Quick Copilot Updates You Need

Welcome back to the Copilot News Show, A quick, executive level look at what’s new across Copilot with a focus on M365 and Power Platform. This time, Shane and Todd are back to tag-team the latest updates, jokes included.

Let’s jump right in!

1. AI Builder Credits Are Going Away

Big change first: AI Builder credits are being retired.

Starting November 1, you’ll no longer be able to buy AI Builder credits. If you currently have them, you can keep purchasing for another year, but eventually they’ll be replaced by Copilot Credits (formerly “messages”).

That means all your Power Apps, Power Automate, and AI Prompts scenarios that relied on AI Builder credits will move to the new Copilot credit system. Licensing will evolve quickly, so keep an eye on those updates.

2. New Copilot Features in OneDrive

OneDrive just got a major Copilot upgrade and it’s a good one.

A new floating Copilot agent now appears across the OneDrive web app, desktop, and mobile. It includes built-in prompts like:

• Summarize selected files (1–5 files at a time)

• Compare documents

• Create a fact sheet or summary

  
  

You can also open a prompt box to give Copilot your own commands. But the coolest feature? You can tell Copilot to create an audio summary or even a podcast-style conversation about a document. Two AI-generated voices discuss your file like a mini news show. Hopefully it isn't better than our show.

3. Agent Flows + Human in the Loop

Agent Flows are here and they’re the next evolution of Power Automate Cloud Flows inside of Copilot Studio.

These flows are designed to support the new “human in the loop” model. That means AI-driven workflows can now pause and ask for input or validation before taking action.

Two examples:

• Requests for Information: send questions via Outlook, users fill them out, and responses go straight back into the flow.

• AI Approvals: define approval criteria (like “deny all Todd requests”) and let AI handle automatic decisions when conditions are met.

These new actions are only available in Agent Flows, not in Cloud Flows via Power Automate, so might be time to look harder there.

4. Vibe Working in Excel

Meet Vibe Working, the latest AI experiment in Excel Frontier builds. And maybe a ridiculous name?

It’s an agent mode inside Excel: you can ask it to build pivot tables, forecasts, dashboards, and even executive summaries automatically.

Just describe what you need (“Create a forecast and executive dashboard from this sales data”) and Copilot does the rest.

Right now, it’s rolling out through add-ins and may require the Frontier rollout to enable. Word is next on the roadmap. This feature kind of blew our minds on our first test, can't wait to see where it goes. Quick demo in the video version of this update linked at the bottom.

5. Flow Builder in Copilot Chat

Now this one’s wild: Flow Builder has arrived inside Copilot Chat.

It lets you create Power Automate flows using just natural language — no setup, no manual steps.

Example:

“Every time I get an email from Todd, delete it and reply with ‘I can’t stand you.’”

Two minutes later it is done. It understood context, built the flow, and deployed it.

Flow Builder is included with M365 Copilot licensing, so go experiment (maybe with something friendlier than Shane’s example).

6. New Microsoft App Logos

For the first time in seven years, Microsoft Office apps are getting new logos.

They look a lot like the old ones, just rounder. So get ready for the inevitable support calls when users think Word or Outlook “disappeared” from their desktops.

7. M365 Premium = Personal + Copilot Pro

Microsoft quietly merged M365 Personal/Family with Copilot Pro into one subscription: M365 Premium.

If you use the consumer side of Microsoft 365, this combo offers better pricing and access to Copilot tools. Business users won’t notice a change, but for home use, it’s worth checking out.

Watch the Full Episode

Want to hear Shane and Todd banter their way through all of this? Watch the full Copilot News Show #2 here: Copilot News

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Wrapping Up

From AI Builder’s retirement to OneDrive’s new Copilot podcast mode, Microsoft’s AI story keeps moving fast.

Whenever there’s a full basket of Copilot goodness, we’ll drop another show and blog post to keep you in the loop.

Until then, happy prompting!