365 Message Center Show

Listen to your meeting as an audio overview. Summarise email attachments before opening them to read. In the right hands, these will be useful tools. But how will you know the summaries pick up all the important details? Listen or watch this episode to learn more about these Message Center messages.  - Microsoft Edge for Business: New PDF viewer powered by Adobe engine now available for testing in Edge Beta  - Power Automate - Fix save errors in your cloud or agent flow with Copilot  - Teams Meeting Audio Overview   - SharePoint Alerts retirement  - Microsoft Outlook: Summarize email attachments with Copilot  - Microsoft 365 admin center: Onboard SharePoint agents as a Pay-as-you-go scenario  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 giving notes of templates and orange peel. Yes, this episode has three messages that involve templates in three different M365 experiences. SharePoint page templates page gets revamped. PowerPoint offers Copilot as a slide deck template. Teams will let you create your own meeting templates.  Thanks for joining us. Let us know what your picks were for the week.  - Microsoft Project for the web and Project in Teams will retire and redirect to Planner for the web and Planner in Teams  - Microsoft Edge: New location for Edge profile in the toolbar  - Microsoft Teams: Send messages to attendees in the meeting lobby with Lobby chat  - Modern SharePoint: New Template gallery and 50+ out-of-the-box page templates  - Microsoft Teams Premium: New personal meeting templates  - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows: Create a presentation with Microsoft Copilot from the PowerPoint Backstage view  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   

If you haven't heard by now, Copilot agents are going to be a big thing in Microsoft 365. Without the right admin tools, they are the next service to sprawl and get out of control. The Admin Center will soon have a new page and reports to show what agents are being used, where, and who added them. Also, with Classic / New switch for Outlook will let you choose to open in Classic, while keeping New open.  - Dynamics and Business Apps Wave 1 commentary - Microsoft 365 Copilot: Image Generation Usage Limit for Users without a Copilot License  - Microsoft 365 admin center: Copilot extensibility - Agents and connectors  - Microsoft Outlook: Updated behavior for switching back from new Outlook to classic Outlook for Windows  - Live captions copying disabled for Teams meetings  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   

Oooh. So that's why Microsoft renamed Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 Copilot. It was the app all along. Wave 2 announcements reveal that the home page, the starting point for using Microsoft 365 on the web is going all in with Copilot-centric experiences. Not only Chat, but also Create, a new Search experience, Notebooks for collecting and focusing chat outcomes, and much much more.  - Microsoft SharePoint Online eSignature for Microsoft Word  - Expanding reference capabilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word  - Out-of-the-box Agents in Microsoft 365  - View your organization's prompts in the redesigned Copilot Prompt Gallery app soon  - Microsoft Dataverse – Add Dataverse as enterprise knowledge in Copilot Studio  - Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users (Wave 2 Spring release)  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   

To keep you in your flow, M365 Copilot Pages will now open in the M365 Copilot App home, rather than opening in Loop. Keep curating and conversing with Copilot. Also, Teams town hall meetings that have been created using a Teams Premium license will enjoy a much lower latency between the production and audience experience.  - Microsoft Viva Connections: New Engage card in Connections dashboard  - Removing Microsoft 365 Copilot Actions from Targeted Release  - Microsoft Purview | Retiring Classic Content Search, Classic eDiscovery (Standard) Cases, Export PowerShell Parameters  - Microsoft 365 Copilot: Create a PowerPoint slide from a file or prompt  - Microsoft Teams Premium: Ultra-low latency (ULL) attendee experience for town halls  - Microsoft Teams: town hall organizers, co-organizers, presenters can join the event to preview as attendee  - Pages created in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will open in Microsoft 365 Copilot app  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   

Don't forget to add a meeting room to your meeting. But if you do and one or more attendees are in the office with you, look out for a timely room recommendation. And if your organization uses Viva Pulse to survey how you are doing, use Copilot to summaries and provide insights from those pulses  - Microsoft Teams: Room Recommender  - Microsoft Viva Connections cards in SharePoint agents  - Ability to Stop Copilot while it is generating a response  - Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Simplifying the default pinning configuration  - Microsoft PowerPoint: Reference a PDF file when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview)  - Microsoft Viva Pulse: Generate a summary for Pulse reports using Microsoft 365 Copilot  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   

Go deeper to get the info you really want with new Research and Analyst agents in M365 Copilot. Kick off multi-step research, reason over results and connect to third-party data. And SharePoint get's a new page at m365.cloud.microsoft to create and manage pages you have authored across the sites you contribute to. What else has this week got for us?  - Interpreter agent in Teams meetings (Copilot)  - Introducing the Windows roadmap  - Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Researcher and Analyst agents  - New Microsoft Graph Connectors Now Available for Microsoft 365 Copilot  - Microsoft SharePoint Online: Manage SharePoint pages using the left navigation pane  - Prevent/Fix - Microsoft Purview: HR Connector new sample power shell script 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   

Have more control over how we bring people and content onto the Teams meeting stage. It should make it easier to have side by side views of speakers or switching content on and off. Also, OneDrive will soon see images and understand them, answering questions about them. Find out too if there is some groundwork being laid for Copilot Actions, due soon.  - Microsoft Teams: Control when shared content is visible to attendees in "Manage what attendees see"  - Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Semantic search support for in-app Searches   - Microsoft Teams: Simplified Notes pane in meetings   - Microsoft Copilot Studio - Create automated copilots triggered by events   - Resize Teams window and slots   - OneDrive: Ask questions about images using Copilot   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   

Another PowerPoint feature is being positioned within Microsoft 365 Copilot, with the suggestion of more to come. Design suggestions will still be available for everyone, but it may be getting smarter for M365 Copilot subscribers. Microsoft Loop makes it easier to tell your workspace members about changes to the page you have been working on. The Copilot Pay-as-you-go feature gets its own place for administration within the M365 Admin Center.  - New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Bulk import of .eml files  - Introduction of Copilot Pay-as-you-go Feature in M365 Admin Center  - Microsoft Designer will be part of Microsoft 365 Copilot  - Microsoft Purview: New Personalization settings  - Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recapping changes in Loop over extended periods  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   

Prepare for another change to how you use Microsoft Teams. The Files tab in Channels will change how it displays files, showing different views and filters. It appears to be aligning with Teams Chat's Shared tab. Also, SharePoint introduces Quick Steps to perform common automation and workflows. Join us in the comments with your thoughts and reactions to the changes announced in this week's Message Center.  - Microsoft OneDrive: New naming convention for folder shortcuts  - Microsoft Teams: In channels, the "Shared" tab (formerly the "Files" tab) will have new capabilities  - Microsoft SharePoint: Use SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows  - Microsoft PowerPoint: Stay on-brand when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot  - New Exchange Online Tenant Outbound Email Limits  - Clipchamp introduces AI-powered video creation with Clipchamp Copilot for work  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   

Ready for a new AI-powered prioritisation tool that you can teach what's important to you? Not Focused Inbox, no. Kinda like Mail Rules, yeah.  It's a more practical, guided way to focus on email that's important to you. Even more important than your Focused Inbox.  - Microsoft 365 Copilot: Chat sessions will have titles generated by large language models (LLM)  - Microsoft 365 Copilot: Sessions grouped by time frame  - New Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes page  - Microsoft Teams: Record video clips in channels  - Microsoft Skype interoperability with Microsoft Teams will retire  - Microsoft Outlook: Prioritize my Inbox by Microsoft 365 Copilot  - Power Automate - Use certificate-based authentication in desktop flow 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   

To make sure you can measure your Microsoft 365 Copilot usage, Viva Insights will be included in the Copilot license. This enables analytics to be used alongside organizational data and other work analytics, telling more stories about the impacts on productivity.  If that's worth writing home about, you might start a new organizational newsletter using the Newsletters feature in New Outlook. Create, subscribe and manage co-authored newsletters that support comments and leverage SharePoint Embedded.  - Microsoft Teams: Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organizer emails  - Microsoft Viva Insights will be included in Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriptions  - Microsoft Teams: Ratings and reviews for apps within outlook.com and office.com  - Microsoft Teams: Updates to the Teams system tray icon and menu  - New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters  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 latest update to Microsoft Lists is starting to look more like Microsoft Forms. Copilot in Teams provides a way for you to quickly summarize an attachment in a chat. Teams chat becomes easier to monitor for meeting presenters with one screen. There was a plethora of messages this week. These were our picks.  - Microsoft Teams: Post and reply as "Organizer" in Q&A  - Microsoft Outlook for iOS: Open the previous email with email auto-advance  - Copilot Studio – Agent Builder in Copilot Chat  - Microsoft Copilot: File summary in Microsoft Teams chat  - SharePoint Online: Updates to Microsoft Lists forms  - Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen  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   

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 Copilot can answer questions about what you said. Do you know what else in will be able to answer questions about? "Can you see my screen? OK good." We are intrested to learn what Copilot will analyse from content shared on screen in a meeting. What kind of questions will it be able to answer?  Daniel and Darrell discuss this week...   - Microsoft Viva Connections: New user-created cards   - Microsoft Teams: Policy to disable in-product messages relating to periodic What's New and Conferences updates   - Microsoft SharePoint: Updated document libraries   - Microsoft Teams: New microphone volume indicator for users   - Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management | Retention based on “last accessed” for OneDrive and SharePoint files   - Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Copilot can analyze content shared onscreen in a meeting   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 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 of updates and a place to share your knowledge and opinions too.    - Why do you watch 365MCS - Microsoft 365 Copilot | New custom engine agents   - Microsoft 365 Business Chat | Use Continue to Outlook to set up a meeting in Microsoft Outlook   - Microsoft Teams | More predictable recording experience with Who keeps recording   - Microsoft Copilot Dashboard | New usage intensity and retention insights   - Video creation in Copilot Visual Creator powered by Clipchamp     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   

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 cost. Also on this week's show:   - Microsoft 365 Copilot | Select Microsoft Graph Connectors when writing prompts in BizChat   - Large Events | End Session for Attendees and Return Presenters to Green Room   - Microsoft Viva Engage | New recommended comments feature   - Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat rolling out, IT admin resources available   - Viva Engage: Verified Answers   - Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook"   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   

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 it? Why has this message been updated already? Actually, at the time of writing this video description... where is the message?    We talk about this and more in our first show of the year:   - Microsoft Purview | New secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies   - Add a Loop workspace tab to standard Teams channels   - Microsoft 365 Copilot | Select Microsoft SharePoint sites when writing prompts   - Microsoft 365 Copilot | Select SharePoint and OneDrive folders when writing prompts   - SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections   - Updated Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Set up "Pay-as-you-go billing" in Microsoft 365 admin center   - Microsoft Teams | Edit your display name in meetings   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   

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 you go) access to Copilot, which was detailed around the announcements for accessing SharePoint's Copilot Agents.    We talk about this and more in our first show of the year:   - Teams Meeting recap can be shared as a link   - New Outlook - Manage email in PST files   - New Outlook - Move email between mailbox and PST file   - Microsoft Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers   - Using Copilot agents in Teams group chats   - Viva Engage - New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community   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   

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 reframe how we think about Microsoft 365 productivity.    Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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?   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 how to say your name. What else did this week bring to the 365 Message Center?   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 announcements at Microsoft Ignite.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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.microsoft domains.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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

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 audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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. But didn't Copilot just get here? Check out this weeks message, picked by you.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

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 the kinda mix we have this week. Let's talk about it.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

Copilot in M365 will soon support scheduling of prompts to automate your daily LLM-powered help. CrowdStrike caused disruption and damage and the Microsoft 365 Message Center published a message with the fix to increase awareness. Lastly, New Outlook for Windows will soon become Generally Available. What a week! Hear Daniel and Darrell review their top 6 messages..   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

Stuck for words? I was while writing the description for this episode. Copilot to the rescue in SharePoint. Now create and rewrite page content with help from your favorite artificial sweetener in M365.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

Your Microsoft Teams channel list will tidy itself up soon, so you can focus on what's currently important to you. But will this impact how teams communicate with each other when the General channel can be auto-hidden? Clipchamp introduces brand kits to provide the video creators in your organisation with common brand elements like fonts, colour palettes, sound effects and more.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

"Are you done editing the page? Well, can you check it in before you go on leave? I don't want you to lose your changes." Does this sound familiar? It might soon be a distant memory. Are you also looking forward to silencing those noisy, busy Teams channel posts? Glad to see this feature return.   Daniel and Darrell now share their 365 Message Center message sorting with a live audience. Join the live stream and the chat. Contribute to the show and tell us which messages are important to you and why.

Use new shaped-cropping with your SharePoint images to make eye-catching pages. Copilot improves the amount of time it can go back for time-based prompts.   Darrell and Daniel cover:   - (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: Apply shapes to images   - Microsoft Teams: View attachments to invitations created in Microsoft Outlook   - New Microsoft Outlook: New Search filters   - Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Teams: Improved time-based responses in chat and channels   - Microsoft Copilot: Optimized File Link Support in Microsoft Teams Chat and Channels   - Microsoft Viva Insights: Delegate access to Microsoft Copilot Dashboard   - Teams Chat Files will be renamed to Shared and get new features   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Catch up with Microsoft 365 Copilot and clever cards that prompt YOU with updates you should know about. Recall in Copilot+ PCs gets "recalled"... more like changed to opt in, among other things. Lastly, SharePoint text goes large.   Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Copilot in Microsoft 365 and Teams - The new Catch up feature   - Viva Engage - A new feature to manage users in Viva Engage (View-only mode)   - Update on the Recall Preview Feature for Copilot+ PCs   - New Outlook for Windows - Offline support for mail actions and compose   - Outlook - Improved suggested times for meetings   - Microsoft 365 apps - Set expiration available for all links when sharing   - SharePoint Online - Enhancements to Text web part (Part 1)   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Get ready to customize your conversations by uploading custom emoji and animations. This fun way to inject personality into your posts also paves the way for some promotional inspiration. We also welcome back the ability to ask Teams to be notified when someone becomes available. It's a useful feature, but Daniel shares how it might be misused and distracting.   Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Custom emojis and reactions   - The "Notify when available" feature live new Teams app   - A new Start in SharePoint Online   - Less storage space consumed for Stream videos   - Viva Connections news notifications on desktop and web   - Stream Interactivity analytics     Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Now we'll be able to recall what we were doing all week when we fill in our timesheets at the end of the week. Ask Copilot questions about our activity. But we can't ignore the cynicism expressed by the public, in spite of the potential benefits.  Copilot features a few times in our messages this week. Hear how the M365 Message Center reflected the news in the updates. Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Introducing Copilot+ PCs  - New meeting option to control permissions for admitting participants from lobby   - Organizers can manage access to meeting transcripts, recordings, Al-generated recap, and Copilot   - Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 experiences available in classic Outlook for Windows   - Evolving Copilot in Windows for your workforce   - Notification suppression for hidden channels   - Suppressing notifications from muted chats   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

We have a perplexing couple of messages this week that appear to disable useful functionality in Teams and Microsoft 365. But that is countered by giving Copilot Insights and introducing a way to share meeting notes, files and other artifacts automatically for recurring Teams meetings. You want to know more. Come on. That teaser was cleverly crafted to create intrigue. Click the link. Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Updates to natural language-based search in Microsoft 365   - The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Viva Insights will become available with Copilot for Microsoft 365   - Ask to join a shared channel with a channel link in Teams   - Auto-create Microsoft Loop workspaces to share Teams meeting content   - Microsoft Viva Connections now available on the web   - Manage Do Not Disturb presence status when screen sharing in Teams meetings   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Welcome to the team. We hope you enjoy your collaborative stay. Take a look at these channels. We suggest you follow them. But that's up to you. You might want to visit SharePoint and see our new no-banner option. A delightful look for the minimalist or the creative who wants more control over the look of their titles. This week's messages bring some welcome changes and some puzzling changes. Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Enhanced capabilities for spotlight in Viva Connections   - SharePoint Online - New Banner web part in Pages and News   - Changes in Sways Video/Audio upload for new content   - Draggable Teams Presenter Toolbar when screensharing   - New Teams onboarding to teams and channels   - New Teams file image previews in messages   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

New options for automatically managing file version history will assist with storage. Copilot for Outlook gets a side-car panel for prompts that are grounded in your mailbox. Archive your SharePoint sites into the new Microsoft 365 Archive service. What else has landed this week in the 365 Message Center? Watch the show and find out. Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Microsoft 365 admin center - Organizational messages (Preview)   - Microsoft SharePoint Advanced Tenant Rename feature   - SharePoint New Section Level Content Align on pages   - Document libraries - Improved Version history controls I Preview opt-in   - Graph-grounded chat with Microsoft Copilot in Outlook   - Archive feature for inactive sites on SharePoint   - Teams Mobile - Copilot for Teams will soon be available after eligible meetings end   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Following a meeting is a great new alternative to a tentative response. Let the organiser know you won't be able to attend but you are definitely interested in the meeting recording and outcomes. Slash commands are coming soon to Teams Chats and Channel posts. Let Teams know what you want to do while you type a message or reply.  If your organisation is starting to use Microsoft Copilot, take a look at the new Engage community template for encouraging Copilot conversations and driving adoption. Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Outlook and Teams - Respond to meetings with Follow   - Microsoft Teams (work or school) application on Windows will be renamed to Microsoft Teams   - Upcoming changes to tenant settings for Power Bl Copilot features   - Introducing slash commands in the compose box   - New adoption Engage community for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365   - Annotate PDFs with text boxes in OneDrive   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor 

Get ready for the new Brand Center and helpful tools to standardize your SharePoint sites and content you create in Microsoft 365. The Brand Center will begin rolling out capabilities, starting with custom font packages that match your internal brands. As with all new things in M365, the first release is limited in capability. But expect to be able to upload your own font packages soon, which can be used in a range of places across SharePoint and Viva Connections.    Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Teams Apps now supported in group chats with external users   - Manage your organization's brand in the new brand center preview   - Viva Connections - Manage your organization's brand in the new brand center preview   - Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint preview   - Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop preview   - New video page templates for Stream and SharePoint   - Loop components in Microsoft OneNote   - Meeting recordings are now saved in organizer's Microsoft OneDrive   - Save meeting content with collaborative annotations as a Microsoft Whiteboard   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor