| Microsoft 365 Copilot | Copilot Studio agent | Acrobat AI Assistant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Personal productivity across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel | A specific process or audience (HR Q&A, customer service) | Working with PDFs in Acrobat |
| Grounding | Everything the user can access in Microsoft 365 | The knowledge and tools you configure | The PDFs you open or add to a PDF Space |
| Actions | Limited; extended with agents | Agent flows, connectors, APIs | Summaries, Q&A, comparisons |
| Audience | Licensed employees | Employees, customers, partners | Acrobat users |
| Licensing | Per user add-on | Usage-based capacity | Acrobat Studio or AI Assistant add-on |
Where to start
- Heavy Outlook/Teams/Word users → Microsoft 365 Copilot for a pilot group.
- One painful repetitive process → a Copilot Studio agent.
- Teams living in PDFs (tenders, contracts) → Acrobat Studio.
They work together
A common pattern: Acrobat makes documents searchable and well-structured; SharePoint stores them with metadata; Copilot Studio agents answer questions and run workflows over them.
Related
Licensing terms change. This guide reflects our understanding at the time of writing and is not an official Adobe or Microsoft document — confirm current terms with your reseller.