# Updates to GitHub Copilot for Slack and Microsoft Teams

By Steven Van · 2026-09-25

The public preview adds Slack and Teams context, model switching, and default repositories for Copilot Business and Enterprise plans.

The [GitHub](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/github>) Copilot integrations for Slack and Microsoft Teams now carry more context from a conversation into the pull requests and issues Copilot creates, and give users more control over how sessions run.

- In Slack, Copilot can use supported files, attachments, and message links as context. In Teams, it can work with inline images, forwarded-message context, and channel and thread history.

- Copilot checks for similar issues before creating a new one, includes direct links to the resulting work, and keeps a link back to the originating conversation.

- Users can switch models for the next message, and the choice persists through the conversation.

- In Slack, users can now set default owners and repositories for a channel.

The update also brings reliability fixes to both platforms, including better handling of longer-running tasks and more consistent channel-thread history in Teams. It's a public preview, available to organizations on **GitHub Copilot Business** and **GitHub Copilot Enterprise** plans, and usage counts against existing Copilot entitlements. See the [full announcement](<https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/integrate-coding-agent-with-slack>).

[![](<https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ce7455b5-e89a-479a-8460-6ac0b003d6fb>)](<https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/integrate-coding-agent-with-slack>)

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