Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Agents in BizChat has been available for some time already, but now there is an upcoming update to Agents. The introduction of “ custom engine agents ” in Microsoft 365 Copilot! These specialized agents can be built on any large language model (LLM), toolchain, or orchestration tool, tailored specifically for your domain or tenant workflows. Initially supported in Microsoft Teams, this feature will soon be available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat ( BizChat ).   The introduction of Custom engine agents enables your organization to create customized experiences using your own AI systems and orchestrators. You can design unique prompts, connect to any LLM, and integrate these custom agents with Microsoft 365 Copilot. After the rollout, users will be able to access these agents, provided they are enabled and deployed in the Microsoft 365 admin center under the Copilot tab.   You can read more about the feature on this page . Eligible users can create agents using Micros...

Cross posting in multiple channels

Here is another feature that has been in the works for a while, and I know a lot of customers who have been waiting for this: Cross porting of messages in multiple channels in multiple teams.

It easy to use, and accessed through the "rich text" button on the bottom left when you create a new message. Then select your channels in the "select channels" button.

Be aware though, once these are posted, there is for now no way to see which channels you have posted the message in, and there is no aggregated view of all the comments in the different channels, they have to be monitored individually for now.

This is the M365 roadmap ID 52393 and should reach all tenants by the end of this month.