The second most common phrase said on a Teams meeting is "Can you hear me now." Do you know the most common phrase? "You're muted." Well Microsoft Teams will soon introduce a new way to indicate that your mic is working. If the meeting can hear you, then you will be included in the meeting transcript and recording, and... more
Get help from Copilot to create a video using stock footage. Edit the video in Clipchamp and mix with your own video clips. We also celebrate the 365 Message Center Show community on this 365th episode with some words from our frequent listeners and watchers. Thank you so much for continuing to see our show as a source... more
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has launched again. Now with Pay As You Go options clarified. This weeks' message points us to admin controls for setting up PAYG, controlling access to Agents, setting up billing and limits, and more. Learn about the 4 types of prompts, messages sent to Copilot Chat, and how much they will c... more
We can confirm now that Microsoft will make Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available to use for organisational accounts without an M365 Copilot license. It will use a Pay As You Go model, just like Syntex. But the details are not complete. How much is it? Is it the whole M365 Copilot experience? How do we limit access to ... more
The story continues to develop about accessing Microsoft 365 Copilot and making it available to all users with an Entra ID. Copilot Agents will be available to use within Teams group chats, whether you are licensed with M365 Copilot or not. While the message doesn't say so, we think it is another use of metered (pay as... more
What a way to finish the year. Prepare your people to think of Microsoft 365 now as Microsoft 365 Copilot. Your entry point to the productivity platform starts with Chat. BizChat. Copilot Agents. Daniel and Darrell try to catch up with 3 weeks of messages and perhaps one of the most significant changes that tries to r... more
Everyone can benefit from using SharePoint Agents, during a new promotion. Find out about the 10,000 queries a month. Outlook notifications will roll up into batches, much like threads. What else arrived in the Message Center this week? Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live... more
Switch on a Copilot meeting facilitator in and have it take notes with you, live. Get help with creating pages using templated Copilot prompts, page templates, and your own files. Daniel and Darrell both tried out the Teams Avatar creation process with photos. What other messages made the cut for the show this week? ... more
Use Question posts and their answers in Viva Engage as a Copilot source. Microsoft Loop will connect new workspaces to existing Microsoft 365 Groups. There were a lot of messages we cut from the list this week. Enjoy our picks. Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience... more
There were a few things that puzzled Daniel and Darrell this week. What are pinned Favorites in New Outlook? Why would New Outlook be turned on by default? What does 'erstwhile' mean and why is this word being used in a Message Center message? Watch this week's episode and find out. Daniel and Darrell now share their... more
Save your favorite prompts, whether they are suggested, or you created them, into Copilot Labs library. Share them with your teammates using M365 Copilot at work. Daniel and Darrell also mention the new Teams chats and channels combined experience and decide the topic needs its own special episode. Daniel and Darrell... more
Ground your Copilot conversation using an agent targeted to a SharePoint document library. It will be easier to make sure the library's files are a reliable and secure source of information for Copilot. While you are at it, take the time to record pronunciation of your name on your profile card, so team members know ho... more
Page summarisation returns to Microsoft Copilot in Edge after getting a few security issues sorted. Approvals will be able to be added to any document library and managed by the Approvals app in Teams. Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot are now Generally Available. Another action-packed episode, gearing up for announcemen... more
Scheduling meetings is becoming a more consistent experience across Teams and New Outlook. The new Teams Calendar will inherit Outlook on the Web capabilities. And SharePoint Design Ideas is available now, beginning with text, banner and image web parts in sections. What else does this week bring? Daniel and Darrell ... more
Microsoft Places will be Generally Available soon. In this episode we talk about it being available as a core experience across most M365 / O365 subscriptions. There's also a couple of updates to New Outlook to edge closer to the Classic Outlook experience. We say goodbye to Delve and hello to a couple of new cloud.mic... more
Let your teammates know you are working in the office and which building you're in. Drag one of their emails onto your calendar to schedule a meeting to catch up in-person. If you have followed any topics of interest on Engage, check your notifications for updates. Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Cente... more
Collaborate with team members on Copilot content. Compose messages in Outlook with a larger Copilot prompt editor and more suggested prompts. But what's this? Something Copiloty is being removed from Windows? Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live str... more
Microsoft Planner for the Web catches up with the Planner app in Teams. But some features will be late and some, lost. OneDrive warns about deletion of shared files. Teams now lets admins block a user from chatting with anyone in your organisation. Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting... more
If you have been active in Microsoft Teams meetings, chats, Outlook emails and Microsoft Office documents over the past 30 days, you might be suggested as a candidate for Microsoft 365 Copilot 😆. Do you meet that criteria? Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Jo... more
The Brand Center is out of Preview. Get started with them creation and uploading custom fonts. Then protect your meetings from uninvited AI notetakers with CAPTCHA. Lastly, copy and paste reference to a Teams chat without the metadata. Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live ... more
Viva Amplify had a lot to share this week. Improvements to metrics, in service of improved campaign goal setting. Copilot in Word is going to auto-summarise your documents each time you open them. Microsoft Graph Connector increases it's indexed item limit to 50 million external items. Daniel and Darrell now share th... more
Get help from Copilot in Outlook to write your meeting invite summary an agenda, based on the conversation thread in email. Viva Connections has released a new dashboard card to provide up to 20 Quick links. MFA is going to be enabled for admin accounts in Entra, Azure and Intune admin portals. Let's talk about that. ... more
Set up breakout rooms for your Teams meetings and let your attendees choose which room to join. This opens up lots of possibilities for small group activities. Teams meeting Intelligent Recaps will notify you when they are ready to review the AI notes. Copilot features are being retired in Edge on desktop and mobile. B... more
Now we're talking! Ask M365 Copilot for images. Get org assets as suggestions. Leverage your approved images via Copilot. Vote on questions in Teams Q&A, and Viva Connections feed web part is to be retired. Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stre... more
OneDrives that have had their license removed for over 90 days will soon have their storage moved to Microsoft 365 Archive. Daniel is trying to figure out how much this is all going to cost. Also, Undo and redo while you build cloud flows in the designer. Plus Copilot in Teams will use meeting chat as a source. That's ... more