The Copilot Cowork discussion has been dominated in recent weeks by Microsoft’s newly launched pricing model, but it also included the delivery of more than a dozen third-party plugins that integrate third-party apps into Cowork smoothly.
Microsoft is beginning to fill in significantly more detail about those plugins – from notable third parties including Box, Monday.com, and Adobe — and the value they deliver. That value, of course, should be considered in context of AI adoption in production use cases, pricing, ROI, and other considerations.
To deliver on its considerable promise of automating and managing complex tasks across workflows, Copilot Cowork must work elegantly with the third-party applications that are widely deployed alongside the Microsoft stack. Microsoft explained that a plugin can include skills, which are repeatable instructions for completing work, and connectors, which are secure bridges into other business apps. Plugins are available through the Microsoft Marketplace.
Here are details on six of the new Copilot Cowork plugins I consider worth highlighting. Details on the full set are at this Microsoft blog.
- The Box plugin powers a meeting prep workflow whereby Cowork can search Outlook calendar invites, gather relevant documents through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, and produce a summary for meeting prep. That summary is saved in Box and ready to open inside Microsoft 365.
- The monday.com plugin connects that platform’s boards to Cowork so users can open Monday.com projects, update statuses and owners, flag work that’s slipping, and use the latest project details from a board to create a status update that’s ready to share.
- The Adobe plugin provides that company’s Customer Experience Orchestration AI intelligence to streamline workflows, optimize customer journeys, and expedite marketing campaign decisions within Cowork.
- The enosix Cowork plugin — called enosix Arnold for Cowork — connects order management in SAP ERP systems so users can track progress, make updates, create quotes, and retrieve documents within Cowork.
- The Canva plugin brings visual design expertise into Cowork. A user can identify the requirement—a branded deck, a launch kit, a personalized campaign—and Cowork uses Canva’s design functions to deliver on that requirement and save the deliverable(s) in Canva.
- The Templafy plugin turns Cowork output into consistent, on-brand presentations built from a company’s own templates and brand assets.
In addition to these functional plugins, Microsoft also detailed a wide range of data feeds that can be brought directly into Cowork via plugins, from leading providers of energy, financial, corporate, and consumer sentiment data.
When Cowork pricing was disclosed, Agent & Copilot analyst – and CIO – Kenny Mullican said the new price structure is in alignment with the fact Cowork moves AI closer to being a coworker than a chatbot. And now, this growing of Cowork plugins that unify customers’ corporate software stack with AI functionality brings Cowork closer to coworker status.
More Copilot Cowork Insights:
- Microsoft Extends Cowork to Mobile Devices and New Data Sources
- Copilot’s Evolution Means Agentic AI Takes Action Inside Productivity Apps
- Copilot Cowork Marshals Corporate Intelligence to Execute Complex Tasks
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Tom Smith
Analyst
Cloud Wars, Agent and Copilot
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