Introduction to Copilot Pages

Video Tutorial

Introduction to Copilot Pages

How-to guide for creating and using Copilot Pages to collaborate on AI-generated content.

06:00 February 06, 2026 End-user

Overview

If you’ve used Microsoft 365 Copilot, you’ve probably experienced this frustration: You ask Copilot for a project plan, a research summary, or a strategic analysis. The response is excellent. But the moment you close the chat window, it’s gone. If you want to share it with colleagues, you’re stuck copying and pasting into Word or Teams.

Copilot Pages solves this problem by turning AI-generated chat responses into persistent, collaborative canvases. Instead of losing valuable Copilot-generated content, you can save it, refine it, and work on it together with your team—all inside the Copilot experience.

This video walks you through what Copilot Pages are, how to create and edit them, and how to use them for real-time collaboration in government environments.

What You’ll Learn

  • What Copilot Pages Are: Understanding the persistent, collaborative canvas built into Copilot Chat
  • Creating and Editing Pages: How to turn Copilot responses into Pages and continue refining content iteratively
  • Sharing and Collaboration: Real-time collaboration features including editing, comments, and sharing controls
  • When to Use Pages: Practical patterns for knowing when a Copilot response should become a Page

Script

Hook: when Copilot gives you gold, save it

You ask Copilot for a project plan. Or a research summary. Or a draft communication to leadership. The response is great. It’s thorough. It’s exactly what you needed.

But here’s the problem. It’s ephemeral. If you close the chat, it’s gone. If you want to share it with colleagues, you’re copying and pasting into Word or Teams. And if you want to refine it collaboratively, you’re back to document chaos.

Copilot Pages solves this by turning chat responses into persistent, collaborative canvases. When Copilot gives you gold, you can save it, build on it, and share it—without leaving the Copilot experience.

Let’s walk through how it works.

What Copilot Pages are

Copilot Pages is a dynamic, persistent canvas built directly into Copilot Chat. It’s designed to turn AI-generated content into durable artifacts that you and your team can work with over time.

Here’s what makes Pages different from regular chat.

First, Pages are persistent. They don’t disappear when you close the chat. They’re saved automatically to your personal SharePoint Embedded container—similar to how OneDrive stores your documents.

Second, Pages are editable. You can modify the content directly, just like you would in a Word doc. And you can continue prompting Copilot to add more, refine sections, or change the tone.

Third, Pages are collaborative. You can share a Page with teammates, and everyone can edit together in real-time. You’ll see presence indicators showing who else is viewing or editing, and you can add comments and use @mentions.

And here’s the important part for government users. Copilot Pages is available in GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments. Pages follow your tenant’s data governance policies. They respect sensitivity labels. They respect DLP rules. And they’re private by default until you choose to share them.

Think of Pages as the bridge between Copilot’s conversational interface and the collaborative documents your team actually needs.

Creating and editing a Page

Creating a Page is simple. After any Copilot response, you’ll see an option to “Edit in Page.” Click it, and Copilot opens a side-by-side view. Copilot stays on the left. Your new Page opens on the right. The Page is automatically saved.

Now you can edit the content directly. Click into any section and modify the text. Add new paragraphs. Reformat headings. Adjust bullet points. It works just like editing a document.

But here’s where it gets powerful. You can continue prompting Copilot to refine the Page. Use natural language. “Add a risk section.” “Make this more formal.” “Expand the timeline with specific milestones.” Copilot updates the Page based on your prompt.

This iterative workflow is what makes Pages useful. You’re not locked into a single response. You can build on it, reshape it, and collaborate with Copilot over multiple turns.

A few key behaviors to know. Pages are auto-saved. You don’t need to click Save. You can access all your Pages from the Microsoft 365 app or from Copilot’s home screen. And Pages support rich formatting—headings, bullets, numbered lists, tables, and inline links.

If you’ve ever thought, “This Copilot response is good, but I need to tweak it and share it,” that’s exactly when you create a Page.

Sharing and collaborating

Once you’ve created a Page, you can share it with your team. Click the Share button at the top of any Page. You’ll see two options.

You can share the Page as a link. This works like sharing a OneDrive file. Set the permissions—view only or edit—and send the link via email or Teams.

Or you can share the Page as an interactive component. This means you can drop the Page directly into a Teams channel, a Teams chat, or an Outlook email. Recipients can view or edit the Page right there, without opening a separate browser tab.

When someone else opens your Page, you’ll see real-time collaboration features. If multiple people are editing at the same time, you’ll see presence indicators showing who’s there. You can see their cursor. You can see what they’re typing. It’s the same real-time experience you get in Loop or in collaborative Word docs.

You can also add comments. Highlight any text, click the comment icon, and leave a note. Use @mentions to tag specific colleagues. They’ll get a notification.

Now, here’s what you need to know about sharing in government environments.

External sharing is disabled by default in GCC, GCC High, and DoD tenants. Guest users cannot access shared Pages via link. This is by design. It keeps your Copilot-generated content inside your organizational boundary.

Pages also respect your organization’s sensitivity labels and DLP policies. If you apply a Confidential label to a Page, sharing will be restricted according to your label policies. And if a Page contains sensitive data that triggers a DLP rule, that rule applies just like it would for any other Microsoft 365 content.

Finally, audit logging captures Page creation and sharing events. If you need to track who created a Page, who it was shared with, and when it was accessed, those events are available in your tenant’s unified audit log.

Close: when to use Pages

So when should you use Copilot Pages instead of just copying a response into Word or Teams?

Use Pages when you need to save a Copilot response for later reference. When you know you’ll want to come back and build on it.

Use Pages when you need to refine AI-generated content collaboratively. When the first draft is good, but you need teammates to review, edit, and add their expertise.

Use Pages when you want to share Copilot insights with your team without the friction of copy-paste. When you want everyone working from the same version, in real-time.

And use Pages when you’re building a knowledge artifact over multiple sessions. When you’re not creating a final deliverable today, but you want to capture the work in progress.

Here’s the pattern: “Good enough to save, not quite ready to publish? That’s a Page.”

Your next steps are simple. Try creating your first Page from any Copilot response. Experiment with iterative refinement—prompt Copilot to add sections, change tone, or expand ideas. And share a Page with a colleague to see how real-time collaboration works.

Copilot Pages turns Copilot from a conversation tool into a collaboration platform. Use it.

Sources & References

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