You want to start a conversation with Copilot using only your voice. The wake word feature lets you say “Hey Copilot” to activate the assistant without touching your keyboard or mouse. The push-to-talk feature gives you a manual way to start speaking by holding a button. This article explains exactly how both voice activation methods … Read more
Official documentation checked October 14, 2026. Vision in Microsoft Copilot lets you share visual content during a voice conversation. Before using it, check the signed-in account, what you are sharing, and the privacy documentation for that version of the app. Vision being limited to an active session does not mean every associated recording or transcript … Read more
When you ask Microsoft Copilot to generate an image, the prompt does not go directly to an image generator. Instead, Copilot uses a process called prompt routing to decide which service should handle your request. This routing logic determines whether your prompt is sent to the built-in Designer image generation engine or to a third-party … Read more
When you use Copilot in Microsoft Whiteboard to generate sticky notes, the notes often appear grouped or clustered together rather than as individual scattered items. This clustering behavior can confuse users who expect each idea to appear as a separate, free-floating note. The clustering is a deliberate design choice by Copilot to organize related ideas … Read more
When multiple people edit a Word document at the same time, each collaborator sees colored cursors and selection highlights. With Microsoft Copilot integrated into Word, the real-time co-authoring cursor behavior changes in specific ways that can confuse users. The main issue is that Copilot-generated content can cause cursor jumps, delayed sync, or overlapping edits that … Read more
When you use Copilot in Microsoft Edge, it can pull information from any web page you visit. This broad access may lead to irrelevant or low-quality results. Retrieval scoping lets you restrict Copilot to only read content from your top sites, such as frequently used work portals or intranet pages. This article explains how retrieval … Read more
When you create a Copilot page in Microsoft 365, the sensitivity label applied to the source file or conversation often does not automatically transfer to the new page. This can leave Copilot pages unlabeled or incorrectly labeled, creating a compliance gap for organizations that rely on Microsoft Purview Information Protection. The inheritance rules depend on … Read more
You want to build a Copilot agent that answers questions accurately for your team but are unsure whether to use topic-based or generative mode. Topic-based mode restricts the agent to a fixed set of predefined answers while generative mode allows the agent to compose responses from scratch using large language models. This article explains the … Read more
You are using Copilot Notebook to summarize or analyze documents, but the output stops short or the tool refuses to process your files. This happens because Copilot Notebook enforces strict limits on how much text it can read from a single source and how many files you can upload in one session. Understanding these limits … Read more
You use Copilot voice conversations on Windows, in Edge, or on mobile, but you cannot find where the chat history is saved. The storage location depends on the account type and the application you are using. This article explains where Copilot stores voice conversation history for Microsoft 365 work accounts and personal Microsoft accounts. It … Read more