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...
Customise folder icon colours in new Outlook and web
TL;DRNew Outlook and Outlook web will soon allow you to customise folder icon colours. Due late March 2025.
DetailsTo change the colour of a folder...
Teams is getting a new microphone volume indicator
TL;DRMicrosoft hopes to end the “Can you hear me?” question in Teams meetings with a new microphone volume indicator. Now due mid to late April...
Teams meeting chat to show who owns the meeting recording
DetailsMicrosoft Teams meeting chat will soon explicitly state who owns the meeting recording. Usually, this will be the meeting organiser for non-Channel meeting recordings,...
Copilot to offer a “Continue to Outlook” option to schedule your...
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Business Chat to offer a Continue to Outlook option in Chat to set up a meeting in Outlook. Now due early to...
SharePoint gets a new accessibility assistant tool for authoring pages
TL;DRSharePoint is getting an Accessibility assistant tool to help you create accessible content in selected web parts. Due early to mid-February 2025.
DetailsA new Accessibility assistant provides...
The SharePoint Hero web part gets a new carousel layout
TL;DRThe SharePoint Hero web part gets a new carousel layout and other tweaks. Due mid to late January 2025.
DetailsMicrosoft is introducing a new Carousel...
Ground your M365 Copilot BizChat prompts in third-party data
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Copilot Biz Chat will soon allow you to ground prompts in third-party data from Microsoft Graph Connectors. Now due late March to...
Prepare for your meeting with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Outlook
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Copilot in Outlook will soon help you prepare for upcoming meetings by summarising key information such as the purpose, action items, pre-reads...
Use Copilot to create meeting notes (and more) directly on a...
TL;DRA new Take notes with Copilot feature is coming to OneNote, allowing you to create meeting notes directly on a OneNote page. Due mid-January to...
Edit your display name in Microsoft Teams meetings
TL;DRYou will soon be able to change your display name in Teams meetings if your organisation activates this feature. Now due early to mid-April...
Everyone can use Copilot agents in Microsoft Teams group chats
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams group chat members will soon be able to add and use Microsoft 365 Copilot agents in those group chats…even people who do...
SharePoint pages get flexible sections
TL;DRSharePoint editors will soon see a new option called 'Flexible' when adding a section to a page. Drag and drop web parts anywhere on...
Ground your M365 Copilot prompts in SharePoint and OneDrive
TL;DRWhen writing Copilot prompts in the chat box, you will soon be able to point your prompts (ground) at specific SharePoint/OneDrive folders and SharePoint...
Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels in Microsoft Teams
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams will soon allow you to add a Loop workspace tab to a standard channel. Now due early to late April 2025.
DetailsMicrosoft says...
How you add tabs to Microsoft Teams channels changed for a...
TL;DRThe way you add tabs to Microsoft Teams channels changed for a while in early release; the Add a tab + option has been...
Microsoft SharePoint gets a new ‘Editorial card’ web part
TL;DRSharePoint is getting a new web part for Pages and New posts called the Editorial card that allows you to tailor the presented content to...
Updates to free Microsoft Copilot at work
TL;DRMicrosoft Copilot will be renamed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, along with other changes. Due mid-January 2025.
DetailsThis update is for Microsoft Copilot at work, Microsoft’s...
The Microsoft 365 app is now the Microsoft 365 Copilot app
TL;DRThe Microsoft 365 app will be renamed the Microsoft 365 Copilot app along with other changes. Due mid-January 2025.
DetailsThe following changes are coming to the Microsoft...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? January 2025
Welcome to our first roundup of 2025. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in January.
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What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? March 2025
Welcome to our third roundup of 2025. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in March.
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