365 Message Center Show #365MCS

Talk to Copilot and get it's help with triaging your email. Sounds good. You might want to find a quiet corner to try it, or a headset with active noise cancelling. Or Jed's noisy sales call might interrupt the Copilot conversation.

Microsoft Planner is retiring some features to make room for some new ones. One in particular is going to finally make comments on tasks more useful. This and more on this week's show

0:00 Welcome

2:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Add web links as references in Copilot Notebooks - MC1193414

5:52 Coming Soon - Anthropic models will be available by default in Copilot experiences - MC1193290

12:04 Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update - MC1193421

17:05 Microsoft Teams - Find SharePoint agents in Teams chats and Teams Store - MC1193415

23:11 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Email triage with pin, flag, archive, and mark read - MC1193695

31:11 Microsoft 365 - Enrich profile cards with custom properties from third-party systems - MC1193692

GPT5 automatically decides how long it should think about your request. But you can change it's...err.. mind? You'll also be able to get Copilot to list the meetings you haven't RSVP'd to and quickly respond from the Copilot chat. But take care that you have all the info for making your decision. You might want to ask Copilot for some more info about the meetings. Or just look at them in Outlook.

0:00 Welcome

2:29 Message preview for channels, mentions, and reactions notifications - MC1191916

6:33 Microsoft Planner: Support for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) content sensitivity labels - MC1191916

9:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: GPT-5 Mode selector adds Auto, Instant, and Thinking modes - MC1192003

16:04 Interpreter agent in Teams calls - MC1191612

22:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: RSVP to meetings directly in Copilot chat - MC1191612

Sounds dramatic. But we're just sticking with the error code episode number theme till we can't make any further stories from them.

Copilot Chat can schedule meetings and offers a new entry point in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. We'll also see a new Learning agent that surfaces training content and offers role playing lessons from LinkedIn Learning.

0:00 Welcome

2:16 Organizational Messages now support Action Segments for Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1189666

4:44 Organizational Messages to support email delivery - MC1189665

7:30 Schedule meetings directly in Copilot Chat - MC1189914

12:48 Updated UI for Copilot Chat entry point in Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps - MC1189000

16:19 Learning agent in Frontier - MC1187676

You managed to find the episode. Now search for where Copilot App Skills are re-moving in Excel. Find out how Copilot can reschedule meetings for you if you get double-booked. Find a way for Researcher and Analyst agents to connect to other agents and use them - sub-contracting!

0:00 Welcome

1:57 App Skills in Excel will be retired - MC1184407

4:31 Agent mode in Excel generally available soon (formerly part of the Frontier program) - MC1184408

7:19 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Configure connected agents for Researcher and other agents - MC1184654

14:28 Copilot can now automatically reschedule 1:1 meetings and personal events based on your preferences - MC1184999

22:25 Decoupling admin controls for agents on/off from Researcher and Analyst - MC1185442

26:07 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot - MC1185911

30:35 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) - MC1185445

In this 403 Forbidden episode we go to the polls, check our FAQs, and rate our calls. This episode is full of variety, seeing an old Microsoft Garage feature completely absorbed into Outlook, FAQs that help to keep themselves updated and correct, and a new way to rate our calls.

0:00 Welcome

2:44 Native polls integrated into New Outlook calendar compose form - MC1182003

8:40 SharePoint FAQ web part: AI-powered updates for easier content management and seamless import - MC1182704

12:23 Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address - MC1182004

17:13 Microsoft Viva Engage: Flexible targeting of Storyline Announcements - MC1183013

24:57 Microsoft Copilot Notebooks: Overview page with Copilot-powered summaries and insights - MC1182698

29:28 Rate my call feedback experience update in Microsoft Teams - MC1183608

We think we will call M365 Copilot's Researcher Agent feature the "LMCTFY". Ask Copilot to perform some research. Choose "Computer Use" mode and let Copilot control a virtual computer to carry out your research.

If you don't want people to be reminded to check the AI results for accuracy, this disclaimer will be removed. But you will have the opportunity to turn it back on and customise a link to provide your own guidance about AI results.

0:00 Welcome

2:38 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Add and configure tool groups to agents - MC1180873

5:08 App Builder agent available via Frontier starting October 28 - MC1180956

8:39 Microsoft Teams: File attachment control now enabled by default in external 1:1 and group chats - MC1181772

14:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Researcher with Computer Use - MC1181726

22:59 Microsoft Copilot Chat: AI disclaimer updates - MC1181766

28:11 Microsoft OneDrive for Business: Agents in OneDrive - MC1181765

The SharePoint document library toolbars are changing and you will want to prepare your org for where buttons have moved and how it works now.

Teams adds searching for images, but it's not what you think. And Windows 11 and Copilot are getting back together, with integration means Copilot is even more helpful on your desktop. But when are these features coming to Windows 11 for businesses and enterprises?

0:00 Welcome

2:06 Introducing Image Search in Microsoft Teams - MC1174858

7:55 Microsoft Copilot Studio: Copy an agent from the lite experience into the full experience - MC1176363

11:10 Updated SharePoint document library user experience - MC1179157

19:59 GPT-5 becomes the default Copilot model - MC1176368

23:45 Power Automate - Information about 'Retry with AI vision' functionality in Power Automate for desktop - MC1177141

26:50 How Windows 11 and AI are transforming the future of work - MC1177767

Some said it could never be done. But we have reached that day. Copilot floating buttons are arriving in OneDrive. Teams is offering an audio-only recording for meetings, and Copilot in Outlook will suggest you add an agenda -- Intelligently.

Oh and Daniel and Darrell made 400 episodes!

0:00 Welcome

1:41 Audio-only recording now available in Microsoft Teams - MC1173926

7:57 Microsoft OneDrive: floating Copilot button simplifies Copilot discovery - MC1173929

13:13 Copilot in Outlook: Intelligent agenda suggestions for calendar events - MC1171854

17:31 Microsoft 365 Copilot app: AI video generation now available in Create - MC1171840

24:36 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Edit in Outlook from Copilot Chat - MC1173196

Access your organisational images library to get approved images for your presentations. Use Search to find settings in Teams. And where did Copilot go in Microsoft Loop, and did anyone notice it leave?

0:00 Welcome

3:14 Microsoft Viva Copilot Analytics launches new agent dashboard - MC1166852

7:16 Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names - MC1166877

12:04 Microsoft Teams: Search in Settings - MC1167604

15:08 Microsoft Loop: Copilot experience upgrade - MC1169068

18:54 Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys - Create event portals with event registration details using Power Pages - MC1168096

25:15 Microsoft PowerPoint: Find and add company approved images with Organization Images - MC1169573

Ask Copilot Chat about Teams channel content. Specify the channel with a /.

Ask about a refreshing new round of Microsoft 365 icons. Did your team discuss those in a channel some time this week?

Ask about the files that were shared from Elmo's OneDrive. Now that he left the company, did they get reassigned to his manager, Bert?

It's a colourful episode this week.

0:00 Welcome

3:20 Microsoft Copilot Studio: Agent ownership reassignment - MC1162291

7:17 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Trust Indicators – a new way of representing users outside your organization - MC1162276

15:29 Microsoft 365: Visual refresh of app icons - MC1163778

18:55 OneDrive: Simplified file transfer for departing employees - MC1164381

26:00 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Teams channels available in Context IQ prompts - MC1165054