There are two versions of Copilot for NDUS accounts.
Copilot Chat is free for all students, faculty, and staff. Use it in a web browser, in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, or inside Outlook.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid license. It adds Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and OneNote, and it can pull from your emails, files, meetings, and chats to give answers based on your actual work.
How to see which version you have
From a Windows PC, open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and look in the lower-left corner. The label next to your account will indicate your Copilot license level. Users with the paid license should either see Microsoft 365 Copilot or M365 Copilot (Premium), while users with the free version should see Copilot Chat.
Make sure you are using the right app on Windows
Windows includes a basic Copilot app that does not provide enterprise data protection. For protected use with your NDUS account, use the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. After you sign in, look for the green shield in the upper right: If you do not see it, you are in the wrong app or not signed in with your NDUS account.
If you have the paid license, you'll see Copilot features integrated directly into supported Microsoft 365 applications. You can open any of the Microsoft 365 desktop app, such as Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.
- Click the File menu from the top left of a document window, then select Account from the bottom of the menu.
- Under Product Information, you should see a row of icons. If you see the rainbow-colored Copilot logo, you have a paid license.
- You can verify by going back to a document window, with the Home tab selected, you should see the Copilot button. Note: you may need to expand your document window fully to see the button.
From a Mac, open any of the Microsoft 365 desktop apps, such as Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. The line that reads "License..." will say "Copilot for Microsoft 365". The Copilot button will be at the far-right end of the Home toolbar tab in MS 365 productivity apps, and at the top of the list of chats in MS Teams.
You will also see this toggle in various places when you have the paid license. Changing from Web to Work will allow Copilot to create answers using your own content in Microsoft 365, such as your email, your files in OneDrive and SharePoint, your Teams chats, and your meetings.
| Feature |
Copilot Chat (Free) |
Microsoft 365 Copilot (Paid) |
| AI Chat Assistant |
✅ |
✅ |
| Web-grounded responses |
✅ |
✅ |
| Writing assistance |
✅ |
✅ |
| Image generation |
✅ |
✅ |
| Access through web browser, Copilot app and Outlook |
✅ |
✅ |
| Enterprise data protection |
✅ |
✅ |
| Uses information from public web content |
✅ |
✅ |
| Integrated directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and OneNote |
❌ |
✅ |
| Can work with your organization's emails, files, meetings, and chats |
❌ |
✅ |
| Generate content based on organizational data and Microsoft 365 content |
❌ |
✅ |
| Meeting recaps and in-app Copilot experiences |
❌ |
✅ |
| Agent creation and advanced Microsoft 365 workflows |
Limited |
✅ |
| Administrative controls, governance, and usage management features |
Basic |
✅ |
| Organizational analytics and adoption reporting |
❌ |
✅ |
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