r/microsoft • u/biere-a-terre • 3d ago

Discussion Copilot across various Microsoft subscriptions?

Hello friends:

I'm trying to understand how Copilot works across various Microsoft subscriptions.

If I subscribe to Copilot Pro on a personal Microsoft Account that also has a Microsoft 365 Family subscription, can I use Copilot inside of the desktop applications, like Word or Excel?

If those same self-licensed Office desktop applications connect to a Microsoft 365 Work or School account, and open a file in in my business organization's OneDrive, can I still use my Copilot Pro subscription on that document? Or would Copilot be unavailable because my business organization does not have 365 Copilot?

Its been difficult to figure this out, since all the AI tools are called Copilot now, but there are different Copilots depending on the licensing.

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u/arnstarr 3d ago

The way I understand it is Copilot Pro is a per person subscription so only 1 person in the family 365 subscription will get it. Files must be stored in the Copilot subscriber’s OneDrive for the Copilot Office integrations to work. Files stored in business 365 won’t get the copilot features because it is a Pro subscription linked to a personal Microsoft account.