Two Major Admin Control Updates for Copilot and Agent Management

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At Ignite Microsoft showcased and talked about two new admin controls for Copilot and Agents. These controls drew a significant amount of attention for their potential to simplify management and strengthen governance across Copilot experiences and AI agents. These capabilities are now emerging in preview, offering administrators early access to improved insights, expanded control surfaces, and more secure operational foundations. Copilot Overview Page Refresh in Microsoft 365 Admin Center First off is the redesigned landing page for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC), giving admins an at-a-glance view of the Copilot journey across Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot. This update  centralizes critical insights and success metrics, helping organizations accelerate adoption and maintain security posture. The refreshed page introduces success metrics such as Chat active users, assisted hours for licensed users, and satisfaction rate. Each Copilot pillar now includes multi‑...

Microsoft is adding Google as an identity provider for B2B guest users

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This is strictly not a Teams feature, but it does give the advantage of inviting gmail users to your Teams Team natively.

There is no need to do any changes for those users with gmail accounts you already have invited, as they have created their personal Microsoft accounts. But if you and the google admins want to create a B2B connections, users no longer have to create those personal accounts.

The guidelines for Google B2B setup can be found here. And according to a recent message in the Admin portal in Office 365, it should already be available in preview.