Microsoft announces Authoring Copilot for SharePoint, and you'll be able to create webpages with it

Big news for SharePoint users: in the following months (December, to be more specific), Microsoft will bring Copilot to the platform with authoring capabilities.

According to the latest entry in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Authoring Copilot will arrive in SharePoint as a preview in December, followed by a rollout scheduled for January 2025.

Why should you be excited? Well, with Authoring Copilot, you can automatically use AI to gather your data to create new web pages in SharePoint.

Microsoft says the capability will use built-in templates or custom ones from your organization and aggregate them with existing documents to generate high-quality web pages.

And no, the Redmond-based tech giant says there is no risk in using this capability within your organization. Authoring Copilot in SharePoint will commit to data security and privacy policies.

Here’s what the entry says:

Authoring Copilot in SharePoint combines the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), your data in the Microsoft Graph, and best practices to create engaging new web pages. It can utilize built-in templates or custom templates from your organization, along with existing documents as grounding data, to generate high-quality page content. All of this is achieved while upholding our commitment to data security and privacy in the enterprise.

Microsoft previously enhanced SharePoint with co-authoring abilities in July, but that capability didn’t focus on AI, instead it allowed multiple users to edit and author Pages and News within the platform.

In other news, Copilot is getting a new UI, and new Voice modes – they are gradually rolling out worldwide now.