Meet your new Copilot 365 assistants: Skills agent, Interpreter agent, Project agent and the facilitator

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Making your tasks easier for you: The other day I wrote about the new Skills feature coming to Microsoft 365 in the following weeks. But the Advanced tier os the new skills feature is just one of three out-of-the-box agents already in place or coming the next weeks and months (and many more in the future, I'm sure). This agents are designed to handle "everything" from simple tasks to complex multi-step processes where you choose to implement them. In this rather length post, I’ll try to break down each agent’s capabilities, why they’re useful, and how you can prepare to make the most of them. Skill Discovery (Skills Agent – Powered by People Skills) Let's start with the skills agent. In my previous post, I mentioned the release of the "skills feature" that will be released in two tiers. One basic, and one advanced. The advanced tier is driven by AI, more specific the "Skills agent". This agent is all about connecting people and expertise. The agent...

Updates to Breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams

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Three new features for breakout rooms have been announced in the admin center recently. 

- Persistent breakout rooms assignment persists across subsequent sessions or recurring meetings.
- Reassign participants when rooms are open.
- Organizers can set timers for breakout sessions.

These features will be available by default, and might want to update training and adoption material accordingly. The current schedule for these features are to be rolled out from Mid April and forward.