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Details
- Perplexity announced that its autonomous agent, Perplexity Computer, is now available directly inside Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Users can orchestrate work from the side panel of each Microsoft 365 app to draft documents, build slide decks, model data, and handle email workflows.
- Computer uses Perplexity’s underlying agentic stack, which can write and run code, browse the web, and connect to external services to complete complex tasks on behalf of users.
- The integration runs on the same enterprise-grade infrastructure as the rest of Perplexity, inheriting security features such as SAML SSO, audit logs, and granular admin controls for governance.
- For organizations on Perplexity Enterprise, administrators can control access to Computer and monitor activity via audit logs and SIEM integrations, aligning the new Microsoft 365 workflows with existing security and compliance requirements.
- The rollout provides a native way for enterprise and professional users already in the Microsoft ecosystem to bring Perplexity’s orchestration capabilities into their daily productivity tools without switching contexts.
Impact
Embedding Perplexity Computer inside core Microsoft 365 apps moves agentic AI from the browser into the center of everyday productivity software. This deepens Perplexity’s relevance for enterprise knowledge work, narrows the gap with other AI copilots in the Microsoft ecosystem, and strengthens its position as an orchestration layer that can operate securely across existing corporate tools and data.
