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...

Here are three copilot updates coming our way, and this is what to make of them

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Changes aimed at streamline workflows:

As Microsoft continues to evolve its AI-powered productivity suite, three significant updates are rolling out across Microsoft 365 in June and July 2025. These changes are designed to streamline workflows, enhance research capabilities, and bring generative AI closer to users in their daily apps.

Here is my summary of the three updates, and what you might want to be aware of.

Access SharePoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app

Some time ago, Microsoft introduced SharePoint Agents. These agents are integrated into the navigation, and users have to navigate to that specific site in order to access the agent. With this upcoming change, these agents can become available directly from the 365 Copilot App along other "recently used" agents list. This change will significantly reduce context-switching for users who rely on these agents for their daily tasks. Expect this rollout at the end of July.

Researcher Agent Integrated into Copilot Notebooks

The recently released Researcher Agent, already a powerful tool in Copilot Chat, is now going to be embedded directly into Copilot Notebooks. This integration allows users to conduct complex, multi-step research across enterprise data sources without leaving the Notebook environment. If you have not familiarized yourself with your personal Notebook, now is the time. It is a nice "hub" to add documents and URLS and to ask Copilot about your data. And in the near future, this also includes the Researcher capabilities without context switching. This update should also be available by late July

Copilot Chat Expands to Core Microsoft 365 Apps

One of the confusing elements of Copilot for users, has been to understand what copilot is and where to go to get the expected results. Copilot i Microsoft 365 apps has been a selling point all along, but in reality, the copilot within the apps could only work with the data in the open document. This is about to change, and copilot for Word will become Copilot in word with the new changes. In an upcoming update, the Copilot 365 Chat app will become available right within the 365 apps. Bringing features and functionalities we all have been waiting for. 
In order to always have the Copilot 365 chat available, users can select "Open chat pain automatically when I'm in word" from the Word settings (and similar settings in the other applications. 
This update should be rolling out by August.

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