M365 Copilot Chat has been turned off in your org. You'll need to ask IT Admin why. You might be able to convince them to turn it on without much conflict. The IT Admin might need to run a permissions report to check permissions before they turn on Copilot Chat. They might also need to Copilot-Search their calendar for the meeting where they discussed the governance of why Copilot Chat was turned off. This week's mashed-up story was brought to you by our selection of the messages. What story would you tell with these... er... prompts?   0:00 Welcome 1:54 Retirement of featured links on SharePoint Start Page - MC1197131 5:22 Chat visibility in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App - MC1197289 11:31 Calendar Search in M365 Copilot Search - MC1197144 13:46 New permissions report available in SharePoint admin center - MC1197128 18:57 Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams - MC1197146 25:31 Microsoft Purview: Role management update - MC1199765

Talk to Copilot and get it's help with triaging your email. Sounds good. You might want to find a quiet corner to try it, or a headset with active noise cancelling. Or Jed's noisy sales call might interrupt the Copilot conversation. Microsoft Planner is retiring some features to make room for some new ones. One in particular is going to finally make comments on tasks more useful. This and more on this week's show0:00 Welcome 2:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Add web links as references in Copilot Notebooks - MC11934145:52 Coming Soon - Anthropic models will be available by default in Copilot experiences - MC119329012:04 Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update - MC119342117:05 Microsoft Teams - Find SharePoint agents in Teams chats and Teams Store - MC119341523:11 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Email triage with pin, flag, archive, and mark read - MC119369531:11 Microsoft 365 - Enrich profile cards with custom properties from third-party systems - MC1193692

GPT5 automatically decides how long it should think about your request. But you can change it's...err.. mind? You'll also be able to get Copilot to list the meetings you haven't RSVP'd to and quickly respond from the Copilot chat. But take care that you have all the info for making your decision. You might want to ask Copilot for some more info about the meetings. Or just look at them in Outlook.0:00 Welcome 2:29 Message preview for channels, mentions, and reactions notifications - MC11919166:33 Microsoft Planner: Support for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) content sensitivity labels - MC11919169:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: GPT-5 Mode selector adds Auto, Instant, and Thinking modes - MC119200316:04 Interpreter agent in Teams calls - MC119161222:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: RSVP to meetings directly in Copilot chat - MC1191612

Sounds dramatic. But we're just sticking with the error code episode number theme till we can't make any further stories from them. Copilot Chat can schedule meetings and offers a new entry point in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. We'll also see a new Learning agent that surfaces training content and offers role playing lessons from LinkedIn Learning. 0:00 Welcome2:16 Organizational Messages now support Action Segments for Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC11896664:44 Organizational Messages to support email delivery - MC11896657:30 Schedule meetings directly in Copilot Chat - MC118991412:48 Updated UI for Copilot Chat entry point in Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps - MC118900016:19 Learning agent in Frontier - MC1187676

You managed to find the episode. Now search for where Copilot App Skills are re-moving in Excel. Find out how Copilot can reschdule meetings for you if you get double-booked. Find a way for Researcher and Analyst agents to connect to other agents and use them - sub-contracting!0:00 Welcome1:57 App Skills in Excel will be retired - MC11844074:31 Agent mode in Excel generally available soon (formerly part of the Frontier program) - MC11844087:19 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Configure connected agents for Researcher and other agents - MC118465414:28 Copilot can now automatically reschedule 1:1 meetings and personal events based on your preferences - MC118499922:25 Decoupling admin controls for agents on/off from Researcher and Analyst - MC1185442 26:07 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot - MC118591130:35 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) - MC1185445

In this 403 Forbidden episode we go to the polls, check our FAQs, and rate our calls. This episode is full of variety, seeing an old Microsoft Garage feature completely absorbed into Outlook, FAQs that help to keep themselves updated and correct, and a new way to rate our calls. 0:00 Welcome 2:44 Native polls integrated into New Outlook calendar compose form - MC11820038:40 SharePoint FAQ web part: AI-powered updates for easier content management and seamless import - MC118270412:23 Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address - MC118200417:13 Microsoft Viva Engage: Flexible targeting of Storyline Announcements - MC118301324:57 Microsoft Copilot Notebooks: Overview page with Copilot-powered summaries and insights - MC1182698 29:28 Rate my call feedback experience update in Microsoft Teams - MC1183608

We think we will call M365 Copilot's Researcher Agent feature the "LMCTFY". Ask Copilot to perform some research. Choose "Computer Use" mode and let Copilot control a virtual computer to carry out your research. If you don't want people to be reminded to check the AI results for accuracy, this disclaimer will be removed. But you will have the opportunity to turn it back on and customise a link to provide your own guidance about AI results. 0:00 Welcome2:38 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Add and configure tool groups to agents - MC11808735:08 App Builder agent available via Frontier starting October 28 - MC11809568:39 Microsoft Teams: File attachment control now enabled by default in external 1:1 and group chats - MC118177214:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Researcher with Computer Use - MC118172622:59 Microsoft Copilot Chat: AI disclaimer updates - MC118176628:11 Microsoft OneDrive for Business: Agents in OneDrive - MC1181765

The SharePoint document library toolbars are changing and you will want to prepare your org for where buttons have moved and how it works now. Teams adds searching for images, but it's not what you think. And Windows 11 and Copilot are getting back together, with integration means Copilot is even more helpful on your desktop. But when are these features coming to Windows 11 for businesses and enterprises? 0:00 Welcome2:06 Introducing Image Search in Microsoft Teams - MC11748587:55 Microsoft Copilot Studio: Copy an agent from the lite experience into the full experience - MC117636311:10 Updated SharePoint document library user experience - MC117915719:59 GPT-5 becomes the default Copilot model - MC117636823:45 Power Automate - Information about 'Retry with AI vision' functionality in Power Automate for desktop - MC117714126:50 How Windows 11 and AI are transforming the future of work - MC1177767

Some said it could never be done. But we have reached that day. Copilot floating buttons are arriving in OneDrive. Teams is offering an audio-only recording for meetings, and Copilot in Outlook will suggest you add an agenda -- Intelligently. Oh and Daniel and Darrell made 400 episodes!0:00 Welcome1:41 Audio-only recording now available in Microsoft Teams - MC11739267:57 Microsoft OneDrive: floating Copilot button simplifies Copilot discovery - MC117392913:13 Copilot in Outlook: Intelligent agenda suggestions for calendar events - MC117185417:31 Microsoft 365 Copilot app: AI video generation now available in Create - MC117184024:36 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Edit in Outlook from Copilot Chat - MC1173196

Access your organisational images library to get approved images for your presentations. Use Search to find settings in Teams. And where did Copilot go in Microsoft Loop, and did anyone notice it leave? 0:00 Welcome3:14 Microsoft Viva Copilot Analytics launches new agent dashboard - MC11668527:16 Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names - MC116687712:04 Microsoft Teams: Search in Settings - MC116760415:08 Microsoft Loop: Copilot experience upgrade - MC116906818:54 Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys - Create event portals with event registration details using Power Pages - MC116809625:15 Microsoft PowerPoint: Find and add company approved images with Organization Images - MC1169573

Ask Copilot Chat about Teams channel content. Specify the channel with a /. Ask about a refreshing new round of Microsoft 365 icons. Did your team discuss those in a channel some time this week? Ask about the files that were shared from Elmo's OneDrive. Now that he left the company, did they get reassigned to his manager, Bert? It's a colourful episode this week. 0:00 Welcome 3:20 Microsoft Copilot Studio: Agent ownership reassignment - MC11622917:17 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Trust Indicators – a new way of representing users outside your organization - MC116227615:29 Microsoft 365: Visual refresh of app icons - MC116377818:55 OneDrive: Simplified file transfer for departing employees - MC116438126:00 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Teams channels available in Context IQ prompts - MC1165054

Hey Copilot. Remember how I like my day planned out to leave gaps for focus time? Remember that I like my summaries concise? Do you remember that I always, always want citations? Copilot memory is getting an update. OneNote is getting sensitivity labels. And people on the receiving end of a forwarded Teams message are getting a reference link. So much getting. What are you giving in return? 0:00 Welcome 5:41 Retiring Power BI “Visualize the List” and “Visualize the Library” Features in SharePoint Online - MC1156359 11:00 Microsoft Teams: New link in forwarded messages improves context and traceability - MC1157710 13:57 Microsoft OneNote | Sensitivity labels now available on desktop, web, iOS, Android, and Mac - MC1157712 18:12 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to memory and personalization - MC1158329 24:03 Microsoft Outlook: New third-party enriched properties available for customizing profile cards - MC1158902 30:57 Microsoft 365 Copilot Researcher and Microsoft Copilot Studio: Expanding model choice - MC1158765

This episode we discuss a huge update to managing content on SharePoint site, powered by Knowledge Agent. Yes, Copilot will start to do more than help us find the words to put on a page. It will also help us organise our document libraries with metadata and use it when we ask Copilot questions. Teams Channels Agent will create summaries of conversations, file activity and even task assignments in Planner, and publish the summary as a Loop in the channel. Then ask the agent questions about the project. What other practical updates are in store for M365 Copilot? 0:00 Welcome3:28 Introducing Knowledge Agent (preview): AI-powered content optimization for SharePoint and Copilot - MC1155312 14:19 Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent - MC1155329 23:49 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot with OneDrive files in File Explorer and Activity Center MC1155433 27:08 Microsoft 365 admin center: Prepurchase capacity packs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - MC1155434 31:57 Viva Engage: Agents in Viva Engage communities Public Preview - MC1155311

In this week's short and snappy episode, Copilot Studio gets an increase in the number of files an agent can use in SharePoint and OneDrive. Office Transcriptions can be left to run all day and still not use up your quota of minutes. Lastly, admins should check that they have enabled a setting in Chromium browsers to continue to provide offline capabilities in OneDrive. 0:00 Welcome5:35 Microsoft Copilot Studio - Use up to 1,000 files per agent for SharePoint and OneDrive uploads - MC115062311:36 Teams Admin Center: Control External Access by Domain for Specific Users and Groups - MC115012314:45 Office Transcription Quota Increase for Copilot-Licensed Users - MC1150669 19:17 Action Required – Configure Browser Policy to Preserve OneDrive and SharePoint Web Performance and Offline Capability - MC1150662

Learn how Microsoft will make it easier for people to get up and running with their current settings when they shift to New Outlook. Copilot Pages and Copilot generated images will be found in a new 'Library' launched from the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Lastly, Teams chats and group chats get a Notes tab. But it's not what you think. - Microsoft Outlook: Set up classic Outlook accounts and settings in new Outlook for Windows automatically  - Rewrite with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat coming soon to Edge for Business users  - Manage agent permissions directly in Microsoft Admin Center (MAC)  - Library experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app  - Microsoft Teams: AI workflows powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot  - Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Notes in Chats   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Check out Darrell & Daniel's own YouTube channels at:  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn     

Get your SharePoint News read to you in an audio overview. Output response to your Copilot Researcher results in an old favourite format. And Engage Community Announcements get smarter at delivering to your most frequently used channels. - Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Researcher agent output controls - Microsoft Teams: Choose to hide inactive channels - Windows Backup for Organizations is now available - Microsoft Viva Engage: Smarter delivery of Community Announcement notifications  - (Updated) AI actions coming to SharePoint document libraries - Microsoft Viva: AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint news in Viva Connections     Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Check out Darrell & Daniel's own YouTube channels at:  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn   

Get your SharePoint News read to you in an audio overview. Output response to your Copilot Researcher results in an old favourite format. And Engage Community Announcements get smarter at delivering to your most frequently used channels. 0:00 Welcome 4:17 Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Researcher agent output controls - MC114327711:50 Microsoft Teams: Choose to hide inactive channels - MC114195815:11 Windows Backup for Organizations is now available - MC114249418:24 Microsoft Viva Engage: Smarter delivery of Community Announcement notifications - MC1143276 24:39 (Updated) AI actions coming to SharePoint document libraries - MC114194927:12 Microsoft Viva: AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint news in Viva Connections - MC1143997

This episode is packed with great updates. Loop pages can now be added to Teams channels as a tab. This is a simpler way to use Loop as a team without creating a whole workspace. Creating SharePoint workflows will now follow the same experience as when you create them in Teams. And soon you will be able to create SharePoint sections on pages with help from Copilot. What else will Daniel and Darrell discuss? – Outlook Mobile : Copilot Chat overlay coming to iOS and Android - Restrict new file creation in Office desktop apps to Cloud Locations - Collaborate with Microsoft Loop Pages in Teams Channels - Build SharePoint automations with Workflows—now aligned with the Teams experience - Microsoft Teams: New organizer controls for in-meeting management - SharePoint Pages: Sections with AI - Microsoft Teams Copilot without transcription becomes default for meetings - conversation history now persists     Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Check out Darrell & Daniel's own YouTube channels at:  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn   

React to a message and trigger a workflow. That might be fun if you want to dedicate a certain emoji for 'volunteering' for a task. In other news, some Gen-AI features of the M365 Copilot app Create module will be made available to unlicensed users. What else will Daniel and Darrell discuss? – Emoji Reactions Workflows in Microsoft Teams  - [Copilot Extensibility] Admins can manage ownerless Copilot agents with new lifecycle controls - Meeting Search in MS Teams Desktop - Gen AI capabilities in the Create module of Microsoft 365 Copilot app coming to all Copilot Chat users - Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance  - Streamlined file preview experience in Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iOS    Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Check out Darrell & Daniel's own YouTube channels at:  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn   

This episode is packed with great updates. Loop pages can now be added to Teams channels as a tab. This is a simpler way to use Loop as a team without creating a whole workspace. Creating SharePoint workflows will now follow the same experience as when you create them in Teams. And soon you will be able to create SharePoint sections on pages with help from Copilot. 0:00 Welcome3:19 Outlook Mobile : Copilot Chat overlay coming to iOS and Android - MC11382396:32 Restrict new file creation in Office desktop apps to Cloud Locations - MC113759311:30 Collaborate with Microsoft Loop Pages in Teams Channels - MC113879615:30 Build SharePoint automations with Workflows—now aligned with the Teams experience - MC113879824:21 Microsoft Teams: New organizer controls for in-meeting management - MC113949027:08 SharePoint Pages: Sections with AI - MC113949233:30 Microsoft Teams Copilot without transcription becomes default for meetings - conversation history now persists - MC1139493