“Bring your AI to work” is here: Microsoft edition - What Multiple Account Access to Copilot means

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Multiple Account Access to Copilot On October 1. 2025 Microsoft released a blog post explaining how employees now can use Copilot from their personal 365 plans to work on organizational data. This is of course, an extension of the already existing "Multi account" feature that was released for corporate accounts a "couple of months" ago. In other words, “bring your own Copilot” is now a real thing in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on desktop and mobile, with enterprise protections intact. “Bring your AI to work” is an important topic, and banning AI altogether might not be the answer. Whether sanctioned or shadow, AI has already entered everyday knowledge work. Microsoft’s new multi‑account access offers a safer path where employees can use Copilot from their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions on work files, while the file’s access, auditing, and compliance still flow through the work identity and tenant. That’s better than users copy‑pasting sensit...

New calling features coming to Teams

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There are a couple of new calling features coming to Teams soon, that will close the gap between SFBO and Teams. You might want to inform users of the following new capabilities:
  • Multiple Number Dialing: If a contact have multiple numbers stored in their profile, Teams will allow the user to select a number from the chat header where they can select audio and video calls. Roadmap ID 66194. The feature should be available by the end of August
  • Call merging: Allowing users to have multiple 1:1 calls and join them into a group call. Roadmap ID 66054 This feature should also be available by the end of August, and will apply to VOIP and PSTN calls
This is certainly an improvement to the calling features, but there are still some features missing for a full parity between Teams and SFB.