Word: Legal plugins in Copilot Beta
Data as of 1 hour ago (26 October 2026)
Status
Rolling out
Release month
October 2026
Release ring
General Availability, Preview
Products
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
Word
Cloud instances
Worldwide
Platforms
Desktop
Description
Legal plugins in Copilot provide purpose-built skills to help legal professionals summarize, draft, review, and redline legal documents. Available in Word and Cowork, these plugins can use work context from Microsoft 365 and connect to supported third-party legal sources.
Change history
Added to the roadmap 28 September 2026. Tracked here since 29 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: October 2026 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
- 21 October 2026 Status In development Rolling out
- 14 October 2026 Release ring General Availability General Availability, Preview