Summary
- Microsoft is adding Create interactive slides in PowerPoint for Windows, enabling users to generate full-slide visuals for concepts, timelines, comparisons, systems, and data.
- The feature is available to PowerPoint for Windows users who have access to the capability, and it is part of the Microsoft Copilot Frontier program preview experience.
- This is a user-facing Copilot capability with no required configuration or cutoff date for admins.
- IT should brief support, adoption, and training teams and consider involving Frontier participants to evaluate the experience and provide feedback.
- Update internal PowerPoint guidance or training materials if your organization uses standardized presentation-creation processes.
PowerPoint for Windows now includes a Copilot skill to create interactive, full-slide visuals for explaining complex concepts, timelines, comparisons, systems, and data. Available worldwide in the Frontier program, it requires no action before rollout but administrators should prepare support and training teams.
PowerPoint’s new “Create interactive slides” feature (Windows and Mac) enables users to easily create full-slide visuals for complex concepts, timelines, comparisons, systems, and data. Available now on Windows and rolling out on Mac by September 2026, it requires no pre-rollout action but recommends admin review and training updates.
Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1461152
Primary Service: PowerPoint
Admin Impact: Low
User Impact: Medium
Release Start: 24 Aug 2026
Release End: 24 Aug 2026
Last Modified: August 28, 2026
Category: Stay informed
Tags: New feature, User impact
Status: Launched
Products & Platforms: Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
Microsoft Message
We’re introducing Create interactive slides in PowerPoint for Windows and Mac. This capability helps users create interactive, full-slide visuals that explain complex concepts, timelines, comparisons, systems, and data.
By making sophisticated visual communication easier to create directly in PowerPoint, this experience can help users communicate ideas more clearly and create engaging presentations with less manual effort.
Rollout schedule
Frontier (Worldwide):
- Desktop: Available now.
- Mac: Rolling out now and expected to complete by early September 2026.
Impact on your organization
Who is affected
PowerPoint for Windows and Mac users who have access to this capability.
Platforms
- PowerPoint for Windows and Mac.
After the feature becomes available, eligible users will be able to use Create interactive slides to produce full-slide visual experiences for scenarios such as:
- Explaining complex concepts.
- Presenting timelines.
- Comparing options or information.
- Illustrating systems and relationships.
- Communicating data visually.
Organizations participating in the Microsoft Copilot Frontier program can evaluate the preview experience before general availability. Frontier capabilities are pre-release experiences and may change before reaching general availability.
Action required / recommendations
No action is required before rollout.
We recommend that administrators:
- Review this information with presentation support, adoption, training, and help desk teams.
- Consider identifying Frontier participants who can evaluate the capability and provide feedback before general availability.
- Update internal PowerPoint guidance or training materials if your organization maintains standardized presentation-creation processes.
- Review the Microsoft Copilot Frontier program documentation: Get started with the Microsoft Copilot Frontier Program.