automating recurring work.
Over time, these skills become a shared layer of intelligence that helps teams scale how work gets done.
Connecting work across your tools with Cowork plugins
We also know that work doesn’t live in a single place. It spans documents, data, and line-of-business systems. To meet that reality, Cowork is connecting more deeply to the tools your organization already relies on so it can operate across systems.
We’re introducing new native integrations across Microsoft products, including Fabric IQ with Power BI, so you can bring your data directly into Cowork workflows. We’re also expanding integrations with Dynamics 365 across sales, customer service, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to support scenarios like pipeline reviews, case resolution, and order approvals.
Available now, we’ll be releasing connectors to popular third-party solutions such as LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Miro, monday.com, and S&P Global Energy, with more to come.
Organizations can also build custom plugins to extend Cowork to their unique systems and processes. Learn how to add, create, and manage plugins in Copilot Cowork and start building yours today.
Try Copilot Cowork
We’re still early and moving fast. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been continuously expanding what Cowork can do and you’ll continue to see rapid improvements as we build alongside how customers are using it.
Copilot Cowork is available through the Frontier program, with new capabilities rolling out continuously. Learn more about the latest updates on the Microsoft Technical Community and get started using Cowork in your own workflows today.