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Summer roundup, part 6: Governance and lifecycle management updates across Microsoft 365

Welcome to the sixth and final installment of my summer roundup series. Over the past few posts, I've covered updates related to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, security, compliance, identity, and the mobile experience. This final roundup focuses on a theme that has appeared repeatedly throughout many of Microsoft's summer announcements: governance. From managing ownership of Copilot agents and governing Copilot features to applying compliance controls to AI-generated content and introducing new lifecycle policies for OneDrive data, Microsoft continues to strengthen the governance, compliance, and lifecycle management capabilities organizations depend on. In this post, I'll highlight four updates that may not attract the same attention as new AI features but could have a significant impact on how Microsoft 365 services and content are managed over time. Multiple owners arrive for Microsoft 365 Copilot agents Microsoft is introducing support for multiple owners for Microsoft 3...

Changes coming to the Viva Insights licenses and requirements.

New Microsoft Loop workspace policy coming: Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces

Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default

Python in excel and copilot is coming soon.

Copilot for the enterprise to interpret images

Data Lifecycle Management: Separate Copilot retention policies from Teams chats

Email OTP Verification coming to Teams Meetings

Clipchamp coming to Visual Creator in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Using Copilot agents in Teams group chats for all

Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot