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MCP Agents in Office Apps | Microsoft Copilot | Chasing Next

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July 15, 2026·Source

MCP Agents in Office Apps

Custom AI agents that connect to outside tools and data now work inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Catalyst, from the Copilot pane.

Details

Agents built with the Model Context Protocol, a standard for connecting AI agents to outside tools and data, now appear in the Copilot pane inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Catalyst
You open the Copilot pane in the app and work with the agent there, using the open document as context
Available to users who already have access to these agents; before this they could not be used inside these Office apps

Best for

teams that use custom Copilot agents and want them available without leaving their Office documents

When to use it

you are working in a Word or Excel file and want an agent to help in the same window

Who benefits

people who rely on custom agents daily, and the admins who deploy them

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