New Copilot Updates for Outlook Scheduling, Word Agent Mode, and PowerPoint Agent Mode

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Microsoft has announced Copilot enhancements across Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint that improve scheduling, document creation, and presentation building. Here is a summary of some of the features I think can come in handy. Be aware that timelines may change as deployments progress, some of these have already been pushed back a couple of months. All of the following features requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, and will be enabled by default for users with such a license. Automatic rescheduling of 1:1 meetings Automatic rescheduling of flexible 1:1 meetings and personal events in Outlook with Copilot, helping users resolve conflicts with minimal manual effort is coming soon. This will be in addition to the already released auto rescheduling of meeting rooms. Originally this feature was planned for mid‑November 2025 to mid‑January 2026, but is now hopefully coming between to mid‑February 2026 and the end of February 2026. A Microsoft Copilot license is required to use the capability....

get-userandpolicy V1.1 released

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I just updated my get-userandpolicy script at the Technet Gallery (here)

This version of the script can edit the assigned policy of multiple users with a few simple clicks.

Here is an example of how I edited my own voice policy in our demo system:

First I run the .\get-userandpolicy.ps1 -changepolicy -voice policy:


Next, i am presented with a gridview of all my voice enabled users, and I selected two of them:


After selecting my users, I press ok. Next I am presented with a new gridview. This time with all my policies:


I selected the policy I wanted to switch to, and pressed ok. Then, watch the verbose output:


In the end, I ran the script again, but with the -listuser switch, to verify the change was executed:


Hope you find my script ant tool useful. Please let me know if you find any bugs or have any suggestions on improvements.