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Microsoft · Microsoft 365

Edit with Copilot in Excel

AI-assisted editing capability in Microsoft Excel that can make direct changes to workbooks in response to natural-language instructions.

Recorded characteristics

Function
Edit with Copilot in Excel allows users to create and modify workbook content using natural-language instructions. Microsoft documents support for complex, multi-step workbook tasks and Excel features including tables, charts, PivotTables and formulas.
Data access
The capability works with workbook content and data available within the user's Excel context. Access beyond this context was not established from the public evidence reviewed.
Actions
Can take actions
External actions
Unknown
Human confirmation
Conditional
Permission basis
Not established
Administrative control
Availability can depend on Microsoft 365 subscription and organisational settings. Additional administrative controls specific to this capability were not established from the public evidence reviewed.
Default state
Not established
Availability
Microsoft documents Edit with Copilot in Excel for supported Microsoft 365 environments. Access depends on eligible Microsoft 365/Copilot subscriptions and may also depend on organisational settings.
Licensing
Microsoft states that access can be provided through eligible Microsoft 365 Personal, Family or Premium subscriptions, commercial Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriptions, or eligible Microsoft 365/Office 365 business and enterprise environments.
External model or provider
Microsoft documentation states that supported users may have access to different AI models, including OpenAI and Anthropic models. The public evidence reviewed does not establish a single model provider as universally used for this capability.
Limitations and uncertainty
Public evidence reviewed for this record does not establish a universal permission basis, default enablement state or external-action capability across all deployments.

Evidence