Microsoft Releases Copilot App Builder and Workflows | October 29th 2025

29 Oct

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Apps, Workflows, and Agents Without Code

Microsoft's latest Copilot release fundamentally changes who can build software in your organisation. Released this week, App Builder and Workflows turn natural language conversations into working applications and automated processes with no coding, no database administration, no specialist IT resources required.

What's Actually New

App Builder creates functioning applications in minutes. Describe what you need—a dashboard tracking project milestones, a calculator for estimating costs, an interactive form for collecting team input and Copilot builds it. The applications are grounded in your existing Microsoft 365 content: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and notes. When you need to store data, it uses Microsoft Lists as the backend. You preview, refine, and share these apps directly from Copilot, distributing them via link just like any other document.

Workflows automates tasks across Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Planner, and Approvals. Tell it to send weekly team updates with upcoming deadlines from Planner, or post approval reminders in specific Teams channels. Each step builds in real-time as you watch, and you can adjust or add steps through continued conversation. Whilst optimised for end users, it runs on the same infrastructure powering enterprise Agent Flows in Copilot Studio—delivering enterprise-grade reliability to personal automation.

Copilot Studio (the lightweight version built into Copilot) lets you create agents grounded in your organisation's knowledge. These agents draw from SharePoint libraries, meeting transcripts, chats, emails, and connect to external systems like ServiceNow and Jira. When you need more sophisticated capabilities—advanced workflows, model selection, multi-agent systems, the full Copilot Studio experience is available for IT-led, enterprise-wide solutions.

The Governance Model

Everything runs within Microsoft 365's security and compliance framework. These tools respect individual permissions and role-based access automatically. Admins manage access through the agent inventory in the Microsoft 365 admin centre, with granular control at the group level. You can specify who can create, use, or share apps, flows, and agents without configuring individual guardrails.

What This Means Practically

The gap between "we need this" and "we have this" has historically required developer time, project approval, and often external vendors. This release moves basic application building and workflow automation into the hands of subject matter experts who understand the actual business problems.

For organisations already using Microsoft 365 Copilot, this is less about new technology and more about distributed capability—enabling teams to solve their own problems within governed parameters.