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Microsoft Copilot Cowork

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Runtime governance

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Are scope, spend, and authority enforced while the agent runs?

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Counts Runtime governance, each cited below.

Audit trail

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Is there a tamper-evident record of what it actually did?

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Counts Audit trail, each cited below.

Compliance

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Are compliance obligations attached per engagement?

Outcome settlement

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Does payment depend on a verified result?

Scored from 1 evidenced field(s): outcome_based_pricing. Automated score; capped at 2 pending review.

Counts Outcome-based pricing, each cited below.

Insurance & indemnity

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Can the deployment be insured, and is the customer indemnified?

Assurance

Insurance available: no public information
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Own liability cover: no public information
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Insurance carriers: no public information
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Coverage limits: no public information
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Indemnification: no public information
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Liability cap: no public information
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Audit trail: not yet interpreted
“Cowork actions are auditable”
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Tamper-evident log: no public information
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Explainability: no public information
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Runtime governance: pausing for approval before sending an email or making a big update
“Cowork checks in as it works—pausing for approval before sending an email or making a big update”
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Permission scopes: no public information
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Compliance certifications: no public information
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Regulatory alignment: no public information
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Outcome-based pricing: usage-based billing, so it scales with the work you delegate
“Copilot Cowork is available through usage-based billing, so it scales with the work you delegate.”
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Settlement mechanism: no public information
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Asset custody: no public information
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Dispute process: no public information
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SLA terms: no public information
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Evaluation coverage: no public information
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Self-reported performance: no public information
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Agency

Autonomy level: no public information
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Human oversight: pausing for approval before sending an email or making a big update
“Cowork checks in as it works—pausing for approval before sending an email or making a big update—with security, compliance, and observability built in.”
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Goal complexity: multi-step tasks
“Copilot Cowork completes multi-step tasks on your behalf.”
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Action space: returns finished artifacts—a deck, report, email, or update
“Cowork plans the steps, picks the right skills and apps, pauses for your approval at key checkpoints, and returns finished artifacts—a deck, report, email, or update—ready for review.”
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Operating environment: Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Fabric apps
“Cowork works inside the Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Fabric apps you run on—and plugins extend it to partner tools and your own systems.”
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Initiative: You describe the outcome, and it grounds the work
“You describe the outcome, and it grounds the work in your emails, meetings, files, and business data powered by Work IQ.”
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Safety

Safety evaluations: no public information
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Red teaming: no public information
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Safety policy: no public information
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Usage restrictions: no public information
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Model or system card: no public information
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Incident reporting: no public information
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Third-party evaluations: no public information
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Data handling: not yet interpreted
“Your data stays in your tenant and respects existing user and admin permissions.”
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Practicality

Pricing model: usage-based billing
“Copilot Cowork is available through usage-based billing”
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Price point: no public information
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Availability: no public information
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Deployment options: launch it from the Copilot app on web, desktop, or mobile
“Admins can enable Cowork in the Microsoft 365 admin center, and end users can launch it from the Copilot app on web, desktop, or mobile.”
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Integrations: no public information
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Supported regions: no public information
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Support model: no public information
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Foundation models

Base models: picks the model best suited for the job
“For every task, Cowork picks the model best suited for the job”
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Model provider: Microsoft 365 Copilot
“Copilot Cowork inherits the enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance protections of Microsoft 365 Copilot.”
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Model swappable: no public information
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Open weights: no public information
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Fine-tuning: no public information
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Context window: no public information
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Ecosystem

Protocols supported: no public information
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Tool use: no public information
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Multi-agent: no public information
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API access: no public information
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Open source: no public information
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Marketplace presence: Extend the power of Cowork with Microsoft and external plugins
“Extend the power of Cowork with Microsoft and external plugins that you can easily add, create, and manage.”
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Impact

User base: not yet interpreted
“Over half of Fortune 500 customers use Cowork”
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Deployment scale: no public information
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Target sectors: no public information
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High-risk domains: no public information
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Documented incidents: no public information
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Market recognition: no public information
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