Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

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...

A better Together Mode with content view is rolling out

There is a new layout for Together mode and content share rolling out to tenants. With the new layout, Together mode will be displayed under the shared content, allowing users to see both the participants in Together mode and the shared content simultaneously. The new Together mode will support raised hands, reactions, and name labels.

The new layout is available for Mac and desktop users worldwide (standard multi-tenant), GCC, GCC High, and DoD cloud instances. 

This announcement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181615. And according to the message center, it should be rolling out late January and early February.