Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Agents in BizChat has been available for some time already, but now there is an upcoming update to Agents. The introduction of “ custom engine agents ” in Microsoft 365 Copilot! These specialized agents can be built on any large language model (LLM), toolchain, or orchestration tool, tailored specifically for your domain or tenant workflows. Initially supported in Microsoft Teams, this feature will soon be available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat ( BizChat ).   The introduction of Custom engine agents enables your organization to create customized experiences using your own AI systems and orchestrators. You can design unique prompts, connect to any LLM, and integrate these custom agents with Microsoft 365 Copilot. After the rollout, users will be able to access these agents, provided they are enabled and deployed in the Microsoft 365 admin center under the Copilot tab.   You can read more about the feature on this page . Eligible users can create agents using Micros...

Let the organization know when to expect you in the office, And Windows Mail is going away.

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As hybrid work seems to be the new normal for a lot of employees previously always bound to the office, the challenge of finding a perfect time for a physical meeting seems to be the new headache for many of our colleagues. There is a feature in both Teams and Outlook which could make this a lot easier. This feature has been around for some time, but the experience hasn't been unified until now. Now it's possible to set your locations both from Teams and Outlook, and make changes from either application.

Personally, I have set a schedule in Outlook, and I make ad-hoc changes in either application when I have changed my schedule. This way "everybody" knows I am in the office every day from 9-5, except Thursdays when I usually work from home.

There is a good post on techcommunity I recommend going though, to understand how it works and how you can use it.


For those of you who are using the Windows 10 or Windows 11 native mail client, the native client is going away. The new client is called Outlook for Windows. This client has been in preview for Microsoft 365 subscribers for some time, but it is now also rolling out to private user accounts as well. 

You can read about the new client, and how to get started in this blog post.