Microsoft Releases Copilot Cowork AI Agent to General Availability with Usage-Based Pricing
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By Sheryl Hodge
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Microsoft has moved its autonomous AI agent, Copilot Cowork, to general availability for all Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers as of June 16. The tool executes complex, long-running, multi-tool tasks end-to-end and returns completed results. More than half of the Fortune 500, including major companies like Accenture, Capital Group, and Zurich Insurance, are already using the tool. The GA release introduces usage-based pricing and plugin support for the AI task engine.
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· 3 pulledMicrosoft on June 16 moved Copilot Cowork to general availability worldwide, shifting the AI task engine from preview to production for all Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers.
More than half of the Fortune 500 — including Accenture, Avanade, Capital Group, Koch, Ooredoo Qatar and Zurich Insurance — already use the tool.
Cowork executes complex, long-running, multi-tool tasks end-to-end and returns completed results.
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