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...

A couple of favorite news about the world of Teams - Week 23

It's been almost two weeks since my previous post, and it's no accident. Week 22 was probably the first week in a long time without any notable updates or releases. Truth be told, there has not been to many updates this past weeks either, but enough to write a few words.

Microsoft has published a blog post on the Techcommunity site called "June Roundup", and this is a great post going through a lot of the updates previously mentioned here, and a few other tips on how to get the most out of Teams.

On the Skype for Business side of things, there has been a couple of client updates recently:

Teams for educational purposes is also gaining momentum, and here is a 1-year-celebration post on past, present and the future: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2018/06/microsoft-teams-education-collaborative-learning/