Copilot 365 Digest

E7 $99, 30M+ paid seats, OpenClaw $30/mo. GPT-5.6 becomes M365 Copilot's preferred model. Microsoft routing Copilot traffic to MAI models in Excel/Outlook. Testing Kimi K3. AXA rolls out Copilot globally. Copilot Vision adds screen sharing July 2026. SharePoint Copilot enabled by default with new August features: live dashboards, contextual prompts. Excel July 2026 features: inline citations, synced connectors, Power BI grounding. New practical guides: Copilot Tasks back-to-school how-to, Foundry Kimi for developer copilots, finance professionals guide, Copilot Notebooks how-to, PowerPoint 'Prepare for questions' skill walkthrough, Copilot Voice Input dictation. Internal memo confirms token budgets and GPT-5.6 shift. GitHub Copilot default to GPT-5.6 Sol. Windows 365 for Agents bridges Copilot Studio orchestration with managed Cloud PCs for task-based automation, adding governance via Entra ID, Intune, audit trails. FAQ clarifies separation between Agent 365 (governance) and Windows 365 (compute), pricing models, and integration with Copilot Studio. Hands-on test of Copilot in Excel reveals it excels as reviewer but falls short on cleanup. Blackbaud integrates Raiser's Edge NXT with M365 Copilot. ZoomInfo data integration with Copilot Studio brings B2B intelligence into Excel/Word/Dynamics via MCP connector. Claude Opus 5 now a model choice inside M365 Copilot. Training course AB-6008-A on delegating work with Copilot Cowork and Scout. New: S&P Global integrates AI data into M365 Copilot via Excel connector and Cowork plugin. New: Article compares Scout (autonomous background agent), Copilot (query assistant), and Cowork (action agent) – clarifies roles for users. New: Practical guide on 10 Copilot use cases for Excel (clean data, formulas, dashboards, financial models). New: Voice chat with Copilot on mobile – setup steps and prompt examples. New: Copilot Notebooks now supports Markdown, RTF, and plain-text files. New: Practical how-to for creating interactive dashboards with Copilot in SharePoint using lists and Excel files, with emphasis on data hygiene and permissions. New: Scheduled tasks in Copilot – automate recurring checks like release notes or user feedback, a practical productivity feature for hands-off monitoring. New: Scout's dual-licensing model revealed: $180-$250/user/month with Frontier preview, M365 Copilot, and GitHub Copilot prerequisites. New: Create infographics in Copilot Notebooks – practical how-to for turning research into visuals. New: Copilot in Excel guide (2026) with real prompts and =COPILOT() deprecation detail. New: Roadmap updates: OneDrive iOS PDF review via Copilot, Copilot Studio Dataverse as native knowledge source, Copilot Notebooks for GCC clouds. New: Legal research agent case study (UK law firm) cuts research time by 65% using Copilot Studio. New: LinkedIn Learning course 'How to Be an Agent Boss' from Microsoft PM offers practical guidance on leading AI agents at work. New: Shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams now in public preview – allows collaborative AI sessions with compliance oversight and credit consumption.