What’s New in Copilot | January 2025

As we welcome 2025, we’re excited to bring you a host of fresh Copilot updates to explore this January.

From enhanced tools for managing resources to new features across popular apps, Microsoft 365 Copilot continues to redefine how work is accomplished.

So we better get into it…

 

Expanding resources of Viva Learning

Learning just got a lot more flexible and personal with new updates to Viva Learning.

Imagine being able to take the Copilot Academy and make it entirely your own, tailoring courses to your team’s unique needs or industry requirements. Microsoft Copilot Academy helps learners develop skills associated with Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Starting last month, you can duplicate Microsoft-curated learning paths and customise them to fit your organisation’s vision for growth.

And here’s the kicker: the AI and Copilot Resources provider is now live, giving admins more control over the content their teams can access.

Admins now have the power to enable, disable, or apply permissions.

With these tools, skilling up your workforce has never been easier.

 

New templates and reports in Copilot Analytics

What’s the secret to becoming a Copilot pro?

Insightful feedback and smart analytics. With the new Viva Pulse survey templates, you can measure how ready your organisation is for Copilot, track adoption trends, and see the impact it’s making.

The best part? These surveys automatically feed into the Copilot Dashboard, creating a one-stop shop for both qualitative and quantitative data.

For sales teams, success hinges on turning insights into action

With the Copilot for Sales reports in Viva Insights, sales leaders can track how Copilot is helping their teams close deals faster, compare adoption across groups, and see trends that influence success.

 

Transform notetaking with Copilot for OneNote

OneNote is levelling up, and Copilot this January is leading the charge.

Now available on Mac and iPad, Copilot for OneNote transforms how you can organise and make sense of your notes. From preparing for a big meeting or just jotting down ideas, Copilot can summarise, rewrite, or reframe your notes with natural language commands.

But that’s not all.

On the desktop app, “Quick Actions” takes note-taking to the next level.

This means by just clicking a button to instantly summarise a page, create a task list, or reorganise messy thoughts into a polished plan. It’s like having a personal assistant who’s always on point.

 

Improve data and understanding with Copilot for Excel

Data clean-up doesn’t have to be a nightmare with Copilot for Excel.

With the new Clean Data feature, you can resolve text inconsistencies, fix formatting issues, and eliminate extra spaces in seconds.

And here’s where it gets even smarter… Copilot’s pattern recognition capabilities are rolling out on Windows Desktop this month.

It can suggest formulas for tasks like date transformations or row numbering, saving you the hassle of manual calculations. Whether you’re analysing budgets or preparing reports, this is the helping hand you didn’t know you needed.

 

More dynamic interactions in Copilot for Word and PowerPoint

Microsoft is making Copilot this January feel even more “human” with features that enhance how you interact with your content. For starters, you can now ask Copilot to read responses aloud, bringing a new layer of dynamism and accessibility to your work.

And let’s talk about images. Adding visuals to your Copilot chats unlocks powerful possibilities. You can now ask Copilot to extract text from an image, generate a description, or even translate content.

It’s a seamless way to get the answers you need while staying in the flow of your work. These updates are live in Word and PowerPoint across all platforms, so let Copilot bring your ideas to life.

 

Intelligent recap in Teams for calls from chat and ‘Meet now’ meetings

Have you ever ended an impromptu meeting and realised you forgot to take notes? Enter Intelligent Recap in Teams.

Now, even unscheduled meetings started with ‘Meet Now’ or from a chat will have AI-generated summaries waiting for you.

These recaps organise information by speaker and topic, create AI-generated notes, and flag follow-up tasks so nothing slips through the cracks.

Whether it’s a quick brainstorming session or a last-minute client call, you can now leave the meeting feeling confident and covered.

 

Conclusion

This month’s updates showcase how Copilot this January is evolving to meet the dynamic needs of organisations and individuals.

Whether you’re cleaning up messy data in Excel, transforming how you take notes in OneNote, or relying on intelligent meeting recaps in Teams, these innovations are designed to save time, simplify workflows, and help you focus on what really matters to us as users.

As we move into 2025, there’s never been a better time to explore everything Copilot has to offer. Start using these new features today and see how they can make a difference in the way you work.