# Microsoft 365 Copilot Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-365-copilot/ 16 people recommended Microsoft 365 Copilot in Hacker News comments, 17 had mixed feelings and 128 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 14 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** More people criticize it than recommend it. People like it for finding information across documents and email and for helping non-technical staff work in Office. Critics say it often underperforms, feels bloated, and some features cost extra. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Often unhelpful or underperforming (3 comments in the sample): "it just feels like if they spent half the effort they spend on marketing on actually trying to make it do its job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856885)) "it's critically underpowered for precisely the kind of knowledge work that the 365 power users need it for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827019)) "it 100% fails to do the thing it was advertised to do 2 years ago when work initially got the subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46857117)) - Forced on users and companies (3 comments in the sample): "I don't really mind experimenting with Copilot but I don't want it at all on an established office machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46502035)) "the O365 Copilot experience is experiencing a MASSIVE pushback globally from teams and companies forced to use it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46431932)) "toggling on the permissions for borderline useless copilot features across their enterprise 365 deployments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057703)) - Premium features cost extra (2 comments in the sample): "cowork is the first part of copilot 365 that's actually useful, to me too. It is however paid separately per token" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49547748)) "the dedicated "Premium" Copilot is a completely different experience than the "Basic/Lobotomized" Copilot that comes with a standard Business subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47796276)) ## Why people recommend it - Finds information across documents and email (3 comments in the sample): "Being able to search your organisation's documents is kind of a killer feature, provided they make it work reliably." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207386)) "it can access all your stuff (messages, calendar, email, documents) and sythesise that all into helpful stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46897819)) "Copilot actually can search outlook emails on Mac. This is the greatest achievement of any AI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799783)) - Works with PDFs and PowerPoint files (2 comments in the sample): "Absolutely fantastic if your PDF is 1300 pages of concatenated reports" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49785466)) "Its pretty good about taking powerpoints and turning them into HTML" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48825066)) - Built into Office and Teams (1 comment in the sample): "I actually like the Copilot interface in Office and Teams and the new start page. It serves my needs, but it’s a gateway to Office" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506620)) ## Other AI assistants people recommend - [Claude](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude/): 2879 recommend, 1155 mixed, 4039 criticize - [Google Gemini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini/): 1324 recommend, 483 mixed, 1879 criticize - [ChatGPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chatgpt/): 1283 recommend, 506 mixed, 2464 criticize - [Grok](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok/): 449 recommend, 176 mixed, 1100 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Microsoft 365 Copilot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-365-copilot/ (16 recommend, 17 mixed, 128 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.