Role-based Copilot offerings: 2025 release wave 1 plan
The role-based Copilot offerings release plan for 2025 release wave 1 announces the latest updates to customers as features are prepared for release. You can browse the release plan online (updated throughout the month), view it in the Release planner, or download the information as a PDF file, which is updated with every publish. The plan for 2025 release wave 1 covers new features for role-based Copilot offerings releasing from April 2025 through September 2025.
Download the 2025 release wave 1 PDF for role-based Copilot offerings or select the option at the bottom of the table of contents.
The Dynamics 365 features coming in 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan and a downloadable PDF.
The Microsoft Power Platform features coming in 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan and a downloadable PDF.
The Microsoft Cloud for Industry features coming in 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan and a downloadable PDF.
2025 release wave 1 overview
The 2025 release wave 1 for role-based Copilot offerings brings new innovations that provide you with significant capabilities to transform your business. The release contains new features across Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service, and Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance.
Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales continues to drive innovation with advanced generative AI capabilities designed specifically for sales-focused roles. In this release, we’re enhancing our assistive features by surfacing further CRM insights and recommendations to the sales team across the Microsoft 365 product suite. We’re also streamlining SalesChat experiences and driving new agent workflows to put organizations in control of automation experiences and notifications.
Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service continues to deliver and enhance cutting-edge generative AI capabilities for agents within their flow of work. In this release, we will introduce connectivity with any CRM system and inline email summary and drafting.
Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance enhances efficiency for finance professionals by providing insights that aid strategic decision-making and reduce manual tasks. The 2025 release wave 1 focuses on intelligent automation of variance analysis in Excel, access to external data sources, extending functionalities through Copilot Studio, supporting collections calls in Teams, and leveraging generative AI for summarizing macroeconomic conditions.
Key dates for the 2025 release wave 1
These release plans describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).
Here are the key dates for 2025 release wave 1.
| Milestone | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Release plans available | January 23, 2025 | Learn about the new capabilities coming in 2025 release wave 1 (April 2025 - September 2025) across role-based Copilot offerings, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Cloud for Industry. |
| Release plans available in additional languages | February 7, 2025 | The role-based Copilot offerings, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Cloud for Industry release plans are published in 11 additional languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish. |
| General availability | April 1, 2025 | Production deployment for 2025 release wave 1 begins. Regional deployments will start on April 1, 2025. |
Just like the previous release waves, we continue to call out how each feature will be enabled in your environment:
- Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience for users and are enabled automatically.
- Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
- Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
You can get ready with confidence knowing which features will be enabled automatically.
We’ve done this work to help you—our partners, customers, and users—drive the digital transformation of your business on your terms. We’re looking forward to engaging with you as you put these new services and capabilities to work, and we’re eager to hear your feedback as you dig in to the 2025 release wave 1 plans.