New Year, New Momentum: Here are three Copilot updates to get you started into 2026

It's a new year, so I thought I'd start the year by mentioning three features already released, or soon going to be released. One of the features improves the workflow of sharing files with comments, the other improves the application specific Copilot, and the last feature makes it easer to find the nest available timeslot for a 1:1 meeting. As with all of my other posts, timelines can shift, and the timelines in this post is as written in the Message Center at the time of posting. AI-Summary experience when sharing files. With this new feature, copilot intent to help users share files with clearer context in just a few steps. Users will get the capability to generate a concise summary of a file and include it when sharing from the File Explorer share dialog or the OneDrive activity center. This will make it easier to share the context of a file and giving the receiver a faster understanding of what a document or file contains before they open it. General Availability announced...

Windows Server 2019 - Now in preview

For those of you who missed it last week, here is a link to the announcement of Windows Server 2019 Preview release: Preview post on microsoft.com

The big question for me, is of course if Skype for business Server 2019 will be supported on the Server 2019 upon release, but was not able to get a straight answer. The information available at this time is only related to Server 2016. But I am guessing that is because Server 2019 has not been available to test yet.

It took quite som time for SFBS 2015 to be officially supported on Server 2016, but the final releases of Wave 2019 are still months away, and I am hoping we will see an alignment of versions by then. After all, the client team has already made a statement that the client software will be supported on Windows Server 2019.