Kurt Shintaku's Blog

This is apparently still news to some so to highlight the preview/beta program for Copilot, here’s a recap of the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Frontier” program.

(Note: Before you read too far, the “Frontier” agents in this program are not yet available for Microsoft 365 GCC customers however it is roadmaps for release in the near future.)

[taken from the Frontier program announcement in May 2025]
Beginning to rollout in phases in May, Frontier offers our customers the ability to get hands on with the latest model innovation and provide feedback before experiences are made generally available. Researcher and Analyst are the first Frontier experiences with more experiences to come to Frontier over time. These experiences are being made available under the existing preview terms of your enterprise product terms. Frontier experiences allow for personal data processing, adhering to the Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

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Our first Frontier experiences – Researcher and Analyst – will be available in the App (agent) store. Both agents will be labeled with ending in “(Frontier)”. All Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users will be able to discover the agents by opening their Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat experience on the web, clicking “All Agents” and navigating to “Built by Microsoft,” the “agents” or “productivity” categories of the store. There are no limits on usage of Researcher or Analyst for end-users, subject to change. As these features are still in development, they will only be made available in English.  

For more information, visit the Microsoft 365 Copilot Frontier Program adoption page at:
https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/frontier-program/

For more recent information about the Frontier program:

• Mar 25, 2025 – Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/analyst-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4397191
• Microsoft 365 Copilot Frontier experiences becoming available
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/microsoft-365-copilot-frontier-experiences-becoming-available/4406781
• May 02, 2025 – ICYMI: Microsoft 365 Copilot Frontier AMA – Top Questions, Community Concerns, and What’s Next
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/icymi-microsoft-365-copilot-frontier-ama-%E2%80%93-top-questions-community-concerns-and-/4410154
• May 12, 2025 – Analyst Agent for Stock Technical Analysis
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/analyst-agent-for-stock-technical-analysis/4412060
• May 28, 2025 – 3 practical ways small businesses can use Researcher and Analyst agents
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/3-practical-ways-small-businesses-can-use-researcher-and-analyst-agents/4418059
• Aug 29, 2025 – What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | August 2025
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–august-2025/4449268
• September 24, 2025 – Expanding model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/24/expanding-model-choice-in-microsoft-365-copilot/
• Sep 29, 2025 – Microsoft Frontier Program expands to individual Microsoft subscribers
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/microsoft-frontier-program-expands-to-individual-microsoft-subscribers/4457403
• Sep 29, 2025 – Office Agent – “Taste driven” multi-agent system for Microsoft 365 Copilot
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/office-agent-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Ctaste-driven%E2%80%9D-multi-agent-system-for-microsoft-365-copilot/4457397
• Sep 30, 2025 – What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | September 2025
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–september-2025/4457317