Copilot in Outlook: Meeting Preparation Is About to Get Smarter

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Currently, the “Prepare for meetings with Copilot” feature requires at least three participants. Starting mid-October, this is changing. Copilot will soon support all meetings, including 1:1s. The rollout will begin in mid-October and is expected to complete by November 2025 according to the message center. With this update, you’ll also see new real-time insights in the Outlook meeting event form, summarizing relevant context, tasks, documents, and other resources. Plus, you’ll be able to chat with Copilot to confirm action items or better understand meeting goals. The more context Copilot has, the better it works. Meeting series with related emails, shared documents, Teams chats, and previous Copilot transcriptions deliver the richest experience. If your organization limits Copilot to in-meeting use only and deletes content afterward, you’ll miss out on much of this value. Here is a relevant " how to " guide for users.

Creating tasks from chats or channels coming to Microsoft Teams

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Tasks, Planner and Teams is getting an even better integration, and soon all users will be able to create tasks directly from Teams. The feature will be available from chats and discussions in channels. 

To get to the feature, users need to click the three dots on a message, and select "create task" from the list of actions.

According to the messages in the Admin Center, this should be rolling out during May.

PS: The app "Tasks by Planner and To Do" will soon be renamed to just "Tasks"