Copilot apps to become one and the same | Episode 437

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 Welcome3:35 Skills in Copilot Chat - MC149322310:08 Action may be required - Review who can create agents in Microsoft Entra - MC150673313:24 Outlook: Reply With a Template in Rules - MC150560715:51 Microsoft Planner: AI-generated status reports in Planner Agent - MC150673521:19 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 Welcome2:07 Updated My Task experience in Planner - MC14888445:14 Private tasks now stored in your private plan in Planner - MC14888459:09 Microsoft Create: Improved sharing controls for Brand Kits - MC148992612:32 Microsoft Brand Kit: Duplicate an existing Brand Kit - MC148992813:59 Microsoft 365: Targeted Release retirement - MC149089920:42 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 Welcome2:08 Microsoft Copilot: Introducing the Microsoft plugin registry for Microsoft Copilot experiences - MC14840086:17 Connected Platforms - Agent 365 extends observability to third-party agents - MC148087310:52 Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of SharePoint Page Agent (Frontier) - MC148132515:22 Microsoft PowerPoint: Brand Guidelines and Style removed from new Brand Kit creation - MC148385917:04 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 WelcomeMessage title and number 2:49 Microsoft OneDrive: New pay-as-you-go storage billing option - MC14771857:25 Microsoft Copilot: New ways to work across Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 - MC147927717:13 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to the Researcher experience - MC147626924:14 Spell check before sending emails in new Outlook - MC1479509 27:16 SharePoint: HTML pages - MC147951733:01 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 Welcome2:28 M365 Copilot: Tell Copilot what you need directly from the Copilot button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC14708855:48 Microsoft Teams: Personal message reminders for chat and channels - MC147088710:27 Microsoft Teams: New centralized experience for organizing important resources in chats and channels - MC147315320:11 Outlook: Change the organizer of meetings - MC147202829:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint: Guide Presentation Creation with Notes Steering and Strict Brand Adherence - MC147041534:28 Brand Skill support now available in PPT Copilot [Desktop] - MC1473166