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...

Better lobby control in Microsoft Teams

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There is a new lobby setting coming this spring, that will guarantee only invited users are allowed to bypass the lobby. If an invited user should forward an invitation, the user who gets the forwarded invitation will have to wait in the lobby even if the original invite allowed the original user to join directly.

Users can find this option on the meeting option page of a meeting. 


This feature was announced some time back, but the release have been slightly delayed. According to the Admin Message center, we should expect this feature soon.