Microsoft is unlocking the "Full Potential" of Private Channels in Microsoft Teams: What You Need to Know

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It has been a while since I posted something just about a Microsoft Teams update, as a lot have been Copilot in Teams to be honest. But here is a real Microsoft Teams update I think is worth knowing about, and it involves Security and Compliance as well. Microsoft is rolling out a "major" update to private channels in Teams, starting in late September 2025 and continuing through mid-December. This biggest change in this update is a shift in how private channel data is stored from individual user mailboxes to a dedicated channel mailbox. Not only will this simplifie compliance management, it will also and align private channels with shared channels, making governance and experience more consistent across Teams. This update promises to increase the support up to 1000 channels per team and 5000 members per channel, removing previous limitations. Teams will also allow meetings to be scheduled directly within private channels, enhancing collaboration.  For organizations using Micr...

Copilot Pages: A New way of sharing and interacting with your data generated with Copilot

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Back in November 2024, Microsoft Copilot users signed in with an Entra account started getting the new feature called Copilot Pages. Copilot Pages offers a dynamic, persistent canvas within Copilot chat, designed to enhance multi-player collaboration.

With Copilot Pages, you can share and improve the responses you get from Copilot. This feature is great start on evolving Copilot from an individual tool to a collaborative experience.

You can easily return to a page by clicking the link in chat or the Open Page icon at the top of the associated Copilot session. Additionally, all your pages are accessible in the Pages module on Microsoft365.com, where you can continue to collaborate with others. Created pages are stored in a user-owned SharePoint Embedded container, which is managed with the user account and deleted when the account is removed.

The feature was turned on by default, but there are ways for IT administrators to manage it. The full details are available on Microsoft Learn, but here is a brief description for your convenience:

Steps to Manage Copilot Pages:

  • Sign in to https://config.office.com with your admin credentials.
  • Navigate to Customization and select Policy Management.
  • Create or edit a policy configuration.
  • Choose the scope (All users or specific groups).
  • Configure Settings:
    • Enabled: Copilot chat experience is available.
    • Disabled: Copilot chat experience isn't available.
    • Not configured: Copilot chat experience is available.
  • Save the policy configuration.
  • Reassign priority for any security group if required.

Changes to policy configurations may take up to 90 minutes to reflect if there were existing policies, or up to 24 hours if there were no prior configurations.