New Copilot Updates for Outlook Scheduling, Word Agent Mode, and PowerPoint Agent Mode

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Microsoft has announced Copilot enhancements across Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint that improve scheduling, document creation, and presentation building. Here is a summary of some of the features I think can come in handy. Be aware that timelines may change as deployments progress, some of these have already been pushed back a couple of months. All of the following features requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, and will be enabled by default for users with such a license. Automatic rescheduling of 1:1 meetings Automatic rescheduling of flexible 1:1 meetings and personal events in Outlook with Copilot, helping users resolve conflicts with minimal manual effort is coming soon. This will be in addition to the already released auto rescheduling of meeting rooms. Originally this feature was planned for mid‑November 2025 to mid‑January 2026, but is now hopefully coming between to mid‑February 2026 and the end of February 2026. A Microsoft Copilot license is required to use the capability....

Download participant list from Teams meetings

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You will soon be able to download a participant list from within your Microsoft Teams meetings. This feature can be helpful to identify who attended a mandatory meeting, but also useful as a tool to identify users with connection problems. Multiple drops and reconnects can be a sign of network issues.
The feature is not enabled by default, and will have to be enabled by an admin with the following command: 
  • Set-CSTeamsMeetingPolicy - Identity Global - AllowEngagementReport "Enabled"
If you want to limit the availability of this feature, you will have to create a separate meeting policy, assign that policy to the users and then scope the above command to that policy.
This feature is available only from within a meeting, and should be rolling out already (early may, according to the admin message center).