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...

Copilot for the enterprise to interpret images

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Here is a feature that has been available in the consumer version for a while already, but now it's coming to the enterprise version of Microsoft Copilot. Starting in late December, users with an Entra account and access to public preview were given the opportunity to upload images in both Work and Web scenarios and ask questions about the image. Users can also take pictures with their mobile cameras or upload images directly from their devices.

With these enhancements, Microsoft 365 Copilot will now understand non-animated images and support major image types. Copilot will interpret the images to the best of its ability, though the quality and content of the image may affect responses. This feature will be available to all endpoints without requiring tenant-level configuration. Existing controls to limit Copilot's availability will still be honored.

Hopefully, this should be in general release by the end of March.