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 Teams "Read receipts" in private chats rolling out

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The feature was announced this spring, and I saw a couple of posts on it over the summer. But I never saw it in production. last week however, admins were notified through the O365 portal that the feature is now being rolled out, and should be completed by the end of this month (Link).


 I would advice all admins to read this post on Message policy settings, and consider the options for this new features: "User controlled", "On for everyone" or "Off for everyone"