Copilot Chat in Edge
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat can be accessed in the Microsoft Edge sidebar. Users signed in with a Microsoft Entra account receive enterprise data protection. To learn more about enterprise data protection, visit our Privacy, Security, and Compliance page.
Enable Copilot Chat in Edge
To use Copilot Chat in Edge, the following steps are required:
- The user should sign in to Microsoft Edge with their Microsoft Entra account (work or school account).
- The user can then access Copilot Chat by clicking on the Copilot icon in the upper right of the Edge browser (Ctrl+Shift+.).
A shield icon at the top of the Copilot Chat experience in the sidebar confirms that Copilot Chat in Edge offers enterprise data protection.
Data used by Copilot Chat in Edge
With Copilot Chat in Edge, browsing context can help users to inform their prompts so Copilot Chat can provide a more relevant response.
Based on the user's prompt and their consent to share data with Microsoft, Microsoft Edge may send relevant data to Copilot Chat. Some prompts don't need browsing context for Copilot Chat to formulate a response. For example, consider the prompt 'Help me plan a trip to Manhattan.' In this case, Edge shares the URL, page title, user's query, and previous conversation history to help Copilot Chat respond to their question effectively.
When the user grants permission to share page information, Microsoft Edge sends Copilot Chat the browsing context of a given session, the user's prompt, and previous conversation history. This information helps Copilot Chat generate a meaningful response.
Enterprise data protection applies to Copilot Chat prompts and responses when a user is signed in with a Microsoft Entra account.
Note
If web search is turned off for Copilot Chat, responses may not be drawing on the most up-to-date or accurate information.
Copilot Chat in Edge features
Important
Rewrite in Edge is temporarily unavailable in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
Page summarization by Copilot Chat in Edge
Copilot Chat in Edge can summarize the content of websites and various documents when displayed in the Edge browser. Currently Copilot Chat in Edge can summarize some document types but not others. Refer to this chart to see the current behavior of Copilot Chat in Edge webpage summarization for various document types. The chart is updated when support for summarization increases.
Rewrite by Copilot Chat in Edge
With Rewrite, Copilot Chat in Edge helps users edit their text. For example, Rewrite can help users elaborate on text, revise, adjust tone, format the text, and more.
Note
The ComposeInlineEnabled policy is removed until Rewrite is available again.
Once Rewrite is available, users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID have enterprise data protection when using the feature in Copilot Chat in Edge. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies are enforced by the Rewrite feature.
How Data Loss Prevention is enforced with Copilot Chat in Edge
Edge for Business comes with native capabilities for enforcing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies. This way, your organization’s approach to preventing unauthorized data disclosure automatically extends to Copilot Chat in Edge. You can configure these policies using Microsoft Purview, Intune Mobile Application Management (MAM), and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA).
When using Copilot Chat in Edge with DLP policies, access to protected web pages and PDFs is restricted. As a result, a user can't copy or paste content protected by DLP policies. Users also can't summarize protected content using Copilot Chat in Edge, and admins can block Copilot Chat from receiving sensitive files through the file upload feature.
Check out this page to learn more about DLP policies and how they work in Edge for Business.
How to manage Copilot Chat in Edge
For information on how to manage Copilot Chat in Edge, see Manage.