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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

Classic Outlook gets more Copilot capabilities. Good idea, given that much of the world still uses Classic Outlook. But this week we also see a modern feature removed from New Outlook. Context IQ and the / are retiring in New Outlook. Interesting move. Will the / be used for something else more Copiloty? 0:00 Welcome 2:25 Secure Boot certificate updates: actions required ahead of June 2026 expiration - MC1230373 5:11 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows - MC1228331 8:53 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Scheduling with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows - MC1228333 12:11 SharePoint Pages: Retirement of Web Search (Bing) image pivot - MC1230452 16:01 Context IQ retirement in the new Outlook and Outlook on the web - MC1230455 19:22 Microsoft Teams: Voice tethering - MC1230459

Agents will soon retrieve data from MCP servers and offer formatting options you can interact with. The Copilot "preview pane" opens Word, Excel, and PowerPoint alongside your M365 Chat results. Viva Engage introduces a way to hide your colleagues messages from your feed. What else landed this week? 0:00 Welcome 1:55 Open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - MC1225199 4:03 Microsoft Teams: Teams Live Events is retiring - MC1226495 8:17 Enhancing Model Context Protocol (MCP) based agents with rich interactive UI widgets support - MC1227627 14:00 Viva Engage: New option to hide a user's messages - MC1226225 21:11 Drawn electronic signatures with eSignature for Microsoft 365 - MC1225195 24:09 Change meeting organizer via PowerShell cmdlet in Exchange Online - MC1227623

We've been able to open M365 Copilot Chat alongside our Office apps. Now you'll be able to stay in a Copilot Chat and open email messages and PDFs from the Chat citations. Stay in Chat and check the sources - in full. 0:00 Welcome 2:04 Microsoft Teams: New Drafts quick view MC1223827 6:16 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Create and view Outlook rules - MC1223821 10:03 Open Outlook emails directly in Copilot chat - MC1223826 12:25 Open PDFs within Copilot - MC1223823 15:26 Microsoft Teams: AI workflows powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1223822 21:02 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Researcher agent output formats - MC1224569

Microsoft is expanding further on what the free Copilot Chat will cover in Outlook mailboxes. But it will complicate how to describe the difference between free, unlicensed Copilot and licensed M365 Copilot. We also discuss adding watermarks to GenAI created and altered content. Also how the new Agent Mode works in PowerPoint to make changes to your presentations. 0:00 Welcome 2:24 New features coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC1187671 6:29 Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - DLP support for Fabric warehouses - MC1219530 9:27 Agent Mode in Microsoft Copilot for PowerPoint for the web - MC1219792 17:01 Brand impersonation protection for Teams Calling - MC1219793 21:49 New policy to add watermarks to content generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365 - MC1221451

Have you ever wanted to replace one or two reaction icons in Teams meetings with some fun or seasonal custom reactions? Now you can with Teams Premium. You can leverage the People Skills services to suggest skills for E3 and E5 licensed people. Viva Engage Communities will soon appear in your list of Chats and Channels. What else is worth talking about this week? 0:00 Welcome 3:05 Branded meeting reactions in Teams Premium - MC1217644 7:50 More users will be able to create Loop workspaces - MC1217996 11:48 Retirement of Power BI Q&A - MC1218421 14:30 People Skills: AI skill inferencing expanded to E3/E5 licenses - MC1218711 24:09 Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage communities in Teams - MC1218423

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 - MC1191342 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 - MC1192258

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

Hey Copilot. Remember how I like my day planned out to leave gaps for focus time? Remember that I like my summaries concise? Do you remember that I always, always want citations? Copilot memory is getting an update. OneNote is getting sensitivity labels. And people on the receiving end of a forwarded Teams message are getting a reference link. So much getting. What are you giving in return? 0:00 Welcome 5:41 Retiring Power BI “Visualize the List” and “Visualize the Library” Features in SharePoint Online - MC1156359 11:00 Microsoft Teams: New link in forwarded messages improves context and traceability - MC1157710 13:57 Microsoft OneNote | Sensitivity labels now available on desktop, web, iOS, Android, and Mac - MC1157712 18:12 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to memory and personalization - MC1158329 24:03 Microsoft Outlook: New third-party enriched properties available for customizing profile cards - MC1158902 30:57 Microsoft 365 Copilot Researcher and Microsoft Copilot Studio: Expanding model choice - MC1158765

This episode we discuss a huge update to managing content on SharePoint site, powered by Knowledge Agent. Yes, Copilot will start to do more than help us find the words to put on a page. It will also help us organise our document libraries with metadata and use it when we ask Copilot questions. Teams Channels Agent will create summaries of conversations, file activity and even task assignments in Planner, and publish the summary as a Loop in the channel. Then ask the agent questions about the project. What other practical updates are in store for M365 Copilot? 0:00 Welcome 3:28 Introducing Knowledge Agent (preview): AI-powered content optimization for SharePoint and Copilot - MC1155312 14:19 Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent - MC1155329 23:49 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot with OneDrive files in File Explorer and Activity Center MC1155433 27:08 Microsoft 365 admin center: Prepurchase capacity packs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - MC1155434 31:57 Viva Engage: Agents in Viva Engage communities Public Preview - MC1155311