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Outlook: Draft with Copilot Highlight & Rewrite in classic Outlook for Windows

Plan for Change

Message ID

MC1048620
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Roadmap ID

407380
View in Roadmap

Services

Exchange Online

Affected Platforms

Desktop

Summary

Outlook's Draft with Copilot feature will be available in late June 2025 for Public Preview and late July 2025 for General Availability. This feature allows users to improve email drafts by highlighting sections and using Copilot to iterate on the text. No preparation is needed.

Details

Updated May 6, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Now you can use Draft with Copilot to improve sections of your email draft. Highlight a specific section and then use Draft with Copilot to iterate on the text of the highlighted section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 407380

When this will happen:

Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late June 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late May).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late July 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late August 2025 (previously late June).

How this will affect your organization:

This feature will allow users to improve their email drafts more efficiently by leveraging Copilot's capabilities. It will enhance productivity and ensure higher quality communication within your organization.

What you need to do to prepare:

No action is required to prepare for this feature. End users will start seeing it once it's available in their build.

Timeline

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Published
Apr 4, 2025
Message published to Message Center
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Updated
Aug 4, 2025
Message content updated
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End Date
Oct 6, 2025
Message timeline ends

Tags

#Updated message#New feature#User impact#Admin impact

Category

📋Plan for Change

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