Episode 426: Claude Cowork vs Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork
Welcome to Episode 426 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast.Ben and Scott are back together this week to talk through Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, including how it compares to Claude Cowork and where each one makes sense. The two products share a name but work pretty differently. Claude Cowork runs locally on your desktop and can access files on your machine, supports MCP server connections while M365 Copilot Cowork runs in the cloud, requires files to be in OneDrive, and does not support MCP connectors yet. On the flip side, the Microsoft version runs scheduled tasks without needing your machine to be on, has native access to all your M365 data through Graph, and fits inside your existing compliance and security controls through Purview, which matters a lot for regulated organizations.
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Show Notes
- Quentin Amaudry – As everyone knows, Cowork is coming within Copilot and it is extremely promising
- Copilot Cowork vs Claude Cowork: Same AI, Different Worlds
- Copilot Cowork: A new way of getting work done
- Cowork overview (Frontier)
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