Microsoft 365 Copilot profile
Microsoft 365 Copilot
microsoft365.com(opens in new tab)Microsoft's productivity workspace with Copilot-enabled features.
A collection of office apps is being recast as one AI-led workspace.
Where the money comes from
Individual and business subscriptions fund the suite.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they made last year
Microsoft Corporation: USD 331.84 billion revenue in the year ended 2026-06-30. Net income: USD 133.75 billion. Group/company figures.
Sources (4)
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much they keep
40.31% net margin for the year ended 2026-06-30: reported net income divided by revenue.
Sources (4)
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they’re worth
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), 2026-10-16 snapshot: USD 529.05 per share. Market capitalisation: USD 3.93T.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated market snapshotSecondary market data · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Where the money is heading
Suite subscriptions and AI capabilities monetise an integrated workflow rather than isolated document tools.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who runs it
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft owns LinkedIn and GitHub as well as Teams, Bing and its office products. An OpenAI partnership is a separate relationship from owning those services.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Selected dated shareholder disclosures
The Vanguard Group
An investment-management group. This is a historical aggregate disclosure; its 2026 internal realignment/disaggregation prevents treating the old aggregate as a current holding.
- Equity percentage
- 8.95%
- Disclosure as of
- 30 September 2025
Historical 2025 proxy aggregate; based on a February 2024 filing, not a current 2026 ownership estimate.
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
BlackRock
An investment-management group reporting voting or investment authority over shares held through managed portfolios. The position is not all the manager’s own economic wealth.
- Equity percentage
- 7.3%
- Disclosure as of
- 30 September 2025
2025 proxy table based on a February 2024 disclosure; not a live position.
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
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Photo credits
- The Vanguard Group — The Vanguard Group. Public domain. Wikimedia raster rendition resized to fit 168 pixels; lossless WebP, original colours and proportions.
- BlackRock — BlackRock. Public domain. Original SVG geometry unchanged; contained in a white tile.
What AI does here
The Microsoft 365 Copilot app brings chat, search, creation and agents together around available account content.
Sources (5)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who supplies the brains
Microsoft develops the app and Copilot integration with supported models and services.
Sources (5)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
What it learns from you
Microsoft’s commercial Copilot documentation describes enterprise data commitments and existing access controls. Those commitments should be scoped to the covered commercial product, not assumed for every consumer feature. Sharing links, administrators and third-party agents can introduce separate access.
Sources (7)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who checks its work
Account permissions and organisational administrators govern accessible work information; features depend on licensing.
Sources (7)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
How much choice you have
Check whether you are using a personal or work account and what content the assistant can retrieve.
Sources (7)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Editorial Trust score: 70/100
Assessed 18 October 2026
What they say vs what they do
20/25 points
Microsoft 365 combines consumer and organisational productivity offerings. For a work account, the organisation’s permissions and configuration are part of the trust boundary. AI-generated summaries still need checking against the source.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they know—and what they do with it
20/25 points
Microsoft’s commercial Copilot documentation describes enterprise data commitments and existing access controls. Those commitments should be scoped to the covered commercial product, not assumed for every consumer feature. Sharing links, administrators and third-party agents can introduce separate access.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Quality vs Quantity
15/25 points
Consumer and workplace versions can have different features, access rules and data terms.
Sources (7)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much control you really have
15/25 points
Check whether you are using a personal or work account and what content the assistant can retrieve.
Sources (7)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Copilot — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who does it better
Comparison priority: the workflow and permissions of the whole suite. Convenient AI search has value when the workspace behind it is well organised.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Tools to keep more to yourself: privacy tools and account protection in The Escape Hatch.
Reinforcement— The reward
A completed document or found file rewards returning to a familiar suite.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Prompts & Cues— The trigger
Shared files, messages and recommended work keep outstanding tasks visible.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Response Effort— The easy path
Copilot search and creation reduce the need to open several apps before beginning.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Social Influence— The crowd
Team conventions and shared formats make continued use a coordination advantage.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Loss Aversion & Scarcity— The pressure
Accumulated work and organisational dependencies make abandoning the suite more than changing one app.
Sources (3)
- Get started with Search in the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot mobile app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Get started with the Microsoft Copilot app | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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