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Amazon Quick for Microsoft 365: Agentic AI where you work

Amazon Quick lands inside Microsoft 365. Agentic document editing without leaving Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

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Why it matters

Amazon's Bedrock-backed agent capabilities are now embedded directly into the Office apps practitioners use daily—turning Microsoft 365 into an agentic workspace. This is a significant product-layer integration that changes where work happens, not a model release or agent deployment story.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. Amazon Quick now available in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

  2. Agentic document editing with connected data access

  3. Extensions integrate into existing Microsoft 365 workflow

  4. No app-switching required for analysis, content drafting, knowledge access

  5. Released August 13, 2026

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AWS Machine Learning Blogaws.amazon.com

Publisher excerpt: Amazon Quick is now available directly inside Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. These extensions bring connected data access and agentic document editing into the Microsoft 365 apps your teams already use, so you can analyze data, draft content, and reach enterprise knowledge without…
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