Retirement of the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Agents in Copilot

Microsoft is replacing the standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot with document creation and editing built into Copilot Chat. Users can now ask Copilot directly to create or refine a document, workbook, or presentation, and Copilot uses its integrated capabilities instead of invoking a standalone agent. These standalone agents were introduced in November 2025.

This retirement applies to all users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and access to the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents.

Timeline

The retirement should be completed by the end of December 2026.

How does this affect your organization?

Microsoft is retiring the three Copilot Agents. Copilot Premium users could select those agents to create or edit a file.

• Word (Agent) > ID P_15f67c5b-bfb1-fbd9-043a-cbb047bb7bd0
• Excel (Agent) > ID P_8d830dc1-9a14-1528-1182-c8e3be94cf5a
• PowerPoint (Agent) > ID P_54c3f25e-3850-e1e6-231a-aa85fbe9447b

Copilot Premium users can now ask Copilot Chat directly to write a Word document, build an Excel workbook, or design a PowerPoint presentation. The agents are no longer required and, after retirement, @mention these agents is no longer available.

This retirement does not affect previously generated files.
Previous conversations with the agents remain available to view, but users can no longer continue working in the conversation. To create documents or make edits, users should start a new conversation in Copilot Chat.

AI admins can block the standalone agents in the Microsoft 365 admin center via Agent 365. They cannot disable the agents because they are Microsoft-managed. When Microsoft retires them, the agents will be removed from agent discovery.