Four Microsoft 365 Copilot Features That Will Make Your Workflow Easier

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Microsoft has announced four Copilot updates, some already live or in preview, others rolling out soon, that are designed to simplify tasks, improve control, and boost productivity. These enhancements include smarter content referencing, flexible reasoning modes, customizable response scoping, and integrated meeting scheduling. Timelines may change, so keep an eye on official updates.  Copilot Chat Enhancements: Reference Files and Emails Easily Copilot Chat for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is being enhanced by introducing quick access to emails directly in prompts. By typing “/” in the prompt box, users can search and reference relevant content without manual uploads, improving prompt quality and Copilot responses. Suggested prompts beneath the input box will also include relevant files or emails for faster starts. This capability will surely reduce friction and ensure responses are grounded in the right context (Also now known as ContextIQ). This update is associate...

Synchronization from h***

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I recently acquired a HTC Touch phone, with windows mobile. Lucky me, I thought. Now I can sync users and more across pc’s, Windows Live and my account on the exchange server. If only I can find the “avoid duplicates” setting on the sync -tool. I did, and initiated sync with Exchange.

So far, so good. Then I initiated sync with Windows Live… WooooHaa?!? What happened? Almost every contact got duplicated, and I could not tell which contact was from which source. Trying to delete one contact in one system sometimes removed a duplicate, and sometimes didn’t. I also ended up with some contacts in Exchange, not present in WL and vice versa. What a mess!

I ended up with deleting every contact, everywhere. Then fetching my Google contacts and importing them to exchange (It turned out WL contacts are not synchronized to exchange through the HTC, and they use different fields to identify weather a user is a duplicate or not).
Lesson learned:

1. Always have a good backup (I am glad I had mine in place. Recreating 200+ contacts is no small deal)
2. Be careful to initiate replication across platforms. Make sure you understand the limitations and restrictions of the software you use.