Microsoft 365 Copilot: release notes

The new report provides SharePoint Advanced Management admins complete item-level details of permissions granted to special SharePoint groups: Everyone and Everyone except external users.

Roadmap ID:561038

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What changed: The SharePoint Admin Center now includes a detailed report that shows item-level permissions for special SharePoint groups: Everyone and Everyone except external users. Previously, admins had limited visibility into these item-level permissions. This report helps identify exactly which items have these special SharePoint groups as recipients, improving permission auditing and security management.

Why: Admins need precise visibility into permissions granted to broad groups to manage access risks effectively.

This report enables admins to:

• Audit permissions at a granular level
• Detect unintended access
• Enhance security compliance

Try this:

• Open the SharePoint Admin Center and navigate to Advanced Management > All features > Data access governance reports.
• Select the new report 'Sites and files shared via special SharePoint group' and trigger the relevant report.
• Export the prepared report and review item-level permission details.

Why this matters: Detailed permission reports help prevent unauthorized access and support compliance with organizational security policies.

Business impact: Teams can better manage SharePoint permissions, reducing security risks and simplifying audits.

Personal impact: Admins save time identifying and resolving permission issues with clearer, item-level insights.

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• Get item-level permission details for "Everyone except external users" and "Everyone"
• Generate a report on sites and files shared via special SharePoint groups

Deeper insights into Cowork adoption and impact, accessible from Copilot dashboard and Consumption dashboard in the Microsoft 365 services tab. Includes export capability. All metrics can be queried by analysts with the new Consumption query (credit usage data) and through the Person query (Cowork usage data) in advanced insights.

Roadmap ID:567005

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What changed: The Consumption dashboard and Copilot dashboard now include expanded metrics on Cowork adoption and its impact. Analysts can export data and use the new Consumption query in advanced insights to explore all metrics. Previously, such detailed analytics and export options were unavailable.

Why: Providing deeper, exportable insights enables data-driven decisions about AI usage and investment, improving transparency and cost management.

Try this:

1. Open the Copilot dashboard in Copilot analytics.
2. Navigate to the Consumption dashboard > Microsoft 365 Services tab to view Cowork metrics.
3. Use the export option or run the Consumption query or Person query including Cowork usage metrics in advanced insights for detailed analysis.

Why this matters: Better visibility into AI adoption helps organizations optimize usage and understand its business impact.

Business impact: Teams gain actionable data to manage AI resource allocation and measure productivity improvements.

Personal impact: You can analyze Cowork usage trends and costs more effectively, supporting informed decision-making.

Learn:How to use the Consumption Dashboard in Insights

Create custom skills in Copilot in PowerPoint for tailored workflows for your specific presentation needs.

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What changed: Copilot now supports user defined custom skills, allowing users to extend its capabilities with personalized commands and workflows in PowerPoint. Previously, Copilot operated only with built-in skills and predefined functions in PowerPoint. This update enables customization within Microsoft 365 security and compliance standards.

Why: Users need more flexibility to automate unique presentation tasks and workflows. Custom skills let users:

• Define specific commands suited to their content style.
• Automate repetitive or specialized tasks.
• Enhance productivity by tailoring Copilot to their needs.

Try this:

1. Open PowerPoint and access the Copilot pane.
2. Select 'Create custom skill' to define new commands.
3. Test your custom skill within your presentation workflow.

Why this matters: Custom skills let users personalize Copilot to match their unique presentation workflows, reducing manual effort.

Business impact: Teams can standardize and automate specialized presentation tasks, improving consistency and efficiency.

Personal impact: You save time by automating repetitive tasks and gain more control over Copilot’s assistance.

Admins can now edit query string and user identity mapping rules directly in connector settings without opening a support ticket.

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What changed: Query string parameters and user identity mapping rules are now editable after a connection is created. Admins can update them in the Microsoft 365 admin center under Settings > Search & intelligence > Data sources, then select the connection and edit its configuration. Previously, these values were fixed at connection setup and changing them required support intervention.

Why: Source systems change, teams re-scope projects, filters need tightening, and identity mappings drift as directory attributes are updated. Locking these rules at setup meant every adjustment became a support request, leaving connections stale or over-scoped in the interim.

Try this:

1. Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Settings > Search & intelligence > Data sources.
2. Select your connection (for example, Azure DevOps or ServiceNow) and open its configuration.
3. Update the query string or user identity mapping rule and save.
4. Confirm the change took effect on the next crawl and spot-check results for an affected user.

Why this matters: Access scope and content scope are now self-serve. Admins can correct a mis-scoped connection or a broken identity mapping in minutes instead of waiting on a support cycle.

Business impact: Faster remediation when a connection surfaces content to the wrong audience, fewer support tickets per connection, and configuration that keeps pace with changes in the source system—all of which support access-governance and compliance commitments.

Personal impact: You fix scoping and permission-mapping issues yourself, on your own schedule, instead of filing a ticket and waiting for someone else to make a change.

You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint.

Roadmap ID:555897

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What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint can now recognize references to files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive when you mention them in your prompt, such as by file or document name. Previously, these implicit file references were not supported for files stored in these locations. This update makes it easier to use relevant Microsoft 365 content without manually attaching or uploading the file.

Why: This change makes it easier to create presentations using content you already have in Microsoft 365. You can naturally reference a relevant file in your prompt, and Copilot can use that file as context when creating your presentation.

Try this:

1. Open PowerPoint and start creating a presentation with Copilot.
2. In your prompt, reference a file saved in SharePoint or OneDrive by the document name and/or owner of the document.
3. Ask Copilot to create a presentation using information from that file. For example: “Create a presentation summarizing the key findings from the DOCUMENT NAME.”

Why this matters: You can bring existing SharePoint and OneDrive content into your presentation workflow more naturally, without first locating the file and manually attaching it.

Business impact: Teams can create presentations faster by integrating cloud-stored resources without switching apps or manually uploading files.

Personal impact: You save time locating and incorporating relevant files, reducing friction in presentation creation.

The Regenerate action lets you quickly get an alternative response to your latest prompt using options like Try Again or Switch Model, helping you explore different answers and improve output quality.

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What changed: Previously, users had to re-enter prompts to get different responses from Copilot. Now, the Regenerate action provides simple buttons to request alternative answers or switch AI models without starting over. This streamlines refining outputs and exploring variations.

Why: This change reduces friction when iterating on AI-generated content, enabling faster exploration of ideas and improved response quality.

Try this:

1. Enter a prompt in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
2. At the end of Copilot's response, open the "More options" menu.
3. Select 'Try Again' to get a new response.
4. Choose 'Switch Model' to see answers from a different AI model.

Why this matters: Quickly generating alternative responses helps users find the best information or phrasing without repeating input steps.

Business impact: Teams can iterate on AI-generated content more efficiently, improving decision-making and content creation speed.

Personal impact: You save time by refining outputs with fewer steps and can explore more options easily.

Microsoft 365 Chat brings the power of conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move effortlessly from finding information to acting on it. Search results become the foundation for contextual chat, allowing you to ask follow-up questions, synthesize insights, and generate content—all in one unified experience. This integration reduces workflow fragmentation, accelerates decision-making, and delivers a more intuitive way to interact with your organization’s knowledge.

Roadmap ID:512429

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What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot Search now embeds conversational AI chat directly within search results. Previously, users had to switch between search and chat tools separately. This update allows follow-up questions, insight synthesis, and content generation based on search context in a unified interface, reducing workflow fragmentation.

Why: Integrating chat with search streamlines user interaction with organizational knowledge, accelerating decision-making and reducing the need to switch tools.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Copilot Search.
2. Enter a query and review the search results.
3. Use the chat pane to ask follow-up questions or generate content based on the results.

Why this matters: This integration simplifies workflows by combining search and chat, helping users act on information faster.

Business impact: Teams experience faster decision cycles and less disruption from switching between search and chat applications.

Personal impact: You save time by accessing search results and conversational AI in one place, reducing task switching.

Users can now sort Outlook Mail results by date in ascending or descending order within Copilot Search.

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What changed: Copilot Search now includes a "Sort by" filter for Outlook Mail results, allowing sorting by date in both ascending and descending order. Previously, search results were presented without sorting options, limiting users' ability to organize emails by date. This update improves result relevance and user control over mail searches.

Why: Sorting mail results by date helps users quickly find recent or older emails, improving efficiency in managing Outlook Mail through Copilot Search.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Search and enter your query.
2. Select the "Sort by" filter above the Outlook Mail results.
3. Choose ascending or descending date order to reorder the emails.

Why this matters: Sorting mail results by date saves time and reduces effort when locating specific emails in large mailboxes.

Business impact: Teams can respond faster by locating relevant emails without manually scanning unsorted search results.

Personal impact: You spend less time searching through emails and more time focusing on important messages.

Users can quickly add references to a Copilot Notebook through the Quick Access section in Search on the Microsoft Copilot app.

Roadmap ID:510099

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What changed: Users can now add references directly to their Copilot Notebooks from the Quick Access section in Search on the Microsoft Copilot app. Previously, adding references required navigating through multiple menus within the notebook interface. This update streamlines the process by enabling users to open the context menu (…) next to an item and select Add to > Notebook to save the reference.

Why: This change reduces the steps needed to organize important information, making it faster to collect and manage references in Copilot Notebooks. It improves user efficiency by integrating notebook management into the search experience.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft Copilot app and go to Search.
2. In the Quick Access section, click the context menu (…) next to an item.
3. Select Add to > Notebook and choose the desired Copilot Notebook.

Why this matters: Simplifying how users add references helps them keep their notebooks organized and accessible without disrupting their workflow.

Business impact: Teams can capture and share relevant information more efficiently, improving collaboration and knowledge management.

Personal impact: You save time by adding references to notebooks directly from search results, reducing the need to switch between app sections.

Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports more natural language triage actions in Outlook, including deleting, moving, copying, categorizing messages, and managing inbox rules and folders with confirmation prompts for bulk or mailbox changes.

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What changed: Building on existing triage commands like pin and flag when using Chat with work data in Outlook, users can now delete, move, copy, and categorize emails using natural language. It also supports creating, managing rules, and creating folders. Copilot requests confirmation before acting on more than five emails or making changes to inbox rules. These features work across Classic and New Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, Outlook for Mac, and Outlook mobile.

Why: Expanding triage actions allows users to manage their inbox more efficiently at scale, reducing manual effort and improving email organization.

Try this:

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Outlook, type commands such as:

• Delete all unread newsletters from last week.
• Move emails from Contoso about invoices to my Finance folder.

Why this matters: More triage options in Copilot help users maintain a cleaner, better-organized inbox with less manual work.

Business impact: Teams improve email management efficiency and reduce time spent on repetitive inbox tasks.

Personal impact: You save time and reduce inbox clutter by using natural language to perform complex email management tasks.

The Microsoft Copilot app is now supported on Apple CarPlay for hands-free use.

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What changed: The Microsoft Copilot app now integrates with Apple CarPlay, allowing users to activate Copilot using voice commands while driving. Previously, Copilot was not accessible through CarPlay, requiring manual device interaction. This update enhances safety by enabling hands-free productivity on the go.

Why: Integrating Copilot with CarPlay supports safer driving by minimizing distractions and allows users to prepare for their day or brainstorm ideas without handling their device.

Try this:

1. Connect your iPhone to Apple CarPlay in your vehicle.
2. On your CarPlay screen, select Microsoft Copilot.
3. Say “Hey, Siri, ask Copilot" to start a chat.
4. Interact with Copilot hands-free to get information or plan tasks.

Why this matters: Hands-free Copilot access while driving improves safety and helps users stay productive during commutes, transforming otherwise idle time into valuable work moments.

Business impact: Teams can maintain productivity while commuting, enabling continuous work and idea generation safely.

Personal impact: You reduce distractions while driving and can efficiently use Copilot during travel.

Additional resources:

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Use Microsoft Copilot in Apple CarPlay

If your organization blocks the Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, you can provide a link to company policy or internal guidance for users who are blocked from accessing Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

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What changed: When the Microsoft 365 Copilot app is blocked by organizational policy, admins can now provide a link to company policy or internal guidance for users who are blocked from accessing Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. This update improves communication by providing context and guidance through a customized policy link.

Why: Users often need clarity on access restrictions to avoid confusion and support requests. Providing a link to additional messaging help users understand organizational policies and reduce help desk inquiries.

Try this:

1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, navigate to the Copilot app access settings.
2. Add a link to your internal policy documentation.
3. Save the settings to apply the link to blocked users.

Why this matters: Clear communication about access restrictions improves user experience and reduces support workload.

Business impact: IT teams can manage user expectations and reduce help desk tickets related to Copilot app access issues.

Personal impact: Users receive clear explanations for access blocks, reducing confusion and frustration.

Additional resources:

Learn:

Manage Microsoft Copilot Chat

Understand who is building a habit using Copilot with the new power user insights in Copilot dashboard

Roadmap ID:560705

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What changed: The Copilot dashboard in Microsoft Viva Analytics introduces new power user insights. Previously, habit-building data was limited. Now, administrators can identify users with high Copilot engagement to better support adoption and training.

Why: Understanding which users actively use Copilot helps organizations tailor support and measure adoption success more effectively.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft Viva Copilot dashboard.
2. Navigate to the power user insights section.
3. Review user engagement metrics to identify active Copilot users.

Why this matters: Identifying power users enables targeted training and support to increase overall Copilot adoption.

Business impact: Teams gain visibility into Copilot usage patterns, improving change management and user enablement strategies.

Personal impact: You can focus training efforts on users who will benefit most, accelerating Copilot proficiency.

Additional resources:

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Connect to the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard for Microsoft 365 customers

We're upgrading our topic assignment pipeline to be powered by Copilot, delivering significantly improved accuracy in categorizing survey comments into relevant topics.

Roadmap ID:553224

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What changed: The topic assignment pipeline in Viva Glint now uses Copilot to categorize survey comments more accurately. Five new topics—Psychological Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Use, Hybrid Work, and Ethics—are added to the taxonomy. This feature is controlled by the existing Glint Copilot VFAM toggle and applies only to ad-hoc and recurring surveys at launch.

Why: Enhancing topic assignment with Copilot increases the precision of feedback categorization, helping organizations better understand employee sentiments. Adding new topics reflects evolving workplace priorities and ensures more relevant analysis.

Try this:

1. Verify that the Glint Copilot VFAM toggle is enabled for your entire organization.
2. Launch an ad-hoc or recurring survey to collect employee feedback.
3. Review the assigned topics in survey results, including the new topic categories.

Why this matters: Accurate topic assignment helps teams identify and address key employee concerns more effectively.

Business impact: Teams gain clearer insights from survey feedback, enabling more targeted action plans and improved employee engagement strategies.

Personal impact: You receive more relevant feedback categorizations, reducing manual review time and improving focus on critical issues.

The Copilot chat pane is now built into Microsoft Forms, helping users improve forms and quizzes, draft and send invitations, and analyze responses. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed business users through the Copilot icon in Forms.

Roadmap ID:553136

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What changed: Microsoft Forms now includes the Copilot chat pane with Forms-specific capabilities for recommending improvements, drafting invitations, and analyzing results. Previously, these tasks required manual effort without integrated Copilot support. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed business users through the Copilot icon in Forms.

Why: Integrating Copilot capabilities reduces the time and expertise needed to create, distribute, and analyze forms. This streamlines workflows and improves form quality with AI assistance.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft Forms and click the 'Copilot' icon.
2. Ask Copilot to review and suggest improvements for your form.
3. Use Copilot to make changes to your form or to draft and send invitations to respondents.
4. Request analysis of form responses through the chat interface.

Why this matters: This integration simplifies form management by providing AI-powered help directly within Forms, reducing manual tasks.

Business impact: Teams can create higher-quality forms faster and gain insights without switching tools or requiring specialized skills.

Personal impact: You save time on form design, distribution, and analysis by using AI assistance within the familiar Forms interface.

Additional resources:

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Evolving the Copilot experience in Microsoft Forms

A day level Copilot adoption Power BI report reflecting the most recent copilot activity & freshest insights.

Roadmap ID:561325

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What changed: The Copilot usage snapshot report in Microsoft Viva now updates at the day level instead of aggregated periods. This change provides latest visibility into Copilot adoption trends and activity. The report refreshes with the latest data daily, improving accuracy and relevance for decision makers monitoring usage patterns.

Why: More granular daily data helps organizations track Copilot adoption and engagement more precisely. Users can now:

• Identify daily usage spikes or drops.
• Monitor adoption trends with up-to-date information.
• Make timely decisions based on fresh insights.

Try this:

• Open the Copilot adoption Power BI report in Microsoft Viva.
• Review daily usage metrics and trends.
• Use filters to analyze specific time frames or user groups.

Why this matters: Daily data updates enable more responsive management of Copilot adoption and better alignment with organizational goals.

Business impact: Teams gain timely insights to adjust training and support strategies based on current Copilot usage patterns.

Personal impact: You can quickly identify changes in Copilot adoption and respond proactively to organizational needs.

Create user-defined custom skills in Copilot to tailor assistance to your specific presentation needs.

Details:

What changed: Copilot now supports user-defined custom skills in PowerPoint, allowing users to extend its capabilities with personalized commands and workflows. Previously, Copilot operated only with built-in skills and predefined functions. This update enables customization within Microsoft 365 security and compliance standards.

Why: Users need more flexibility to automate unique presentation tasks and workflows. Custom skills let users:

• Define specific commands suited to their content style.
• Automate repetitive or specialized tasks.
• Enhance productivity by tailoring Copilot to their needs.

Try this:

• Open PowerPoint and access the Copilot pane.
• Select 'Create custom skill' to define new commands.
• Test your custom skill within your presentation workflow.

Why this matters: Custom skills let users personalize Copilot to match their unique presentation workflows, reducing manual effort.

Business impact: Teams can standardize and automate specialized presentation tasks, improving consistency and efficiency.

Personal impact: You save time by automating repetitive tasks and gain more control over Copilot’s assistance.

Copilot Cowork helps you delegate complex work by describing the outcome you need. Cowork gathers context from your emails, meetings, chats, files, and business data, works across tools and systems, and returns completed results.

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What changed: Copilot Cowork introduces a new way to get work done: delegate an outcome, not just a task. Cowork can understand your goal, gather the right context from your Microsoft 365 data combined with external sources, coordinate work across tools, and complete multi-step actions with your approval. Work remains grounded in your organization's data and governed by existing Microsoft 365 security, privacy, and compliance controls.

Why: Completing complex work across multiple communication and collaboration tools involves coordinating information from multiple sources, researching context, and completing a series of interconnected steps. Copilot Cowork streamlines this by delivering meaningful outcomes while keeping you informed and in control.

Try this:

1. Switch from Chat to Cowork in the Copilot app.
2. Describe the task and outcome you want to achieve, including sources, actions, and deliverables.
3. Review the plan and progress as Cowork works on your behalf.
4. Receive completed outputs that are grounded in your organization's work data and reduce manual effort.

Why this matters: Instead of manually coordinating work across emails, meetings, documents, and applications, users can delegate complex work and focus on higher-value decisions.

Business impact: Organizations can accelerate work across teams by reducing time spent coordinating, researching, and executing multi-step processes, improving operational efficiency and consistency.

Personal impact: You save time by delegating tasks without switching between multiple apps, context gathering, and execution needed to deliver results.

Additional resources:

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Copilot Cowork overview

Microsoft is announcing the General Availability (GA) of federated Copilot connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Federated Copilot connectors enable users to securely connect Copilot to popular third-party sources and retrieve data in real time using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). These connectors do not store or index customer data in Microsoft services; access occurs in real time using the user’s identity, while administrators retain full governance and control through the Microsoft 365 admin center. With GA, federated Copilot connectors will be supported in Researcher, Microsoft 365 Chat, and when editing with Copilot in Excel, enabling users to bring external data directly into their workflows.

Roadmap ID:501120

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What changed: Federated Copilot connectors now allow Microsoft 365 Copilot users to connect securely to popular third-party data sources in real time using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Unlike previous methods, these connectors do not store or index customer data in Microsoft services. Administrators maintain full governance and control through the Microsoft 365 admin center. These connectors are supported in Researcher, Microsoft 365 Chat, and when editing with Copilot in Excel.

Why: This change enhances data security and compliance by ensuring customer data remains within third-party environments and is accessed only with user identity and admin oversight.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Chat, Researcher, or when editing with Copilot in Excel.
2. Select a federated Copilot connector to connect to a third-party data source.
3. Retrieve and use real-time data within your workflow.

Why this matters: Secure real-time data access without storing sensitive information in Microsoft services reduces compliance risks.

Business impact: Organizations can safely integrate external data into Microsoft 365 workflows while maintaining strict governance controls.

Personal impact: You can access up-to-date third-party data directly in Microsoft 365 apps without additional login steps or data duplication.

Additional resources:

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Federated connectors overview

Copilot will be able to find meetings based on topics or keywords from relevant data like meeting body, chat, and transcription. The search for meetings based on transcript text is based on meetings in last two months.

Roadmap ID:559110

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What changed: Copilot now searches meetings using topics or keywords found in the meeting body, chat messages, and transcription text from the past two months. Previously, meeting searches were limited and did not include chat or transcript content. This change improves search accuracy and relevance across multiple data sources.

Why: Users need to locate meetings related to specific subjects quickly. Including chat and transcription data in searches provides a more comprehensive view and saves time.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot and enter a topic or keyword in the search box.
2. Review the list of meetings that include the keyword in the body, chat, or transcript.
3. Select a meeting to view details and related content.

Why this matters: This update helps users find relevant meetings more efficiently by searching all related meeting content.

Business impact: Teams can access complete meeting information faster, improving collaboration and decision-making.

Personal impact: You spend less time searching for meetings and more time preparing for relevant discussions.

A centralized dashboard in Insights shows GitHub Copilot AI consumption, cost, and adoption metrics across your organization.

Roadmap ID:566470

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What changed: The new dashboard consolidates GitHub Copilot AI usage and cost data in one location within Workplace Analytics Insights. Previously, administrators and analysts had to gather this information from multiple sources. The dashboard supports tracking spend against budgets and provides detailed adoption metrics for managers, Insights analysts, and global admins.

Why: Organizations need clear visibility into AI-related costs to manage budgets effectively. This dashboard simplifies cost tracking and supports data-driven decisions about GitHub Copilot investments.

Try this:

1. Open Workplace Analytics and navigate to the Insights dashboard.
2. Select the GitHub Copilot AI cost dashboard from the available reports.
3. Review usage, cost, and adoption metrics to monitor spend and user engagement.

Why this matters: Centralizing AI cost and usage data helps organizations control expenses and optimize GitHub Copilot adoption.

Business impact: Teams can better manage AI budgets and align GitHub Copilot investments with organizational priorities.

Personal impact: You gain quick access to cost and usage data, reducing time spent gathering information and improving budget oversight.

We added integrated extensibility experience support for declarative agents in Copilot Chat in Outlook. This release note covers availability in classic Outlook for Windows.

Roadmap ID:481559

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What changed: Users are now able to customize their Copilot experience in classic Outlook with Declarative Agents through integrated extensibility experience (plugins, adaptive cards, card actions, task modules, etc.), Outlook integrations (mail and calendar actions, enterprise connectors), and additional extensibility provider agent actions and orchestration logic. This now aligns classic Outlook with other Copilot Chat experiences, delivering consistent agent capabilities across platforms.

Why: Extending agent integrated extensibility experience support to classic Outlook for Windows allows more users to benefit from automated assistance and task management within their familiar email environment leveraging extensibility provider agent actions and orchestration logic.

Try this:

1. Open classic Outlook for Windows.
2. Access Copilot Chat from the ribbon or sidebar.
3. Interact with available Copilot agents to automate tasks or get assistance.

Why this matters: Bringing agent extensibility support to classic Outlook enhances productivity by integrating automation directly into users' primary email client.

Business impact: Teams using classic Outlook can leverage Copilot agents through integrated extensibility experience.

Personal impact: You gain automated assistance within your existing Outlook environment, now leveraging integrated extensibility experience, reducing manual effort, expanding declarative agents' capabilities, and improving efficiency.

In Copilot in Excel, the response contains links to highlight where changes are made in your workbook. Navigate directly to new sheets, tables, ranges, and objects like charts and shapes.

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What changed: In the Copilot chat response, there now is a link you can click that will take you directly to changes in the workbook. Previously, you would need to locate the change in the response and navigate in the sheet on your own.

Why: We want you to understand where copilot made edits and connect you to them directly from the chat response. This will help build confidence in the changes and allow you to review while you're reading the response in the chat pane.

Try this:

1. Send a prompt to Copilot where the workbook is modified.
2. The chat response will show the changes in a different format with a highlight to indicate a link you can click for navigation. New Sheets, tables, ranges, and objects will be highlighted.

Why this matters: The feature allows quick review of document changes made by Copilot, increasing transparency of the edits.

Business impact: Teams can understand changes made while reading the response from Copilot and quickly navigate to those places for review.

Personal impact: You can review the Copilot Edits in your document.

The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the fuller, workspace-forward experience in OneNote.

Roadmap ID:562662

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What changed: The Microsoft 365 Copilot app introduces a new Notebooks design. In the Copilot app, users can quickly chat with Copilot, explore references, and create artifacts. The full-featured Notebooks experience remains available in OneNote, while the app offers a lighter, faster version.

Why: This change improves productivity by preserving conversation context, reducing repetitive input and enabling ongoing work across sessions. It also provides flexibility by offering both a lightweight app experience and a comprehensive OneNote workspace.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
2. Create a new Notebook to start organizing related chats and outputs.
3. Access your Notebook in the app or open it in OneNote for advanced features.

Why this matters: Maintaining AI context across sessions helps users work more efficiently without losing progress or repeating information.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate with persistent AI workspaces that improve continuity and reduce time spent reestablishing context.

Personal impact: You save time by continuing conversations seamlessly and keeping related information organized in one place.

We are introducing a new dedicated License Requests page in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to help admins more easily discover, review, and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests submitted by users.

Roadmap ID:561206

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What changed: The Microsoft 365 Admin Center now includes a dedicated License Requests page for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Previously, admins had to locate license requests through multiple menus or notifications. This new page centralizes all Copilot license requests, improving visibility and management efficiency. The page supports sorting, filtering, and bulk actions on license requests, enhancing administrative control and security oversight.

Why: Admins need a streamlined way to handle Copilot license requests to reduce delays and errors in license allocation. This change enables admins to:

• Quickly identify pending license requests
• Approve or deny requests efficiently
• Maintain better control over license distribution and compliance

Try this:

• Open the Microsoft 365 Admin Center and select 'License Requests' from the navigation menu.
• Review pending Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests and use filters to sort by user or date.
• Approve or deny requests directly from the License Requests page.

Why this matters: Centralizing license requests reduces administrative overhead and speeds up user access to Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.

Business impact: IT teams can manage Copilot license requests more efficiently, improving license compliance and reducing support tickets.

Personal impact: Admins save time reviewing and processing license requests, enabling faster user onboarding to Copilot.

Buildings, rooms and desks that are added to the Places directory will have new profile cards, accessible from Copilot Chat and across other Microsoft 365 entry points.

Roadmap ID:553219

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What changed: Buildings, rooms, and desks added to the Places directory now have dedicated profile cards. These cards are accessible through Copilot Chat and various Microsoft 365 interfaces, providing quick access to location details. Previously, such detailed location information was not consolidated or easily accessible within Microsoft 365. This update improves navigation and resource management without impacting security.

Why: Providing detailed profile cards for physical spaces helps users find and manage locations efficiently, improving workplace coordination and resource utilization.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Chat in Microsoft 365.
2. Search for a building, room, or desk name.
3. View the profile card with detailed information and availability.

Why this matters: Quick access to location details reduces time spent searching for workspace resources and supports better planning.

Business impact: Facilities and teams can manage space usage more effectively, improving workplace experience and operational efficiency.

Personal impact: You quickly find and reserve appropriate workspaces, reducing delays and interruptions during your day.

A new admin control in the People Skills settings lets administrators permanently remove their organization's People Skills data from the tenant. With this new control, organizations can delete their entire skills library along with all users confirmed, inferred, and imported skills data—giving them full control to offboard from People Skills in support of data governance and compliance needs. Once deletion is initiated, skills will no longer appear on user profile cards or be used across Microsoft 365 skills-based experiences such as Copilot and Viva. The control is admin-only with no automatic changes.

Roadmap ID:565905

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What changed: Administrators can now permanently remove the entire People Skills library and all associated user skills data from their tenant. Previously, there was no direct option to delete this data. Once deleted, skills no longer appear on user profiles or in Microsoft 365 experiences like Copilot and Viva. This control is admin-only and requires manual initiation.

Why: Providing a deletion control supports data governance and compliance by allowing organizations to fully offboard from People Skills and manage sensitive data responsibly.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and navigate to People Skills settings.
2. Select the option to delete the organization's People Skills data.
3. Confirm the deletion to permanently remove all skills data from the tenant.

Why this matters: This control ensures organizations can comply with data policies by fully removing sensitive skills data when needed.

Business impact: Organizations gain full control over People Skills data lifecycle, supporting compliance and data privacy requirements.

Personal impact: Admins reduce risk by securely deleting skills data, ensuring user profiles and skills-based features reflect current organizational policies.

Introducing built-in Planner Agent chat with natural language Q&A, smart task discovery, and in-plan task management.

Roadmap ID:560532

Details:

What changed: Planner integrates Planner Agent chat directly into the app, enabling users to ask questions and manage tasks using natural language. Previously, task management required manual navigation and filtering. The chat supports smart discovery of relevant tasks and allows in-plan updates through conversational commands.

Why: Adding natural language chat simplifies task management by reducing the need to navigate complex menus and filters. This speeds up task updates and improves user productivity.

Try this:

1. Open Planner and select the Copilot icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Ask a question like "Show me tasks due this week."
3. Use chat commands to update task status or filter your view.
4. Review the chat responses and task updates in your plan.

Why this matters: Natural language chat makes task management more intuitive and accessible, reducing friction in daily planning.

Business impact: Teams can manage and update tasks faster, improving project tracking and collaboration.

Personal impact: You save time by managing tasks through simple chat commands instead of manual navigation.

Pre-setup guides, editability, actionable errors & alerting support available for Connector admins.

Roadmap ID:502529

Details:

What changed: Connector admins now have access to pre-setup guides that outline configuration steps before deployment. They can edit settings post-setup and receive actionable error messages with alerting support. These improvements enhance troubleshooting and proactive management of Connectors.

Why: Providing detailed setup guidance and clear error alerts helps admins configure Connectors correctly and resolve issues faster, reducing downtime and misconfigurations.

Try this:

1. Open the Connector admin portal.
2. Review the pre-setup guide before configuring a Connector.
3. Edit Connector settings as needed and monitor alerts for errors.

Why this matters: Clear guidance and alerts reduce configuration errors and improve Connector reliability.

Business impact: Admins can maintain Connector health more efficiently, minimizing service interruptions and support tickets.

Personal impact: You spend less time troubleshooting and more time managing Connectors proactively.

Users can now view Copilot usage details directly within the Show Changes pane in Excel.

Details:

What changed: Previously, Copilot activity was not visible in the Show Changes pane. Now, the pane includes on-card attribution showing when Copilot made edits or suggestions. This transparency helps users track AI contributions alongside manual changes.

Why: Providing clear visibility into Copilot’s actions increases user trust and accountability when reviewing workbook changes.

Try this:

1. Open an Excel workbook with Copilot edits.
2. Select Review tab, then click Show Changes.
3. Look for Copilot attribution cards indicating AI-generated changes.

Why this matters: Understanding which changes come from Copilot helps users verify and manage AI-assisted edits.

Business impact: Teams can audit AI contributions more effectively, improving collaboration and change management.

Personal impact: You gain confidence reviewing workbook edits knowing which changes Copilot made.

When users search for an email in Microsoft 365 Copilot search, that email's attachments now appear as pills directly on the result, so users can spot and open attachments without opening the email.

Details:

What changed: Email results in Microsoft 365 Copilot search now display the email's attachments as inline pills within the search results. When a user's query surfaces an email, any attachments on that email are shown as clickable pills on the result, letting users navigate straight to a file. Previously, attachments were not surfaced on email results, users had to open the email to find and access them.

Why: Surfacing attachments as pills on email results improves discoverability and saves clicks. Users can now:

• At a glance, see which emails have attachments and what they are.
• Open an attachment directly from the results page without first opening the email.
• Move faster from a search to the exact file they need.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Copilot search.
2. Search for an email you know has attachments.
3. On the matching email result, look for the attachment pills.
4. Click a pill to open the attachment directly.

Why this matters: Showing attachments in line with email results removes an extra step, making it faster to find and open the files buried in your emails.

Business impact: Teams reach the files attached to key emails faster, reducing back-and-forth and speeding up collaboration and decision making.

Personal impact: You save time by spotting and opening email attachments right from your search results, without opening each email to hunt for them.

Enable Global and Insights admins to turn on additional attributes as filters in Power BI reports, including reserved attributes and your organization’s custom attributes. Users who have access to Power BI reports can then use these newly enabled filters to tailor reports to their business needs.

Roadmap ID:559995

Details:

What changed: Admins now have the option to activate more attribute filters in Workplace Analytics Power BI reports. These include reserved attributes and custom attributes defined by the organization. Previously, filtering options were limited to default attributes, restricting report customization.

Why: This update provides more granular control over report filtering, enabling more relevant and actionable insights tailored to organizational contexts.

Try this:

1. As a Global or Insights admin, go to the Workplace Analytics admin center.
2. Enable additional reserved and custom attributes as filters.
3. In Power BI, use the new filters to customize your reports.

Why this matters: Enhanced filtering improves report relevance and helps users focus on the data that matters most to their roles and goals.

Business impact: Teams gain more precise analytics capabilities, supporting better-informed decisions based on tailored data views.

Personal impact: You can create more customized reports that reflect your specific business questions, saving time on data preparation.

Additional resources:

Learn:

Enable filters for out-of-the-box reports

Vision in Microsoft 365 Copilot helps you make faster, more informed decisions by understanding context from what you share on screen or camera. Copilot can analyze visual inputs from shared desktop screens and provide detailed insights about the content. You can also use vision on mobile during a real-time voice session to share your device camera, front or back, and ask questions about what is in front of you. Copilot analyzes the live camera feed or desktop screen in real time and provides spoken, context-aware answers grounded in work and web data.

Roadmap ID:561037

Details:

What changed: Copilot now processes live visual data from desktop screen sharing and mobile device cameras during voice sessions. Previously, Copilot relied on text and static data inputs only. Vision interprets the live feed in real time and delivers spoken answers grounded in work and web data, enhancing decision-making.

Why: Analyzing visual context from screens and cameras accelerates understanding and supports faster, informed decisions without switching apps.

Try this:

1. Share your desktop screen in a Microsoft 365 Copilot session and ask questions about visible content.
2. During a voice session on mobile, activate the camera and point it at an object or document.
3. Ask Copilot questions about the live camera feed and listen to spoken, context-aware answers.

Why this matters: Real-time visual analysis reduces information gaps and streamlines workflows by integrating visual context into conversations.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively with instant insights from shared visual content across devices.

Personal impact: You gain the ability to quickly understand and act on visual information without manual searching or switching contexts.

Copilot Chat will be available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users from the side pane on the right-hand side when using Copilot Search in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. This allows users to engage with Copilot while browsing universal search without switching pages or losing context.

Roadmap ID:537281

Details:

What changed: Copilot chat is now accessible from the right-hand side pane during Copilot Search for users with the AI SKU. Previously, users had to switch pages to use Copilot chat, interrupting their workflow.

Why: Integrating chat in the side pane keeps Copilot accessible alongside search results, improving multitasking and reducing context switching.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Search in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
2. Engage with your search results or ask questions in the search box to open Copilot chat.
3. Interact with Copilot chat while browsing search results.

Why this matters: This integration helps users maintain focus by combining search and chat in one view.

Business impact: Teams can work more efficiently by accessing AI assistance without disrupting their search workflows.

Personal impact: You save time by getting AI help without switching screens or losing your search context.

Copilot uses a higher default reasoning level with Sonnet 5 for more accurate drafting and edits.

Details:

What changed: Sonnet 5 is now available in the Copilot models menu in Word and set as the default for higher reasoning tasks. This model improves the accuracy and quality of drafts and edits compared to previous versions. It enhances complex language understanding while maintaining compliance with Microsoft 365 security standards.

Why: Enabling Sonnet 5 raises the default reasoning level to improve content quality and reduce errors.

Users can now:

• Generate more precise and contextually relevant text
• Receive improved suggestions for complex edits
• Experience better handling of nuanced language

Try this:

• Open a Word document and activate Copilot.
• Verify Sonnet 5 is selected in the models menu.
• Use Copilot to draft or edit complex content for improved results.

Why this matters: Higher reasoning levels improve the quality and reliability of AI-generated content, reducing manual corrections.

Business impact: Teams benefit from more accurate document drafts, accelerating review cycles and decision-making.

Personal impact: You save time by receiving higher-quality suggestions that require fewer edits.

This feature enhances the PowerPoint Live meeting experience by using Copilot to let attendees select slide text and get explanations for the content.

Roadmap ID:557256

Details:

What changed: Attendees in PowerPoint Live meetings can now select text on slides and ask Copilot for explanations, unlike before when slide content was static and non-interactive. This feature works within Microsoft 365 PowerPoint Live sessions and maintains data security by processing content within the meeting environment.

Why: This change improves meeting engagement and comprehension by enabling attendees to interact directly with slide content and get immediate clarifications without leaving the presentation.

Try this:

1. Join a PowerPoint Live meeting as an attendee.
2. Select any text on a slide.
3. Copilot explains it for you in the side pane.

Why this matters: Attendees gain better understanding of slide content, which supports clearer communication and more effective meetings.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively during presentations by reducing misunderstandings and the need for follow-up questions.

Personal impact: You can quickly clarify complex slide content during meetings, saving time and improving focus.

Create and modify images in Copilot Cowork using OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 model for enhanced visual content generation.

Details:

What changed: Copilot Cowork integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 model to generate and edit image artifacts. Previously, image creation required external tools. This update enables in-app image generation and editing, streamlining creative workflows.

Why: Embedding image generation within Copilot Cowork reduces context switching and accelerates content creation.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Cowork.
2. Enter a description to create an image using ChatGPT Images 2.0.
3. Use editing tools to refine the image within Cowork.

Why this matters: Integrated image generation enhances creativity and productivity by keeping visual content creation within the collaboration environment.

Business impact: Teams can produce visual assets in their workflow without relying on separate design software.

Personal impact: You save time by generating and editing images directly in your collaboration workspace.

Learn:Use Copilot Cowork

You can now open Outlook emails directly within any full-app Microsoft 365 Copilot experience for faster browsing and reference.

Details:

What changed: When clicking on an email reference or source in Microsoft 365 Copilot apps, the email opens alongside Chat instead of requiring a separate Outlook window. Previously, users had to switch apps to view email content. This integration streamlines access to email information within the Copilot environment.

Why: This change reduces context switching and speeds up information retrieval by keeping emails accessible within the Copilot workspace.

Try this:

1. In a Microsoft 365 Copilot app, locate an email reference.
2. Click the email link to open it in Chat.
3. Browse the email content alongside your chat or tasks.

Why this matters: Quick access to emails within Copilot improves productivity and decision making by keeping relevant information in one place.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more efficiently by referencing emails without leaving the Copilot interface.

Personal impact: You save time by avoiding app switching and can respond to emails faster within your workflow.

Organizational Messages now supports Hybrid-joined Devices.

Roadmap ID:503564

Details:

What changed: Previously, Organizational Messages were limited to devices fully joined to Azure Active Directory or on-premises Active Directory. Now, hybrid Azure AD joined devices can receive Organizational Messages, expanding device coverage. This update improves message delivery consistency across device management environments.

Why: Supporting hybrid-joined devices ensures that organizations using both on-premises and cloud identity management can communicate important messages uniformly. This reduces gaps in message reach and improves compliance.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 admin center.
2. Navigate to the Organizational Messages section.
3. Create or update a message and target hybrid Azure AD joined devices to verify delivery.

Why this matters: This change ensures all managed devices receive critical organizational communications regardless of their join type.

Business impact: IT teams can now rely on Organizational Messages to reach hybrid device fleets without additional configuration or tools.

Personal impact: Users on hybrid-joined devices receive timely organizational updates, reducing confusion and support requests.

Outlook Emails as References in Copilot Notebooks bring email content into the notebook experience, enabling users to ground Copilot in the conversations, decisions, and context that drive their work. By adding emails as knowledge sources, users can connect context from their emails directly to their projects, enriching notebooks beyond files alone and improving downstream outputs like presentations and briefs. Available in Copilot Notebooks across Microsoft 365.

Roadmap ID:564910

Details:

What changed: Users can now add Outlook emails as knowledge sources within Copilot Notebooks across Microsoft 365. Previously, notebooks included only files and other documents. This update enables Copilot to use email content to provide richer context for outputs like presentations and briefs.

Why: Integrating emails into notebooks grounds Copilot in the full context of work conversations and decisions, improving the relevance and accuracy of generated content.

Try this:

1. Open a Copilot Notebook in Microsoft 365.
2. Select Add content and choose Outlook emails.
3. Pick relevant emails to include as references in your notebook.

Why this matters: Including emails enriches project context, helping users create more informed and connected work outputs.

Business impact: Teams can leverage email conversations directly in collaborative notebooks, enhancing project alignment and knowledge sharing.

Personal impact: You gain a streamlined way to incorporate important email context into your work, saving time and improving output quality.

Users can now steer, refine, and edit pages using Copilot commands like "Shorten this page." They can also prompt Copilot to auto-create pages from chat, such as "Create a new page for XYZ."

Details:

What changed: Copilot now supports page steering on mobile devices, allowing users to modify page content with natural language commands. Previously, users had to manually edit pages without AI assistance. Additionally, Copilot can auto-trigger new page creation from chat prompts, streamlining content generation.

Why: These changes simplify content management on mobile by reducing manual editing and speeding up page creation, improving user productivity and content accuracy.

Try this:

1. Open a page on your mobile device and say, "Shorten this page."
2. In chat, type "Create a new page for [topic]."
3. Review and edit the generated page content as needed.

Why this matters: This update reduces friction in mobile content editing and creation, enabling faster and more precise page management.

Business impact: Teams can produce and refine content more efficiently on mobile, supporting faster collaboration and information sharing.

Personal impact: You save time editing pages and can quickly generate new content without switching devices or apps.

You can now reference an email when using Copilot in PowerPoint to create a presentation.

Roadmap ID:555888

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now allows referencing email content when creating presentations. Previously, users could not directly incorporate email information into their presentations using Copilot. This integration enhances content accuracy and context while maintaining Microsoft 365 security standards.

Why: Referencing emails directly streamlines presentation creation by reducing manual content transfer and errors. It helps users build presentations that reflect up-to-date communication without switching apps.

Try this:

1. Open PowerPoint and start a presentation.
2. Open the Copilot pane.
3. Enter a prompt and reference an email you would like to incorporate in your deck. You can reference an email by its subject, the senders, and time frame or date it was sent.
4. Review the output slides where Copilot has used the email information.

Why this matters: Including email content directly reduces errors and speeds up the presentation creation process.

Business impact: Teams can quickly create presentations that incorporate relevant email information, improving communication clarity.

Personal impact: You save time by avoiding manual copying from emails and ensure your presentations include the latest information.

Users can now schedule meetings directly from chat or by clicking "Schedule with Copilot" in the UI. Simply ask Copilot to schedule a meeting with colleagues, and it will find available times, book rooms, draft agendas, and send invites—all within the chat experience. This feature is available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Roadmap ID:542185

Details:

What changed: Copilot now enables meeting scheduling within classic Outlook for Windows through chat commands or the "Schedule with Copilot" button. It finds available times, books rooms, drafts agendas, and sends invites automatically. Previously, scheduling required manual steps outside of chat. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and is rolling out in phases.

Why: Integrating scheduling into Copilot chat streamlines meeting setup, reducing manual coordination and saving time.

Try this:

1. Open classic Outlook for Windows.
2. Start a chat with Copilot or click "Schedule with Copilot" in the UI.
3. Ask Copilot to schedule a meeting with colleagues.
4. Review and send the meeting invite.

Why this matters: This change simplifies meeting scheduling by automating availability checks and invites within the chat experience.

Business impact: Teams can reduce scheduling delays and improve meeting coordination efficiency.

Personal impact: You save time by letting Copilot handle meeting logistics directly from Outlook chat.

You can now choose supported Researcher models and modes directly within Chat when adding the Researcher agent to your conversation.

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat now includes an option to pick from available Researcher models and modes when you add the Researcher agent to your prompt. Previously, users had no direct control over which Researcher model was used during chat interactions, limiting customization. This update enables tailored research experiences based on the selected model.

Why: Allowing users to select Researcher models provides more control over the research process and improves result relevance by matching the model to the task.

Try this:

1. Start a new Chat and add the Researcher agent to your prompt.
2. Select the desired Researcher model from the model selector menu.
3. Continue the conversation using the chosen model for tailored research results.

Why this matters: Choosing the appropriate Researcher model helps users get more accurate and relevant information during research tasks.

Business impact: Teams can customize research workflows to better fit specific project needs, improving efficiency and output quality.

Personal impact: You gain flexibility to tailor research assistance, saving time by getting more relevant answers faster.

A refreshed design for the Microsoft 365 Copilot web and desktop app simplifies the user experience to drive engagement with Copilot. This includes updates to the chat home screen, chat response layout, and navigation pane.

Roadmap ID:561488

Details:

What changed: The Microsoft 365 Copilot app now features an updated chat home screen, a streamlined chat response layout, and a redesigned navigation pane. The new design helps users more easily navigate the app and stay focused across web and desktop platforms.

Why: Simplifying the app interface helps users engage more easily with Copilot, reducing the time needed to find features and improving overall usability.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on web or desktop.
2. Explore the updated chat home screen to quickly access recent conversations.
3. Use the new navigation pane to switch between chats and tools more efficiently.

Why this matters: A clearer interface helps users interact with Copilot faster and more intuitively, increasing productivity.

Business impact: Teams experience smoother collaboration with fewer interruptions caused by navigation or layout confusion.

Personal impact: You spend less time navigating the app and more time focusing on your tasks.

Learn:Introducing a new design for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Meetings as References in Copilot Notebooks bring Teams meeting content into the notebook experience, enabling users to ground Copilot on the discussions, decisions, and context that drive their work. By adding meetings as knowledge sources, users can connect transcripts, notes, chats, and shared content directly to their projects, enriching notebooks beyond files alone and improving downstream outputs like presentations and briefs.

Available in Copilot Notebooks across Microsoft 365.

Roadmap ID:560706

Details:

What changed: Copilot notebooks now include Teams meetings as knowledge sources, allowing users to link meeting transcripts, notes, chats, and shared files within their notebooks. Previously, notebooks only supported files as references. This integration enriches project context and improves outputs like presentations and briefs. It is available across Microsoft 365 Copilot notebooks.

Why: Incorporating meeting content helps ground Copilot’s responses in real discussions and decisions, providing more relevant and comprehensive project insights. This reduces the need to manually gather meeting information.

Try this:

1. Open a Copilot notebook in Microsoft 365.
2. Select 'Add reference' and choose a Teams meeting from your recent meetings.
3. Review linked transcripts, notes, and shared content within the notebook.

Why this matters: Connecting meeting content directly to projects saves time and improves the accuracy of outputs by providing richer context.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by having meeting discussions and decisions integrated into project documentation.

Personal impact: You spend less time searching for meeting details and can create more informed summaries and presentations.

Use a new Work IQ button located in the top left of the Chat UI to switch access to work data on/off without leaving the chat experience.

Details:

What changed: Web and work chats are now unified into a single chat interface that now has a dedicated Work IQ button to control access to work data. Previously, users switched between separate web and work chat tabs, increasing cognitive load and inconsistency. This change unifies the chat experience and simplifies how users control access to work data when using chat.

Why: Combining chats into one interface with a toggle reduces confusion and streamlines user workflows by providing quick control over access to work data.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
2. Locate the Work IQ button in the top left of the Chat interface.
3. Work date is on by default; enable or disable work data access as needed by selecting the button.

Why this matters: A unified chat interface reduces switching and helps users focus on their tasks with clearer data context.

Business impact: Teams benefit from a consistent chat experience that improves productivity and reduces user errors.

Personal impact: You spend less time navigating tabs and more time interacting with relevant data.

Users will find an updated, streamlined UX flow within Copilot Notebooks.

Roadmap ID:516042

Details:

What changed: The Copilot Notebooks user experience has been revamped with a streamlined flow for opening items and navigating the product. Previously, users faced a more complex and less cohesive interface. The new design simplifies common tasks and enhances consistency across the product.

Why: Simplifying the user interface reduces friction and helps users work more efficiently within Copilot Notebooks.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Notebooks from the Microsoft 365 app launcher.
2. Use the updated navigation pane to browse notebooks and sections.
3. Open and edit notebook items with the new streamlined controls.

Why this matters: A simpler, more cohesive interface helps users focus on content creation and reduces time spent on navigation.

Business impact: Teams experience smoother collaboration and faster access to notebook content, improving productivity.

Personal impact: You spend less time navigating and more time working on your notebooks.

Edit with Copilot helps you work with Python in Excel by executing Python code for advanced analysis, automation, and data transformation with results outputted directly in your workbook.

Details:

What changed: You can now use Edit with Copilot to perform advanced data analysis (statistics, simulations, advanced visualizations etc.) with your workbook data. Existing security and execution controls continue to help manage how code runs.

Why: Python is widely used for data analysis, visualization, and automation. Bringing Copilot-assisted Python editing into Excel helps users move from intent to working analysis faster without switching tools.

Try this:

1. Open an Excel workbook with data you want to analyze.
2. Open Edit with Copilot.
3. Ask Copilot to complete a task like summarizing trends, cleaning data, or creating a visualization with Python.
4. Review the output and inspect the results in Excel.

Why this matters: This makes advanced analysis more approachable by pairing Python’s flexibility with Copilot’s assistance and Excel’s familiar workspace.

Business impact: Teams can accelerate reporting, analysis, and repeatable data workflows in Excel, helping reduce manual effort and improve consistency.

Personal impact: You can complete more advanced data tasks in Excel with Copilot’s help.

Interact in real time with read aloud in Word with Copilot. While your document is being read aloud, you can ask questions with your voice—such as “What does this mean?” or “Summarize this section”—and get answers instantly. No need to pause and search manually. This keeps you in context, reduces interruptions, and helps you understand and act faster.

Roadmap ID:523205

Details:

What changed: Word’s Read Aloud now supports real-time voice interactions powered by Copilot Q&A. Previously, users had to pause reading to search or edit manually. Now, users can ask questions like “What does this mean?” or “Summarize this section” and receive immediate responses without stopping the audio.

Why: This change helps users maintain focus and context while improving comprehension and productivity by enabling seamless voice-driven interaction during document reading.

Try this:

1. Open a Word document and start Read Aloud from the Review tab.
2. While listening, say a question such as “Explain this paragraph.”
3. Listen to Copilot’s spoken answer without pausing the reading.

Why this matters: Real-time voice Q&A reduces interruptions and helps users understand content faster, improving accessibility and workflow.

Business impact: Teams can review and comprehend documents more efficiently, reducing time spent switching between reading and searching.

Personal impact: You save time and maintain focus by getting instant explanations without stopping the reading experience.

Viva Engage content from private communities and events will be used as grounding source for Microsoft 365 Copilot. When a user queries in Microsoft 365 Copilot, they will only be able to see content they are privileged to access.

Roadmap ID:515144

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot includes private Engage community and event content when responding to queries. Previously, Copilot did not incorporate private community data. Users only see content they have permission to access, maintaining security and privacy.

Why: Including private community content ensures Copilot provides more relevant and comprehensive answers while respecting access controls.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Copilot.
2. Ask a question related to your private Engage communities or events.
3. Review the response that includes content you are authorized to view.

Why this matters: This change enhances Copilot’s relevance by incorporating private organizational knowledge securely.

Business impact: Teams gain improved insights from private discussions without compromising data security.

Personal impact: You receive more accurate answers that include your private community knowledge, improving productivity.

Introduces a new REST endpoint for Work IQ that serves as a unified entry point for invoking agents and workflows, providing a consistent, scalable alternative to legacy Copilot Chat endpoints.

Roadmap ID:559021

Details:

What changed: Work IQ now offers a unified REST endpoint to invoke agents and workflows, replacing multiple legacy Copilot Chat endpoints. This endpoint standardizes access methods, improves scalability, and simplifies integration for developers working within Microsoft 365 environments.

Why: The unified REST endpoint reduces complexity and enhances scalability, making it easier to integrate and manage agents and workflows programmatically.

Try this:

1. Use the new Work IQ REST endpoint URL in your API calls.
2. Send requests to invoke specific agents or workflows.
3. Monitor responses to manage workflow execution consistently.

Why this matters: A consistent and scalable endpoint simplifies development and improves reliability when integrating Work IQ agents and workflows.

Business impact: Developers and IT teams benefit from easier integration and management of automated workflows, supporting more robust business processes.

Personal impact: You experience reduced integration complexity and more reliable workflow execution, saving time on development and troubleshooting.

You can choose to select Anthropic models, in addition to OpenAI models, when editing a Word document using Copilot.

Roadmap ID:558440

Details:

What changed: Copilot in Word now supports selecting Anthropic AI models alongside existing OpenAI models for document editing. Previously, users could only use OpenAI models. This update expands AI model options, allowing users to pick the model that best fits their editing needs.

Why: Offering Anthropic models provides users with more AI choices, improving flexibility and potentially enhancing editing quality based on different model strengths.

Try this:

1. Open a Word document and launch Copilot.
2. In the model selection menu, choose Anthropic models.
3. Use Copilot to edit your document with the selected model.

Why this matters: Having multiple AI model options lets users tailor Copilot’s editing assistance to their preferences and document requirements.

Business impact: Teams can leverage diverse AI capabilities in Word, improving document quality and collaboration efficiency.

Personal impact: You gain more control over AI editing, enabling better results and a more personalized writing experience.

The Consumption Dashboard tracks Copilot credit usage across AI services and provides budget information to managers, analysts, and administrators.

Roadmap ID:566302

Details:

What changed: The new dashboard shows Copilot credit consumption for Cowork and WorkIQ API services. Access is scoped to managers with at least five direct reports, Insights analysts, and Global administrators. It is enabled by default and requires usage-based billing setup via Cost Management in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Tenant-wide leader access is not included in this release. A Cost Management query template is added for Insights analysts and Global administrators in Advanced Insights.

Why: This change provides immediate visibility into AI service costs and usage, helping organizations monitor and manage their Copilot credit spending effectively.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft Viva Insights and navigate to the Consumption Dashboard.
2. Review Copilot credit usage for Cowork and WorkIQ API services.
3. For advanced analysis, use the new Cost Management query template in Advanced Insights.

Why this matters: Tracking AI service costs helps organizations control budgets and optimize resource allocation.

Business impact: Microsoft 365 administrators, managers, and analysts gain scoped access to cost data, enabling better budget oversight without exposing tenant-wide information.

Personal impact: You can monitor AI usage costs relevant to your team, reducing unexpected charges and improving financial planning.

Once you connect your asset library hosted on Adobe Experience Manager to Microsoft 365 and Copilot, Copilot will create presentations using your organization's images.

Roadmap ID:516038

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now accesses enterprise image assets hosted on Adobe Experience Manager when creating presentations in Edit mode. Previously, Copilot used only publicly available or user-uploaded images. This integration requires connecting your Adobe Experience Manager library to Microsoft 365, ensuring secure use of approved organizational content.

Why: Using enterprise-hosted assets ensures brand consistency and compliance by leveraging approved images. It also streamlines presentation creation by providing direct access to your organization's visual resources.

Try this:

1. Connect your Adobe Experience Manager asset library to Microsoft 365.
2. Open PowerPoint and enter Edit mode with Copilot.
3. Request Copilot to create or enhance slides using your organization's images.

Why this matters: This change helps maintain brand standards and improves efficiency by integrating trusted enterprise assets directly into presentations.

Business impact: Teams can create presentations faster with consistent branding and reduce risks related to unauthorized image use.

Personal impact: You save time searching for approved images and ensure your presentations align with company standards.

You can now create a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint just as you open the PowerPoint web app.

Roadmap ID:560537

Details:

What changed: Copilot integration now allows users to start creating presentations directly from the PowerPoint web app home screen for those with Microsoft 365 Copilot Basic and Premium. Previously, users had to open an existing file or create a blank presentation before accessing Copilot features. This update streamlines the workflow by launching Copilot immediately upon opening the app.

Why: This change simplifies the presentation creation process, reducing steps and enabling faster generation of content with Copilot assistance.

Try this:

1. Open the PowerPoint web app in your browser.
2. Select the Copilot option on the home screen to start a new presentation.
3. Follow prompts to generate slides based on your input.

Why this matters: Starting presentations directly with Copilot saves time and lowers the barrier to creating professional content.

Business impact: Teams can accelerate presentation development and reduce delays caused by manual slide creation.

Personal impact: You spend less time setting up presentations and more time focusing on content quality.

Learn:https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Microsoft-365-Copilot/what-copilot-license-do-i-have

Copilot now provides coaching feedback on email drafts via chat and can apply suggestions directly to your message in Outlook. Users have the option to choose which suggestions are applied, and Copilot updates your email in place.

Roadmap ID:559418

Details:

What changed: Previously, Outlook users obtained coaching feedback in canvas and could only apply all suggestions at once. Now, Copilot chat offers the suggestions and users can choose which suggestions to apply, further refine those suggestions and Copilot chat will update the email content in place.

Why: This update helps users improve email clarity and professionalism by providing actionable feedback during composition, reducing the need for manual revisions.

Try this:

1. Open Outlook and start composing a new email.
2. Click Get Coaching. 3 The Copilot chat pane automatically opens with coaching suggestions.
3. Use the chat to iterate on the suggestions or select ones to apply directly to your draft.

Why this matters: Real-time coaching improves communication quality and saves time editing emails.

Business impact: Teams benefit from clearer, more effective email communication with less editing effort.

Personal impact: You save time refining emails and gain confidence in your messaging.

With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot quickly prepares you for meetings within minutes by bringing real-time insights and summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. You can also chat directly with Copilot to prepare more deeply, to ensure you're ready to go. This feature is already available in the new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and is now being adding to classic Outlook for Windows. It is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Roadmap ID:542186

Details:

What changed: Copilot now provides real-time meeting preparation in classic Outlook for Windows by summarizing relevant context, action items, and documents. Users can chat with Copilot to deepen preparation. This feature was already available in new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile and now extends to classic Outlook. It requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Why: This update helps users manage back-to-back meetings by quickly delivering essential information and reducing preparation time.

Try this:

1. Open classic Outlook for Windows.
2. Select a meeting and open Copilot.
3. Review the summary of meeting context, tasks, and documents.
4. Chat with Copilot to ask for additional details or clarifications.

Why this matters: Quick access to meeting insights helps users stay informed and ready, improving meeting effectiveness.

Business impact: Teams benefit from better-prepared meetings, leading to more productive discussions and decisions.

Personal impact: You reduce time spent gathering meeting materials and increase confidence going into meetings.

Copilot connectors now run content crawl and identity crawl in parallel, making ingested content available to users faster than before.

Details:

What changed: Previously, content crawl and identity crawl executed sequentially, causing delays before content became accessible in Copilot. Now, both crawls run in parallel, reducing total processing time. This change improves content freshness and availability without compromising security or permission accuracy.

Why: Sequential crawling delayed content availability, impacting user productivity.

Parallel execution enables:

• Faster ingestion of new and updated content
• Quicker reflection of identity and permission changes

Try this:

• Add or update content in your connected data source.
• Observe that content appears in Copilot results sooner than before.
• Check that permissions and identity information remain accurate.

Why this matters: Faster content availability helps users access the latest information promptly, supporting timely decision-making.

Business impact: Teams benefit from reduced latency in content updates, improving collaboration and information flow.

Personal impact: You spend less time waiting for new content to appear, increasing efficiency in your work.

Learn:Deploy the ServiceNow Knowledge Copilot connector

Planner Agent will now be available for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users in all group-based Planner plans, including basic plans.

Roadmap ID:511820

Details:

What changed: Planner Agent, previously limited to premium plans, is now available in all group-based Planner plans for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. This expands access to Planner Agent features such as task execution and status reporting within basic plans, enhancing productivity without requiring plan upgrades.

Why: Extending Planner Agent to basic plans allows more users to benefit from AI-powered task management, improving team collaboration and efficiency.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft Planner with your Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
2. Access your group-based Planner plan, including basic plans.
3. Use Planner Agent features like task execution and status reporting to manage your work.

Why this matters: Providing Planner Agent in basic plans democratizes AI task management tools across more teams and projects.

Business impact: Teams using basic Planner plans gain AI assistance, improving task tracking and project outcomes without extra licensing costs.

Personal impact: You can manage tasks smarter and save time using Planner Agent features regardless of your plan tier.

You can now ask Copilot in PowerPoint to reference relevant online sources while creating a presentation.

Roadmap ID:555893

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now supports source referencing during presentation creation. Previously, users could not directly incorporate live web information as source material within Copilot in PowerPoint. This update enables Copilot to gather relevant information from the web and use referenced sources while respecting web content security and privacy standards.

Why: Source referencing helps improve presentation accuracy, relevance, and timeliness by allowing Copilot to use current online information. This reduces manual research and makes it easier to create presentations grounded in up-to-date sources.

Try this:

1. Open PowerPoint and start a new presentation in Copilot.
2. Ask Copilot to create a presentation on a topic that would benefit from current web information.
3. Review the generated slides and source references.

Why this matters: Referencing web sources streamlines research and content creation, helping users create presentations with relevant, up-to-date information.

Business impact: Teams can create presentations grounded in current web information faster, improving research efficiency, collaboration, and content quality.

Personal impact: You save time by letting Copilot incorporate relevant web source information into your slides.

ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog connectors now enforce access permissions based on user roles such as admin, knowledge manager, and knowledge admin.

Details:

What changed: Earlier, permissions in ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog connectors were determined only by user criteria without considering roles. Now, the connectors evaluate access based on the user's assigned roles in ServiceNow, enabling more granular and accurate permission enforcement for knowledge articles and catalog items. This enhances security by aligning access with organizational role definitions.

Why: Role-based access control aligns permissions with organizational policies and reduces unauthorized access.

This update allows:

• More precise permission management
• Better compliance with ServiceNow role assignments

Try this:

• Assign roles like admin or knowledge manager to users in ServiceNow.
• Access knowledge articles or catalog items through Copilot connectors.
• Verify that access matches the assigned roles.

Why this matters: Role-based permissions ensure users see only the content they are authorized to access, improving data security.

Business impact: Organizations can enforce ServiceNow role policies consistently across Copilot connectors, reducing risk of permission errors.

Personal impact: You access relevant knowledge and catalog items securely based on your assigned roles without unnecessary restrictions or exposure.

Support connection edit of user mapping, query filter for ServiceNow

Roadmap ID:503590

Details:

What changed: Previously, once the ServiceNow connector was configured, user mappings and query filters could not be changed without recreating the connection. Now, admins can edit these settings directly within the connector configuration. This update enhances security by allowing precise control over data queries and user access mappings without disrupting the connection.

Why: Allowing edits to user mappings and query filters reduces the need to recreate connectors, saving time and minimizing configuration errors. It also improves data security by enabling more granular control over what data is accessed and how users are mapped.

Try this:

1. Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and navigate to the Copilot Extensibility connectors.
2. Select the ServiceNow connector and choose 'Edit connection.'
3. Update user mappings or query filters as needed and save changes.

Why this matters: This change streamlines connector management and enhances security by enabling ongoing adjustments without downtime.

Business impact: Teams can maintain accurate data synchronization and user access without interrupting workflows or recreating connectors.

Personal impact: Admins save time managing connectors and reduce errors by editing settings directly instead of recreating connections.

Adaptive card refresh now works in custom engine agents, improving dynamic content updates.

Details:

What changed: Adaptive card refresh is enabled for adaptive cards in custom engine agents, allowing cards to update dynamically without user intervention. Previously, adaptive card refresh was not supported in these agents, limiting real-time content updates. This change enhances responsiveness and user interaction within custom agent scenarios.

Why: Enabling adaptive card refresh in custom engine agents allows for more interactive and up-to-date user experiences. It reduces the need for manual refreshes and improves the accuracy of displayed information.

Try this:

1. Create or open a custom engine agent in the Copilot Extensibility environment.
2. Add an adaptive card that supports refresh actions.
3. Trigger the adaptive card refresh to see updated content without reloading the agent.

Why this matters: Dynamic content updates in custom agents improve user engagement and ensure information remains current without extra user steps.

Business impact: Teams using custom engine agents benefit from more interactive workflows and reduced manual refresh overhead.

Personal impact: You experience smoother interactions with adaptive cards that update automatically, saving time and reducing friction.

A new Copilot icon button provides a quick, visible entry point to Copilot directly within the file previewer in OneDrive. Positioned at the bottom-right corner (instead of the command bar), this button surfaces contextual prompts tailored to the file type and offers seamless access to Copilot chat, making it easier to get insights and take action without leaving the preview experience.

Roadmap ID:513432

Details:

What changed: The file previewer in OneDrive and SharePoint now shows a floating Copilot button at the bottom right corner instead of the command bar. This button offers prompts tailored to the file type and quick access to Copilot chat. Previously, users had to open Copilot separately to get insights on files.

Why: Placing Copilot directly in the file previewer reduces steps to get contextual assistance, improving workflow efficiency.

Try this:

1. Open a file in OneDrive or SharePoint previewer.
2. Click the Copilot button at the bottom right.
3. Use the contextual prompts or start a chat to get insights about the file.

Why this matters: This update makes it easier to get file-specific help without leaving the preview experience.

Business impact: Teams can review and act on file content faster with integrated Copilot access during preview.

Personal impact: You save time by accessing tailored Copilot assistance directly within file previews.

Users will be able to list the file attachments that they received or sent over email in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Roadmap ID:497909

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now provides a list of email file attachments from messages you sent or received. Previously, users had to manually search emails to find attachments. This update improves visibility and access to files directly through Copilot chat.

Why: Finding email attachments quickly is essential for efficient communication and file management. This change reduces time spent searching and improves workflow.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft 365 Copilot chat.
2. Ask to list email attachments from a specific sender or date.
3. Review the generated list of files attached to those emails.

Why this matters: Quick access to email attachments saves time and reduces the risk of missing important files.

Business impact: Teams can retrieve shared documents faster, improving collaboration and reducing delays.

Personal impact: You spend less time searching emails and more time focusing on tasks that require those attachments.

Users will be able to search for and select SharePoint Lists through the Context IQ menu to help ground their prompts when using Copilot Chat.

Roadmap ID:422308

Details:

What changed: Previously, users could not directly access SharePoint Lists within Context IQ when composing prompts in Copilot Chat. Now, users can search for and select specific SharePoint Lists to ground their prompts, improving relevance and accuracy. This integration supports Microsoft 365 security and compliance policies for data access.

Why: This change helps users target their Copilot Chat prompts to specific SharePoint Lists, reducing irrelevant results and improving productivity when working with list data.

Try this:

1. Open Copilot Chat and click the Context IQ menu.
2. Search for a SharePoint List by name.
3. Select the desired list to scope your prompt before entering your query.

Why this matters: Scoping prompts to SharePoint Lists helps users get more precise and useful responses from Copilot Chat.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by referencing exact SharePoint Lists in their Copilot Chat interactions.

Personal impact: You save time by quickly narrowing Copilot Chat responses to relevant list data without manual filtering.

Copilot in SharePoint lets you plan and build SharePoint solutions using natural language commands.

Details:

What changed: Copilot in SharePoint now supports creating SharePoint solutions through natural language input.

Why: Building SharePoint solutions typically requires technical expertise and time. This change lowers the barrier by enabling users to describe their needs in natural language, accelerating development and reducing errors.

Try this:

1. Visit the Build node of the SharePoint start page.
2. Describe your goal in the top text box that asks what you would like to build today.
3. Enter a natural language request to plan or build a SharePoint solution.
4. Review and customize the generated SharePoint site.

Why this matters: Simplifying SharePoint solution creation empowers more users to create better solutions faster.

Business impact: Teams can deploy SharePoint solutions faster, improving collaboration.

Personal impact: You can create SharePoint sites using natural language, saving time and effort.

The Copilot Notebooks Overview now provides a redesigned experience for crisper AI-generated summaries, key insights, and one-click artifacts to move work forward in the notebook.

Details:

What changed: The Notebook Overview experience has been redesigned with a better layout and direct visibility of meaningful artifacts users can create in the notebook in one click.

Why: This redesign helps users quickly grasp notebook context and take relevant actions without spending time on manual content review.

Try this:

1. Open a Copilot Notebook and navigate to the Overview Page.
2. Review the AI-generated summary and key insights.
3. Use the one-click artifact creation option to create content focused on the context and content of the notebook.

Why this matters: Reduce time spent getting a quick summary and key insights of the notebook content, easily see and use one-click artifacts that help move your work forward in the notebook.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by accessing summarized notebook information, actionable insights, creating new artifacts quickly.

Personal impact: You save time understanding notebook content and can act faster on relevant information.

The Copilot Notebooks Overview now provides a redesigned experience for crisper AI-generated summaries, key insights, and one-click artifacts to move work forward in the notebook.

Details:

What changed: The Notebook Overview experience has been redesigned with a better layout and direct visibility of meaningful artifacts users can create in the notebook in one click.

Why: This redesign helps users quickly grasp notebook context and take relevant actions without spending time on manual content review.

Try this:

1. Open a Copilot Notebook and navigate to the Overview Page.
2. Review the AI-generated summary and key insights.
3. Use the one-click artifact creation option to create content focused on the context and content of the notebook.

Why this matters: Reduce time spent getting a quick summary and key insights of the notebook content, easily see and use one-click artifacts that help move your work forward in the notebook.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by accessing summarized notebook information, actionable insights, creating new artifacts quickly.

Personal impact: You save time understanding notebook content and can act faster on relevant information.

Agent Builder now supports using a SharePoint list as a knowledge source for agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Makers can ground an agent in structured list data so users can ask questions and get responses based on information stored in a selected SharePoint list. For this release, each agent can reference one SharePoint list with up to 20,000 items, alongside other knowledge source types. Support for list attachments and lookup columns is not yet available.

Roadmap ID:561920

Details:

What changed: Each agent can now reference one SharePoint list with up to 20,000 items alongside other knowledge sources. Previously, agents could not use SharePoint lists as a data source. Support for list attachments and lookup columns is not yet available, which limits some data types.

Why: This change allows makers to ground agents in structured SharePoint list data, improving the relevance and accuracy of responses. It expands the types of data agents can use without requiring custom integrations.

Try this:

1. Open Agent Builder and create or edit an agent.
2. Select SharePoint list as a knowledge source.
3. Choose a SharePoint list with up to 20,000 items to ground your agent.

Why this matters: Using SharePoint lists as a knowledge source lets agents answer questions based on structured organizational data, improving user support and information access.

Business impact: Teams can leverage existing SharePoint lists to build more informed agents, reducing manual data preparation and integration efforts.

Personal impact: You can create agents that provide accurate answers from your SharePoint data, saving time on information retrieval.

Learn:Add knowledge sources to your declarative agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot now displays rich images from files and meetings directly within responses to improve comprehension.

Details:

What changed: Previously, Copilot responses included text only. Now, it surfaces relevant images inline from files and meetings to provide visual context. This enhancement supports richer content formats while maintaining data security and compliance with Microsoft 365 policies. This applies to Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses only.

Why: Visual information helps users understand complex content faster and reduces the need to switch between apps or documents.

Try this:

1. Ask Copilot a question related to your meeting notes or documents.
2. Review the inline images that appear alongside the text response.
3. Click images to open the source file or meeting content for more details.

Why this matters: Including images directly in responses helps users grasp information quickly and reduces context switching.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by accessing visual content without leaving the Copilot interface.

Personal impact: You save time by seeing relevant images immediately, improving comprehension and decision-making.

Give users a fast, built‑in way to capture screenshots and include them in Copilot prompts, helping them communicate visual context more easily and receive more accurate, actionable assistance.

Roadmap ID:558105

Details:

What changed: Copilot now includes a built-in screenshot capture tool that lets users add images directly to their prompts. Previously, users had to capture and upload screenshots manually outside Copilot. This integration improves prompt clarity and response relevance without exposing sensitive data externally.

Why: Visual context helps Copilot understand user requests better, leading to more precise and actionable responses.

Try this:

1. In Copilot chat, select the screenshot capture button.
2. Capture the desired screen area.
3. Include the screenshot in your prompt and submit for assistance.

Why this matters: Adding screenshots reduces miscommunication and speeds up problem resolution with Copilot.

Business impact: Users get a simpler UX to include visuals when using Copilot to help reduce confusion and support interactions.

Personal impact: You save time explaining problems and get more accurate help by sharing visual information instantly.

Agents built with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Catalyst.

Details:

What changed: Users can now access agents built with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) directly within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Catalyst apps. Previously, these agents were not integrated into these Office applications. This update enables seamless agent interactions using MCP across multiple Microsoft 365 apps.

Why: Integrating MCP agents into core Office apps improves user productivity by providing contextual assistance and data retrieval without switching applications.

Try this:

1. Open Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Catalyst.
2. Access the Copilot pane.
3. Interact with MCP-enabled agents to get contextual assistance.

Why this matters: This integration brings consistent agent support across popular Office apps, enhancing workflow continuity.

Business impact: Teams can leverage MCP agents within familiar Office environments, reducing context switching and improving collaboration.

Personal impact: You gain faster access to intelligent assistance within your everyday Office apps, saving time and effort.

Support for hierarchical ACLs for SNOW and Confluence connectors.

Roadmap ID:503587

Details:

What changed: The connectors for Confluence and ServiceNow now evaluate parent-level permissions when determining access to child items. Previously, only child item permissions were considered, which could lead to inconsistent access control. This update supports nested permissions, improving security and compliance.

Why: Supporting hierarchical permissions ensures that access control aligns with organizational policies and reduces unauthorized data exposure in Copilot extensibility scenarios.

Try this:

1. Review your Confluence or ServiceNow catalog permissions.
2. Configure parent and child item permissions to reflect your organizational hierarchy.
3. Verify access control behavior in Microsoft Copilot to confirm hierarchical permissions are enforced.

Why this matters: Accurate permission evaluation prevents unauthorized access and maintains data security across integrated systems.

Business impact: Security teams can enforce consistent access policies across multiple platforms, reducing risk of data leaks.

Personal impact: Users see search and content results that respect organizational permission structures, reducing confusion and access issues.

Organizations can build their own collections of prompts that are tailored to their business needs and workflows and distribute these to all users within the tenant.

Roadmap ID:486695

Details:

What changed: Admins can now build prompt collections specific to their company's needs and publish them tenant-wide through the Copilot Prompt Gallery. Previously, users only had access to default prompts without centralized management or customization options.

Why: This change allows organizations to standardize and optimize Copilot usage by providing prompts aligned with internal processes and terminology.

Try this:

1. Open the Copilot Prompt Gallery in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
2. Create a new prompt collection tailored to your business workflows.
3. Publish the collection to all users in your tenant for consistent access.

Why this matters: Centralized prompt management improves user efficiency and ensures Copilot responses align with company standards.

Business impact: Teams gain consistent access to relevant prompts, reducing training needs and improving productivity.

Personal impact: Users benefit from prompts that reflect their daily tasks, saving time and reducing guesswork.

Seamlessly create brand kits by uploading your brand guidelines document.

Details:

What changed: Users can now upload a brand guidelines document to automatically generate brand kits. Previously, creating brand kits required manual setup and configuration. This update streamlines the process and reduces setup errors.

Why: This change simplifies brand kit creation by automating the extraction of brand elements from guidelines, saving time and ensuring consistency.

Try this:

1. Open the brand kit creation tool.
2. Upload your brand guidelines document.
3. Review and customize the generated brand kit.

Why this matters: Automating brand kit creation helps maintain brand consistency and reduces manual effort.

Business impact: Teams can produce standardized brand assets faster, improving brand compliance across projects.

Personal impact: You save time setting up brand kits and reduce errors from manual configuration.

Admins can now deploy and manage Federated Copilot Connectors (MCP-based connectors) directly from the Connectors tab under Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Details:

What changed: Previously, Copilot connectors primarily enabled organizations to index and sync organizational data into Microsoft 365. With Federated Copilot connectors, admins can now enable connections to external data sources through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), including custom line-of-business applications and publicly available MCP servers. These connectors use user-level authentication to access data at runtime, eliminating the need for organizational indexing while preserving existing source permissions.

Why: Organizations need a centralized way to govern and manage both indexed and federated data connections used by Microsoft 365 Copilot. Bringing Federated Copilot Connectors into the Connectors experience simplifies administration while maintaining security and compliance controls.

Try this:

1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center.
2. Navigate to Copilot, and then Connectors.
3. Deploy or update Federated Copilot Connectors for users.

Why this matters: Provides centralized governance for MCP-based connectors, reduces administrative overhead, and accelerates deployment of approved external data sources across the organization.

Business impact: IT teams can efficiently manage Copilot connectors at scale, improving governance and deployment speed.

Personal impact: Users gain faster access to approved external tools and data sources in Copilot while benefiting from secure, user-scoped access that respects existing permissions.

Learn:/microsoft-365/copilot/connectors/federated-connectors-overview

Microsoft Edge will update the Look and Feel to give customers a unified experience across all of Microsoft AI surfaces including Copilot and Bing. This will change multiple elements of the UX such as spacing, corners, fonts, default colors, etc.

Roadmap ID:559993

Details:

What changed: Microsoft Edge version 149 introduces a refreshed user interface that aligns with the design language used in Copilot and Bing. Changes include updated spacing, rounded corners, new font styles, and revised default color schemes. This unified design enhances consistency across Microsoft AI products without affecting browser functionality or security settings.

Why: Updating the interface creates a cohesive experience across Microsoft AI tools, reducing user confusion and improving visual comfort. Consistent design helps users transition smoothly between Edge, Copilot, and Bing.

Try this:

1. Open Microsoft Edge and notice the updated spacing and corner styles.
2. Compare font styles and colors with those in Copilot or Bing.
3. Use the browser as usual to experience the consistent design across AI surfaces.

Why this matters: A consistent design across Microsoft AI tools improves usability and reduces the learning curve for users working with multiple Microsoft products.

Business impact: Teams benefit from a unified interface that simplifies training and support for Microsoft AI tools integrated with Edge.

Personal impact: You experience a visually coherent environment that reduces distraction and makes navigation more intuitive.

Customers can submit their agents built in Agent Builder to the Agent Store under the "Built by your org" section, after admin review and approval in Microsoft 365 Admin Center. This governed flow enables admins to review, approve, and publish submitted agents so that they can be discovered and used by others in the Agent Store. This helps organizations share validated agents at scale while maintaining quality and governance.

Roadmap ID:557173

Details:

What changed: Customers can submit agents created in Agent Builder to the Agent Store after admin review and approval in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Previously, there was no governed process for publishing custom agents at scale. This update introduces a controlled workflow that maintains quality and governance while enabling agent sharing within organizations.

Why: This change helps organizations share validated custom agents securely and efficiently. Admin review ensures agents meet organizational standards before publication.

Try this:

1. Build an agent in Agent Builder.
2. Submit the agent for admin review in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
3. After approval, find the agent published under 'Built by your org' in the Agent Store.

Why this matters: Governed submission protects organizational security while enabling wider use of custom Copilot agents.

Business impact: Organizations can scale agent deployment with centralized control, improving collaboration and compliance.

Personal impact: You gain access to trusted, organization-approved agents that enhance productivity and reduce duplicated effort.

Learn

• /microsoft-365/copilot/extensibility/agent-builder-submit-to-org-catalog
• /microsoft-365/admin/manage/agent-requests

Copilot in Viva Glint now generates AI-powered summaries of employee survey results directly within Team Summary and Executive Summary reports, helping leaders quickly understand strengths, opportunities, and trends across their teams. Copilot Highlights surfaces key insights - such as notable score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence - so leaders can move from data to action faster. With general availability, Copilot Highlights expands to support multilingual summaries, enabling global organizations to deliver AI-generated survey insights in their preferred language.

Roadmap ID:558111

Details:

What changed: Copilot Highlights automatically creates AI-generated summaries that highlight key insights such as score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence. This feature is now generally available and supports multilingual summaries for global organizations. Previously, leaders had to manually analyze survey data without AI assistance.

Why: Automated AI summaries reduce the time leaders spend interpreting survey data and improve understanding of team strengths and opportunities across languages.

Try this:

• Open a Team Summary or Executive Summary report in Viva Glint.
• Review the Copilot Highlights section for AI-generated insights.
• Switch the summary language using the language selector to view multilingual reports.

Why this matters: AI-powered insights help leaders quickly identify trends and act on employee feedback without manual data analysis.

Business impact: Organizations accelerate decision-making and improve employee engagement strategies with faster access to actionable survey insights.

Personal impact: You gain clear, concise survey summaries that save time and support informed leadership decisions.

Customize visual outputs in Copilot Chat by selecting style, format, and applying your organization's brand kit automatically.

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat now offers built-in controls to select preferred visual styles and formats such as posters, infographics, or images. Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can apply their organization's brand kit directly, eliminating the need to upload assets or describe styles manually. This feature is available across Windows, Mac, and web platforms.

Why: This change streamlines creating on-brand visual content, reducing manual editing and ensuring consistent brand presentation from the start.

Try this:

• Open Copilot Chat and enter a prompt for a visual creation.
• Add the image generation capability from the + menu so you can choose a preferred visual style.
• Apply your organization's brand kit and select the desired format before generating the output.

Why this matters: Automatically applying brand kits ensures consistent branding and reduces time spent on manual adjustments.

Business impact: Teams produce branded visual content faster and maintain brand consistency across communications.

Personal impact: You save time editing visuals and create professional, on-brand content with fewer steps.

The Copilot Dashboard adoption page will be updated to show a unified view of Copilot adoption across the organization. Instead of the option to only show Microsoft 365 Copilot (licensed) usage, the page will include all Copilot user adoption, covering both M365 Copilot and Copilot Chat usage that does not require a license. A License filter will allow users to switch between All, M365 Copilot (licensed), and Copilot Chat (unlicensed) views

Roadmap ID:559475

Details:

What changed: The adoption page now includes the option to filter on all Copilot user adoption data instead of only Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed usage. A License filter lets users switch views between All, Microsoft 365 Copilot (licensed), and Copilot Chat (unlicensed) usage. This update provides a comprehensive view of Copilot adoption without compromising user privacy or security.

Why: Organizations need a complete picture of Copilot usage to understand adoption trends and optimize deployment. This change consolidates data for easier analysis and decision-making.

Try this:

• Open the Copilot Dashboard adoption landing page.
• Use the License filter dropdown to select All, Microsoft 365 Copilot (licensed), or Copilot Chat (unlicensed).
• Review adoption metrics for the selected user group.

Why this matters: A unified dashboard helps administrators monitor all Copilot usage efficiently, supporting better resource planning and user support.

Business impact: Teams gain clearer insights into Copilot adoption across all user types, improving management and training strategies.

Personal impact: You can quickly access comprehensive adoption data without switching between multiple reports, saving time.

Copilot Chat in Outlook for affected users will expand from reasoning over a single email thread to reasoning over the user's entire inbox, calendar, meetings, and other enterprise data that is already available to them through Microsoft 365. Please see additional details in our documentation under Organizational Data.

Roadmap ID:531910

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat expands its data scope from limited message context to include full inbox, calendar, and enterprise data. Previously, reasoning was restricted to recent messages. This change enhances contextual understanding and response accuracy without requiring a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Copilot Chat in Outlook for affected users will expand from reasoning over a single email thread to reasoning over the user's entire inbox, calendar, meetings, and other enterprise data that is already available to them through Microsoft 365. Please see additional details in our documentation under Organizational Data.

Users will be able to ask Copilot Chat to:

• Locate and summarize information across their mailbox (for example, "What are the latest updates from my manager about project X?").
• Uncover action items and follow-ups from across email and meetings.
• Help manage their calendar, such as identifying upcoming commitments or gaps.

Why: Access to broader data enables more comprehensive and relevant assistance, improving user productivity and decision-making.

Try this:

• Open Outlook and start Copilot Chat.
• Ask questions involving your calendar or inbox content.
• Review responses that incorporate enterprise data context.

Why this matters: Broader data access allows Copilot Chat to provide more accurate and context-aware assistance in Outlook.

Business impact: Teams gain improved collaboration and scheduling support through enhanced Copilot Chat capabilities.

Personal impact: You can use Copilot Chat in Outlook to ask questions about your inbox, calendar, meetings, and other limited data and take action directly in Outlook.

Users will be able to use Copilot Notebooks in OneNote on iPhone and iPad.

Roadmap ID:511794

Details:

What changed: Users can now access Copilot Notebooks directly within OneNote on iPhone and iPad. Previously, this AI-powered workspace was limited to desktop versions. The integration supports organizing and interacting with content using AI features on mobile devices.

Why: Extending Copilot Notebook to mobile devices enables users to manage and act on their notes anytime, improving productivity and content accessibility on the go.

Try this:

• Open OneNote on your iPhone or iPad.
• Select or create a notebook to open the Copilot Notebook workspace.
• Use the AI-powered tools to organize and analyze your notes within the app.

Why this matters: Having AI-powered note organization on mobile devices helps users stay productive and make decisions without needing a desktop.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate and manage important content more effectively across devices, supporting remote and mobile work scenarios.

Personal impact: You gain the ability to organize and act on your notes using AI tools wherever you use your iPhone or iPad, saving time and effort.

Copilot Search can now match on a person's department, and you can find/lookup all people in a given department when searching the people source directly.

Roadmap ID:508527

Details:

What changed: Copilot Search includes department information in its matching criteria for people queries. Users can directly search the people source to list all contacts within a specific department. This improves search precision by filtering results based on organizational structure.

Why: Department-based matching helps users locate relevant contacts within organizational units, streamlining communication and access to subject matter experts.

Try this:

• Open Copilot Search and select the people source.
• Enter a department name to find all people in that department.
• Review the filtered list of contacts associated with the department.

Why this matters: Department matching simplifies finding colleagues within specific teams or units, supporting efficient collaboration.

Business impact: Teams can quickly identify and engage department members, improving workflow coordination.

Personal impact: You reduce time spent searching for contacts by department, enabling faster outreach.

Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Excel spreadsheets using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured spreadsheet grounded in the notebook's context, which can be opened and edited in Excel, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use spreadsheet with fewer manual steps.

Roadmap ID:559480

Details:

What changed: Previously, users manually created Excel spreadsheets from notebook content. Now, Copilot drafts structured spreadsheets grounded in the notebook's context, which users can open and edit in Excel. This reduces manual steps and improves accuracy by leveraging gathered content and references.

Why: This feature accelerates data organization and reduces errors by automating spreadsheet creation from existing notebook material.

Try this:

• Open a Copilot Notebook containing your content and references.
• Select the option to generate an Excel spreadsheet.
• Open the drafted spreadsheet in Excel to review and edit.

Why this matters: Automating spreadsheet creation saves time and helps users focus on analysis rather than data entry.

Business impact: Teams can quickly convert research and notes into actionable Excel data, improving productivity.

Personal impact: You reduce manual work and speed up the process of creating usable spreadsheets.

Copilot Notebooks enables users to generate PowerPoint presentations directly from the content and references collected in a notebook. Using the notebook's curated context, Copilot creates a structured, editable slide deck that users can open and refine in PowerPoint, helping turn research, notes, and insights into shareable presentations more quickly.

Roadmap ID:558938

Details:

What changed: Previously, users had to manually transfer notes and research into PowerPoint slides. Now, Copilot Notebooks uses curated notebook context to automatically create structured, editable slide decks compatible with PowerPoint. This reduces manual effort and maintains source reference integrity.

Why: This change streamlines the transition from research and notes to presentations, saving time and reducing errors in slide creation.

Try this:

• Open a notebook in Copilot Notebooks.
• Select 'Quick create' then 'PowerPoint presentation' from the left pane. .
• View the generated slide deck within Copilot Notebooks and edit via chat OR
• Open the generated slide deck in PowerPoint to review and edit.

Why this matters: Turning notes into presentations quickly helps users share insights without redundant work.

Business impact: Teams can accelerate presentation development and improve collaboration by using consistent source material.

Personal impact: You save time creating presentations and reduce manual formatting tasks.

Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Word documents using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured document grounded in the notebook's context, which can be opened and edited in Word, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use document with fewer manual steps.

Roadmap ID:558934

Details:

What changed: Users previously needed to manually compile notes and source material into Word documents. Now, Copilot Notebooks automatically generates a structured draft based on notebook context. The draft opens in Word for further editing, reducing manual compilation steps.

Why: This update reduces the time and effort needed to convert ideas and research into usable documents.

Try this:

• Open your notebook in Copilot Notebooks.
• Click 'Create' and 'Document' from the dropdown menu.
• Edit the generated document in Word to finalize content further.

Why this matters: Faster document creation helps users focus on refining ideas instead of formatting and compiling content.

Business impact: Teams improve productivity by quickly producing draft documents grounded in verified source material.

Personal impact: You spend less time assembling documents and more time on content quality.

Now with Agent Mode in Copilot in PowerPoint, you can create presentations based on your Work IQ. Build rich presentations without the heavy lift of finding all the right files, meetings, and emails to compose relevant slides.

Roadmap ID:555874

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now uses Work IQ to automatically gather relevant files, meetings, and emails to help build presentations. Previously, users manually searched for and compiled these resources. This integration reduces manual effort and improves content relevance while maintaining data security by accessing only authorized content.

Why: Finding and compiling all relevant information for presentations is time-consuming and error-prone. This change streamlines content gathering, saving time and improving slide accuracy.

Try this:

• Open PowerPoint and select 'Edit with Copilot'.
• Choose to create a presentation based on your Work IQ.
• Review and customize the generated slides with the gathered content.

Why this matters: Automatically sourcing relevant content reduces preparation time and ensures presentations reflect the most current and comprehensive information.

Business impact: Teams create presentations faster with more accurate, context-rich content without manual data collection.

Personal impact: You spend less time searching for files and emails, enabling quicker presentation creation with less effort.

Admins can now customize the Employee Self-Service agent landing page with accent colors, categorized prompts, and quick links to improve engagement and branding.

Details:

What changed: The standard ESS Agent landing page is replaced by an optional rich landing page that supports organizational branding through accent colors. Admins can organize starter prompts into categories and add quick links to HR and IT resources using CSV templates. If no customization is applied, the default Copilot settings remain. This update maintains compliance with Microsoft 365 security and admin controls.

Why: Providing a customizable landing page helps organizations tailor the ESS Agent experience to their branding and employee needs, increasing adoption and support efficiency.

Try this:

• Publish an ESS Agent in Copilot Studio.
• In the Microsoft 365 admin center, upload CSV templates to configure accent colors, prompt categories, and quick links.
• Save and publish changes to update the ESS Agent landing page.

Why this matters: Customization improves employee engagement and makes it easier to access relevant resources quickly.

Business impact: HR and IT teams can deliver a branded, organized self-service experience that reduces support requests.

Personal impact: Employees find answers faster with a tailored interface, saving time and effort.

LearnCustomize the Employee Self-Service agent

Earlier admins had to create new connections to adopt to the hierarchical permissions for ServiceNow Knowledge & Catalog Copilot Connectors as the edit capability was missing. Now, admins can easily edit their existing connections to switch between the permission handling option i.e. Simple vs Advanced to quickly adopt to the hierarchical permission feature.

Roadmap ID:505438

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What changed: Previously, admins had to create new connections to adopt hierarchical permissions for ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog Copilot Connectors because editing was not supported. Now, they can modify existing connections to choose between simple and advanced permission handling, enabling faster adoption of hierarchical permissions without recreating connections.

Why: Adding edit capability simplifies management and reduces administrative overhead when updating permission settings for ServiceNow integrations.

Try this:

• Open the Copilot Extensibility admin portal.
• Select an existing ServiceNow Knowledge or Catalog connection.
• Choose 'Edit' and switch the permission handling option between Simple and Advanced.
• Save changes to apply the new permission mode.

Why this matters: This update streamlines permission management and accelerates deployment of hierarchical permissions for ServiceNow connectors.

Business impact: Admins save time and reduce errors by updating permissions without recreating connections, improving governance and security compliance.

Personal impact: You spend less time managing ServiceNow connections and can quickly adapt permission settings to meet organizational policies.

Add watermarks for AI-generated content.

Roadmap ID:547831

Details:

What changed: To help provide additional transparency about what content has been generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365, watermarks can be added to videos and audio content. A policy setting controls your organization's ability to add a visual or audio watermark to video and audio content that your users generate or alter by using AI in Microsoft 365.

Why: Adding watermarks increases transparency and helps prevent misuse or misattribution of AI-generated content.

Try this:

• To turn on watermarks for video and audio content that your users generate or alter by using AI in Microsoft 365, you need to use the "Include a watermark when content from Microsoft 365 is generated or altered by AI" policy. This policy is available only in Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365. If you want to add a watermark to video and audio content, you need to set this policy to Enabled. If you set this policy to Disabled or Not configured, a visual or audio watermark isn't added.
• This policy doesn't apply to images. Instead, your users will be able to turn on watermarks for images by going to Settings & Privacy > Privacy > Data options at https://myaccount.microsoft.com.

Why this matters: To help provide additional transparency about what content has been generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365.

Business impact: Organizations can control when to add watermarks to AI-generated video and audio content.

Personal impact: You gain confidence that your AI-generated content is properly labeled.

When generating files with Microsoft 365 Copilot, sensitivity labels are automatically applied based on the highest label detected in the source data to protect organizational data.

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now evaluates the content used to generate files and applies the highest sensitivity label found in the referenced data. Previously, generated files did not inherit sensitivity labels automatically, which could lead to inconsistent data protection. If Copilot cannot apply a label, users receive a clear notification to address the missing label before sharing or storing the file.

Why: This change ensures generated documents comply with your organization's data governance policies by inheriting appropriate protection levels. It reduces the risk of accidental data exposure from unlabeled files.

Try this:

• Generate a file using Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• Check the file properties to verify the applied sensitivity label.
• If notified of a missing label, manually apply the correct sensitivity label before sharing.

Why this matters: Automatically applying sensitivity labels helps maintain consistent data protection and compliance across all generated content.

Business impact: Teams reduce the risk of data leaks by ensuring all Copilot-generated files follow organizational labeling policies without extra manual steps.

Personal impact: You avoid the risk of sharing unlabeled sensitive files and save time by not having to manually label generated documents.

MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient enables users to generate high‑quality visuals directly in PowerPoint, helping them quickly create and refine slides without leaving their workflow.

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now includes the MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient model for image generation. This model is optimized for speed and efficiency, allowing users to rapidly iterate on visual ideas, create real‑time slide content, and update visuals across presentations more easily than before.

Why: This update helps users produce polished, professional visuals faster, reducing the need to switch tools or search for external images.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to generate a visual that matches the theme of your slide.
• Replace an existing image by prompting Copilot to create an updated version.
• Use Copilot to quickly explore multiple visual concepts during early slide drafting.

Why this matters: To help provide additional transparency about what content has been generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365

Business impact: Speeds up presentation creation and ensures teams can produce consistent, high‑quality visuals.

Personal impact: Helps individuals express ideas visually with less effort

We're introducing column metadata support for queries in Microsoft 365 Copilot when a SharePoint library or folder is attached or its URL is provided. This enhancement improves contextual relevance by enabling Copilot to leverage additional metadata from the selected library, delivering more accurate and meaningful results.

Roadmap ID:516044

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What changed: Copilot queries that target SharePoint document libraries or folders now leverage column metadata when the library or folder is attached or its URL is provided. Previously, Copilot did not use this metadata, limiting contextual understanding. This update improves accuracy and relevance of query results by incorporating additional metadata fields.

Why: Using column metadata enhances Copilot's ability to understand the context of documents, providing more precise and meaningful responses.

Try this:

• Attach a SharePoint document library or folder URL in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• Enter a query referencing documents in the selected library or folder.
• Review the results that now reflect metadata context for improved accuracy.

Why this matters: Better metadata understanding leads to more relevant and actionable information from SharePoint content.

Business impact: Teams gain improved insights from SharePoint documents, supporting better decision-making and collaboration.

Personal impact: You receive more accurate query results, reducing time spent searching for relevant documents.

Mind maps in Copilot Notebooks are interactive visual artifacts that help users understand notebook content through a grounded map of key topics, themes, and relationships. Users can explore the mind map, view summaries for individual nodes, and use Notebook chat to get more detail about a node. Available across OneNote and Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

Roadmap ID:559029

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What changed: Previously, users reviewed notebook content as linear notes. Now, mind maps visualize topics, themes, and connections interactively. Users can click nodes for summaries and use Notebook chat to ask questions about specific nodes. This feature is available in OneNote and Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

Why: Mind maps help users grasp complex information structures more intuitively and explore content dynamically.

Try this:

• Open a notebook in OneNote or Microsoft 365 Copilot App.
• Select 'Quick create' then 'Mind map' in the left pane to create a visual topic map. 3. Click nodes to read summaries or ask questions in Notebook chat.

Why this matters: Visualizing content relationships improves comprehension and supports more effective research and decision-making.

Business impact: Teams gain clearer insights into project or research data, enhancing collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Personal impact: You understand complex content faster and can explore details without searching through notes.

Multimodal capture enables users to transcribe audio, take images, and type notes in a single session. Copilot then creates a structured Copilot Page with insights and user-captured content, saved to a user-selected Copilot Notebook. Designed for capturing offline work moments—including in-person conversations, whiteboard sessions, and personal notes. Other endpoints coming soon.

Roadmap ID:559095

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What changed: OneNote on iPhone now supports multimodal recording in Copilot Notebooks, combining audio transcription, image capture, and typed notes in a single session. Copilot organizes this content into a structured page with insights. Previously, users had to capture these elements separately. This feature supports offline scenarios like meetings and whiteboard sessions. Other platforms will add this capability soon.

Why: This update streamlines capturing diverse content types during offline work moments, making note-taking more efficient and organized.

Try this:

• Open the OneNote app.
• Go to Copilot Notebooks.
• On the notebook list page, tap Capture to transcribe the discussion, take photos, and type notes during the session.

Why this matters: Combining multiple input types in one session reduces friction and preserves richer context from in-person interactions.

Business impact: Teams can capture and share comprehensive meeting notes and ideas more effectively, improving knowledge retention.

Personal impact: You save time by capturing and organizing diverse content simultaneously, enhancing your note-taking experience.

LearnCapture conversations and ideas on the go in Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks

Users will now have access to their Copilot Notebooks on the web version of OneNote.

Roadmap ID:511797

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What changed: Users can now open and use Copilot Notebooks in OneNote on the web. Previously limited to desktop experiences, Copilot Notebooks are now available in the browser, allowing users to ground Copilot on notebook content, generate insights, synthesize information, and create content directly from their notes across devices while adhering to Microsoft 365 security policies.

Why: Providing Copilot Notebook on OneNote web enables users to work seamlessly across devices and locations without losing AI assistance.

Try this:

• Open OneNote on your web browser (onenote.cloud.microsoft)
• Select 'Create Copilot Notebook' in the left pane OR center screen
• Use AI features to generate insights, artifacts, and more.

Why this matters: You gain the ability to analyze your notes with AI anytime, reducing friction in your workflow.

Business impact: Teams benefit from consistent AI-powered note management regardless of device or location.

Personal impact: You gain the ability to organize and analyze notes with AI anytime, reducing friction in your workflow.

Currently, clicking on cited content in Copilot opens files outside of Copilot. With this new feature, content can be opened directly in Copilot Chat to make viewing documents more streamlined alongside chat. This change is not available on the Microsfot 365 Copilot mobile app or when using Copilot in Edge, Copilot in Excel, Copilot in Word, and Copilot PowerPoint.

Roadmap ID:548641

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What changed: Previously, clicking on cited content in Copilot opened files in a new browser tab outside of Copilot. Now, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files open directly within Copilot Chat, allowing users to view documents alongside their chat session. This feature is not available on the Copilot mobile app or when using Copilot in Edge, Excel, Word, or PowerPoint applications.

Why: Opening files directly in Copilot Chat reduces context switching and improves workflow efficiency by keeping documents and chat in one interface.

Try this:

• In Copilot Chat, click a cited Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, or PDF file link.
• View the file open directly within the Copilot Chat pane.
• Interact with the document while continuing your chat session.

Why this matters: Viewing documents alongside chat helps users stay focused and speeds up collaboration and information review.

Business impact: Teams can collaborate more efficiently by reducing the need to switch between multiple tabs or applications.

Personal impact: You save time and reduce distractions by accessing files directly within your chat environment.

Press the Action button or ask Siri to launch Copilot on your iOS device.

Roadmap ID:485724

Details:

What changed: You can now launch the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on iOS by long pressing the device's Action button or by asking Siri. Previously, launching Copilot required manually opening the app from the home screen. This update enables faster, hands-free access while maintaining device security controls.

Why: This change reduces the steps needed to start Copilot, improving user efficiency and supporting accessibility through voice commands.

Try this:

• Long press the Action button on your iOS device to open Copilot.
• Say "Hey Siri, open Copilot" to launch the app using voice.
• Begin chatting or issuing commands immediately after launch.

Why this matters: Faster and easier access to Copilot helps users get assistance quickly, especially when multitasking or using accessibility features.

Business impact: Teams benefit from quicker Copilot access, enabling faster information retrieval and task execution on iOS devices.

Personal impact: You save time launching Copilot and can start interactions without navigating menus or typing.

LearnUse Siri with the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app

Today, audio overview help you absorb content on the go, but they're one-way—listeners can't clarify or explore without stopping. With real time voice interactions, you can ask questions verbally while listening and get answers instantly - all while staying in the audio experience.

Roadmap ID:523206

Details:

What changed: Audio Overview in Word now supports real-time voice interactions, allowing listeners to ask questions and receive immediate answers without pausing or switching apps. Previously, audio summaries were one-way experiences requiring manual searches to explore content further. This update maintains continuous listening while enabling dynamic, conversational engagement.

Why: This change removes interruptions caused by pausing and searching, helping users understand content faster and stay focused on the discussion. It transforms passive listening into an interactive experience that supports deeper comprehension.

Try this:

• Open a Word document in Web and generate an audio overview summary.
• While listening, unmute and ask a question related to the content.
• Hear instant answers without stopping the audio playback.

Why this matters: Users can explore and clarify information naturally during audio playback, improving comprehension without breaking their flow.

Business impact: Teams benefit from more efficient knowledge sharing and faster understanding of document content during meetings or commutes.

Personal impact: You save time by getting answers instantly while listening, reducing the need to pause and manually search for information.

You can now reference a Teams meeting or chat when creating a presentation with Agent Mode in PowerPoint.

Roadmap IDs:

• 555885
• 555884
• 555883

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint can now use a referenced Teams meeting or chat as context when creating a presentation. Users can enter a prompt that mentions the relevant Teams meeting or chat, and Copilot will generate a deck based on that content. This integration supports referencing meetings and chat messages securely within the presentation creation process.

Why: This makes it easier to turn Teams conversations, meeting outcomes, and chat discussions into presentation-ready content without manually summarizing or transferring notes.

Try this:

• Open PowerPoint and start Copilot.
• Enter a prompt that references the Teams meeting or chat you want to use in your presentation.
• Press Enter. Copilot will create a presentation using the referenced Teams content.

Why this matters: This reduces friction by turning Teams meeting and chat content into presentation-ready slides directly in PowerPoint.

Business impact: Users can create presentations faster with accurate, up-to-date information from meetings, improving collaboration and decision-making.

Personal impact: You save time by avoiding manual content transfer and reduce errors when preparing presentations.

Copilot in PowerPoint now lets you reference existing PowerPoint presentations when creating or editing presentations with Copilot in Power Point. You can reuse text content and style and theme from existing decks, create new presentations based on referenced files, or apply the style of one presentation to another—helping you work faster while maintaining consistency across presentations.

Roadmap ID:

• 555887
• 555889
• 555892

Details:

What changed: Previously, Copilot in power point could not directly use content or styling from another PowerPoint presentation as part of a presentation creation or editing workflow. With this update, users can:

• Reference an existing PowerPoint presentation when creating a new presentation.
• Reuse style & text content from existing presentations to build new presentations faster.
• Apply the style, theme, and visual formatting of one presentation to another.
• Maintain consistency across presentations while reducing manual copy-and-paste work.

This capability respects existing file permissions and access controls.

Why: Reusing presentation content is a common workflow. This update helps users create and update presentations more efficiently by using Copilot to reuse existing content, layouts, and visual styles from other presentations

Try this:

Create a presentation using content from an existing deck:

• Open PowerPoint and start edit with Copilot.
• Select Reference file and choose a PowerPoint presentation.
• Ask Copilot to create a new presentation using content or style from the referenced file.
• Apply the style of one presentation to another.

Apply the style of one presentation to another:

• Open an existing presentation.
• Start edit with Copilot.
• Select Reference file and choose a PowerPoint presentation whose style you want to reuse.
• Ask Copilot to apply the style, theme, or formatting from the referenced presentation.

Why this matters: Reusing existing presentation content and styling is a fundamental presentation workflow. This update makes it easier to build on prior work, maintain consistency, and adapt presentations for new audiences or scenarios without starting from scratch.

Business impact: Organizations can accelerate presentation creation, reduce duplicate effort, and maintain consistent content, layout and visual styles across presentations.

Personal impact: Spend less time recreating content and formatting, reduce manual edits, and create polished presentations more quickly using existing presentations as a starting point.

Enables users to schedule recurring prompts to declarative agents like Analyst, Idea Coach and more.

Roadmap ID:531759

Details:

What changed: This update enables scheduling of repeated prompts to declarative agents, replacing the prior need to manually initiate each interaction. It supports consistent engagement with agents for ongoing tasks or insights.

Why: Automating prompt scheduling reduces manual effort and ensures timely agent responses for routine workflows.

Try this:

• Open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
• Select an agent such as Analyst or Idea Coach.
• Choose the schedule option and set recurring prompt frequency.

Why this matters: Scheduled prompts help maintain regular agent interactions, improving productivity and task consistency.

Business impact: Teams benefit from automated agent engagement, reducing oversight and improving workflow continuity.

Personal impact: Users save time by automating repetitive requests and receive timely insights without manual prompting.

This feature simplifies agent distribution and increases team awareness, improving collaboration efficiency.

Roadmap ID:557947

Details:

What changed: Users can now search for and select Microsoft Teams teams in the agent sharing dialog box to share their Copilot agents. When sharing, users can send a notification to the team's main channel to inform members and provide an easy installation link. Previously, sharing agents required manual communication outside Teams.

Why: Sharing agents directly in Teams streamlines collaboration and accelerates agent adoption by reducing communication friction.

Try this:

• Open the agent sharing dialog in Copilot Studio.
• Search for and select a Microsoft Teams team.
• Send a notification to the team's main channel to share the agent.

Why this matters: Broader data access allows Copilot Chat to provide more accurate and context-aware assistance in Outlook.

Business impact: Teams can onboard Copilot agents faster and ensure all members are informed and equipped to use them.

Personal impact: You save time sharing agents and reduce the need for separate communications to notify team members.

Users can see the status of ongoing long running tasks for agentic workflows directly in the Windows taskbar without opening the app.

Details:

What changed: Long running agents now display task status icons and progress indicators in the Windows taskbar. Previously, users had to open the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to monitor these workflows. This update provides real-time visibility and quick access to task states, improving user awareness and reducing app switching.

Why: This change enhances productivity by allowing users to track workflow progress at a glance, minimizing interruptions and improving task management.

Try this:

• Start a long running task using the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
• Observe the task status icon in the Windows taskbar.
• Click the icon to view details or manage the task without launching the full app.

Why this matters: Quick status updates reduce the need to switch contexts and help users stay informed about critical workflows.

Business impact: Teams benefit from improved monitoring of automated processes, leading to faster issue detection and resolution.

Personal impact: You save time by tracking tasks without interrupting your current work or opening additional windows.

Anthropic's Claude is now available in Copilot Chat, giving users more flexibility in how they work.

Details:

What changed: Users can now select Claude as a model option in Copilot Chat for complex analysis, document understanding, and structured content generation.

Why: Adding Claude gives users more flexibility to choose the model that best fits their needs.

Try this:

• Use Claude to analyze a long document.
• Ask Claude to break down a complex topic.
• Request a multistep plan or structured outline.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Broadens access to different AI models, giving teams more flexibility to choose the model that best fits their needs.

Personal impact: Provides users with another option for generating detailed analysis, structured outputs, and high-quality content.

PowerPoint now supports Black Forest Lab's FLUX.2 Flex image generation model, giving users a new option for creating high quality visuals.

Details:

What changed: Users can now select FLUX.2 Flex when generating images in PowerPoint. The model produces higher‑quality visual output with improved text and layout rendering.

Why: Adding another image generation model gives users more creative control and helps them produce visuals that better match their presentation needs.

Try this:

• Choose FLUX.2 Flex when generating a slide background.
• Create an image with text elements to see improved rendering.
• Generate multiple layout variations to compare visual styles.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enhances presentation quality and visual communication.

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Connect 15Five with Microsoft 365 Copilot to bring team priorities and recognition into Copilot experiences.

Roadmap ID:515160

Details:

What changed: A new Copilot connector enables integration with 15Five. Users can access team priorities and recognition data directly within Copilot. Previously, this information was not available through Copilot.

Why: Customers want easier access to external team insights without switching tools.

Try this:

• Connect your 15Five account through the Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to surface team priorities.
• Review team recognition insights directly in Copilot.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Centralizes team insights and reduces time spent switching between tools.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to stay informed about team priorities and recognition.

Copilot for PowerPoint can now access images stored across multiple Organizational Asset Libraries when creating presentations.

Details:

What changed: Previously, Copilot could only pull images from a single Organizational Asset Library. It can now access enterprise assets stored across multiple SharePoint OALs, enabling richer and more flexible content generation.

Why: This update ensures Copilot can use the full range of approved organizational visuals, improving brand consistency and content quality.

Try this:

• Go to Insert>Picture>Brand Images: See all your OALs and pick Images from the OAL you want.
• Ask Copilot to create a slide using your organization's approved imagery.
• Generate multiple slide variations using assets from different OALs.
• Use Copilot to update a presentation with the latest brand‑approved visuals.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Strengthens brand consistency and improves content creation workflows.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to build polished, on‑brand presentations.

Additional resources:

Learn

Connect organizational asset libraries to PowerPoint for an on-brand experience

Infinite scroll makes it easier to browse older Copilot chat sessions by loading conversations automatically as users scroll.

Roadmap ID:557348

Details:

What changed: Users no longer need to click to load older chats; conversations appear continuously as they scroll.

Why: This creates a smoother, more modern browsing experience.

Try this:

• Scroll through past conversations to find older insights.
• Use infinite scroll to revisit earlier project discussions.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves usability and reduces time spent searching.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to find past work.

MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient enables users to generate high‑quality visuals directly in PowerPoint, helping them quickly create and refine slides without leaving their workflow.

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now includes the MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient model for image generation. This model is optimized for speed and efficiency, allowing users to rapidly iterate on visual ideas, create real‑time slide content, and update visuals across presentations more easily than before.

Why: This update helps users produce polished, professional visuals faster, reducing the need to switch tools or search for external images.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to generate a visual that matches the theme of your slide.
• Replace an existing image by prompting Copilot to create an updated version.
• Use Copilot to quickly explore multiple visual concepts during early slide drafting.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Speeds up presentation creation and ensures teams can produce consistent, high‑quality visuals.

Personal impact: Helps individuals express ideas visually with less effort

MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient enables users to generate high‑quality visuals directly in PowerPoint, helping them quickly create and refine slides without leaving their workflow.

Details:

What changed: Copilot in PowerPoint now includes the MAI‑Image‑2‑Efficient model for image generation. This model is optimized for speed and efficiency, allowing users to rapidly iterate on visual ideas, create real‑time slide content, and update visuals across presentations more easily than before.

Why: This update helps users produce polished, professional visuals faster, reducing the need to switch tools or search for external images.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to generate a visual that matches the theme of your slide.
• Replace an existing image by prompting Copilot to create an updated version.
• Use Copilot to quickly explore multiple visual concepts during early slide drafting.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Speeds up presentation creation and ensures teams can produce consistent, high‑quality visuals.

Personal impact: Helps individuals express ideas visually with less effort

Microsoft Edge is updating the Copilot experience to create a more unified visual design across Microsoft AI surfaces.

Roadmap ID:559993

Details:

What changed: Microsoft Edge will update multiple user experience elements, including spacing, corners, fonts, and default colors, to align more closely with other Microsoft AI experiences such as Copilot and Bing.

Why: This change creates a more modern and unified experience across Microsoft AI surfaces.

Try this:

• Open Copilot in Edge and review the updated visual design.
• Compare the new spacing, fonts, and colors with other Microsoft AI experiences you use.
• Update screenshots or internal training content if your organization documents the prior interface.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports consistency across tools and can reduce the need for separate guidance on different AI interfaces.

Personal impact: Makes the experience feel more familiar and easier to navigate across Microsoft AI products.

Users can now select shapes or images in PowerPoint and ask Copilot to explain them with detailed, contextual information.

Details:

What changed: The Explain feature in PowerPoint has expanded beyond acronyms, text boxes, tables, and slides. Users can now click Explain on shapes and images to receive a contextual description of the selected object. This builds on earlier releases and broadens Copilot's ability to interpret visual elements.

Why: This enhancement helps users better understand visual content, making it easier to review, edit, or present information accurately.

Try this:

• Select an image and choose Explain to get a summary of what it depicts.
• Click Explain on a shape to understand its purpose in a diagram.
• Use explanations to prepare speaker notes or refine slide content.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves clarity and accuracy when reviewing or collaborating on presentations.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to create polished, professional images.

Additional resources:

Blog:Get clarity on complex presentations with Explainer in PowerPoint

Makers can now add expected responses to agent evaluation test cases manually or through file import.

Details:

What changed: Test cases now support expected responses and multiple grading methods, including Exact, Partial, Similarity, and Compare Meaning.

Why: This helps makers evaluate agent quality more accurately and consistently.

Try this:

• Add expected responses to an existing test case.
• Import a file containing multiple test cases.
• Run an evaluation using different grading methods.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves agent reliability and testing accuracy.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to validate agent behavior.

Additional resources:

Learn:

Create a single response test set

Admins can now leverage rules to take large-scale agent management scenarios such as bulk installing first-party (1P) agents and reassigning ownerless agents to appropriate managers, enabling consistent governance and reducing operational overhead in enterprise environments.

Roadmap ID:481518

Details:

What changed: Admins can now use rules to manage two key scenarios: (1) bulk installation of first-party (1P) agents across all users in the organization, and (2) automatic reassignment of ownerless agents to the appropriate manager. Previously, these actions required manual intervention or scripting, making it difficult to manage at scale. With rules, these workflows can now be executed consistently and based on defined conditions.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Accelerates enterprise-wide agent adoption while ensuring every agent remains governed with a clear owner, reducing risk and operational gaps at scale.

Personal impact: Eliminates manual effort for admins to deploy agents or track down ownership gaps, enabling more efficient and reliable management of agent environments.

The default chat experience with Copilot in Word now allows Copilot to directly edit your document. All changes made by Copilot are fully reviewable and reversible, and users can turn this experience off if needed

Roadmap ID:557673

Details:

What changed: Copilot is now able to edit documents by default in Word. This means Copilot can make direct edits to the document without requiring users to toggle editing on. Users can still turn this experience off if they prefer. All Copilot‑made changes remain trackable and reversible.

Why: This update streamlines the editing workflow, reducing friction, and helping users complete writing tasks more efficiently.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to rewrite a paragraph and watch the edits appear directly in the document.
• Request formatting changes, such as adjusting headings or reorganizing sections.
• Use Copilot to insert new content, then review the tracked changes.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Speeds up document creation and editing across teams.

Personal impact: Makes writing and revising content more intuitive.

101838 Federated Copilot connectors are now generally available, enabling users to securely connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to supported third-party data sources and retrieve information in real time using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Details:

What changed: Federated Copilot connectors are now available across Microsoft 365 Chat, Researcher, and Agent Mode in Excel. Admins can discover, review, enable, disable, and manage Microsoft-published federated connectors from Microsoft Admin Center > Copilot > Connectors.

Why: Organizations can extend Copilot with real-time access to external business data while maintaining centralized governance and administrative control.

Try this:

• Review available federated connectors in Microsoft Admin Center.
• Use staged rollout to enable connectors for a subset of users or groups.
• Evaluate connectors during the 7-day admin review period before end-user availability.
• Disable connectors that do not align with organizational policies or compliance requirements.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Provides secure, governed access to external business data without requiring data ingestion, storage, or indexing in Microsoft 365.

Personal impact: Users can connect approved third-party applications and access up-to-date information directly within Copilot experiences, helping them complete tasks more efficiently.

Additional resources:

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The Grader Framework provides flexible evaluation options for agent responses using exact match, similarity, intent, and AI‑based metrics.

Details:

What changed: Makers can now use multiple grading approaches to evaluate agent performance with more transparency.

Why: Different scenarios require different evaluation methods, and flexibility improves testing accuracy.

Try this:

• Evaluate an agent using similarity scoring.
• Compare intent‑based grading with exact match.
• Review detailed grading results to identify improvement areas.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enhances quality assurance for AI agents.

Personal impact: Helps makers understand how agents perform in real scenarios.

Additional resources:

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Create a single response test set

Organizational Messages now supports usage‑based targeting in addition to existing group‑based targeting capabilities. This enables admins to deliver Organizational Messages based on real user behavior and engagement patterns rather than static group membership.

Roadmap ID:503563

Details:

What changed: Admins can now target Organizational Messages using dynamic usage behaviors through Usage‑based targeting. This allows IT admins to drive Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption by reaching users based on actual product usage instead of relying only on pre‑configured groups or distribution lists. By leveraging dynamic, pre‑defined usage segments, admins can deliver timely and relevant guidance to the right users to improve awareness, engagement, and value realization from Copilot investments.

The initial release includes two Action Segments focused on Copilot adoption:

• Inactive Copilot Users for the past 28 days
• Inactive Copilot Users in Teams for the past 30 days

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enables more precise and effective Copilot adoption campaigns by targeting users based on actual behavior, helping organizations improve engagement and maximize value from Copilot investments.

Personal impact: Users receive more relevant and timely communications tailored to their usage patterns, helping them better discover and adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities.

Organizational Messages in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center now supports email delivery in addition to other surfaces like the Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. This gives admins another familiar communication channel while keeping messaging within one centralized workflow.

Roadmap ID:503562

Details:

What changed: Admins can now deliver Organizational Messages through email alongside existing OM surfaces including Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. Adding email expands communication reach and simplifies change management workflows by reducing dependency on separate communication tools.

The initial release includes 9 premade email templates available in 15 languages to help accelerate Microsoft 365 Copilot onboarding, awareness, and adoption:

• 3 welcome email templates: Welcome to M365 Copilot, Welcome to Copilot Chat, and Welcome to Copilot Trial with onboarding guidance and helpful resources.
• 6 weekly email templates for The Great M365 Copilot Journey, designed to increase awareness of Copilot features and capabilities and help users maximize the value of Copilot.
• A new insights tab dedicated to the Email surface is now available to help admins track and measure campaign engagement.

Why: Adding email as a delivery surface helps organizations reach users through a familiar and widely used communication channel while enabling centralized campaign management within Organizational Messages.

Try this:

• Create an Organizational Message and select Email as the delivery method.
• Use premade onboarding and adoption templates to accelerate Copilot rollout campaigns.
• Leverage the weekly Great M365 Copilot Journey emails to drive continued Copilot engagement and feature awareness.
• Monitor campaign effectiveness using the new Email insights tab.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Expands organizational communication reach, simplifies change communication workflows, and accelerates Microsoft 365 Copilot awareness, onboarding, and adoption through centralized campaign management.

Personal impact: Helps users stay informed and adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities through timely onboarding guidance and engaging email experiences delivered in a familiar communication channel.

Additional resources:

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Organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center

Users can now access Microsoft 365 Copilot directly inside model‑driven apps to get answers and take action without switching tools.

Details:

What changed: Copilot is now embedded in model‑driven apps, enabling users to ask questions, complete tasks, and access context‑aware insights.

Why: Users lose time switching between apps and searching for information. Integrating Copilot reduces delays and improves task completion.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to summarize a record or workflow.
• Request help completing a task inside the app.
• Use Copilot to find missing context before making a decision.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves app adoption and reduces operational friction.

Personal impact: Helps users work faster with fewer interruptions.

Additional resources:

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Add Microsoft 365 Copilot for app users in model-driven apps

Users can now see ready‑to‑use Copilot actions directly when previewing files in OneDrive.

Details:

What changed: When previewing a file, users now see suggested Copilot prompts—such as summarizing documents or generating FAQs—next to the Copilot button.

Why: Many users are unsure what to ask Copilot. Suggested prompts help them get started without writing their own.

Try this:

• Preview a document and select a suggested summary prompt.
• Generate FAQs from a policy or procedure file.
• Use a suggested prompt to extract key points from a PDF.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Increases Copilot adoption by reducing friction.

Personal impact: Helps users get value from Copilot immediately.

Graph API for custom connectors now supports richer configuration options—including icons, visibility controls, metadata, property descriptions, and semantic labels—to improve relevance and user experience.

Details:

What changed: Developers can now configure icons, visibility settings, connection metadata, property descriptions, and semantic labels for custom connectors. Previously, these elements were limited or unavailable, which reduced clarity and consistency across Copilot experiences.

Why: These enhancements were introduced to help developers create more meaningful and recognizable connector experiences, improving how Copilot interprets and presents data.

Try this:

• Add custom icons to your connector to improve recognition in Copilot experiences.
• Update property descriptions to help Copilot interpret your data more accurately.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves the quality and clarity of custom connectors, helping organizations deliver more accurate and trustworthy Copilot outputs.

Personal impact: Makes Copilot interactions more intuitive and easier to understand.

Additional resources:

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Copilot connectors SDK overview

externalConnection resource type.

Roadmap ID:557371

Admins can now manage access to Anthropic and xAI models for specific users and groups.

Details:

What changed: New admin controls allow organizations to enable Anthropic as a model provider or xAI model provider settings in the admin center. Note: xAI models are currently available in Microsoft Copilot Studio for US customers via admin opt-in.

Why: Organizations need granular control over which AI models are available to different users and groups in the organization.

Try this:

• Review Anthropic and xAI (US only) model provider settings in the admin center.
• Assign model access to specific users or groups.
• Update internal documentation to reflect new model options.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves governance and model management.

Personal impact: Ensures users get access to the right AI tools.

Additional resources:

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Assign AI provider access to users and groups

Users will be able to add emails and text from email threads directly into their prompt context in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat through simple interactions in Outlook.

Details:

What changed: Developers can now configure icons, visibility settings, connection metadata, property descriptions, and semantic labels for custom connectors. Previously, these elements were limited or unavailable, which reduced clarity and consistency across Copilot experiences.

Why: This change helps users work more efficiently by reducing the steps needed to reference email content in Copilot Chat. It supports smoother workflows and helps users get more accurate, context aware responses.

Try this:

• Select an email in Outlook and add it to your Copilot Chat prompt.
• Highlight a section of text in an email and insert it into your Copilot Chat conversation.
• Use Copilot Chat to summarize or analyze the added email content.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves workflow efficiency by reducing manual steps and enabling more seamless use of email content in Copilot Chat.

Personal impact: Helps users get faster, more relevant answers by grounding Copilot Chat with the right email context.

SharePoint Admin Agent helps admins manage their tenant with natural language guidance and actionable insights.

Details:

What changed: Copilot in the SharePoint admin center now surfaces insights, recommendations, and contextual guidance based on your organization's SharePoint and OneDrive data.

Why: Admins need faster ways to understand issues, take action, and reduce time spent navigating complex settings.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to identify inactive sites or sites with no recent activity.
• Request guidance on optimizing storage
• Identify sites with permissions causing large exposure of sensitive data
• Use natural language to locate admin settings.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces operational overhead and improves governance.

Personal impact: Helps admins complete tasks faster with less manual effort.

You can now open PDFs directly inside Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to improve your viewing and analysis experience.

Details:

What changed: When you click a PDF while using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, the file now opens directly within the Copilot experience. Previously, PDFs opened in a separate viewer or browser tab. This update keeps your workflow in one place and makes it easier to ask Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat questions about the document.

Why: Users wanted a smoother way to view and reference PDFs while working with Copilot, reducing context switching and improving productivity.

Try this:

• Click a PDF link or attachment while using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
• Ask Copilot to summarize the document or highlight key points.
• Use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to extract action items or compare sections of the PDF.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces workflow interruptions and improves document review efficiency.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to read and analyze PDFs without switching apps.

GPT 5.5 Thinking expands what Copilot Chat can do by enabling deeper reasoning and more complex problem solving.

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat now includes GPT 5.5 Thinking, a model designed for multistep reasoning, structured analysis, and more thoughtful responses.

Why: Users need AI that can handle complex tasks such as planning, troubleshooting, and evaluating multiple options.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to break down a complex project into actionable steps.
• Use GPT 5.5 Thinking to compare multiple strategies or solutions.
• Request a detailed explanation of a technical or business process.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports more advanced decision making and planning.

Personal impact: Helps users think through complex tasks with greater clarity.

GPT 5.5 Thinking expands what Copilot Chat can do by enabling deeper reasoning and more complex problem solving.

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat now includes GPT 5.5 Thinking, a model designed for multistep reasoning, structured analysis, and more thoughtful responses.

Why: Users need AI that can handle complex tasks such as planning, troubleshooting, and evaluating multiple options.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to break down a complex project into actionable steps.
• Use GPT 5.5 Thinking to compare multiple strategies or solutions.
• Request a detailed explanation of a technical or business process.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports more advanced decision making and planning.

Personal impact: Helps users think through complex tasks with greater clarity.

OpenAI's GPT‑5.5 Instant improves everyday work in Copilot Chat by delivering more accurate, concise responses with better performance on image analysis and STEM‑related tasks.

Details:

What changed: GPT-5.5 Instant in Copilot Chat helps provide improved quality of answers for quick responses.

Try this:

• Summarize a long email thread using GPT‑5.5 Instant.
• Use GPT‑5.5 Instant to check formulas or explain a STEM concept.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves response quality and reliability across daily workflows.

Personal impact: Helps users get clearer, more accurate answers with less effort

OpenAI's GPT‑5.5 Instant improves everyday work in Copilot Chat by delivering more accurate, concise responses with better performance on image analysis and STEM‑related tasks.

Details:

What changed: GPT-5.5 Instant in Copilot Chat helps provide improved quality of answers for quick responses.

Try this:

• Summarize a long email thread using GPT‑5.5 Instant.
• Use GPT‑5.5 Instant to check formulas or explain a STEM concept.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves response quality and reliability across daily workflows.

Personal impact: Helps users get clearer, more accurate answers with less effort

Copilot in Viva Glint now uses Microsoft 365 Copilot access controls, simplifying how organizations manage AI-powered insights from employee feedback.

Roadmap ID:551197

What changed: Copilot in Viva Glint now aligns with Microsoft's enterprise AI governance platform. Existing Copilot toggles in the Viva Glint admin UI are removed, and Viva Feature Access Management becomes the single control plane for Copilot enablement.

Why: Organizations requested centralized governance to reduce setup effort and audit complexity when managing AI features.

Try this:

• Review Copilot access settings in Viva Feature Access Management.
• Confirm which managers and leaders should have access to Copilot in Glint.
• Use centralized monitoring and reporting to review Copilot usage.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces governance complexity by using a single Microsoft 365 control plane for AI features.

Personal impact: Helps leaders access Copilot insights more easily in their existing workflow.

Additional resources:

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Manage Viva Copilot in Glint access in Microsoft 365 admin center

Copilot in Viva Glint now generates AI-powered summaries of employee survey results directly within Team Summary and Executive Summary reports, helping leaders quickly understand strengths, opportunities, and trends across their teams. Copilot Highlights surfaces key insights-such as notable score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence-so leaders can move from data to action faster. With general availability, Copilot Highlights expands to support multilingual summaries, enabling global organizations to deliver AI-generated survey insights in their preferred language.

Roadmap ID:558111

Details:

What changed: Copilot in Viva Glint now automatically generates AI-powered summaries within Team Summary and Executive Summary reports. These summaries highlight key insights like score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence. The feature now supports multilingual summaries, allowing organizations to view insights in their preferred language.

Why: This change helps leaders quickly interpret survey data and identify actionable trends without manual analysis. Multilingual support ensures accessibility for global teams.

Try this:

• Open a Team Summary or Executive Summary report in Viva Glint.
• Review the Copilot Highlights section to see AI-generated insights.
• Switch the summary language to match your organization's preferred language.
• Use the insights to identify areas for improvement or celebrate team strengths.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enables faster, data-driven decision-making and improves accessibility for global organizations.

Personal impact: Helps leaders quickly understand team sentiment and take informed action.

Additional Resources:

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Copilot Highlights in Viva Glint

Use Microsoft Edge for Business adds contextual nudges that make it easier to ask Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to summarize your open webpage.

Roadmap ID:515167

Details:

What changed: Edge for Business introduces contextual nudges attached to the Copilot entry point that prompt users to take actions-such as summarizing an open page-through Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.

Why: This change helps users discover page summarization faster and save time when scanning long webpages.

Try this:

• Open a webpage in Microsoft Edge.
• Use Copilot Chat in Edge and ask "Summarize this page."
• Ask a follow-up question about the page content to get more targeted details.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams consume and share web information faster, improving research and decision-making workflows.

Personal impact: Saves time by surfacing a quick summary when you need it.

Additional Resources:

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PostgreSQL connectors (Preview)

The updated Readiness page in the Copilot Dashboard offers personalized configuration insights to help organizations prepare for successful Copilot adoption.

Roadmap ID:551196

Details:

What changed The Readiness page now includes tailored recommendations for Copilot configuration settings. Previously, IT leaders had to manually review and interpret multiple configuration areas. The new experience centralizes guidance to streamline deployment and improve readiness.

Why: Organizations requested clearer, more actionable guidance to help them configure Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and agents effectively. These insights help IT teams accelerate adoption and improve user outcomes.

Try this:

• Review the updated Readiness page to see recommended configuration changes.
• Share the recommendations with your deployment or governance team.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps organizations deploy Copilot more efficiently with clearer guidance and improved governance readiness.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for IT professionals to understand what actions to take and why they matter.

Additional Resources:

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Readiness

Analysts can now publish Viva Insights Power BI reports to anyone in their organization, expanding access beyond users with Copilot Dashboard permissions.

Roadmap ID:558257

What changed: Previously, analysts could publish Viva Insights Power BI reports only to people who had access to the Copilot Dashboard. With this update, analysts can publish these reports to anyone in their organization. This broadens visibility and removes the dependency on global Copilot Dashboard access to receive reports.

Why: Organizations asked for more flexibility in sharing insights across teams. Expanding publishing permissions helps analysts distribute insights more widely, supporting better decision making.

Try this:

• Publish a Viva Insights Power BI report and enter the name of any user in your organization.
• Review your existing reports and update sharing settings to reach more stakeholders.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Expands access to insights across the organization, enabling broader collaboration and more informed decisions.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for individuals to receive and use insights without requiring Copilot Dashboard access.

Additional Resources:

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Publish reports

A new setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center allows admins to control access to AI video generation features in Microsoft 365 Copilot and supported apps.

Details:

What changed: Admins can now use a dedicated setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center to control whether users can access AI video generation features available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 apps.

Why: Organizations need clearer administrative controls to manage who can create AI-generated videos and align usage with internal policies.

Try this:

• Review the new Copilot video generation setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• Decide whether video generation should be allowed for your organization.
• Communicate policy changes to users if access is modified.
• Update internal guidance or documentation if needed.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Provides centralized control over AI video generation to support governance and compliance needs.

Personal impact: Clarifies when and where users can access video generation features.

This update introduces an optional, customizable landing page for the Employee Self-Service agent that lets organizations highlight key HR and IT resources and align the experience with their branding.

Details:

What changed: Organizations can now optionally customize the Employee Self-Service agent landing page with branding and commonly used resources. If no customization is applied, there is no change to the existing experience, and the agent continues to use Copilot's default appearance and starter prompts.

Why: Organizations want more control over how employees first interact with the Employee Self-Service agent while keeping the default experience unchanged when customization is not needed.

Try this:

• Review the new landing page customization options for the Employee Self-Service agent.
• Decide whether to align the landing page with your organization's branding.
• Highlight commonly used HR or IT resources on the landing page.
• Keep the default experience if customization is not required.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps organizations surface key resources while maintaining a consistent employee support experience.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for employees to find relevant help and information in one place.

Additional resources:

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Customize the Employee Self-Service agent

Microsoft 365 Copilot now displays rich, interactive Bing web answer cards-such as Weather and Stocks-directly in chat responses to help users quickly access relevant, real-time information.

Roadmap ID:500865

Details:

What changed: Copilot Chat will now show Bing's rich and interactive answer cards-such as Weather, Stocks, and other structured information-when users ask related questions. Previously, Copilot provided only text-based responses without these enhanced visual cards.

Why: This change helps users get clearer, more actionable information at a glance, reducing the need to leave Copilot Chat to check external sources.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot for the current weather in your city.
• Request stock information for a company your team follows.
• Check sunrise and sunset times by asking Copilot directly.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Provides faster access to real-time data, improving decision-making and reducing context switching.

Personal impact: Helps individuals quickly get the information they need without opening additional tabs or apps.

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This feature allows users to share their agent directly with a Microsoft Teams team, making it easier for teams to discover, install, and start using agents together.

Roadmap ID:557947

Details:

What changed Users can now share an agent with a Microsoft Teams team by selecting a team in the sharing dialog. Users can also notify the team's main channel so team members are aware of the agent and can install it.

Why: This change helps teams collaborate more easily by making shared agents discoverable and accessible within the Teams environment they already use.

Try this:

• Open the agent sharing dialog and search for a Microsoft Teams team.
• Select a team to share your agent with.
• Send a notification to the team's main channel.
• Encourage team members to install and start using the agent.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves team collaboration by making agents easier to deploy within existing Teams workflows.

Personal impact: Simplifies access to shared agents without needing individual setup steps.

Analyze enterprise search results with code interpreter Copilot's code interpreter can now analyze files found via enterprise search in Chat, even if they weren't manually uploaded or linked.

Roadmap ID:519570

Details:

What changed:

Previously, code interpreter only worked on files explicitly uploaded or attached. Now, it can also analyze files surfaced through enterprise search in Copilot Chat.

Why: This change reduces friction and improves usability by allowing users to analyze relevant files without needing to manually attach them.

Try this:

• Search for a spreadsheet in Copilot Chat and ask the code interpreter to summarize trends.
• Locate a CSV file via enterprise search and request a data visualization.
• Find a document using Chat and ask Copilot to run calculations or extract metrics.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Streamlines workflows by enabling analysis of discovered files without manual uploads.

Personal impact: Saves time and effort when working with files found through search.

The updated Copilot adoption Power BI report introduces a cleaner experience and new insights that help organizations understand how power users engage with Copilot.

Roadmap ID:557674

Details:

What changed: The Copilot adoption Power BI report now includes a simplified, more intuitive layout and new insights that highlight how power users interact with Copilot. These updates make it easier to identify Copilot adoption and habit formation compared to the previous version.

Why: These improvements were made to help organizations better track Copilot engagement and identify opportunities to increase value and usage.

Try this:

• Open the updated Copilot adoption Power BI report in Advanced insights.
• Review the new power user insights to identify high-impact usage patterns.
• Share findings with team leads to support targeted Copilot enablement.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps organizations better understand Copilot usage and identify opportunities to improve adoption.

Additional resources:

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Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption report

Users can now edit the schedule of their Copilot prompts, giving them more flexibility and control.

Roadmap ID:531912

Details:

What changed: You can now adjust the timing of scheduled prompts instead of deleting and recreating them. This update improves usability and reduces repetitive setup.

Why: This change was made to give users more control over their workflows and reduce friction when managing recurring prompts.

Try this:

• Open your list of scheduled prompts.
• Select a prompt and adjust the schedule to match your needs.
• Save your changes to update the prompt timing.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces time spent managing recurring workflows.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to keep prompts aligned with changing schedules.

Additional resources:

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Manage Scheduled Prompts for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Action confirmations have been streamlined, so users experience fewer interruptions while still maintaining safety controls.

Details:

What changed: Copilot now reduces the number of confirmation prompts shown during read actions which don't make changes to external systems. Safety checks remain in place while enhancing the user experience.

Why: This update helps users stay focused and reduces friction during task execution.

Try this:

• Use an agent to fetch data from an external system.
• Notice fewer confirmation steps during the process.
• Continue your workflow without additional interruptions.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves workflow efficiency by reducing delays.

Personal impact: Creates a smoother, more natural Copilot experience.

Additional resources:

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Confirmation prompts for API plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Code interpreter now works on files found via Chat search

Analyze enterprise search results with code interpreter Copilot's code interpreter can now analyze files found via enterprise search in Chat, even if they weren't manually uploaded or linked.

Roadmap ID:519570

Details:

What changed: Previously, code interpreter only worked on files explicitly uploaded or attached. Now, it can also analyze files surfaced through enterprise search in Copilot Chat.

Why: This change reduces friction and improves usability by allowing users to analyze relevant files without needing to manually attach them.

Try this:

• Search for a spreadsheet in Copilot Chat and ask the code interpreter to summarize trends.
• Locate a CSV file via enterprise search and request a data visualization.
• Find a document using Chat and ask Copilot to run calculations or extract metrics.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Streamlines workflows by enabling analysis of discovered files without manual uploads.

Personal impact: Saves time and effort when working with files found through search.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat integration is expanding to Teams chats, channels, and meetings, with mobile support coming soon.

Roadmap ID:501107

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is now accessible across Teams chats, channels, calling, and meetings. This expands availability beyond its previous limited scope.

Why: The goal is to make Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available wherever users collaborate, improving consistency and access.

Try this:

• Open a Teams chat or channel and launch Copilot.
• Use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to ask questions or generate insights.
• Try Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat during a meeting to support real time collaboration.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enhances collaboration by bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat into more communication surfaces.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat wherever you work in Teams.

You can now generate a file summary with Copilot and include it directly when sharing OneDrive files in Windows.

Roadmap ID:527840

Details:

What changed: A new option in File Explorer and the OneDrive Activity Center lets you summarize a file with Copilot and send that summary within the share dialog. Previously, users needed to create summaries separately before sharing.

Why: Sharing a file often means the recipient has to open it just to understand what it's about. Now, Copilot generates a summary for you so the people you share with get the key points upfront, right in the share notification.

Try this:

• Open File Explorer and select a file stored in OneDrive.
• Choose Share, then select the option to generate a Copilot summary.
• Send the file along with the summary to your recipient.
• Open OneDrive activity center and select a file.
• Choose Share, then select the option to generate a Copilot summary.
• Send the file along with the summary to your recipient.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Your recipients can quickly decide if a file needs their attention without opening it first. Whether you're sharing a proposal, report, or meeting notes, the summary gives everyone the context they need to act faster.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to communicate key points without extra steps.

Declarative Agents can now interpret and ground responses using embedded images in Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files. This enhancement enables Copilot to extract insights from charts, diagrams, and screenshots, improving the accuracy and completeness of answers.

Roadmap ID:531758

Details:

What changed: Declarative Agents now analyze embedded images in supported file types (.docx, .pptx, .pdf). Visual elements such as charts and diagrams are used to inform responses, resulting in more contextually accurate answers.

Why: Users often include critical information in visuals. This change ensures Copilot can interpret both text and graphics for more complete responses.

Try this:

• Upload a Word document with embedded charts and ask Copilot to summarize key insights.
• Attach a PowerPoint file with diagrams and request an explanation of the visual flow.
• Use a PDF with screenshots and ask Copilot to describe the process shown.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves Copilot's ability to deliver comprehensive answers grounded in both text and visuals.

Personal impact: Helps users get more accurate and complete responses from files with embedded images.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Asana with a Copilot connector so you can query projects and tasks from within Microsoft 365.

Roadmap ID:515175

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports an Asana Copilot connector that can index Asana tasks for use in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change helps people access project and task information in the flow of work.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Asana with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to summarize tasks and deadlines across projects.
• Ask Copilot to list overdue tasks in a project.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves project tracking by bringing Asana task data into Microsoft 365 Copilot and search experiences.

Personal impact: Helps you stay on top of tasks without switching tools.

Additional resources:

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Asana Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) can now connect to Smartsheet so users can work with collaborative projects and tasks through a Copilot connector.

Details:

What changed: A new Copilot connector allows Microsoft 365 Copilot to access project and task information stored in Smartsheet.

Why: Many teams manage collaborative projects in Smartsheet and want Copilot to reference that information without switching tools.

Try this:

• Configure the Smartsheet Copilot connector for your organization.
• Ask Copilot to find, summarize, or reference projects and tasks stored in Smartsheet.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enables teams to work with Smartsheet project data directly in Copilot workflows, improving visibility and coordination.

Personal impact: Helps individuals understand project status and tasks more quickly using Copilot.

Additional resources:

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Smartsheet Sheet Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Egnyte to collaborate on secure file storage using the Copilot Connector.

Roadmap ID:513283

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now access files stored in Egnyte, allowing users to retrieve, summarize, and interact with content without manually opening those files.

Why: This integration supports organizations that rely on Egnyte for secure file storage and governance.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to summarize a document stored in Egnyte.
• Retrieve key insights from Egnyte folders.
• Request a list of recent Egnyte updates relevant to your team.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports secure and compliant integration with existing file storage systems.

Personal impact: Helps users quickly access and understand stored content.

Additional resources:

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Egnyte Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Zendesk Help Center to retrieve support articles and FAQs using the Copilot Connector.

Roadmap ID:513279

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now search and summarize content from Zendesk Help Center, including help articles, troubleshooting steps, and FAQs.

Why: This integration helps support teams get faster access to the information they need to resolve issues.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to summarize a Zendesk article related to an open issue.
• Retrieve common FAQs from Zendesk.
• Request recommended troubleshooting steps from Zendesk content.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Speeds up support workflows and improves response quality.

Personal impact: Helps support agents resolve customer issues faster.

Additional resources:

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Zendesk Help Center Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview

Copilot Chat now recommends relevant installed agents when it detects a match with the user's intent.

Details:

What changed: When a user's prompt aligns with the capabilities of an installed agent, Copilot Chat will suggest that agent directly in the conversation. Previously, users had to know which agent to invoke.

Why: This helps users discover and use the right agent at the right time, improving task completion and reducing friction.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot Chat to perform a task that aligns with one of your installed agents.
• Select the recommended agent when it appears in the chat.
• Continue the conversation using the agent's specialized capabilities.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Increases utilization of installed agents and improves workflow efficiency.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to find the right tool without remembering agent names.

Roadmap ID:413718

Delegates with calendar access can now search for another user's meetings directly in Copilot Chat.

Details:

What changed: Delegates can use Copilot Chat to search for meetings on behalf of the person whose calendar they manage. Previously, this required manual navigation in Outlook.

Why: This update streamlines workflows and reduces time spent searching across calendars.

Try this:

• In Copilot Chat, ask for upcoming calendar planning meetings for the person whose calendar you manage.
• Search for specific meeting details, such as attendees or topics

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves efficiency for executive assistants and teams with shared calendar planning responsibilities.

Personal impact: Saves time by making calendar searches faster and more intuitive.

Additional resources:

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Use Copilot search in calendar items as a delegate

Admins can now set up authentication for Gong, GitHub, and Monday connectors using a simplified, faster OAuth experience.

Details:

What changed: The connector setup flow now uses a streamlined OAuth process that replaces lengthy manual steps. Admins can complete authentication in minutes instead of hours.

Why: This update reduces friction for IT teams and aligns connector setup with modern authentication standards.

Try this:

• Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and start configuring one of the supported connectors.
• Follow the guided OAuth prompts to complete authentication.
• Review your connector list to confirm the setup is complete.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces setup time and administrative overhead for connector deployment.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for admins to configure connectors confidently and quickly.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Bitbucket with Copilot connectors so you can query pull requests and related engineering context.

Roadmap ID:515163

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports a Bitbucket Pull Request Copilot connector that brings pull request information into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change helps teams find pull request details through Microsoft 365 tools they already use.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Bitbucket with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to find pull requests related to a repository or feature.
• Ask Copilot to summarize the discussion and status of a pull request.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Surfaces pull request context in Microsoft 365 Copilot to speed up collaboration and reviews.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to understand a pull request without switching apps.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Coda with Copilot connectors so you can query collaborative documents and wikis from Copilot.

Roadmap ID:515165

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports a Coda Enterprise Copilot connector that can index Coda documents and pages for use in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change helps people find knowledge stored in Coda without leaving Microsoft 365.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Coda with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to summarize content in a Coda workspace.
• Ask Copilot to retrieve the URL for a specific Coda document.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves knowledge discovery by making Coda content available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to get answers from Coda docs and wikis using natural language.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to GitLab with Copilot connectors so you can query merge requests and related repository activity.

Roadmap ID:515162

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports GitLab merge request connectors, making merge request information discoverable and retrievable in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change reduces context switching by bringing merge request information into Microsoft 365 workflows.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to GitLab with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to list open merge requests waiting for review.
• Ask Copilot to summarize merge requests targeting a release branch.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves visibility into engineering work by bringing merge request context into Microsoft 365 experiences.

Personal impact: Helps you find and summarize merge requests faster using natural language.

We're introducing a new Scatter image effect that helps users quickly apply a modern, stylized look to AI-generated or uploaded images.

Roadmap ID:537288

Details:

What changed: The image editor in Copilot Chat and the Create module now includes a Scatter effect. This effect adds a dynamic, dispersed visual style to images, giving users more creative options than before.

Why: Users asked for more built-in creative effects to help them produce unique visuals without needing external editing tools.

Try this:

• Generate an image in Chat, click the image to open Editor and apply the Scatter effect to give it a more artistic look.
• Use the Scatter effect in the Create module to enhance visuals for presentations or social posts.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Expands creative capabilities directly within Microsoft 365 workflows, reducing the need for third-party tools.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to create visually distinctive images with minimal effort.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Aha! with Copilot connectors so you can query product features and customer ideas in Copilot.

Roadmap ID:515159

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports an Aha! Copilot connector that can index Aha! features and ideas and make them discoverable through Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change helps product and engineering teams find roadmap and feedback context in Microsoft 365 workflows.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Aha! with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to list features assigned to you in Aha!.
• Ask Copilot to show ideas with the highest number of votes.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves cross-team alignment by making Aha! roadmap and feedback content easier to find in Microsoft 365.

Personal impact: Helps you answer product questions faster without leaving Microsoft 365.

You can now generate a file summary with Copilot and include it directly when sharing OneDrive files in Windows.

Roadmap ID:527840

Details:

What changed: A new option in File Explorer and the OneDrive Activity Center lets you summarize a file with Copilot and send that summary within the share dialog. Previously, users needed to create summaries separately before sharing.

Why: Sharing a file often means the recipient has to open it just to understand what it's about. Now, Copilot generates a summary for you so the people you share with get the key points upfront, right in the share notification.

Try this:

• Open File Explorer and select a file stored in OneDrive.
• Choose Share, then select the option to generate a Copilot summary.
• Send the file along with the summary to your recipient.
• Open OneDrive activity center and select a file.
• Choose Share, then select the option to generate a Copilot summary.
• Send the file along with the summary to your recipient.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Your recipients can quickly decide if a file needs their attention without opening it first. Whether you're sharing a proposal, report, or meeting notes, the summary gives everyone the context they need to act faster.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to communicate key points without extra steps.

Two new Copilot actions-Summarize and Explain-are now available in the Microsoft Edge PDF reader to help users understand content faster.

Roadmap ID:498641

Details:

What changed: The built in PDF reader now includes Summarize and Explain options alongside the existing Ask Copilot integration. Users can generate overviews or simplify complex text directly within the PDF experience.

Why: These additions help users quickly interpret long or complex documents without leaving the PDF reader.

Try this:

• Open a PDF in Microsoft Edge and select Summarize to get a concise overview.
• Highlight a section of text and choose Explain to simplify technical or dense content.
• Use these actions to prepare for meetings or review documents more efficiently.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves document review workflows and reduces time spent interpreting complex PDFs.

Personal impact: Helps users understand information more quickly and with less effort.

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to GitLab Issues with Copilot connectors so you can query engineering tasks and bugs from Copilot.

Roadmap ID:515158

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports GitLab Issues connectors that can index issue data and make it available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search.

Why: This change helps teams retrieve issue details, assignments, and context without leaving Microsoft 365 workflows.

Try this:

• Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to GitLab Issues with a Copilot connector.
• Ask Copilot to summarize high-priority issues for a release milestone.
• Ask Copilot to list blocked issues and their owners.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves visibility into work tracking by surfacing GitLab issues in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to find issue context and stay on top of tasks using natural language.

Additional resources:

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GitLab Issues Server Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview

Microsoft Edge lets users send a search query from the address bar directly to Copilot to receive a synthesized, more targeted answer.

Roadmap ID:493287

Details:

What changed: When users type a search query in the Microsoft Edge address bar, they can choose to ask Copilot instead of running a standard search, enabling Copilot to generate a focused response based on web content and, for eligible users, work content.

Why: Switching between search results and separate AI tools can interrupt workflow. This update allows users to move from intent to answer in one step, directly from the address bar.

Try this:

• Type a question or topic in the Edge address bar and select Ask Copilot.
• Use Copilot's response to quickly understand a topic before refining or acting on the result.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams find relevant information faster by combining search and AI responses in a single, policy-governed experience within Microsoft Edge.

Personal impact: Reduces time spent scanning search results by delivering clearer, synthesized answers directly from the address bar.

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Amazon S3 so Copilot can access structured document repositories through a Copilot connector.

Roadmap ID:513285

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot can now connect to Amazon S3 using a Copilot connector, which makes structured documents stored in S3 available in Copilot experiences.

Why: Many organizations store important documents in Amazon S3 and want Copilot to reference that content without moving or duplicating data.

Try this:

• Configure the Amazon S3 Copilot connector for your organization.
• Ask Copilot to find or summarize documents stored in connected Amazon S3 repositories.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enables teams to access Amazon S3 content directly in Copilot workflows, reducing context switching and manual searches.

Personal impact: Helps individuals find and reference documents stored in Amazon S3 more quickly using natural language.

Additional resources:

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Deploy the Amazon S3 Copilot connector

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Shortcut to manage agile development workflows using the Copilot Connector.

Roadmap ID:515178

Details:

What changed: Users can now integrate Shortcut as a data source for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This enables Copilot to retrieve, summarize, and assist with agile development tasks directly from Shortcut project data.

Why: Teams using Shortcut for product and engineering work can now bring their workflow data into Copilot to streamline task updates and planning. -- incorrect. find new.

Try this:

• Open Copilot and ask for a summary of active Shortcut stories.
• Request an overview of recent team progress pulled from Shortcut.
• Use Copilot to identify blockers based on Shortcut task data.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams maintain visibility into engineering work without switching tools.

Personal impact: Makes daily task reviews faster and easier.

PowerPoint now includes the Designer Editor for image editing, giving you a modern, intuitive way to refine images directly on your slides without leaving PowerPoint.

Details:

What changed: You can now use PowerPoint's new AI-powered image editing capabilities to perform tasks such as improving image resolution, removing backgrounds, and moving image elements with generative AI-all directly within your presentation.

Why: Creating polished slides often requires quick image adjustments, and switching tools slows down the workflow. This change keeps image editing within PowerPoint so you can stay focused on your presentation.

Try this:

• Select an image on a slide and open the Designer Editor to refine visuals directly in PowerPoint.
• Remove distracting backgrounds from photos before placing them into layouts.
• Add text annotations with cool text effects.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams create more polished presentations faster by reducing the need to switch tools for image editing.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to enhance slide visuals quickly, helping your presentations look more professional with less effort.

Additional resources:

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Edit pictures

Edit with Copilot in Excel to build and change workbooks, using Excel tools like tables, charts, PivotTables, and formulas to complete complex data tasks faster.

Roadmap IDs:542182, 527835

Details:

What changed: A new option is available in Copilot in Excel that enables you to edit your workbook through chat. You can use Copilot as an assistant to create and make changes by describing what you want to do through chat. Why: This change reduces the need to switch between manual steps and back-and-forth requests, which can help you move through data modeling and analysis with less effort.

Try this:

• Open Copilot chat in Excel and see "Let's edit together" welcome message.
• If you don't see the message, then go to the tools menu and select "Edit with Copilot".
• Describe what you'd like to do in the chat. For example, "Build an expense tracking template, then add formulas for variance calculations."

Business impact: Helps teams complete complex models and reports faster by reducing manual steps in Excel workflows.

Personal impact: Saves you time by letting Copilot perform multi-step workbook updates while you stay focused on insights.

This update expands AI-powered skill inferencing to Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 users, helping organizations keep user profiles more accurate and up to date.

Roadmap ID: 548643

Details:

What changed: AI-powered skill inferencing, previously available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Viva licensed users, can now be enabled for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 users. Admins can turn this capability on directly in the Microsoft 365 admin center. When enabled, AI automatically identifies and updates skills on users' Microsoft 365 profiles based on work activity from the Microsoft Graph. This control is available to tenants with Copilot licenses.

Why: Organizations asked for broader access to AI-powered skill updates so they could maintain more complete and accurate user profiles across their workforce. Expanding this capability helps teams surface expertise more easily and improves profile data quality.

Try this:

• Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and review the People Skills settings.
• Turn on AI-powered skill inferencing for Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 users.
• Inform users that their profiles may begin updating automatically based on their work activity.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves organizational visibility into employee skills, making it easier to identify expertise and support workforce planning.

Personal impact: Helps users keep their profiles current without manual updates, making their expertise easier for colleagues to discover.

Additional resources:

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Manage your skills library in People Skills

You can now search for and select Microsoft Teams channels in Context IQ to ground Copilot Chat prompts in the conversations and content that matter most.

Roadmap ID:429645

Details:

What changed: Context IQ now allows you to search for and select Microsoft Teams channels when creating prompts in Copilot Chat, so responses are grounded in a specific channel instead of across all Teams content.

Why: Users asked for more precise ways to focus Copilot Chat on relevant team conversations and reduce noise from unrelated channels.

Try this:

• Open Copilot Chat and start a new prompt.
• Use the Context IQ menu to search for and select a Teams channel.
• Ask a question to get responses grounded in that channel's conversations.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves response relevance and reduces time spent searching across multiple Teams channels.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to get accurate, channel-specific answers without manual filtering.

Additional resources:

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Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat"

Microsoft Edge expands its built-in PDF reader with new Copilot actions that help you quickly summarize or explain PDF content directly in the browser.

Roadmap ID:498641

Details:

What changed: The existing Ask Copilot experience in the Microsoft Edge PDF reader now includes two additional actions-Summarize and Explain-that let you generate a concise overview or simplify complex sections of a PDF or selected content. These actions follow the same enterprise controls and policies already applied to Copilot in Edge.

Why: Reviewing long or complex PDFs often requires extra time and context switching. This update makes it easier to understand key points or technical language without leaving the PDF reader or copying content into another tool.

Try this:

• Open a PDF in Microsoft Edge and select Summarize to get a quick overview of the document.
• Select a paragraph or section and choose Explain to simplify complex language or concepts.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams review documents faster and stay within existing enterprise controls while using Copilot in Edge.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to understand lengthy or technical PDFs without interrupting your workflow.

Users can connect Copilot with Azure File Share to manage and work with their files using the Copilot Connector.

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now retrieve and summarize files stored in Azure File Share, providing insights without requiring users to open each file individually.

Why: This integration helps organizations using Azure File Share bring their structured content into Copilot for easier processing.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to list recent files added to Azure File Share.
• Request summaries of documents stored there.
• Retrieve key updates from a specific folder.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams better use their Azure-hosted content.

Personal impact: Makes finding and understanding files faster.

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Jira Data Center to track and manage engineering tasks using the Copilot Connector.

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now retrieve issues, tasks, and updates from Jira Data Center. Users can analyze engineering progress and blockers directly in Copilot.

Why: This helps engineering teams streamline updates and reduce the need to navigate multiple tools.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot for a summary of Jira engineering issues.
• Request insights on current blockers.
• Generate a high-level project update.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Provides clearer visibility into engineering workflows.

Personal impact: Helps users stay organized and informed.

Users can connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Monday.com to track work and team progress using the Copilot Connector.

Roadmap ID:515177

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now pull data from Monday.com boards, tasks, and workflows. This allows users to review team progress and updates directly through Copilot.

Why: This integration supports teams that rely on Monday.com by bringing their work data into Copilot for easier updates and insights.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to summarize key Monday.com tasks for your team.
• Request a list of items that are overdue or blocked.
• Generate a status update based on Monday.com board activity.

Why this

Business impact: Reduces context switching and improves clarity of work tracking.

Personal impact: Makes task reviews and updates more efficient.

Additional resources:

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Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors overview

Users can connect Copilot with Veeva to access promotional materials, quality documents, and regulatory information using the Copilot Connector.

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now retrieve and summarize approved content stored in Veeva Vault, including compliance and regulatory documents.

Why: This supports life sciences teams that depend on Veeva for controlled content, helping them access accurate information quickly.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to summarize a regulatory document stored in Veeva.
• Retrieve approved promotional content for a product.
• Request key updates across quality documentation.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves access to validated documents for regulated workflows.

Personal impact: Helps users stay compliant and informed.

Users can connect Copilot with WordPress.com and WordPress.org to retrieve, summarize, and analyze site content using the Copilot Connector.

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now pull posts, pages, and site content from WordPress installations, making it easier to analyze or repurpose web content.

Why: The integration helps teams working with large content libraries stay informed and reuse content efficiently.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot for a summary of recent posts from your WordPress site.
• Retrieve key themes across published articles.
• Request an analysis of content performance patterns.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports content teams by improving visibility into site content.

Personal impact: Simplifies reviewing and reusing website

The Copilot Studio agent report includes autonomous agents and provides insights on adoption, impact, time savings, and cost savings.

Roadmap ID:499422

Details:

What changed: The agent report now includes autonomous agents with generative orchestration. It also offers new metrics related to adoption, time saved, and cost benefits.

Why: These enhancements help organizations understand how Copilot Studio agents are used and the value they deliver.

Try this:

• Open the Copilot Studio agent report to review autonomous agent usage.
• Compare generative and non-generative agent activity.
• Review time-saving and cost-saving insights.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports better decision-making about automation and ROI.

Personal impact: Helps creators understand how their agents are being used.

PowerPoint now includes the Designer Editor for image editing, giving you a modern, intuitive way to refine images directly on your slides without leaving PowerPoint.

Details:

What changed: You can now use PowerPoint's new AI-powered image editing capabilities to perform tasks such as improving image resolution, removing backgrounds, and moving image elements with generative AI-all directly within your presentation.

Why: Creating polished slides often requires quick image adjustments, and switching tools slows down the workflow. This change keeps image editing within PowerPoint so you can stay focused on your presentation.

Try this:

• Select an image on a slide and open the Designer Editor to refine visuals directly in PowerPoint.
• Remove distracting backgrounds from photos before placing them into layouts.
• Add text annotations with cool text effects.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams create more polished presentations faster by reducing the need to switch tools for image editing.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to enhance slide visuals quickly, helping your presentations look more professional with less effort.

Additional resources:

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Edit pictures

Developers can embed knowledge such as PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint files for declarative agents.

Roadmap ID:474448

Details:

What changed: Declarative agents now support embedded knowledge, allowing developers to include up to 10 local files as grounding resources.

Why: This makes it simpler to build agents that rely on internal documents.

Try this:

• Add embedded files to a declarative agent.
• Test responses to confirm proper grounding.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Enhances agent accuracy using internal materials.

Personal impact: Makes agent development more flexible.

Additional Resources:

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Embedded knowledge object

IT admins can customize filters for data sources in Copilot Search without additional development work.

Roadmap ID:502534

Details:

What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot search now includes a dynamic filtering experience that surfaces data source-specific filters. When users select a source (such as Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Azure DevOps, Google Drive, Jira, or Confluence), relevant filters automatically appear in the right rail.

Why: This gives users more precise control over search results by tailoring filters to the selected data source-without requiring any admin setup or changes to existing policies.

Try this:

• Select a specific data source in Copilot search (e.g., Outlook or SharePoint).
• Use the dynamically populated filters in the right rail to refine results.
• Switch data sources to see filters update automatically based on context.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves search accuracy while reducing administrative overhead-no configuration or policy updates required.

Personal impact: Helps users find relevant information faster with less manual refinement.

Additional resources:

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Data source-specific filters in search

Users can scope grounding for declarative agents to specific data sources.

Details:

What changed: Users can now define which data sources a declarative agent draws from. This ensures more precise responses and reduces unnecessary information.

Why: This gives users more control over how declarative agents use organizational data.

Try this:

• Select a declarative agent where sources have been exposed or define sources in the manifest for your agent.
• Limit grounding to a single repository for more focused results.
• Test the agent's output to confirm improved relevance.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves control over data usage and response accuracy.

Personal impact: Helps users get answers that match their needs.

Additional resources:

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Declarative agent manifest example

Users can scope grounding for declarative agents to specific data sources.

Details:

What changed: Users can now define which data sources a declarative agent draws from. This ensures more precise responses and reduces unnecessary information.

Why: This gives users more control over how declarative agents use organizational data.

Try this:

• Select a declarative agent where sources have been exposed or define sources in the manifest for your agent.
• Limit grounding to a single repository for more focused results.
• Test the agent's output to confirm improved relevance.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves control over data usage and response accuracy.

Personal impact: Helps users get answers that match their needs.

Additional resources:

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Declarative agent manifest example

Users can adjust presentation length, narrative tone, slide style, and AI-generated images when creating presentations with Copilot.

Roadmap ID:513422

Details:

What changed: Copilot now supports more granular controls for customization. Users can specify slide count, tone of messaging, stylistic preferences, and visual elements to better tailor their presentations.

Why: This gives users more creative control and ensures presentations match the intended audience and purpose.

Try this:

• Ask Copilot to shorten your presentation to five slides.
• Set the tone to "professional" or "informal" as needed.
• Request new AI-generated images that match your theme.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams build polished presentations more efficiently.

Personal impact: Gives individuals more flexibility and creative options.

Users can select the "explain" option from the contextual menu that appears by right clicking on objects or content in PowerPoint to receive a detailed and contextual explanation.

Roadmap ID:516565

Details:

What changed: Copilot can now provide an explanation of any selected object in a presentation. This includes acronyms, individual text boxes, tables images, & entire slide. Previously, users needed to rely on external references or manual research to understand unclear content.

Why: This feature helps users understand unfamiliar or complex information without leaving their presentation

Try this:

• Select any text, table or slide, right click and choose "Explain".
• Review the explanation without leaving PowerPoint

Why this matters:

Business impact: Helps teams quickly understand unfamiliar content, reducing time spent researching and improving clarity in presentations.

Personal impact: Makes it easier to grasp the meaning of slide objects without switching apps.

Additional resources:

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Get clarity on complex presentations with Explainer in PowerPoint

Admins can now set up connector authentication faster through a simplified and guided OAuth experience.

Details:

What changed: Previously, connector authentication required manual steps and extensive documentation. The new experience introduces a streamlined, guided OAuth flow that significantly reduces setup time.

Why: This change modernizes the authentication framework and reduces friction for admins configuring connectors.

Try this:

• Open connector setup and follow the guided OAuth flow.
• Complete authentication for supported connectors such as Gong, GitHub, or Monday.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces configuration time and operational overhead for IT teams.

Personal impact: Makes connector setup faster and easier for admins.

Additional resources:

Learn:

Set up Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors in the Microsoft 365 admin center

Developer Portal now supports management and configuration of Agent Blueprints allowing developers to extend Agent 365 capabilities to their agents including enterprise-grade identity, observability, notifications, security, and governed access to Microsoft 365 data.

Details:

What changed: Developer Portal now supports full lifecycle actions for agent manifests. Developers can create, edit, and manage manifest configuration in a single place to streamline setup.

Why: Centralizing manifest management reduces friction, improves consistency, and shortens setup time for agent-based solutions.

Try this:

• Create a new agent manifest and define its required settings.
• Update an existing manifest to refine configuration details.
• Review manifest properties to ensure consistent deployment.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Standardizes agent configuration and reduces setup errors across projects.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for individuals to manage agent settings without switching tools.

Additional resources:

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Agent Identity Blueprint

Connect Copilot to your GitHub Server to retrieve and collaborate on issues, pull requests, and knowledge base content.

Details:

What changed: The Copilot Connector enables a direct connection to GitHub Server. Users can bring issues, pull requests, and knowledge base content into Copilot to view and collaborate.

Why: Centralizing software work items and documentation in Copilot saves time and reduces context switching during development and review activities.

Try this:

• Connect your GitHub Server and ask Copilot to list open issues for a repository.
• Use Copilot to summarize a pull request and highlight reviewers' comments.
• Retrieve knowledge base articles to prepare a project briefing.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Speeds up review cycles and keeps development work aligned by consolidating information in one place.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for individuals to find and act on relevant GitHub items.

URL-based dialogs in Declarative Agents allow users to open linked experiences without leaving Copilot, helping them stay focused.

Details:

What changed: Developers can now enable URL-based dialogs in Declarative Agents. This lets users open external pages or forms directly within Copilot. Previously, these workflows required switching apps or breaking context.

Why: This feature helps users complete tasks without interruption, supporting smoother and more connected workflows.

Try this:

• Open a Declarative Agent that includes a URL-based dialog.
• Follow the dialog link to continue your workflow inside Copilot.
• Use the dialog to complete tasks that require external pages or forms.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Reduces context switching and improves workflow continuity.

Personal impact: Helps individuals complete tasks more efficiently without leaving Copilot.

Additional resources:

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Allow inline editing of Adaptive Card responses (preview)

Field teams can use getting started guides of champion connectors to guide customers through Copilot adoption with clear, consistent resources.

Details:

What changed: Field teams can now use getting started guides champion connectors to guide Copilot adoption in top accounts. This adds structured resources and best practices that were not available in earlier workflows.

Why: This change gives field teams consistent tools that help customers adopt Copilot more quickly and confidently.

Try this:

• Review champion connector resources available to your field team.
• Share the connector with top accounts beginning their Copilot journey.
• Use the resources to guide conversations about adoption planning.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Supports faster and more consistent Copilot adoption across key customer accounts.

Personal impact: Makes it easier for individuals to provide clear, ready-to-use guidance.

Additional Resources:

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Set up Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors in the Microsoft 365 admin center

The ServiceNow Tickets Copilot connector updates ticket status more frequently by ingesting both active and inactive tickets.

Roadmap ID:505437

Details:

What changed: The ServiceNow Tickets Copilot connector now ingests both active and inactive tickets by default, improving how often ticket status changes appear in Copilot responses. Admins can also edit the data query filter to include inactive tickets for existing connections.

Why: Inactive tickets were not previously ingested, which could lead to outdated ticket status information in Copilot responses.

Try this:

• Review the query filter for existing ServiceNow Tickets connections.
• Update the filter to include both active and inactive tickets if needed.
• Communicate the change to your ServiceNow stakeholders and Copilot users.

Why this matters:

Business impact: Improves the quality of Copilot responses that reference ServiceNow tickets by keeping ticket status information current.

Personal impact: Reduces confusion by showing more up-to-date ticket statuses in Copilot answers.

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