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.

Lock a Microsoft Teams Meeting

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Another security feature is coming to Microsoft Teams meetings. Coming this May is the capability for an organizer to lock a meeting in progress. 

If an organizer chooses to lock the meeting, no one will be able to enter the meeting after the lock has been set.

It would be advisable to train users on how to control their meetings with all of the recent feature enhancements. Especially highlight the powers an "organizer" has, and the importance of controlling this role, to avoid unnecessary disruption be "rouge" organizers.