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Start here: decision models
Jev and Microsoft-Decision-1, side by side.
- Jev and Microsoft-Decision-1 compared coming
- Where a decision model sits in a Copilot agent coming
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What can Microsoft's tools do today?
In short, explained
Microsoft makes lots of computer helpers, and they all have different names. This part tells you what each one does, what it costs, and when you'd use it.
Microsoft sells a lot of AI products and the names change often. In September 2026 it grouped Copilot into Home, Code and Autopilot. Here I explain each product in plain terms: what it does, what it costs and which decisions it can help with.
Microsoft now describes Copilot as an agent layer across Microsoft 365, announced on 25 September 2026 as Home, Code and Autopilot. This section covers what each product does, what it costs and where it fits a decision. It starts with decision models, which link straight back to the Decisions section.
How this section is organised
Microsoft's AI products change names and packaging often. This section sorts them by what they do for a decision rather than by brand:
- Find and summarise: tools that gather what you need to know before deciding, such as Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Notebooks.
- Draft and share: tools that produce something people edit together, such as Pages.
- Act on your behalf: agents that carry out steps, from Agent Builder through Copilot Studio to Foundry.
- Score a fixed choice: decision models, which pick between set options and say how confident they are.
What every product page will cover
Each page answers the same questions in the same order, so you can compare products side by side:
- What it does, in one sentence.
- Which licence or meter pays for it, with the date the price was checked.
- Which kinds of decision it helps with, and which it shouldn't touch.
- What governance you need in place first.
A note on figures
Prices, limits and features here are attributed to Microsoft's own documentation and dated. If a figure is an estimate, it's labelled as one.
Where to start
The product pages are being written now. Until they're up, the Decisions section explains what a decision model is and where one fits, and the guide Is Microsoft 365 Copilot worth it? works through the licence question.
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Home, Code and Autopilot
Microsoft's September 2026 direction: Chat and Cowork merged, tenant-hosted app building, a proactive agent.
- The philosophy: Copilot as the OS for work coming
- What changes for your licences coming
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Copilot Chat
The free, web-grounded tier and what it can safely do.
/capabilities/copilot-chatCapabilitiesPlanned
Microsoft 365 Copilot
The paid licence, grounded in your work data.
/capabilities/m365-copilotCapabilitiesPlanned
Notebooks
Gathering sources around one piece of work.
/capabilities/notebooksCapabilitiesPlanned
Pages
Shared, editable AI output.
/capabilities/pagesCapabilitiesPlanned
Agent Builder
Light agents for individuals and teams.
/capabilities/agent-builderCapabilitiesPlanned
Copilot in SharePoint
Agents over sites and libraries.
/capabilities/sharepointCapabilitiesPlanned
Copilot Studio
Governed agents with actions, flows and connectors.
/capabilities/copilot-studioCapabilitiesPlanned
Cowork
Multi-step work across skills and apps, now part of Home.
/capabilities/coworkCapabilitiesPlanned
Foundry
Models, agents and evaluation on Azure, including Microsoft-Decision-1.
/capabilities/foundryA question to take awayWhich of these do you already pay for and not use?