365 Message Center Show #365MCS

Get help reviewing contracts using a new Legal Agent for Microsoft Word. Sync up to 1 million files with OneDrive. But consult your IT Support to learn if this is right for you. Finally, Outlook gets some action with M365 Copilot. I mean, can take action... via instructions, productive ones.

0:00 Welcome

2:41 Exchange Online: Retirement of legacy TLS versions for POP and IMAP connections - MC1293480

4:35 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Use Copilot in Outlook to manage your inbox - available in Frontier Public - MC1293485

7:07 OneDrive sync supports up to 1 million items on Windows - MC1294528

10:47 Microsoft Teams: Retirement of Together mode - MC1296478

12:47 Microsoft 365 Copilot will use private community and event content as grounding sources - MC1296480

18:06 Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium): Teams meetings as a reference in Copilot Notebooks - MC1296488

24:03 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Legal Agent for Word - MC1296877

Test your mic and speakers as you join the meeting. It won't prevent the awkwardness when Teams automatically mutes you as the 6th person to join the meeting. But it will help you run a quick test as you join.

There's also a new Teams meeting option to auto start a transcription. Set it before a meeting so you can get the benefit AI Notes and asking Copilot questions of your meeting.

0:00 Welcome

3:00 Microsoft Teams: Sharing recap access - MC1289724

7:28 Microsoft Teams: Delete meeting generated content in recap - MC1289725

15:07 Microsoft Teams: Test microphone and speaker before joining a meeting - MC1288530

19:41 Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can automatically start transcription without recording - MC1283816

23:55 Microsoft Outlook: Copilot account switcher in the Outlook side pane - MC1290822

While we have some interesting updates for SharePoint and using Copilot in Excel, we are most excited about how AI can help us keep up with messages in the M365 Message Center. Imagine being able to start a chat and ask about messages that impact you and how it might impact your organisation.

0:00 Introduction

3:01 Create and edit SharePoint pages with Copilot-powered AI - MC1282683

8:43 Create charts on pages with AI in SharePoint - MC1282567

13:11 Message center post structure updates may require admin script changes - MC1282308

17:51 Modernized Change Management for Microsoft 365 - MC1282306

29:24 Copilot entry point changes in Excel - MC1282571

Just a short episode to share some easier ways of managing views in Teams Chat and Channel sections, Teams meeting recaps without transcripts, and Microsoft Whiteboard content in Purview.

0:00 Introduction

2:20 Microsoft Whiteboard content is now viewable in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery - MC1273444

5:02 Microsoft Teams: Quick access to read items while using unread only mode - MC1274550

10:59 SharePoint Advanced Management: Delegate management of Restricted Access Control (RAC) to site admins - MC1274323

14:24 Microsoft Teams: AI meeting recap without transcript to meet compliance policies - MC1275312

Teams learns to read the sign and honour Windows Do Not Disturb. SharePoint learns a new skill in providing skills to AI. Claude and OpenAI models critique each other to get better research results.

0:00 Welcome

2:46 OneDrive: Files deleted from the cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin or Trash - MC1269861

7:10 Microsoft Teams: New experience when users minimize the meeting window - MC1266027

10:09 Auto Critique and Model Council features in Researcher (Frontier program) - MC1265765

17:54 Microsoft Teams: Honor Windows “Do not disturb” setting - MC1269215

21:36 Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills - MC1269209

27:58 Microsoft Teams: New chat sections for muted and meeting chats - MC1269864

Planner is now supported in private and shared channels. This will be ideal for simple projects involving other people in your organisation. There's also another way to recap meetings, with video. Watch the Copilot-selected highlights and decide what parts to of the full meeting you want to take a closer look at.

0:00 Welcome

02:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Federated Copilot Connectors - MC1259822

06:27 Introducing video recap for Microsoft Teams meetings - MC1261588

13:24 SharePoint Advanced Management: Site admin control for restricted content discovery - MC1259825

18:35 View and edit Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint - MC1261592

21:03 Planner tab support for Shared and Private Channels in Microsoft Teams - MC1262590

23:59 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admins will be able to enable third‑party model providers for specific users and groups - MC1263276

It's going to be easier to identify bots joining your meetings with a dedicated section singling them out. SharePoint and OneDrive agents will soon allow a list to be a source for your chats. This week we also chat about two confusing messages that announced the removal of agent capabilities in M365 apps for people without an M365 license.

0:00 Introduction

2:26 New admin control for AI‑generated code previews in Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages - MC1254560

6:15 Copilot Notebooks: New features coming to Frontier Public - MC1254552

11:00 Designer tools in Copilot - MC1256040

15:34 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Updates to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote - MC1253858

18:40 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Updates to Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC1253863

22:12 Lists as a knowledge source for agents in SharePoint and OneDrive - MC1255409

24:53 Whiteboards created in Teams channels will now be stored in SharePoint - MC1253753

27:04 Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings - MC1251206

This week we look at some of the Copilot pieces coming together for Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork. Claude Sonnet will bridge the gap between coding and natural language task sequencing. Drafting email from a Copilot Chat and sending it, takes us a step closer to Copilot being the UI for AI that might replace the UI for applications altogether. But is that a good thing?

0:00 Welcome

2:17 Microsoft Outlook: Copilot Chat available in shared and delegate mailboxes - MC1246031

7:17 Microsoft Agent 365 Generally Available May 1, 2026 - MC1247364

11:31 Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1247880

16:01 SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages - MC1247902

23:54 (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Draft and send Outlook email directly in Copilot Chat - MC1247637

29:37 Sensitivity labels available soon for Viva Engage communities - MC1250283

What a great way to celebrate 25 years of SharePoint - a makeover. The new look menus and SharePoint home encourage discovery of content, publishing new pages and posts, and building sites, lists and more. Happy Birthday SharePoint. Also on this week's show

0:00 Welcome

1:35 Introducing the new SharePoint experience - MC1240699

11:07 Copilot entry point changes in Word and handoff to Agent in chat - MC1240704

13:22 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to PowerPoint on‑canvas features with Agent mode - MC1243550

18:32 Workspace IP Firewall rules (Public Preview) - MC1238430

23:23 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Turn Copilot Pages into SharePoint News posts - MC1239186

26:20 Targeted file and folder restores in Microsoft 365 Backup - MC1245216

29:15 Upcoming change: disabling Teams meeting recording notification emails - MC1245635

Microsoft Teams is having a "Simply Red" moment and it's leaving some people seeing red. Microsoft are removing the labels from the apps on the app rail. Because 🎵 if you don't know them by now, you will never never never know them.🎵 (Ref: https://youtu.be/zTcu7MCtuTs?si=AYbidLv-ZnCPnG0z&t=15)

Also on this week's episode:

0:00 Welcome

1:41 Simplified Teams app bar to create a cleaner and more focused experience - MC1234559

5:20 App names hidden in app bar for a cleaner, more focused experience - MC1226220

9:59 Outlook: retiring “Contact Masking” (hide suggested recipients) - March 31, 2026 - MC1234566

14:52 Microsoft SharePoint: Use SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows with new column type - MC1234549

22:01 Microsoft Teams: Upcoming changes to Microsoft Places licensing and feature access - MC1235124

28:47 Microsoft Teams: New controls for quick views in the chat list - MC1234574

32:32 Microsoft Teams on Windows: Annotate content while sharing a single window - MC1234561