How does Copilot interact with older versions of Office? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“Microsoft announced new personal pricing for Copilot and also lowered the number of users required for the enterprise edition. I’m still not sure of the differences between versions, but the real concern is how Copilot interacts with older versions of Office. Do we need to be on the latest versions of all software to take advantage of Copilot?”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Heather Severino, MVP @HeatherSeverino
• Mike Nelson, MVP  @mikenelsonIO
• Kirsty McGrath, MVP @KirstyMcGrath13
• Hal Hostetler, MVP  @TVWizard
• Shari Oswald, MCT @shortcutshari
• Sharon Weaver, RD+MVP @sharoneweaver
• Jonathan Weaver, MVP @j_weaver74
• Stacy Deere, MVP @sldeere
• Norm Young, MVP  @stormin_30
• Neil Hodgkinson, Microsoft @nellymo

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• You need the cloud versions of Office for Copilot to work. You can find the Copilot requirements for M365 here: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/microsoft-365-copilot-requirements]
• January 15, 2024 announcement removing the 300-seat threshold on Copilot Enterprise, and announcing the availability of Copilot Pro [https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/15/bringing-the-full-power-of-copilot-to-more-people-and-businesses/]
• Landing pages for
  • Copilot (free version for everyone) [https://copilot.microsoft.com/]
  • Copilot Pro [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/copilotpro]
  • Copilot for M365 (enterprise) [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/copilot-for-microsoft-365]