Copilot: Self-Service Purchase coming soon

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According to the message center Microsoft will roll out the new license request feature and self-service purchase option for Microsoft 365 Copilot by the end of March. These features will be available to users with various Microsoft 365 plans, including E1, E3, E5, and standalone products. Both features will be integrated within Microsoft 365 apps, such as Copilot Chat. The License Request feature I find quite beneficial, as it empowers end-users to justify their usage and request access. At least as long as the organization is already rolling out Copilot to their employees. However, the Self-Service Purchase option may raise concerns for organizations that are not yet prepared to deploy Copilot. It is advisable for all organizations to review their self-purchase settings and make decisions to allow or deny access based on their readiness state. License Request: This feature allows users to request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license directly from their admin. It helps efficiently assign ...

Pinned apps coming to the Teams Mobile client

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Soon you will be able to get to your pinned personal apps even from the mobile client. This makes the client even richer, and is in my opinion, a great step in the right direction for  the "mobile only" end-users. 

This new feature affects your company's LOB applications, 3rd party applications and even private applications the end-user creates themselves. It doesn't look like the client supports adding new apps from the store, but as an admin this is controlled through policies

The roll-out of this feature started at the end of May, and should soon be available to tenants according to a post in the Admin message message center.