In November 2023, Microsoft officially launched Copilot for Microsoft 365. The generative AI chatbot assistant first became available for enterprise customers and then expanded to all businesses of all sizes in early 2024.
When first launched in November, the service included support for the following languages:
- English (US, GB, AU, CA, IN)​
- Spanish (ES, MX)​
- Japanese
- French (FR, CA).
- German
- Portuguese (BR)
- Italian
- Chinese (simplified).
Microsoft announced today in a blog post An additional 16 languages ​​are now supported by Copilot for Microsoft 365. They include:
- Arabic
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Korean
- Norwegian (Bokmal)
- Polish
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Russian
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
In addition, Microsoft says that the Chinese (traditional) language, which is already available as part of the free versions of Copilot, is in the works for Copilot for Microsoft 365. The blog post noted that support will be added once the development team addresses some remaining issues.
The blog post added:
We are always improving. Currently, Copilot for Microsoft 365 may not yet understand every speech expression or linguistic convention in a particular language. We are constantly improving Copilot’s language capabilities and encourage users to provide us with practical feedback. We also continue to expand the list of supported languages, and will share more in the coming months.
The service, which adds generative artificial intelligence features to applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more, is priced at $30 per month per user, paid on an annual basis for business users.
In February, Microsoft added direct support for Copilot for Microsoft 365 on Windows 11 desktops. On May 1, the company should add Copilot for Microsoft 365 support for higher education customers. A private preview program for Copilot with commercial data protection will be available to schools with students under 18 sometime later in spring 2024.