Microsoft Copilot for Outlook
AI built right into Outlook that drafts emails, summarizes threads, and clears your inbox faster than you ever could alone.
If your team runs on Microsoft 365, Copilot for Outlook is the AI upgrade that was already waiting for you. It sits inside Outlook and does the things that eat your time every day. Long email thread you need to catch up on? Copilot summarizes it in seconds and pulls out the key decisions and deadlines. Need to reply but do not know where to start? Tell it what you want to say and it writes the whole thing. It highlights follow-up items you might have missed and helps you schedule meetings without the back and forth. The best part is there is nothing to install or learn. If your company uses Outlook, Copilot is already there waiting to be turned on. For enterprise teams dealing with hundreds of emails a day this is one of the highest ROI AI tools available right now.
- Category: Email
- Pricing: Freemium
- Rating: 4.4 / 5 (0 reviews)
- Platforms: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Key features
- Email thread summarization — Catches you up on long chains by pulling out key decisions and action items instantly
- AI email drafting — Write what you want to say in a few words and Copilot writes the full reply for you
- Follow-up detection — Spots things you might have missed and reminds you before they fall through the cracks
- Meeting scheduling — Handles the back and forth of finding a time and drafts the invite directly from email
- Inbox coaching — Suggests how to improve your email tone and clarity before you hit send
- Microsoft 365 integration — Works across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint in one connected experience
- Natural language search — Find any email or document across your Microsoft account just by describing it
- Priority inbox — Surfaces the emails that actually need your attention and buries the rest
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Already built into Outlook so enterprise teams can start using it with zero setup
- Deeply connected to Teams, Word, Excel and the rest of Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Thread summaries are fast and accurate, saves real time on long email chains
- Trusted by 67 percent of Fortune 500 companies which says a lot about enterprise reliability
- Great for compliance-heavy industries where staying inside the Microsoft ecosystem matters
Cons
- Costs an extra $30 per user per month on top of your existing Microsoft 365 plan which adds up fast
- Only useful if your team is already on Microsoft 365, useless otherwise
- Not the right choice for small teams or founders who will not use it daily enough to justify the cost
- AI writing can feel a bit stiff compared to more specialized email tools like Superhuman
- Interface is built for enterprise IT departments, not solo users or small startups