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‑...

Teams native federation being rolled out

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This feature was announced earlier this year, but have taken some time to get implemented. This feature will give users a richer experience when chatting with users outside of the home tenant with federated functionality.

However, not all users are eligible for this feature. The official documentation has been updated with a description of how it is expected to work: Microsoft Docs

The short story is: Both users must be in a tenant set in "Teams Only" mode, and have these same settings themselves. You know this is the case when you can use features like @mentions, rich text and emojis in the chat.

According to the road-map, this feature should be well on the way to your tenants and land no later than "early December": 52394