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
source - 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
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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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