Vibe work is here with Agent Mode in M365 Copilot. Copilot now orchestrates multi-step tasks to help you deliver high-quality docs, spreadsheets, or PPTs. Here's a great example of Agent Mode in Excel in action. Tell it what you're trying to achieve, and Copilot generates outputs, checks results, fixes issues, iterates, and verifies all of it.
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Introducing Agent Mode in Excel. In Excel, start with a prompt and Copilot gets to work while you steer and guide. Copilot explains its approach and using its Excel expertise, applies the right formulas and charts. In just a couple of minutes, you get a full summary of key insights and validation steps to give you confidence in its work. Only Copilot speaks Excel natively. And with Agent Mode, Copilot builds Excel objects like table structures, formula syntax, and pivot tables. This means you can directly manipulate the grid yourself or iterate with Copilot to make adjustments. Try Agent Mode in Excel today
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Agent mode signals the shift from assistance to true collaboration, where technology not only supports but thinks alongside us this is the kind of innovation that quietly redefines productivity.
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This is a very exciting development! The application of M365 Copilot’s Agent Mode in Excel demonstrates the potential of AI in productivity tools.
Amazing to see but imagine it will lead many businesses to rethink their processes around master data. I’d still challenge it to “vibe work” through a mishmash of disconnected data stores and siloed off product data. Of course once you get something in a clean spreadsheet this is great.
An incredible feature—this opens up creative pathways for people to rapidly plug in, experiment, and embrace new ways of leveraging AI for task execution. It’s a true accelerator for adoption and innovation.
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