A sweeping new phase of AI-driven innovation across Microsoft 365 is recently introduced which would be demonstrating features which are specifically designed to make work more intelligent, connected, and collaborative, said Satya Nadella, Microsoft chairman and chief executive.
Further, Nadella highlighted several major upgrades to Microsoft’s productivity suite, emphasising the company’s “model-forward” approach to integrating generative AI into everyday tools in a post on X on 5 October 2025.
Adding, “Supercharged past few weeks as we push the bounds of model-forward innovation across Microsoft 365.”
Highlights ‘Model-Forward Innovation’
1. The new favorite IDE is Excel with Agent Mode! It gives Copilot a prompt, and it builds directly in your workbook, not the chat.
2. It provides one of the first multi-player AI experiences with collaborative agents in Teams, grounded in the context of your group, channel, or meeting. This can be used all the time within the team!
3. It has a knowledge Agent, so its intelligence lights up with enterprise graph data.
4. Comes with GitHub for Microsoft Teams. The user can go from conversation to code directly in Teams. It also turns your group chats into tasks for the Copilot coding agent with a simple at-mention.
5. Provides Model choice so that users can Switch between OpenAI and Anthropic in Researcher to get the best fit for the job.
New Flagship Subscription – Microsoft 365 Premium
In a follow-up post, Nadella expressed, “Excited for all this and much more to come!”
This announcement comes after Microsoft’s detailed blog post on 1 October where the company talked about unveiling Microsoft 365 Premium which is again the most advanced AI and productivity subscription for individuals, priced at $19.99 per month as claimed by the software service provider.
Their new plan combines the best of both worlds as it features Microsoft 365 Family and Copilot Pro with higher usage limits along with the early access to experimental AI capabilities such as Office Agent and Agent Mode.
Basically this move reflects Microsoft’s mission to “help every person on the planet achieve more” by deeply embedding AI into the flow of work as mentioned by the company.
Further adding, “Embedding AI into the flow of work unlocks new levels of productivity, helping everyone work smarter, faster, and more creatively.”
