Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Search Helps You Discover People
Copilot Search now returns people results for people-focused queries, allowing discovery and disambiguation of contacts by skills or name. This is a capability expansion with no administrative action needed.
Key dates
- 2024 — rollout (Rolling out to Worldwide Standard Multi-Tenant)
Microsoft's description
Now Copilot Search can return matching people for your broader people search queries. Allowing you to discover, disambiguate, and explore known and new people to contact. Discover Whether you're looking for people with a specific skill like "Project leadership" or "Artificial Intelligence" Copilot Search can help you explore potential contacts through the People data source. Disambiguate When there are multiple people matching in exact name, email, or alias Copilot Search will help you disambiguate through a new carousel on the main results page alongside other relevant results.