Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot
Type
Licensing
Announcement date
2025-12-16
Effective date
Date not published
Impact
Affected

In brief

Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

What the source says

With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. GA date: March CY2026 Preview date: January CY2026 Launched Current Channel General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Outlook Desktop

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is alre

Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is alre

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    Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. GA date: March CY2026 Preview date: January CY2026 Launched Current Channel General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Outlook Desktop
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  • Product Microsoft 365
    Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. GA date: March CY2026 Preview date: January CY2026 Launched Current Channel General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Outlook Desktop
    source
  • Product Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. GA date: March CY2026 Preview date: January CY2026 Launched Current Channel General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Outlook Desktop
    source
  • Insight a salesperson
    Outlook: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. GA date: March CY2026 Preview date: January CY2026 Launched Current Channel General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Outlook Desktop
    source

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