Build apps in Microsoft Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork

Microsoft announces a preview of app-building in Copilot Cowork starting September 8, 2026, with Copilot Studio following soon. Users with licenses can create, test, and publish apps using natural language and organizational data, governed by existing policies and managed via the Microsoft 365 admin center. What and why: We are announcing a preview of the new app-building experience in Microsoft Copilot Cowork. A corresponding experience in Microsoft Copilot Studio will follow within the next couple of weeks. These experiences make it easier for people to turn ideas into apps using natural-language guidance and generative AI. Makers can create a working first draft through natural-language conversation, refine it, preview and test it, and then publish and share it. Apps can use organizational data through connectors permitted by your organization’s policies. Apps built in Cowork can be opened and further edited in Copilot Studio. Apps created through these experiences will be visible to administrators in the new Apps experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center, providing consistent governance and organization-wide visibility. Rollout schedule: Rollout for Copilot Cowork will begin on September 8, 2026, and is expected to complete by September 14, 2026. The corresponding experience in Microsoft Copilot Studio is expected to become available within the next weeks. Impact on your organization: The app-building experience in Copilot Cowork is available in preview through the Frontier Program to users who have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and access to Cowork. When the app-building experience in Copilot Studio becomes available, it will be enabled by default for eligible makers. During preview, administrators can turn the experience on or off in the Microsoft 365 admin center and scope access to specific security groups. Eligible users will be able to create and refine apps through conversation, preview and test them, and publish and share them with people or groups permitted by organizational policies. Apps use Microsoft Entra authentication and follow your organization’s existing connector, environment, data, security, compliance, and sharing policies. Published apps are visible in Apps > All apps in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Based on the organization’s governance policies, makers who create apps […]

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