Copilot’s new ‘Agent Mode’ is your personal AI wizard for Office

Microsoft just announced that it’s launching two new AI features in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Office apps, known as Agent Mode and Office Agent. Presented as tools for “vibe working,” the idea is to allow more independence for AI to do what it needs to do to handle complex tasks without you fulling giving up control over the process.

For example, Agent Mode in Excel allows Copilot to manage the spreadsheet at an expert level. It builds advanced models, checks the results, and adjusts until everything is right. In this way, Microsoft says anyone can create financial reports, loan calculators, or household budgets without being an Excel wizard.

Similarly, in Word, Copilot’s agentic AI capabilities turn document creation and management into something more dialogue-based. For example, you can ask Copilot to update a report, clean up the style according to company guidelines, or summarize customer feedback. Copilot suggests changes and asks questions to fine-tune the text.

In addition, Office Agent is being launched in Copilot chat, enabling the creation of complete PowerPoint presentations and Word documents directly from chat.

Both features—Agent Mode and Office Agent—are available now to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed customers and Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers through the Frontier program, which allows users to test Copilot features that are not yet finalized.