Meeting Insights is leaving Outlook in August, but only Copilot subscribers get the replacement

Published Jul 18, 2026, 3:14 AM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to technician for all computer issues, he found his passion for writing and decided to use his skill set to write about all things tech. Since beginning his writing career, he has written for many different publications such as WorldStart, Listverse, and MakeTechEasier. However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics. Sign in to your XDA account Summary Outlook's Meeting Insights retires mid-August to mid-September. Microsoft is adding a replacement, but it's only for Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. If you want those insights, you'll need to pay for Copilot; there's no free option left. If you make good use of the Microsoft Outlook Meeting Insights, I have bad news and very bad news. The bad news is that Microsoft is retiring the feature in mid-August. The very bad news is that you can only get what's replacing it if you're subscribed to Microsoft 365 Copilot. You can keep using it until mid-August The company announced the change in a message titled "MC1430531 - Microsoft Outlook: Meeting Insight is retiring" over on the Microsoft 365 Message Center. The company explains that, in a change starting mid-August and finishing mid-September, it will begin removing the Meeting Insights feature from all versions of Outlook. Here's how Microsoft explains the change: Microsoft is retiring Meeting Insights, the feature that surfaces relevant emails and files within meeting details. To provide a more intelligent and context-aware meeting preparation experience, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can instead use Copilot meeting preparation experiences that summarize relevant content, tasks, and context available to the user. You don't currently need a subscription to use Meeting Insights, so this seems like a case where Microsoft is not only moving a feature over to Copilot but also adding a subscription fee to it. So, if you want to keep those insights flowing, you're going to need to pay up. If your Outlook inbox looks like an utter mess, why not use Perplexity to get everything organized? We recently gave the app a try, and now we can't imagine trying to tame our inboxes by ourselves anymore.