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

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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...

Join any meeting with Lync mobile, no account required.

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Lync got an update for iOS tonight, and there was one particular feature I found interesting: the ability to join any Lync meeting, even if you yourself is not a Lync user. 

Here is how it works:
Click on the meeting invite, like this one:

This will bring you to the well known meeting page. But instead of staying there, with Lync Mobile installed, Lync will launch and ask you how to connect:


You may now select to connect to the meeting as a guest (just as the website will). Enter your name, and connect to the meeting. 


Here is a short list of the other new features/fixes as well. Great work team!