New Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App

The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the fuller, workspace-forward experience in OneNote.

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Details:

What changed: The Microsoft 365 Copilot app introduces a new Notebooks design. In the Copilot app, users can quickly chat with Copilot, explore references, and create artifacts. The full-featured Notebooks experience remains available in OneNote, while the app offers a lighter, faster version.

Why: This change improves productivity by preserving conversation context, reducing repetitive input and enabling ongoing work across sessions. It also provides flexibility by offering both a lightweight app experience and a comprehensive OneNote workspace.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
2. Create a new Notebook to start organizing related chats and outputs.
3. Access your Notebook in the app or open it in OneNote for advanced features.

Why this matters: Maintaining AI context across sessions helps users work more efficiently without losing progress or repeating information.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate with persistent AI workspaces that improve continuity and reduce time spent reestablishing context.

Personal impact: You save time by continuing conversations seamlessly and keeping related information organized in one place.