The Copilot Connection Ep 40 - diving into Copilot Wave 3
Mar 22, 2026
They unpack Copilot Wave 3 news and recent Microsoft reorganizations. They highlight the new Copilot leadership team and what org alignment might mean. They explore Copilot Co‑work, Anthropic model use, and multi‑model intelligence. They cover Agent 365 GA, licensing surprises like the E7 bundle, and tenant access changes for Copilot chat.
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Copilot Leadership Team Unifies Consumer And Enterprise
- Microsoft created a unified Copilot leadership team to align consumer and commercial Copilot efforts.
- Ryan Roslansky, Charles Lamanna, Perry Clarke, Jacob Andriole and Mustafa Suleiman now report to Satya to reduce product silos and match org boundaries to system architecture.
Wave Three Focuses On Frontier Agents For Action
- Wave 3 emphasizes Frontier capabilities and 'Copilot Co-work' powered by Anthropic's Claude models for action-oriented tasks.
- Demos showed calendar reorganization and meeting prep driven by frontier agents, highlighting action over knowledge retrieval.
Enable Frontier Gradually For Data Compliance
- Be cautious enabling Frontier features for EU/UK tenants due to Anthropic processing in US data centers.
- Toggle rollout for specific users while evaluating data residency and governance before broad enablement.