Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Navigation, Voice, and Context Enhancements Arriving Soon

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Here are three new updates to the user interface of Microsoft Copilot. These releases improve usability, expand interaction options, and streamline how users incorporate work content into prompts. All three of these features were actually announced "a long time ago", and the initial release started almost 6 months ago. But I guess the setup is complicated, as the rollout hasn't completed yet. This only proves the importance of paying attention to the official roadmap and the tenant message center in order to understand when features are being implemented for your organization. Timelines may continue to evolve as deployments progress, and this summary includes the official reference IDs and documentation links for verification. Refreshed Navigation Experience There is a redesigned navigation experience for the Microsoft 365 Copilot app heading your way, delivering a cleaner, more efficient layout. The update flattens the menu structure and groups related components to help...

Large gallery view is coming to public preview

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The much anticipated "classroom" experience with 7*7 video streams is coming in public preview soon. There might be a few things you need to train your users on:
  • It is not turned on by default for meetings
  • Users may turn it on/off at any time during a meeting
  • It requires at least 10 active video streams to be available
The large gallery view will be available behind the three dots on the control bar (...) for the active meeting. This is all according to a message in the message center recently, and in the road-map ID 65333. According to the road-map, the release of the feature has been moved to August.