365 Message Center Show #365MCS

While we have some interesting updates for SharePoint and using Copilot in Excel, we are most excited about how AI can help us keep up with messages in the M365 Message Center. Imagine being able to start a chat and ask about messages that impact you and how it might impact your organisation.

0:00 Introduction

3:01 Create and edit SharePoint pages with Copilot-powered AI - MC1282683

8:43 Create charts on pages with AI in SharePoint - MC1282567

13:11 Message center post structure updates may require admin script changes - MC1282308

17:51 Modernized Change Management for Microsoft 365 - MC1282306

29:24 Copilot entry point changes in Excel - MC1282571

Just a short episode to share some easier ways of managing views in Teams Chat and Channel sections, Teams meeting recaps without transcripts, and Microsoft Whiteboard content in Purview.

0:00 Introduction

2:20 Microsoft Whiteboard content is now viewable in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery - MC1273444

5:02 Microsoft Teams: Quick access to read items while using unread only mode - MC1274550

10:59 SharePoint Advanced Management: Delegate management of Restricted Access Control (RAC) to site admins - MC1274323

14:24 Microsoft Teams: AI meeting recap without transcript to meet compliance policies - MC1275312

Teams learns to read the sign and honour Windows Do Not Disturb. SharePoint learns a new skill in providing skills to AI. Claude and OpenAI models critique each other to get better research results.

0:00 Welcome

2:46 OneDrive: Files deleted from the cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin or Trash - MC1269861

7:10 Microsoft Teams: New experience when users minimize the meeting window - MC1266027

10:09 Auto Critique and Model Council features in Researcher (Frontier program) - MC1265765

17:54 Microsoft Teams: Honor Windows “Do not disturb” setting - MC1269215

21:36 Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills - MC1269209

27:58 Microsoft Teams: New chat sections for muted and meeting chats - MC1269864

Planner is now supported in private and shared channels. This will be ideal for simple projects involving other people in your organisation. There's also another way to recap meetings, with video. Watch the Copilot-selected highlights and decide what parts to of the full meeting you want to take a closer look at.

0:00 Welcome

02:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Federated Copilot Connectors - MC1259822

06:27 Introducing video recap for Microsoft Teams meetings - MC1261588

13:24 SharePoint Advanced Management: Site admin control for restricted content discovery - MC1259825

18:35 View and edit Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint - MC1261592

21:03 Planner tab support for Shared and Private Channels in Microsoft Teams - MC1262590

23:59 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admins will be able to enable third‑party model providers for specific users and groups - MC1263276

It's going to be easier to identify bots joining your meetings with a dedicated section singling them out. SharePoint and OneDrive agents will soon allow a list to be a source for your chats. This week we also chat about two confusing messages that announced the removal of agent capabilities in M365 apps for people without an M365 license.

0:00 Introduction

2:26 New admin control for AI‑generated code previews in Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages - MC1254560

6:15 Copilot Notebooks: New features coming to Frontier Public - MC1254552

11:00 Designer tools in Copilot - MC1256040

15:34 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Updates to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote - MC1253858

18:40 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Updates to Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC1253863

22:12 Lists as a knowledge source for agents in SharePoint and OneDrive - MC1255409

24:53 Whiteboards created in Teams channels will now be stored in SharePoint - MC1253753

27:04 Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings - MC1251206