Several of Microsoft's AI products share the Copilot branding, but offer different features, security, availability and cost.
| Feature | Copilot Website | Copilot Chat | Copilot Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Availability & access | |||
| Availability | Anyone | Most at UB Included with UB’s MS365 license. | Pilot / extra license In pilot phase at UB with limited customers; Additional license purchase required. |
| How to access | Web | Web | In-app + portal MS365 portal |
| Appropriate for academic or work tasks | No | Yes With @buffalo.edu login. | Yes Use Work tab |
| MS365 integration | |||
| Access from within any MS365 app | No | No The Copilot chat window resides in side panels on M365 apps but is not integrated into the apps. | Yes |
| Can access your MS365 email, Teams and Calendars (Microsoft Graph) data* | No | No | Yes Automatically connects to 365 data, email, calendars, OneDrive and SharePoint. |
| Data & safety | |||
| Used to train AI data models | Yes | No With @buffalo.edu login. | No |
| Analyze uploaded files | No | Yes | Yes |
| Answer questions using public and web-grounded (pulled live from the Internet)content | No | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise data protection | No | Yes With @buffalo.edu login. | Yes |
| Should be used with UB Restricted Data | No | No | No |
| Advanced features | |||
| Can use your Box data | No | No | No |
| Create Copilot Agents | No | Yes Limited to basic, non-persistent, on-demand agents. | Yes Full access to advanced agents with higher performance and better reasoning. |
| Task Automation | No | No | Yes |
| Document summarization and generation | No | Yes Word, Excel, PowerPoint: Copilot Chat can use your open file. OneNote: Copilot Chat can use your open note page. Outlook: Copilot Chat can use your full inbox, calendar, meetings, and other enterprise data. | Yes Summarize documents and emails directly in app. |
| Data analysis and visualization (Excel) | No | Yes Only for the open document, limited. | Yes Analyze data, generate charts, create pivot tables, and provide insights based on trends and patterns in the data. |
| Email management (Outlook) | No | Yes Limited to current open email thread. | Yes Summaries of unread messages, organization, drafting, follow‑ups. |
| Presentation creation (PowerPoint) | No | Yes Used for image creation, can recall active document chats and copy/paste into open document. | Yes Full slide creation, bullet generation, and narrative building. |
| Meeting summaries and notes from Microsoft Teams | No | Yes Basic interaction only. | Yes Can transcribe meetings, summarize discussions, highlight key points, and suggest action items. A Teams Premium license is needed for some features. |
* Perormance may vary on mobile platforms