GoKawiilMicrosoft splits Copilot into Home, Code and Autopilot sections
Microsoft is overhauling Copilot with a redesigned structure divided into three areas: Home for organizing meetings, documents, emails and agents; Code for building apps and vibe coding; and Autopilot, a rebranded version of Scout that acts as a semi-autonomous digital teammate. The update rolls out first through Microsoft's Frontier Program for businesses and individual subscribers, with a new Copilot Managed Runtime letting enterprises host generated code within their own Microsoft 365 environment.
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The redesign suggests Microsoft is trying to position Copilot as a broader workplace operating layer rather than a single chatbot, competing directly with OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code in the coding space. Framing app-building as a basic office skill indicates Microsoft may be betting that AI-assisted coding will become as routine as writing documents, which could reshape expectations for non-technical employees.
- Copilot now splits into Home, Code, and Autopilot sections for different work tasks
- Code targets AI coding rivals like Codex and Claude Code, using GitHub Copilot's technology in a sandboxed, hostable environment
- Autopilot, formerly Scout, is a nameable semi-autonomous agent for recurring or advanced organizational tasks
Source: tomshardware.com — Andrew E. Freedman, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “Microsoft revamps Copilot with new tools, support for frontier models”
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