Meet your new Copilot 365 assistants: Skills agent, Interpreter agent, Project agent and the facilitator

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Making your tasks easier for you: The other day I wrote about the new Skills feature coming to Microsoft 365 in the following weeks. But the Advanced tier os the new skills feature is just one of three out-of-the-box agents already in place or coming the next weeks and months (and many more in the future, I'm sure). This agents are designed to handle "everything" from simple tasks to complex multi-step processes where you choose to implement them. In this rather length post, I’ll try to break down each agent’s capabilities, why they’re useful, and how you can prepare to make the most of them. Skill Discovery (Skills Agent – Powered by People Skills) Let's start with the skills agent. In my previous post, I mentioned the release of the "skills feature" that will be released in two tiers. One basic, and one advanced. The advanced tier is driven by AI, more specific the "Skills agent". This agent is all about connecting people and expertise. The agent...

Another Lync 2013 for Android update

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Microsoft has released a new Lync 2013 update for Android (On play).

A shortlist of new Android features are as follows:
- Tablet support (excludes Tegra2 based devices)
- Add participants into an ongoing conversation (IM or Lync Meeting)
- Start an ad-hoc group conversation
- Security improvements through tightened SSL validation.

I was quick to log into play with my device, only to discover I have a unit still not supported (but yes, it might be getting a bit old by now)



For those of you (like me) who still have an unsupported version, I have once again updated my original post with the newest build available for download right here: http://tech.rundtomrundt.com/2013/04/making-lync-2013-work-on-your-android.html

I have installed it myself, and found it to be working just fine.