Learn more about the channels in this article. Once available to your organization, your users will need to be on the Current Channel or on the Monthly Enterprise Channel for Microsoft 365 apps to have access to Copilot. Copilot users must have either a Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license  and an Azure Active Directory account, which gives them access to the Microsoft 365 apps and services that work with Copilot including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Loop, and more. To use Copilot, your organization must meet some technical requirements and have some features enabled. Learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot: The Copilot System: Explained by Microsoft and How Microsoft 365 Copilot works. You’ll also learn some best practices about setting permissions policies, details about admin controls, change management, adoption, security, privacy, compliance, and data residency to help your organization get prepared. Whether or not you're participating in the Early Access Program (EAP), this blog provides an overview of Copilot, shares technical details, and how you can prepare for it.

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