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...

Contextual Search coming to Teams

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I am probably not the one working in an organization where searching for items in Teams sometimes feels like a full time job. There are a lot of folders, an Microsoft is probably working on improving the search experience.

One of the improvements have just been announced ready for shipping: Contextual search, also known as "CTRL+F" for users of Windows. Once the feature becomes available, users will be able to search only in a chat or a specific channel using ctrl+f

This feature should be rolling out soon, and be completed by the end of July. Once again, the roadmap item 64017 doesn't reveal much. But make sure to let your users know when the feature is activated in your tenant. I am sure they will find it useful.