Microsoft Copilot Pro is now also available for SMEs.

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Exciting news from Microsoft! Many businesses have been eagerly awaiting it, and now the time has come: Microsoft Copilot Pro will soon be available to everyone. Although this AI feature from Microsoft was previously only available for organizations with 300 or more workstations, there is now no minimum requirement. Are you interested in Microsoft Copilot Pro? In this article, you'll find the latest information about Microsoft Copilot Pro.

What is Microsoft Copilot Pro?

Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant designed to enhance users' productivity and creativity. It assists with tasks, searches for answers alongside you, and even generates new ideas. Microsoft Copilot is integrated into Windows 11 by default and works with various Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Think of it as helping to create slideshows, take notes, and compose emails. Microsoft Copilot Pro takes it a step further.

The key features of Microsoft Copilot Pro include:

• Priority access to GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo, even during peak hours, for accelerated performance to get things done faster.
• Access to Copilot in selected Microsoft 365 apps for drafting documents, summarizing emails, creating presentations, and more.
• Faster AI image creation with DALL-E 3 in landscape format, with 100 boosts per day using Designer (formerly Bing Image Creator).
• Microsoft Copilot Pro is priced at $20 per month, per user.

The benefits of Microsoft Copilot Pro:

To understand the impact of Microsoft Copilot Pro, Microsoft conducted research in November 2023 with the early users of the AI assistant. The Microsoft 2023 Work Trend Index Study revealed new insights:

Copilot users are more productive and complete their work faster:

1. 70% of Copilot users reported increased productivity.
2. 73% said they could complete tasks more quickly.
3. 64% said Copilot helped them spend less time processing emails.
4. 85% said Copilot helped them arrive at a good first draft more quickly.
5. 87% said Copilot made it easier to start on a first draft.
6. 86% said Copilot made it easier to catch up on what they missed.
7. 84% said Copilot made it easier to take action after a meeting.
8. 75% said Copilot saved time by finding what they need in their files.
9. 71% said Copilot saved time on everyday tasks.

Copilot enhances quality and creativity:

1. 68% said it improved the quality of their work.
2. 57% said it made them more creative.
3. 68% said Copilot helped kick-start the creative process.
4. 72% said it helped them generate ideas while writing.

Is Microsoft Copilot Pro available in Belgium?

There is still some uncertainty about this. Although it was announced on January 16th that it would be available to everyone, the Microsoft website states that Copilot Pro is currently only available in the following countries: Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. So, it's a matter of waiting to see when Belgium will be added to this list. We will keep you updated.

Update: It is now also available for the Belgian market!

Time for your own Copilot GPT?

Furthermore, it seems that there will be an opportunity to build your own Copilot GPT. This means that you will be able to build chatbots based on specific topics that are important within your company. Again, there is still uncertainty about when this will be possible.