

What is Cortana?įirst launched in 2014, this virtual voice assistant's name and concept were inspired by a 26th-century artificial intelligence character of the same name from the popular "Halo" video game series. If you or your team rely on Microsoft 365, here's everything you need to know about how to harness Cortana to improve your productivity. Microsoft's Cortana is a cloud-based personal assistant that operates outside the realm of standard voice-enabled AI.Ĭortana doesn't just understand voice commands and carry out tasks but is integrated for use across Microsoft's 365 suite of products and all Windows 10 operating systems, version 2004 and later.

