Copilot in Outlook: Meeting Preparation Is About to Get Smarter

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Currently, the “Prepare for meetings with Copilot” feature requires at least three participants. Starting mid-October, this is changing. Copilot will soon support all meetings, including 1:1s. The rollout will begin in mid-October and is expected to complete by November 2025 according to the message center. With this update, you’ll also see new real-time insights in the Outlook meeting event form, summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. Plus, you’ll be able to chat with Copilot to confirm action items or better understand meeting goals. The more context Copilot has, the better it works. Meeting series with related emails, shared documents, Teams chats, and previous Copilot transcriptions deliver the richest experience. If your organization limits Copilot to in-meeting use only and deletes content afterward, you’ll miss out on much of this value. Here is a relevant " how to " guide for users.

Welcoming a new colleague in Teams Notifications

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A new notification option will start rolling out next month. According to the news posted in the admin center, roadmap feature 57455 will be rolling out in December. It is a new way to recognize new members to Teams, but also another notification setting we need to train users to control if that's what they like. This feature will be on by default, and there are to my knowledge nothing admins have to do or consider. But update your internal documentation and training if you have them.
You will find these settings under the usual notifications section in Teams settings, and your options are as "usual" "Banner and feed", "Show only in feed" and "off".