New Copilot Updates for Outlook Scheduling, Word Agent Mode, and PowerPoint Agent Mode

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Microsoft has announced Copilot enhancements across Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint that improve scheduling, document creation, and presentation building. Here is a summary of some of the features I think can come in handy. Be aware that timelines may change as deployments progress, some of these have already been pushed back a couple of months. All of the following features requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, and will be enabled by default for users with such a license. Automatic rescheduling of 1:1 meetings Automatic rescheduling of flexible 1:1 meetings and personal events in Outlook with Copilot, helping users resolve conflicts with minimal manual effort is coming soon. This will be in addition to the already released auto rescheduling of meeting rooms. Originally this feature was planned for mid‑November 2025 to mid‑January 2026, but is now hopefully coming between to mid‑February 2026 and the end of February 2026. A Microsoft Copilot license is required to use the capability....

A couple of favorite news about the world of Teams - Week 18

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Last week was also pretty quiet when it comes to features released in teams, but that doesn't make it a quiet week.

The roadmap for getting Skype for Business features into Teams was officially updated. Microsoft has done a great job getting a lot of features out there, and we still have a lot of good features to come the next weeks and months. To get a look at where we are right now: Roadmap - Download

If you are a user of Teams, there might be things you think do not work right. Take a look at the known issues list provided by Microsoft to see if it has already been reported: Known issues If not, you might want to submit feedback through the uservoice feature in the client (Hint: the feedback light bulb can be found at the bottom left in the Teams client windows.

And last, but not least, Microsoft but together a comprehensive walk-through of all the recent features released in teams over at the Techcommunity