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...

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

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Microsoft is improving the security of Loop workspaces by giving admins the capability to connect new workspaces into existing Microsoft 365 Groups. This change will allow end-users to choose existing groups for managing new workspaces, providing a structured environment for collaboration. While this integration supports governance, it may challenge scenarios like automatic aggregation of Teams meeting content into a Loop workspace or creating short-term project workspaces. I recommend reading the following post on how aggregating teams meeting into loop workspaces works.

If organizations have separate workflows for creating and govern Microsoft 365 groups, now would be the time to look into them and see if they need to be updated to include Loop Workspaces (or allowing to add workspaces)

This update is currently planned to be complete by the end of April 2025 but keep an eye on Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422725 for changes.