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

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...

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With over 25 years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, Lasse Nordvik Wedø is a Director at Cyber & Security KPMG Norge. His expertise includes Microsoft 365 Copilot, modern work, user adoption, unified communication, collaboration, identity and access management, device management, cybersecurity and general artificial intelligence. He currently helps customers preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot and modern work, ensuring they stay secure and maximize their potential within their organizations.

Lasse is also an M365 Apps & Services MVP within Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, a prestigious recognition from Microsoft for his technical expertise and community contributions. He has received 11 awards since 2015, and co-authored the book “Lync Server Cookbook” from Packt Publishing. He is an international speaker, author, blogger, and a co-organizer of several events and communities related to Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft cloud technologies. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and insights with peers and customers, and driving innovation and excellence in the IT industry.

Contributor to communities:
Co-organizer of MVP-Dagen: https://mvpdagen.no
Co-organizer of Norwegian Office 365 Community Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/NSC-Oslo/
Co-organizer of Bergen Microsoft Community: https://bergenmicrosoftcommunity.one/

Publications:
- Author of "Microsoft 365 Copilot: From Confusion to Clarity" on Amazon Kindle (2025)
 - Contributor to "Lync Server 2013 Cookbook" by Packt Publishing: (Dec 2014)
- Author of MVP Technical Tuesday article: "Automating the collection of CQM data"

Speaker:
- MS Ignite 2018: THR2039 Is voice in the cloud right for you?
- MS Ignite 2016: Configure Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition with your SBC
- Trio brukerforum 2016: Skype for Business; Past, Present and Future
NIC 5th edition: Unified Communications – Unplugged
- MS Ignite 2014: Managing Backup and Restore in Skype for Business (coming soon)
- Breakfast seminar March 2014: Goodbye Lync, Hello Skype for Business
- Lyncday 2014: Lync 2013 backup and restore
- Teched 2014: Managing Microsoft Lync 2013 backup and restore

Awards:
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2025)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2024)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2023)
- M365 Apps & Services MVP (July 2022)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2021)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2020)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2019)
- Office Apps and Services MVP (July 2018)
- Office Servers and Services MVP (July 2017)
- Office Servers and Services MVP (April 2016)
- Skype for Business MVP (April 2015) - Renamed Office Servers and Services MVP
- Microsoft Community Contributor (2011)