Smarter AI Workflows in Microsoft 365 Copilot has been announced on the roadmap: Tools, Source Control, and Agents

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Tool Selection in Copilot Chat: Making AI Features More Discoverable One of the most helpful updates in my opinion, is the introduction of the new “Tools” button in Copilot Chat. Users will soon see this button directly in the chat prompt box, offering quick access to a curated set of Copilot features such as Researcher, Analyst, Pages, and image generation.  This will hopefully help users with an easier path to the different tools at their disposal. The feature is turned on by default, with no admin configuration required. This feature is associated with Roadmap ID 497298 , and is expected to roll out in the last weeks of August. Source Control in Copilot Chat: Scoped Responses for Greater Relevance Another user-friendly enhancement coming up, is the ability to scope Copilot Chat responses to specific content sources. This feature will allow users to define exactly which documents, folders, or repositories Copilot should reference when generating responses. It’s a subtle but power...

From the world of Teams in February

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We are mid-February and only two weeks away from my previous update, and already my list of things to mention is growing to big to wait for a monthly update. Here is a couple of important highlights from the past two weeks:

Administration and training:
The Teams Team have updated the documentation on Teams (here)
Take a look at the "Skill Enablement" series, The Foundation track has been updated (here)

Feature releases:
Anynode now certified for Direct Routing (here)
Administration of Auto Attendant and Call Queue is coming to the admin center (roadmap)
Discover easier sign-in process, released in the January updates to desktop client (here)
Teams will become a part of the Office ProPluss installation (roadmap)

Blogs of interest:
Here is a post on all the latest calling and meeting features (here)
If you are looking for the highlights from the past month or os, Take a look at Microsoft's own "February Round UP! (here)
A Teams Team size has been increased from 2500 to 5000 (uservoice)
Have you heard about "Supervision"? Read this post, and learn how you can meet regulatory requirements and more (techcommunity)
Teams Devices based on Android 5.x and higher can enroll in Intune (here)

Upcoming events:
Join the Microsoft Teams Team for a Government AMA (AMA) February 19th 9-10 AM ET

Skype for Business:
2015 Client February update (here)
2016 Client February update (here)

Other:
Not strictly related to Teams or SFB. But I have a lot of customers using voicemail, and it can be important to know what's happening with "Unified Messaging Online" (here)