365 Message Center Show #365MCS

Unlock the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with skills! In this episode, we dive into how to enhance your productivity by creating repeatable instructions and utilizing skills in your conversations. Planner Agent now generates status reports using the details from your tasks in a plan. What else is worth discussing this week in the messages?

00:00 Welcome

3:35 Skills in Copilot Chat - MC1493223

10:08 Action may be required - Review who can create agents in Microsoft Entra - MC1506733

13:24 Outlook: Reply With a Template in Rules - MC1505607

15:51 Microsoft Planner: AI-generated status reports in Planner Agent - MC1506735

21:19 Microsoft Teams: Video sharing from OneDrive in Teams events - MC1506734

Show Copilot what you want your skill to do. Record the steps in Copilot for PowerPoint. Then save a reusable skill. Also, private tasks will be stored in the private Planner plan. What does this mean for Microsoft To Do?

0:00 Welcome

2:07 Updated My Task experience in Planner - MC1488844

5:14 Private tasks now stored in your private plan in Planner - MC1488845

9:09 Microsoft Create: Improved sharing controls for Brand Kits - MC1489926

12:32 Microsoft Brand Kit: Duplicate an existing Brand Kit - MC1489928

13:59 Microsoft 365: Targeted Release retirement - MC1490899

20:42 Record A Skill Capability in PowerPoint Copilot - MC1490903

Bundle all you need together to plug in services for Copilot. Find out about temporary branding pane referral for PowerPoint. Get control of third-party agents in your tenant. This episode is all about power and control.

0:00 Welcome

2:08 Microsoft Copilot: Introducing the Microsoft plugin registry for Microsoft Copilot experiences - MC1484008

6:17 Connected Platforms - Agent 365 extends observability to third-party agents - MC1480873

10:52 Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of SharePoint Page Agent (Frontier) - MC1481325

15:22 Microsoft PowerPoint: Brand Guidelines and Style removed from new Brand Kit creation - MC1483859

17:04 Microsoft PowerPoint: Temporary removal of the Brand pane - MC1483886

A change to Microsoft 365 so big that Microsoft dropped the 365 and changed to Microsoft Copilot, in more places that one. The super-app is was announced, combining Chat, Cowork, Code, and Autopilot. Daniel and Darrell still managed to find some significant updates that didn't involve Copilot this week. HTML support in SharePoint and changes to Planner meeting plans.

0:00 Welcome

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2:49 Microsoft OneDrive: New pay-as-you-go storage billing option - MC1477185

7:25 Microsoft Copilot: New ways to work across Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 - MC1479277

17:13 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to the Researcher experience - MC1476269

24:14 Spell check before sending emails in new Outlook - MC1479509

27:16 SharePoint: HTML pages - MC1479517

33:01 Microsoft Planner: Meeting-created plans will expire after 180 days of inactivity - MC1479508

Today's the day. Teams get's follow-up flags. Remind yourself to look at a chat message or post. Also, hand over the organiser role of meetings in Outlook. Lastly, give strict guidance for Copilot to follow when creating brand-aligned slide decks.

0:00 Welcome

2:28 M365 Copilot: Tell Copilot what you need directly from the Copilot button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC1470885

5:48 Microsoft Teams: Personal message reminders for chat and channels - MC1470887

10:27 Microsoft Teams: New centralized experience for organizing important resources in chats and channels - MC1473153

20:11 Outlook: Change the organizer of meetings - MC1472028

29:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint: Guide Presentation Creation with Notes Steering and Strict Brand Adherence - MC1470415

34:28 Brand Skill support now available in PPT Copilot [Desktop] - MC1473166