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Some users may be unable to select "Allow editing" when using Microsoft 365 Copilot through Word or Excel

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MSFT365 Status Affected service area

Start May 5, 2026 at 16:59 (UTC+02:00)

End In progress

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Event detail

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User impact: Users may be unable to select "Allow editing" when using Copilot through Word or Excel.

More info: Affected users may be unable to click on the drop-down menu to select "Allow editing" and may only be able to utilize "Chat mode" for Copilot queries through Word or Excel.

Current status: We've received reports from a subset of users who have stated they are unable to select "Allow editing" when using Copilot through Word or Excel. We've isolated that a recent update intended to add additional agent functionality for Copilot premium users incorrectly marked "Allow editing" and other agent mode functionalities to be unavailable to non-premium users. We're deploying a code fix to address this and we anticipate the code fix to be fully deployed by our next scheduled update.

Start time: Friday, May 01, 2026, at 4:17 PM UTC

Next update by: Tuesday, May 05, 2026, at 6:00 PM UTC

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