Prompt directly from the Copilot button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Short VersionA new Copilot button and prompt in the top right of the window (previously floating in the bottom-right corner) lets you type or dictate a request without opening the Copilot...
Cameo in PowerPoint Live
TL;DR:With Cameo in PowerPoint Live, you will be able to integrate Teams camera feed into PowerPoint presentation and customise how and where you want to appear on slides. Due September 2022.
Details:Cameo...
Create and upload custom skills from within PowerPoint Copilot
Short VersionYou can now create new custom skills and upload existing ones directly from the Copilot experience in PowerPoint, without needing to build the OneDrive folder structure separately first. Now due...
Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams
Short version:This new release will allow you to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams, so the audience can easily follow along....
Copilot’s ‘Review this presentation’ skill in PowerPoint
4th June update. Microsoft: "This skill now supports both Anthropic model and GPT5.5 model."
Short VersionCopilot's 'Review this presentation' skill is now available in PowerPoint. It reviews your existing slides and gives...
Copilot Agent mode in PowerPoint gets updated capabilities
Short VersionAgent mode in PowerPoint gets updated, rewrite, translate, and speaker notes features. Due mid-March to late April 2026.
DetailsMicrosoft is updating Agent mode in PowerPoint, building on the changes announced in...
Copilot will create a presentation summary as you open PowerPoint
DetailsMicrosoft PowerPoint and Copilot will create an automatic presentation summary, which will help you understand the topics covered in the slide deck as you open it.
The summary will be shown proactively to readers...
Copilot in PowerPoint will soon be able to reference Excel files
Short VersionCopilot in PowerPoint users will soon be able to create presentations based on Excel files. Now due mid-July to late August 2025.
DetailsAfter this rollout, users can see Excel files when...
New features coming to (free) Copilot Chat for Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Updated 20th January, 2026: Microsoft: "The change to Copilot Chat in Outlook to expand reasoning to include a user's entire inbox, calendar, meetings, and other enterprise data is starting to roll...
New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing
Short version:When making a Live Presentation, you will soon be able to add a video feed superimposed onto the foreground of the content being shared. This feature is available for the...
Create branded presentations with Copilot in PowerPoint
Short VersionYou can now select a brand kit when using Copilot in PowerPoint to generate presentations, ensuring the slides Copilot creates automatically match your organisation's colours, fonts, and visual identity. Due...
CANCELLED: Reference an Excel file when using Copilot to create PowerPoint slides
Microsoft, 11th November 2025: "This capability has been cancelled for now. We recognize its importance and plan to reintroduce it as part of upcoming Copilot enhancements in PowerPoint at a later...
PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App
Short version:While in a Teams meeting, you will be able to present your slide presentations with one click of the Present in Teams button in PowerPoint for the web to the remote audience...
Microsoft Teams meeting presenters will be able to view chat while screen-sharing
DetailsA new Chat icon on the Teams meeting presenter toolbar will soon allow presenters to view the meeting chats while sharing their screen:
The compact view of the meeting chat will be...
Use Copilot to create a single PowerPoint slide from a file or prompt
Short VersionYou will soon be able to create individual PowerPoint slides using Copilot. Due late April to early June 2025.
DetailsWe have been able to create PowerPoint presentations using Copilot for some time...
Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Live is getting video closed captions
TL;DR:Closed captions will soon be supported for videos embedded in PowerPoint and shared in Teams (desktop and web) using PowerPoint Live. Due early to mid-March 2023.
Details:When creating a PowerPoint presentation in...
Magnify PowerPoint Live slides in Teams
TL;DR:When a slide deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees will be able to use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the...
Create interactive slides in PowerPoint with Copilot
Short VersionCopilot in PowerPoint can now create interactive slides: full-slide visuals your audience can click through to reveal steps, context and data. Start from the new Interactive Slide button on the...
Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint web are getting new home pages
TL;DRMicrosoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint web are getting new URLs and “new streamlined and efficient “ home pages. Now due late April to mid-May 2025.
DetailsThe Microsoft 365 app launcher and the...
PowerPoint Copilot ‘Create presentation from file’ is gaining support for protected and encrypted Word...
TL;DRMicrosoft PowerPoint Copilot ‘Create presentation from file’ will soon support protected or encrypted Word documents. Due early to late June 2024.
DetailsPreviously, users who wanted to make a new presentation from an...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? November 2026
*Members only early access* Welcome to our eleventh roundup of 2026. We review what was announced, released, and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot...
