Microsoft will add two “reasoning” AI agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot—Researcher and Analyst—to analyze large amounts of data and provide expert-level insights.

We're bringing the power of reasoning to work. Two new agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot:

🔷 Researcher for strategic analysis

🔷 Analyst for turning data into insights

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Researcher is designed to assist with multi-step analysis. The tool combines OpenAI’s Deep Research mode with Microsoft 365 Copilot’s “advanced search capabilities.”

With Researcher, users can develop a detailed go-to-market strategy. The tool considers business specifics, gathers competitor insights from the internet, identifies new product opportunities, or generates a quarterly report with a detailed performance overview.

Researcher can also utilize information from other AI agents, tools, and applications such as Confluence, ServiceNow, and Salesforce.

Analyst “thinks like an experienced data analyst.” Built on OpenAI’s o3-mini model, it is optimized for advanced research and uses a “reasoning chain for iterative problem-solving, mimicking human analytical thinking.”

The digital assistant also supports the Python programming language for executing complex data queries.

Researcher and Analyst will roll out in April as part of the new Frontier program.

Previously, reports revealed that Microsoft is working on integrating 3D gaming capabilities into its AI platform, Copilot.