Smarter AI Workflows in Microsoft 365 Copilot has been announced on the roadmap: Tools, Source Control, and Agents

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Tool Selection in Copilot Chat: Making AI Features More Discoverable One of the most helpful updates in my opinion, is the introduction of the new “Tools” button in Copilot Chat. Users will soon see this button directly in the chat prompt box, offering quick access to a curated set of Copilot features such as Researcher, Analyst, Pages, and image generation.  This will hopefully help users with an easier path to the different tools at their disposal. The feature is turned on by default, with no admin configuration required. This feature is associated with Roadmap ID 497298 , and is expected to roll out in the last weeks of August. Source Control in Copilot Chat: Scoped Responses for Greater Relevance Another user-friendly enhancement coming up, is the ability to scope Copilot Chat responses to specific content sources. This feature will allow users to define exactly which documents, folders, or repositories Copilot should reference when generating responses. It’s a subtle but power...

Users of classic Teams will be moved to New Teams soon.

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Microsoft Teams has announced that it will automatically upgrade classic Teams users to new Teams after March 31, 2024. Though the upgrade will not apply to Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) users, be aware that classic Teams on VDI support will end on June 30th 2024 as well as for the regular desktop. 

If you are a classic Teams user, you will at first see banner messages encouraging you to move to the new client. If you postpone the upgrade, you will have to do the upgrade on June 30th 2024 

If you are an admin and want to control the process, take a look at the following article on how to use policies in Teams Admin center.