Meet your new Copilot 365 assistants: Skills agent, Interpreter agent, Project agent and the facilitator

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Making your tasks easier for you: The other day I wrote about the new Skills feature coming to Microsoft 365 in the following weeks. But the Advanced tier os the new skills feature is just one of three out-of-the-box agents already in place or coming the next weeks and months (and many more in the future, I'm sure). This agents are designed to handle "everything" from simple tasks to complex multi-step processes where you choose to implement them. In this rather length post, I’ll try to break down each agent’s capabilities, why they’re useful, and how you can prepare to make the most of them. Skill Discovery (Skills Agent – Powered by People Skills) Let's start with the skills agent. In my previous post, I mentioned the release of the "skills feature" that will be released in two tiers. One basic, and one advanced. The advanced tier is driven by AI, more specific the "Skills agent". This agent is all about connecting people and expertise. The agent...

New Yammer features rolling out in May and June

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It's finally here, the new Yammer look is rolling out in May. This is a face-lift I know many of my customers and partners have been waiting for, and the preview is about to hit your tenants soon. The preview feature will not be available by default, but will require the admin to set a policy. 
Once the feature his your tenant, admins will have a new tab in the network configurations where the following options will appear:
  • Staying on the Classic Yammer
  • Enabling Preview as opt-in
  • Enabling Preview as default setting
Preview opt-in is my favorite choice, as this will allow users to control their own experience.