Microsoft Expands Copilot Notebooks With New Learning, Collaboration, and Document‑Creation Tools

Microsoft has introduced some exciting new features coming to Notebooks

Published

March 24, 2026

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Our Take

There is a lot of promise here and the features they are previewing could add a lot of value to the notebooks experience. To get the most out of these changes, you will need good systems in place within your SharePoint structure.

Bottom Line

If you're already thinking about organizational knowledge and how to properly store your data, these should be exciting rollouts for you and your team. If not, start thinking about it!

Microsoft is rolling out significant upgrades to Copilot Notebooks, bringing new ways for people to consolidate information and collaborate across their organization. These updates are landing first in Frontier Public, with specific features having a rolling release schedule for General Availability (GA) releases.

It seems like these updates are aiming to make the notebooks experience feel more interactive, more connected to your team's files, and more capable of actioning items for you instead of giving you recommendations.

What’s Coming to Copilot Notebooks

It's important to note that Microsoft has noted that all the upcoming features are enabled for users by default when they are rolled out. Here’s a snapshot of the new features coming soon:

Chat & Page Interactivity

You will now be able to edit and create pages inside of a notebook directly through Copilot chats

Frontier Public: Late March 2026
GA: Mid‑April 2026

Study Guide

Aimed at learners and trainers, the study guide feature automatically creates quizzes, summaries, flashcards, and topic pages using your notebook content.

Frontier Public: Late March 2026
GA: Late April 2026

SharePoint Sites and Folders Grounding

You can use SharePoint sites and folders as reference materials, allowing Copilot to pull context directly from team drives and shared resources. We feel like this feature is one of the most exciting announcements of the bunch. This is the first time we've seen the ability to point Notebooks at a collection of files instead of individual entries. If you're already thinking about SharePoint management and organizational knowledge, you should find a lot of value here.

If have no idea what I'm talking about and want to know how to get the most out of this change, check out this blog post about organizational knowledge, or our 5 Essential Tips for New SharePoint Site Owners blog.

Frontier Public: Late March 2026
GA: Early April 2026

PowerPoint & Word Agents

Turn notebook content into a ready‑to‑edit PowerPoint deck or polished word documents seamlessly. Historically the outputs of these agents have left a bit to be desired, but we're excited about the opportunity that the notebooks file system could improve those outputs.

Frontier Public: Late March 2026
GA: May 2026

Sharing with Microsoft 365 Modern Groups

Teams can now share notebooks directly with Modern Groups, making collaboration easier. We think this is a great opportunity for team collaboration, but it is another sticking point

Frontier Public: Late March 2026
GA: April 2026

Mind Maps

Copilot can generate interactive mind maps that break down key ideas, themes, and relationships from your notebook. It seems like Microsoft is leaning heavily into the interactive capabilities of these mind maps, which could be exciting if it is able to effectively link to and connect with a messy network of files within a project.