New Year, New Momentum: Here are three Copilot updates to get you started into 2026

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It's a new year, so I thought I'd start the year by mentioning three features already released, or soon going to be released. One of the features improves the workflow of sharing files with comments, the other improves the application specific Copilot, and the last feature makes it easer to find the nest available timeslot for a 1:1 meeting. As with all of my other posts, timelines can shift, and the timelines in this post is as written in the Message Center at the time of posting. AI-Summary experience when sharing files. With this new feature, copilot intent to help users share files with clearer context in just a few steps. Users will get the capability to generate a concise summary of a file and include it when sharing from the File Explorer share dialog or the OneDrive activity center. This will make it easier to share the context of a file and giving the receiver a faster understanding of what a document or file contains before they open it. General Availability announced...

Webinar features coming to Microsoft Teams, and what you need to know as an admin

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There have been a couple of posts regarding the webinar feature coming to Microsoft Teams in the Admin center. The Registration feature is the first feature to land, and it will be default on for all. However there are certain things an admin should know about the feature, and how to control it.

Although the feature is on by default for all, the registration page will only be available for internal users of the same tenant. If a user should need to inviter users from outside the organization, a admin have to delegate a policy allowing this action.

The feature can be controlled with the new- or set-csteamsmeetingpolicy as described here. Use the AllowMeetingRegistration or/and WhoCanRegister parameter as documented.