Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Navigation, Voice, and Context Enhancements Arriving Soon

Here are three new updates to the user interface of Microsoft Copilot. These releases improve usability, expand interaction options, and streamline how users incorporate work content into prompts. All three of these features were actually announced "a long time ago", and the initial release started almost 6 months ago. But I guess the setup is complicated, as the rollout hasn't completed yet. This only proves the importance of paying attention to the official roadmap and the tenant message center in order to understand when features are being implemented for your organization. Timelines may continue to evolve as deployments progress, and this summary includes the official reference IDs and documentation links for verification. Refreshed Navigation Experience There is a redesigned navigation experience for the Microsoft 365 Copilot app heading your way, delivering a cleaner, more efficient layout. The update flattens the menu structure and groups related components to help...

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With over 25 years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, Lasse Nordvik Wedø is a Director at Cyber & Security KPMG Norge. His expertise includes Microsoft 365 Copilot, modern work, user adoption, unified communication, collaboration, identity and access management, device management, cybersecurity and general artificial intelligence. He currently helps customers preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot and modern work, ensuring they stay secure and maximize their potential within their organizations.

Lasse is also an M365 Apps & Services MVP within Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, a prestigious recognition from Microsoft for his technical expertise and community contributions. He has received 11 awards since 2015, and co-authored the book “Lync Server Cookbook” from Packt Publishing. He is an international speaker, author, blogger, and a co-organizer of several events and communities related to Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft cloud technologies. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and insights with peers and customers, and driving innovation and excellence in the IT industry.

Contributor to communities:
Co-organizer of MVP-Dagen: https://mvpdagen.no
Co-organizer of Norwegian Office 365 Community Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/NSC-Oslo/
Co-organizer of Bergen Microsoft Community: https://bergenmicrosoftcommunity.one/

Publications:
- Author of "Microsoft 365 Copilot: From Confusion to Clarity" on Amazon Kindle (2025)
 - Contributor to "Lync Server 2013 Cookbook" by Packt Publishing: (Dec 2014)
- Author of MVP Technical Tuesday article: "Automating the collection of CQM data"

Speaker:
- MS Ignite 2018: THR2039 Is voice in the cloud right for you?
- MS Ignite 2016: Configure Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition with your SBC
- Trio brukerforum 2016: Skype for Business; Past, Present and Future
NIC 5th edition: Unified Communications – Unplugged
- MS Ignite 2014: Managing Backup and Restore in Skype for Business (coming soon)
- Breakfast seminar March 2014: Goodbye Lync, Hello Skype for Business
- Lyncday 2014: Lync 2013 backup and restore
- Teched 2014: Managing Microsoft Lync 2013 backup and restore

Awards:
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2025)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2024)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2023)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2022)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2021)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2020)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2019)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2018)
- Office Servers and Services MVP (July 2017)
- Office Servers and Services MVP (April 2016)
- Skype for Business MVP (April 2015) - Renamed Office Servers and Services MVP
- Microsoft Community Contributor (2011)