M365 Copilot in PowerPoint will be able to access the SharePoint Org Assets Library. When you write prompts to create a slide deck, you set Copilot to use the library for images in your slides. But it is going to take some work to add metadata to the images so it can be used by Copilot. Also, Outlook Newsletters are coming soon to New Outlook. This week we learn how to control who can create them and read them. 

– New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters – General Availability begins for Targeted Release 

– Microsoft Viva – New support for branded themes and typography in Viva Amplify 

– Microsoft 365 Copilot | PowerPoint now supports enterprise image libraries via SharePoint OAL or Templafy 

– Introducing the New Workflows Experience in Microsoft Teams 

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M365 Copilot Chat will use new file types like MP4s, CAD, and ZIP, to ground its responses. We wonder how it will find discussions in videos without first creating a transcript for every video. 

- Microsoft Teams: Meeting Join Bar 

- Updates to custom scripting in sites and Classic Publishing site creation 

- Microsoft OneDrive for Business | Updated order of Shortcut and Sync commands 

- Standard and Priority access to Copilot capabilities 

- Microsoft Copilot in Teams: Visual Insight for intelligent recap       

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The Researcher agent is coming to Microsoft Word for M365 Copilot licensed users. This feels like the right place for it to be used, bringing research prompt outputs into a highly capable documentation app. 

- Self-nomination as a community expert in Viva Engage communities 

- Improved backup and restore experience for Microsoft Authenticator on iOS 

- Microsoft 365 Copilot | Viva Engage discussion posts added to grounding sources 

- Pin AppBar from Hamburger context menu 

- Outlook: Report junk + block or unsubscribe in one same action      

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Microsoft 365 Search get's a Copilot response when you use natural language to search for something. Microsoft Teams notifications become more compact. Viva Engage will now support segmentation so communities can be separate within the same tenant. 

- Microsoft Teams: Compact notification size for users 

- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Add topic(s) through Copilot to your existing presentation 

- Microsoft Viva Engage: Introducing segmentation for personalized experiences (preview) 

- Expanded Copilot in Viva Engage updates 

- Dialogs/Task Module Support Now Generally Available in Microsoft Copilot Agents     

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This week the 365 Message Center Show brings some lively discussion about timers in Teams meetings and anyone being able to start them to remind the speaker to finish up. We will also, once again, be able to save chats and channel posts, bookmarking them to get back to later. Also, SharePoint Copilot Agents will be accessible in M365 Copilot Chat to continue the conversation. 

- Researcher in Copilot Notebooks 

- Microsoft Teams: Users can save chats and channel messages for later 

- Microsoft Teams: Facilitator agent notes in chats (Preview) 

- Microsoft Copilot: Access SharePoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app 

- Meeting Search in MS Teams Desktop    

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This week on the Microsoft 365 Message Center... 

- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Now Easily Accessible from the Teams Chat List 

- Researcher on M365 Copilot Prompt Box 

- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Visual Creator Agent will no longer be pre-installed 

- Microsoft Teams: Presenters can promote attendees to the green room 

- Microsoft SharePoint: Header and Footer enhancements   

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Pull together a quick meeting invite from an email thread with Copilot from your mobile. Then start preparing for your next meeting using Copilot in Outlook mobile. All this mobile, on-the-go meeting organising and prep must mean we now barely have time to organise and prepare. It's a good thing Copilot can help. 

- Create a meeting from an email thread with Copilot 

- (Updated) Prepare for your on-the-go meeting with Copilot 

- Microsoft Viva Insights: New prompt categories in the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard 

- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admins can upload custom dictionaries for Microsoft Teams meeting transcripts 

- Text Prediction turned off by default in Outlook  

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We have often wanted to reply to a reply in Teams channel conversations. Wish granted! But calling them threads when posts are already threaded? And what does following a thread mean? Also, Copilot Agents will be called into a call or meeting and attendees will be able to interact with them. 

- Microsoft 365: Retiring and modernizing the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel for Windows desktop apps 

- Microsoft Teams: Interactive agents for meetings and calls 

- Microsoft Lists: Mobile apps for iOS and Android will retire 

- Microsoft Teams: Inclusive meeting enhancements for sign language users 

- Microsoft Teams: New threaded conversation layout option for channels  

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Listen to your meeting as an audio overview. Summarise email attachments before opening them to read. In the right hands, these will be useful tools. But how will you know the summaries pick up all the important details? Listen or watch this episode to learn more about these Message Center messages. 

- Power Automate - Fix save errors in your cloud or agent flow with Copilot 

- Teams Meeting Audio Overview  

- SharePoint Alerts retirement 

- Microsoft Outlook: Summarize email attachments with Copilot 

- Microsoft 365 admin center: Onboard SharePoint agents as a Pay-as-you-go scenario 

Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.  

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Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn 

Listen to your meeting as an audio overview. Summarise email attachments before opening them to read. In the right hands, these will be useful tools. But how will you know the summaries pick up all the important details? Listen or watch this episode to learn more about these Message Center messages. 

- Power Automate - Fix save errors in your cloud or agent flow with Copilot 

- Teams Meeting Audio Overview  

- SharePoint Alerts retirement 

- Microsoft Outlook: Summarize email attachments with Copilot 

- Microsoft 365 admin center: Onboard SharePoint agents as a Pay-as-you-go scenario 

Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.  

Check out Darrell & Daniel's own YouTube channels at: 

Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn