Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Agents in BizChat has been available for some time already, but now there is an upcoming update to Agents. The introduction of “ custom engine agents ” in Microsoft 365 Copilot! These specialized agents can be built on any large language model (LLM), toolchain, or orchestration tool, tailored specifically for your domain or tenant workflows. Initially supported in Microsoft Teams, this feature will soon be available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat ( BizChat ).   The introduction of Custom engine agents enables your organization to create customized experiences using your own AI systems and orchestrators. You can design unique prompts, connect to any LLM, and integrate these custom agents with Microsoft 365 Copilot. After the rollout, users will be able to access these agents, provided they are enabled and deployed in the Microsoft 365 admin center under the Copilot tab.   You can read more about the feature on this page . Eligible users can create agents using Micros...

Microsoft Teams Group chat size changes

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Group chat in Teams is one of many ways to communicate with your peers. Teams is increasing the size limitation of this feature to 250 participants.
There is still a limitation on when certain features become unavailable. Some of the features with limitations are:
  • Calling (audio and Video) - Max 20 participants: Use meetings for larger groups
  • File sharing - Max 10 participants: Use OneDrive, Sharepoint or Channels in Teams for larger groups.
According to the roadmap item 63577, this should be rolling out in May. It is not possible to change any of these settings.