New Year, New Momentum: Here are three Copilot updates to get you started into 2026

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It's a new year, so I thought I'd start the year by mentioning three features already released, or soon going to be released. One of the features improves the workflow of sharing files with comments, the other improves the application specific Copilot, and the last feature makes it easer to find the nest available timeslot for a 1:1 meeting. As with all of my other posts, timelines can shift, and the timelines in this post is as written in the Message Center at the time of posting. AI-Summary experience when sharing files. With this new feature, copilot intent to help users share files with clearer context in just a few steps. Users will get the capability to generate a concise summary of a file and include it when sharing from the File Explorer share dialog or the OneDrive activity center. This will make it easier to share the context of a file and giving the receiver a faster understanding of what a document or file contains before they open it. General Availability announced...

Raise hands coming to Teams

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Raise hands is a new feature coming to Teams, and it is a really great feature to keep track of who's turn it is to speak, or a way signalling you have a question or comment to the ongoing discussion or speaker. According to road-map item 62755 it should be rolling out by the end of April, and should be hitting your tenant any time now, if it's not there already.

This feature is on by default, and all you have to do is to decide how this feature should be used in your organization and start training the users.