New Year, New Momentum: Here are three Copilot updates to get you started into 2026

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It's a new year, so I thought I'd start the year by mentioning three features already released, or soon going to be released. One of the features improves the workflow of sharing files with comments, the other improves the application specific Copilot, and the last feature makes it easer to find the nest available timeslot for a 1:1 meeting. As with all of my other posts, timelines can shift, and the timelines in this post is as written in the Message Center at the time of posting. AI-Summary experience when sharing files. With this new feature, copilot intent to help users share files with clearer context in just a few steps. Users will get the capability to generate a concise summary of a file and include it when sharing from the File Explorer share dialog or the OneDrive activity center. This will make it easier to share the context of a file and giving the receiver a faster understanding of what a document or file contains before they open it. General Availability announced...

Best practice configurations dashboard in Teams

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For me, this is a tale as old as time, at least as long as I have been working with real-time media. Large organizations typically have complex networks with switches, routers, and firewalls. These networks can be challenging to troubleshoot when issues arise.

There are various reasons for failures, and sometimes resolving one issue leads to the emergence of another. Microsoft aims to help administrators in understanding these issues better by collecting end-user diagnostics and presenting them in a new tool called the "Best Practice Configuration Dashboard."

In my opinion, this tool will not solve all your problems, and you will still need to identify where in the network the issues may lie. However, it will provide a better understanding of some of the most basic issues. The Dashboard currently offers insights into client versioning (suggesting updates), explains which ports are being blocked for end-users (causing failures or reduced quality and functionality), and detects if VPNs are in use, suggesting split tunneling where appropriate.

This feature is mentioned in Roadmap ID 421185 and is expected to roll out at the end of this month and onward.