Microsoft has put up a new event on LinkedIn for September 16, titled “Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2,” and it will be hosted by CEO Satya Nadella and the vice president of AI at Work, Jared Spataro. According to the brief description of the event, it will cover the “next phase of Copilot innovation.” The Verge’s Tom Warren anticipates that it will center on business offerings rather than consumer products.

Just as its title suggests, the event will also introduce a rebranding of Copilot to “Microsoft 365 Copilot” – a rather minor alteration, yet one that likely aims to merge the two products and encourage businesses to perceive Copilot as an integral part of any Microsoft 365 subscription. Recommended Videos

Along with the new name, Warren also expects a plethora of new Copilot features to be announced for the $30-per-user-per-month Copilot tier. This grants employees access to Copilot within Microsoft 365 apps and in Teams, with priority model access and enhanced data protection – yet many businesses are still hesitant due to the steep fee. There’s no word on a price reduction, so Microsoft might instead be planning to add more and more features until the cost seems more worthwhile.

While the business-oriented subscription will be the focal point, we could also potentially hear about some new features for the consumer-focused Copilot Pro subscription as well. At present, it offers many of the same core features as the $30 tier, but it doesn’t include Teams and it lost its customization feature, Copilot GPT Builder, in June.

The primary objective of Copilot tools is to handle tasks such as email writing, converting Word documents into PowerPoint presentations, and summarizing meetings. It’s all about making mundane chores easier to deal with, which means the features need to deliver quick and accurate results to be useful. So, as delighted as we are to see new features, they need to be finely polished and ready for use if they are to make the high subscription fees worthwhile.

The event will commence at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET on September 16, and we’ll bring you all the highlights when it airs.