Two Major Admin Control Updates for Copilot and Agent Management

At Ignite Microsoft showcased and talked about two new admin controls for Copilot and Agents. These controls drew a significant amount of attention for their potential to simplify management and strengthen governance across Copilot experiences and AI agents. These capabilities are now emerging in preview, offering administrators early access to improved insights, expanded control surfaces, and more secure operational foundations. Copilot Overview Page Refresh in Microsoft 365 Admin Center First off is the redesigned landing page for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC), giving admins an at-a-glance view of the Copilot journey across Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot. This update  centralizes critical insights and success metrics, helping organizations accelerate adoption and maintain security posture. The refreshed page introduces success metrics such as Chat active users, assisted hours for licensed users, and satisfaction rate. Each Copilot pillar now includes multi‑...

The "new" look for Office on the web


It's been awhile since Microsoft announced "The new look" in Office on their desktop versions (June 2021). It has been available as preview for many customers, but it will now (2023 Q3) slowly roll out to customers everywhere. It is not the biggest of changes, but there are some smaller changed to icons and layout. It's not a big change, but it's nice to see office on the web getting the same "facelift" desktop users have been accustomed to. Having the same look and feel will make it easier for office users as they often have to navigate both versions in their daily work.

Here is a little reminder as of how to toggle between "preview" and "old" feature: The new look of Office - Microsoft Support

And here is the roadmap iten to keep an eye on (they may change the schedule after this post is live): Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365