I was impressed the first time I saw Microsoft Copilot. It was during the Microsoft keynote at Enterprise Connect last March. Microsoft showed a fairly intuitive assistant that made things like meetings easier to manage and even miss. I was cautiously optimistic.
That was 10 months ago. Also during that keynote, Microsoft showed off its new Teams client that was just released, and that upgrade wasn’t so smooth. Ten months is a long time in tech. Microsoft showed off Copilot again last week at Microsoft Ignite. Despite the demos being similar, it wasn’t as impressive this time. First, a lot has changed regarding both expectations and alternatives. Secondly, the pricing has become clear, and promises about future features seem vague.
