Microsoft Reportedly Testing Copilot Tasks With Built-in Researcher and Analyst Agents

Although Microsoft has promised Windows 11 users to push AI features with utmost care while fixing the core issues of the operating system, the company is gradually making Copilot a more autonomous, agent-driven experience across its apps.

If you have used Copilot in the last year, you must be aware that the company has expanded AI functionality beyond simple text suggestions. As of now, Copilot can do multi-step research, data analysis, and even take care of browser-based automation. At a time when businesses and knowledge workers are looking for tools that can handle repetitive or complex tasks, Microsoft is reportedly looking to make Copilot a more central productivity assistant.

Copilot Tasks combines agents with scheduling

The news comes via TestingCatalog, which reports that Microsoft is working on a unified Tasks feature that can consolidate existing agentic tools into one interface. Worth noting that these will be accessible alongside the upcoming Projects module. As reported, users would get two entry points: a freeform New Task and a Scheduled Task, which supports one-time or recurring prompts on daily, weekly, or monthly cycles.

Interestingly, there’s also a mention of a mode selector, which will offer Auto, Researcher, and Analyst. As the name suggests, Researcher uses OpenAI’s deep research model for complex web and work-data investigations, whereas Analyst uses the o3-mini reasoning model for advanced data analysis with live Python execution.

Meanwhile, the new Auto mode seems to act as a general-purpose agent, capable of running end-to-end tasks that combine deep research with browser actions. TestingCatalog further notes that suggested prompts range from summarizing emails and generating presentations to booking hotels or drafting formal letters. Early testing found high-quality outputs for slides and web reports, hinting at meaningful upgrades for Copilot subscribers.

It’s unclear when the feature will be released

Although there’s no mention of a release date, the news outlet confirms that some features still don’t work properly. Not to forget, Tasks could eventually extend across Windows and Edge, allowing system-level automation.

Now, the big question is: when will Microsoft release this feature? And if it does, could Tasks become the hub for managing both personal and professional AI-powered routines in the future?

Article in-content image source: TestingCatalog