Want to delete your Copilot interaction history? Now you can, head to myaccount.microsoft.com
Join my next webinar on 27th February 2024 at 14:00 – 14:45 GMT: What can Microsoft Copilot do and how can I use it to drive efficiencies?
TL;DRYou can now delete your Copilot for...
Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel for ‘personal’ forms – Preview
Major update: Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel with more functionality.
TL;DRYou will soon be able to sync your own Microsoft Forms results to an Excel spreadsheet in your...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? A look at February 2024
Welcome to our second roundup of 2024. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in February.
These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin centre,...
Switch to the new Groups experience in Outlook on the web
TL;DRAn optional new Groups experience is coming to Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows. The Groups Home page is described as a place to connect, communicate, and collaborate with...
Hide the General channel in Microsoft Teams
DetailsYou can now hide the General channel in Microsoft Teams, just like any other channel. If the General channel is the only channel, hiding it will hide the team too.
AvailabilityDue mid-February...
Content from Camera on New Teams
TL;DRContent from camera on new Teams enables meeting attendees to see your whiteboards, printed documents and books etc. It will detect, crop, frame and then share the content with meeting participants....
Boring, but important changes in file open behaviour in classic Teams
TL;DRMicrosoft is making changes to the file open experience in classic Teams that will affect users in select scenarios, including Shared channels and the apps OneNote, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Due...
You will soon be able to duplicate Microsoft Teams webinars
TL;DRMicrosoft: “To simplify event creation Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability to create a new webinar by duplicating the information for an existing scheduled one…”. Due early to late March 2024.
DetailsWebinar...
New Teams is losing the ability to open the website tab in the client
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams is losing the ability to show websites inside the new Teams client when using the Website tab, these links will open in a new browser tab instead. This is...
Navigating away from Microsoft Teams Chat and Channel Copilot will no longer close Copilot
DetailsBefore this feature is released, navigating away and then returning to Chat Copilot or Channel Copilot, you would find that Copilot has closed. Copilot will now remain open when you navigate...
Microsoft makes Copilot available to individuals and businesses of all sizes
Join my next webinar on 27th February 2024 at 14:00 – 14:45 GMT: What can Microsoft Copilot do and how can I use it to drive efficiencies?.
TL;DRMicrosoft made two big Copilot announcements on...
Meeting invitation improvements are coming to Microsoft Teams
TL;DRMicrosoft is making design improvements to emphasise the most important information and improve information grouping.
DetailsChanges include:
The link for joining the meeting will be larger
A ‘Need help?’ link to the Microsoft...
Update to the sharing experience across Microsoft 365 apps
TL;DRThe file Share control across all Microsoft 365 apps in Web, Desktop and Mobile is being updated to focus on core sharing tasks: Invite and Copy link. Due late January to...
Real-time calendar notifications in the Teams activity feed
DetailsComing to the Activity feed:
Meeting invites (including channel meetings you are explicitly invited to)
Meeting updates/cancellations
Meeting forwards (if you are the organiser)
Click a calendar notification in the Activity feed to see details...
Coming to Microsoft Teams chat: an easy way to share colleague contact information
DetailsYou will soon be able to share the contact information of colleagues who are not participants in a chat. This will be an easy and accurate way of passing on someone’s...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? A look back at January 2024
Welcome to our second roundup of 2024. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in January.
These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin centre,...
New audio and video flyouts in Teams meetings
TL;DRMicrosoft is improving access to audio and video settings during Teams meetings, key controls will be just one click away in new flyouts. Now due mid-February to mid-March 2024.
DetailsDuring a meeting,...
Microsoft is killing Delve. Here are your alternatives
TL;DRMicrosoft has announced they will be retiring Delve. They have shared suggestions for finding most of the features and value Delve offers elsewhere in Microsoft 365. Retirement is due 16th December...
Microsoft Teams is getting a new channel discovery feed
TL;DRYou will soon have a personalised channel feed for posts from people and topics you engage with. Instead of going through each channel listed to catch up on what’s happening, you...
You will soon be able to archive channels in Microsoft Teams
DetailsYou will soon be able to archive Microsoft Teams channels. Here are the key points:
Owners will be able to archive channels
By default, archived channels will not appear in a team channel...