What's New: Enhancements to Chat with Copilot (2025 release wave 2)
Chat with Copilot in Business Central (2025 release wave 2) can answer questions from installed third-party and partner extension documentation once an administrator turns on Bing search. The video covers setup, demos, partner help content, data handling and cost.
- Introduction to Copilot Chat Enhancements
- Overview of Third-Party Documentation Integration
- Demo - Enabling Bing Search and Getting Extension Answers
- Demo - Using Copilot for Task Guidance in Extensions
- Demo - Field Help and Targeted Content from Extensions
- Setup Instructions and Summary
- Safety, Data, and Cost Questions
Overview
As of release wave 2, Copilot chat can draw content from the Bing index, so its answers are no longer limited to Microsoft Learn. It can use documentation from installed third-party add-ons and partner extensions. Administrators enable it with one switch on the copilot and agent capabilities page, with no other configuration.
The video demos enabling Bing search, getting answers about an extension, using Copilot for task guidance, and field help with targeted content from extensions. It closes with setup steps and answers on safety, data location and cost.
Key points
- Administrators turn on the enable Bing search switch on the copilot and agent capabilities page. This is the only setup step, and no extra configuration is needed.
- Copilot Chat then automatically searches relevant partner extension documentation through the Bing index. Answers list the extension as a reference source and show ‘powered by Bing’.
- It works automatically for AppSource extensions that have provided a link to their documentation. For PTE extensions, the documentation must be provided within the help URL.
- Partners can provide targeted help content, such as field reference pages, for commonly asked questions so Copilot can unblock users without a support call. Content can be formatted to be readable on the partner website and Copilot Chat can still pick it up.
- Only curated search terms derived from the user query are passed to Bing search.
- Data goes to the Bing service in the US and is not stored longer than a day. Copilot can connect to the web, but the web cannot connect to Copilot.
- Inputs and outputs go through safety checks for security and to reduce risks of AI harms.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot Chat with Third-Party Documentation | status not stated, demoed | 0:19 |
| Bing Search Integration for Copilot | status not stated, demoed | 1:30 |
| Extension-Specific Help Content | status not stated, demoed | 2:40 |
| Copilot Safety and Data Handling | status not stated | 5:53 |
| Copilot with Bing Search - No Additional Cost | status not stated | 6:31 |
AL objects mentioned
As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- other “fabric project management” at 1:02
- other “copilot and agent capabilities page” at 1:30
- other “FPM project viewer permission set” at 5:01
Quotes
- 0:19 “Copilot can answer users question using documentation from installed thirdparty add-ons, meaning that it broadened it knowledge from just Microsoft learn to now also”
- 0:36 “It works out of the box with only one step setup enabling Bing search. No extra configuration needed.”
- 3:24 “as of release wave 2 now um copilot chat will be able to draw content from the bing index”
- 5:28 “starting this wave, administrators can turn on enable Bing search switch on copilot and agent capabilities page to get this enabled out of the”
- 5:39 “It will work for automatically for apps source extensions that had provided link to their documentation. And if you install a PTE extension, you”
- 6:06 “Copilot can connect to the web. However, the web cannot connect to the copilot.”
- 6:20 “The Bing service is in the US and the data is uh goes to there and is not stored for longer than a day.”
- 6:31 “What is passed to Bing search is a curated search terms uh derived from the user query to our copilot chat.”
- 6:43 “Using Bing Search within Copilot Chat does not cost more and you do not incur any one-time or service costs when using Bing Search”
Presenters (as heard): Julia, Eritton.