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What’s new for Copilot – April 2025
Hey there, Microsoft 365 fans! April brought us an impressive batch of Copilot updates, and wow – some of these new features are absolute game-changers! The month delivered over 100 updates across practically every M365 application, including that massive Wave 2 Spring release. It’s honestly crazy how fast Copilot is evolving!
I’m particularly excited about the new audio overviews for Word and PDF files in OneDrive – imagine having your documents transformed into podcast-style summaries while you’re on the go! The redesigned Prompt Gallery app is another standout, making it much easier to browse and manage organizational prompts right from a sleek new home page.
Let’s check out what happened this month and how these updates might transform the way you work. Between us, keeping up with Copilot’s evolution feels like a full-time job these days!
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): SharePoint agent web part
SharePoint site page authors can add SharePoint agents to their pages with an agent web part, allowing end users to easily access and interact with SharePoint agents directly from the site pages.
Microsoft 365: Copilot Prompt Gallery – Share a prompt to a Microsoft Teams team
Share custom prompts with members of a Microsoft Teams team from the Copilot Prompt Gallery App, allowing team members to easily discover and utilize these prompts in Copilot Prompt Gallery App.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Work context suggestions in Copilot Chat ContextIQ menu
Copilot Chat will suggest prompts and work context you have access to as you type in the prompt, helping you find relevant information for your conversations.
Outlook: Role-based Copilots (Copilot for Sales) can extend Summarize in classic Outlook for Windows
This feature enables licensed users to use a role-based Copilot (like Copilot for Sales) to provide content for Copilot in Outlook’s Summarize experience. This roadmap item tracks availability in classic Outlook for Windows.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Select some text, and instantly get helpful options from Copilot
The Copilot icon in your document margin gives you a variety of actions you can take on your selected text. One click lets you rewrite, get editorial coaching, and more.
Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales – Easily save meeting notes to CRM following Teams meetings
We are announcing the easily save meeting notes to CRM following Teams meetings feature for Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales. This feature enables you to save meeting notes directly to your CRM after a meeting, without the need to switch contexts. This feature will reach general availability on April 30, 2025.
Dedicated environment to manage agents with REST API actions in the Copilot Studio Agent Builder
We are introducing the capability to manage agents using REST API actions developed with Copilot Studio Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot, within a new dedicated Microsoft Power Platform environment. This feature will reach general availability on April 28, 2025.
Microsoft Teams Phone: Copilot-generated summaries for call transfers on Android devices
Microsoft Teams Phone will soon support Copilot-generated summaries for call transfers on Android devices, available mid-May 2025. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and transcription enabled in calling policies. Ensure your Teams phone devices are updated to access these new features. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Ability to Stop Copilot while it is generating a response
Users will be able to stop Copilot while it is generating a response in Teams. This feature will roll out in May 2025. Organizations may need to update their documentation to reflect this change.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms: Updates to help users refine and edit their forms
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms will be updated in April 2025 to help users refine and edit their forms more easily. A Copilot license is required. The update will provide tailored suggestions for content, settings, and styling. No admin action is needed before the rollout. More details are available in the linked support articles.
Microsoft Viva: Expanded AI admin role to manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings
Microsoft is expanding the AI Administrator role in Microsoft Viva to manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings without requiring Global admin privileges. This enhances security and aligns with least-privilege practices. The rollout will start mid-April 2025 and complete by late April 2025. No admin action is required before the rollout.
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Microsoft PowerPoint: Reference a PDF file when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview)
Users can now reference PDF files when creating presentations with Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and is available in preview now, with general availability starting mid-April 2025. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Microsoft Viva Pulse: Generate a summary for Pulse reports using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Viva Pulse will use Microsoft 365 Copilot to generate summaries for Pulse reports, aiding authors in quickly understanding the feedback. This feature, available across various platforms, requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot or Viva Pulse license. The rollout will complete by late April 2025, with no admin action needed.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms can help users collect responses and monitor form progress
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms will help users collect and monitor form responses, reducing manual effort. It requires a Copilot license and will be available globally from early to late April 2025. Users will receive email notifications for reminders and insights, and can analyze data in Excel. No admin action is needed.
Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: New Microsoft Graph connectors for the chat experience and more
New Microsoft Graph Connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat are now available, enhancing access to business content across various platforms like Guru, GitLab, Asana, 15Five, Miro, Trello, Zendesk, SmartSheet, and Seismic. No admin action is required for the rollout.
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Microsoft 365 network connectivity test for Microsoft 365 Copilot is generally available
The Microsoft 365 network connectivity test for Microsoft 365 Copilot is rolling out worldwide to general availability.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms: Users can reference files and forms to help generate drafts
Coming soon for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms: When creating a form with Copilot, users can reference existing documents such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint or existing forms. Referenced files are restricted to those with sensitivity labels of General or below.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agents in Copilot Chat available on Edge Sidebar
Use agents in Copilot Chat on Edge Sidebar to simplify tasks.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference People from your enterprise in Copilot in Word
Users can now reference People from your enterprise while generating content in Word.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Drafting on a selection includes being able to reference files, people, emails, and meetings
Just like when you’re using Copilot to draft content on a blank line in your document, you can reference resources that provide context in addition to the content you’ve selected in your document.
Outlook: Draft with Copilot Highlight & Rewrite in classic Outlook for Windows
Now you can use Draft with Copilot to improve sections of your email draft. Highlight a specific section and then use Draft with Copilot to iterate on the text of the highlighted section.
Advanced Insights – Copilot Headlines Report
A new report for analysts in Advanced Insights will automatically scan for groups with unexpected or changing Copilot usage, as well as changes to collaboration.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: The chat experience will offer better search refinement in the CIQ menu “Files” tab
Coming soon to the chat experience in Microsoft 365 Copilot (formerly BizChat): Users will be able to use a File type filter and People refiners in the CIQ menu to apply search criteria and find relevant files more quickly.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Conversational agent creation experience
We are introducing a new feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio: a conversational agent creation tool that uses natural, everyday language. This feature will reach general availability on May 6, 2025.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Employee Self-Service Agent in M365 Copilot
The Employee Self-Service Agent in M365 Copilot expedites answers for the most common workplace policy-related questions and takes action on key HR and IT related tasks, connecting employees to authorized knowledge bases and HR/IT systems of record for faster resolution time and a streamlined employee experience.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catchup Skill (Copilot in Engage)
Catch up effortlessly on Home Feed or Community conversations since you last checked- this card will provide a personalized update to what you missed since you last logged into the Viva Engage homepage or since you last clicked into the Feed for a specific Community you follow
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Prompt category metrics for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard will start showing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat prompt category metrics within Copilot Chat (work) insights.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Shared mailbox access for emails in Copilot Chat ContextIQ menu
Users with shared mailbox access will be able to ground Copilot Chat conversations in shared mailboxes.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): People connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot
People connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot, based on top of Graph connectors, will integrate and enrich people data from various sources into Microsoft 365. This enriched data will enhance experiences in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, the profile card, and people search.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admins can easily manage orphaned agents with comprehensive lifecycle functionality
Admins will have the power to effectively manage the lifecycle of orphaned agents. They can easily identify, manage, reassign, archive, or delete agents that are no longer associated with an owner, ensuring a streamlined and efficient workflow.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catch up on a summary of document comments in the top of your document
Copilot will have a Discussion tab in the top of your document to summarize open comments, helping you quickly understand what people have said in comments.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Metadata for Shared agent management in Microsoft 365 admin center
IT admins can view metadata for Shared agents in Microsoft 365 admin center similar to metadata information for line of business applications built by customer organization. It provides IT admins the opportunity to explore all data besides honoring UX filters for a seamless user experience.
PowerPoint: Reference a TXT file when creating a presentation with Copilot
You can now reference a TXT file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catch up on a summary of document comments in the top of your document
Copilot will have a Discussion tab in the top of your document to summarize open comments, helping you quickly understand what people have said in comments.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot surfaces key statistics in the top of a document
Copilot includes a summary at the top of key statistics from your Word document.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Block the access and recording of transcripts announcement
We are announcing the re-enablement of a Copilot security control that will block the access and recording of transcripts generated from conversations between agents created in Copilot Studio and end-users. This feature allows you to prevent makers from accessing session transcripts in Copilot Studio and prevents the recording of conversational transcripts. We rolled back this feature two weeks ago due to a bug, which has since been addressed. This feature will available across all regions by April 14, 2025.
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Microsoft Edge: Find on Page in Microsoft Edge for Business will soon be integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Microsoft Edge for Business plans to introduce Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to Find on Page (CTRL+F). This feature seeks to help users more easily find relevant content and save time.
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Data Loss Prevention to restrict Microsoft 365 Copilot processing on emails with sensitivity labels
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is extended to preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot from processing emails with sensitivity labels. This feature will allow DLP policies to provide detection of sensitivity labels in emails as enterprise grounding data and restrict access of the labeled emails in Microsoft 365 Copilot chat experiences. This feature only works for emails on or after 1/1/2025.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Language expansion coming in Microsoft 365 Copilot
The broader Microsoft 365 Copilot team are working on supporting 7 new languages across all M365 Copilot features. These are (in alphabetical order) Albanian, Filipino, Icelandic, Kazakh, Malay, Maltese, and Serbian (Cyrillic)
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Editable Copilot Feature Control for Company Admin User Role
Copilot can be enabled for the Company Admin user role in survey program settings.
Power Apps – Information regarding the end of support for Draft well-written input text with Copilot preview feature
On May 8, 2025, the Draft well-written input text with Copilot preview feature will have reached end of support.
Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile apps: Generate images
Coming soon: Users can create images using natural language to visualize concepts and ideas in the flow of work in iOS/Android mobile apps for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Outlook.
Microsoft PowerPoint: Copilot will create an automatic presentation summary
Coming soon: Microsoft PowerPoint will create an automatic presentation summary to help readers understand the topics covered in the slide deck.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference a TXT file when creating a presentation with Copilot
You can now reference a TXT file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot generates the new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation
Now, when creating a presentation using Copilot from an existing presentation, it will create the new presentation in a new file without affecting the original presentation
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [b.2.3] Governance control for agents with file uploaded as knowledge source
For agents with uploaded files as knowledge source, admins now can regulate and manage including but not limited to agent filtering, reviewing sensitivity label, metadata, etc.
Removing Microsoft 365 Copilot Actions from Targeted Release
This post relates to Copilot Actions in Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is in Targeted Release.
Microsoft Teams – Copilot Summary for Transferred Calls
Copilot enabled users will now be able to share the summary of the call from within the transfer panel and the context will be shown in the toast notification and within the call.
Teams Meetings Copilot response can be shared to external apps (Word or Excel)
Microsoft 365 Copilot responses in Microsoft Teams meetings can be shared to external apps (Word or Excel). Responses generated by Copilot in Meetings will come with a button to Open in another app. Although this will start with Word and Excel, more apps will be added in the future.
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Outlook: Custom Instructions for draft with Copilot
Give Copilot some instructions about your emails – like the tone, length, greeting – so your Copilot generated drafts sound more like you want them to. #newoutlookforwindow
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Data Security Posture Management for AI – M365 Copilot view
Within Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI, a specific page is dedicated to showing protection capabilities and usage for M365 Copilot.
Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge for Business will soon integrate an entry point into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat from the address bar
Microsoft Edge for Business plans to introduce an easy way for users to get summaries of their open page from the address bar using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. This feature seeks to help users more easily understand relevant content and save time.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Copilot Pages on your mobile phone
Create Copilot Pages from Copilot Chat on your mobile phone to continue working on the go.
Microsoft Viva: Search Skill (Copilot in Engage)
Engage Copilot now uses search skills to find and summarize relevant posts, with citations and direct links.
Microsoft Designer will be part of Copilot, with new template and slide design suggestions in Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Designer will be integrated into Microsoft 365 Copilot as “Design suggestions” for users with a Copilot license. This feature will be available in PowerPoint on both Windows and Mac desktops. Non-Copilot users will continue to have access to standard Designer layouts. The rollout will occur automatically by specified dates.
Microsoft Teams admin center: Improvements to controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Improvements to Microsoft 365 Copilot controls in the Microsoft Teams admin center are rolling out from April to May 2025. These changes will prevent errors by disabling conflicting Copilot options when transcripts are off. Admins need to review and adjust settings accordingly. No action is required before the rollout.
Power Platform admin center – View Copilot and agent settings
We are announcing the view Copilot and agent settings within Copilot hub in the Power Platform admin center. This will enable admins to centrally view Copilot and agent settings in a consolidated view in the Power Platform admin center and will offer initial support for management at scale with environment groups and rules. The introduction of this settings page will reach general availability on May 19, 2025.
Copilot Studio – Connect to external sources in agents through Single Sign-On
We are announcing the connect to external sources in agents through Single Sign-On (SSO) feature for Copilot Studio. This feature allows makers to build agents in Copilot Studio that seamlessly connect to external sources without needing to manually authenticate every single time to external sources as it will happen seamlessly through SSO support. This feature will reach general availability on May 19. 2025.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Controls for XPIA risk from external emails in Copilot Chat
Tenant admins will now be able to control which emails can be used by Copilot for summarization, providing deterministic protection against XPIA attacks from unfamiliar domains. End users will also be equipped with UX features to see excluded emails due to policy and appropriate warnings/labels for external emails.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Sessions Grouped by Time frame
This feature will provide users conversation history list structure through grouping conversations by time frame to make it easy for users to visually parse.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Copilot Pages from Copilot Chat on your mobile phone
Create Copilot Pages on your mobile phone to continue working on the go. Pages shared in Microsoft 365 are interactive and automatically synchronized for seamless collaboration.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Fix all spelling and grammar issues with Copilot
One-click solution to fix spelling and grammar errors in the document
Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Configure feedback surveys using Copilot Studio
We are announcing the Configure feedback surveys using Copilot Studio feature. With this feature you can create and manage surveys that go out to the customers after a call or conversation ends. This feature will be generally available for the voice channel on April 30, 2025. Please note, this feature will remain in public preview for all other channels.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Introducing Draft with Copilot
We are introducing the Draft with Copilot feature for Copilot Studio. This feature will help write or rewrite your prompts using Copilot to produce better outcomes. This feature will be available on May 15, 2025.
Microsoft PowerPoint: Reference a TXT file when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Users will be able to reference TXT files when creating presentations with Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and applies to PowerPoint on Windows, Mac, and the web. The rollout starts in April 2025 for public preview and May 2025 for general availability. No admin action is required.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Create a PowerPoint slide from a file or prompt
Microsoft 365 Copilot helps create PowerPoint slides from files or prompts, making the process more efficient. This feature will be available worldwide from late April 2025 to early June 2025. No admin action is required, but notifying users and updating documentation is recommended. More details at Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID [477374](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=477374).
Copilot Studio – Upcoming usage enforcement and behavior changes for message packs
Starting April 30, 2025, you will start seeing changes to the way your agent behaves once purchased messages in your Copilot Studio message packs have been exhausted in any month. This policy applies to all tenants using Copilot Studio message packs for conversational and autonomous custom agents.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for GCC
Copilot in Excel gains powerful new insights and visualizations with Advanced Analysis. Explore your data in a natural, conversational way, while Copilot does the heavy lifting using Python, a rich programming language that supercharges what is possible in your spreadsheets.
Copilot Studio – Copilot Studio Analytics supports Autonomous agents
We are announcing a new analytics feature for Copilot Studio that monitors autonomous agents’ performance. It tracks the number of runs, triggers, success rate, and actions analysis. This feature will be available on April 22, 2025.
Pages created in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will open in Microsoft 365 Copilot app
Pages created in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will open in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app starting May 2025. This change centralizes content in the Copilot app. Sensitivity labels will be available by late April 2025. No admin action is required, but user notification is recommended.
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SharePoint: Copilot actions in SharePoint document libraries
When you select an item in OneDrive on the Web, the Copilot button appears, offering a range of actions you can perform on that item. The same feature and actions are coming to document library views in SharePoint and Teams.
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report
Declarative agent adoption metrics and insights in Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report in Viva Insights.
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report
Declarative agent adoption metrics and insights in Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report in Viva Insights.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Drafting on a selection includes being able to reference files, emails, and meetings
Just like when you’re using Copilot to draft content on a blank line in your document, you can reference resources that provide context in addition to the content you’ve selected in your document.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quickly launch the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on your iOS device
Press the Action button or ask Siri to launch Copilot on your iOS device.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Access SharePoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app
Use SharePoint agents seamlessly without navigating to the SharePoint site. With this new feature, you can quickly return to your most recently used SharePoint agents directly in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Default Configuration Change – Enhanced Personalization Control
Microsoft 365 Global Admins can now configure the new Enhanced Personalization control for Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is defaulted to “on” and enhances user experience by processing communications data. This control is part of the default configuration for Copilot licenses, with features to be released in the coming months. Full details and configuration instructions are available on Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admin controls and user file uploads for agent knowledge sources
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon allow users to upload files as knowledge sources for agents and enable admins to manage these agents. Rollout starts in April 2025 for admin controls and May 2025 for user capabilities. Supported file types include docx, pptx, xlsx, pdf, txt, and csv, with specific size limits. Sensitivity labels will apply to agents. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Restrict Copilot in Office from processing labeled content
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) will extend to Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, allowing DLP policies to exclude processing of labeled content by Copilot. Public Preview starts mid-May 2025, with General Availability in late June 2025. No preparation is required other than creating DLP policies and assigning licenses.
Power Platform – Copilot Plan designer announcement
We are announcing the Plan designer, a copilot-first development tool, which enables users to quickly create comprehensive business solutions. The Plan designer generates a complete Power Platform solution tailored to your needs, including Dataverse tables, canvas apps, model-driven apps, and suggested Power Automate flows. This feature was made available for public preview starting on December 15, 2024, and will reach general availability on May 19, 2025.
Power Platform admin center – View usage and value metrics for Copilot Studio feature
We are launching a new page in the Copilot hub that allows admins to view usage and value metrics for Copilot Studio agents in the Power Platform admin center (PPAC). This feature will start to gradually roll out as generally available on May 19, 2025.
Power Platform admin center – Learn how to get started with Copilot
We are announcing the readiness page for the Power Platform admin center. This will enable admins to learn about security, privacy, and data governance. Resources and documents to help admins better understand how Copilot works, data and security fundamentals for Copilot features, and Microsoft’s Responsible AI principles will be available in the readiness page. This feature will be gradually rolled out for general availability starting on May 19, 2025.
Power Automate – Create and edit expressions with Copilot
We are announcing the Create and edit expressions feature for Power Automate. This feature allows you to create, edit, and fix your Power Automate expressions by expressing your requirements in natural language. This feature will reach general availability on May 14, 2025.
Copilot Studio – Introducing the Azure AI Search index as knowledge source feature
We are announcing the Azure AI Search index as a knowledge source feature for Copilot Studio. This feature will allow makers to build Copilots that use pre-built Azure AI Search indexes as knowledge for more relevant, accurate, and grounded responses. This feature will reach general availability on May 15, 2025.
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Microsoft Dataverse – Add Dataverse as enterprise knowledge in Copilot Studio
We are announcing the add Dataverse as enterprise knowledge in Copilot Studio feature for Microsoft Dataverse. This feature enables makers to add their enterprise data, such as Dynamics 365 data and Power Apps data, powered by Microsoft Dataverse so that their custom copilots can provide users with relevant business insights using retrieval augmented generative (RAG) technology. This feature will reach general availability on May 22, 2025.
Additional breakdown metrics by app for Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat standalone report
Additional metrics for Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 admin center will be available by app, including Teams and Outlook. Rollout starts late April 2025 and ends early May 2025. Organizations should update custom reports to include these new metrics.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Search for and select Teams Chats in Context IQ to scope prompts in BizChat
Users will be able to search for and select Teams Chats in Context IQ to scope their prompts in BizChat. This feature will roll out from early May 2025 to early June 2025. No admin action is required, but notifying users and updating documentation is recommended. More details will be available upon release.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Receive coaching on your writing in Copilot in Word
The Copilot context menu will include an option for getting AI-generated coaching. Copilot will review the writing and offer suggestions for high-impact areas, such as logical structure, flow, and tone.
Microsoft 365: Use Copilot in your search tab in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
Quickly find your files and leverage Copilot to get a better understanding within the search tab on the go.
Microsoft 365 app: Copilot Notebooks Module
Copilot Notebooks Module in the M365 Copilot App
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Receive coaching on your writing in Copilot in Word
The Copilot context menu will include an option for getting AI-generated coaching. Copilot will review the writing and offer suggestions for high-impact areas, such as logical structure, flow, and tone.
Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Teams can generate an audio overview of your meetings
Copilot can generate an audio overview of your transcribed meetings, transforming one or multiple meetings into an engaging listening experience. Users can choose how they want to listen: select one or two speakers, adjust the tone from concise to playful, and tailor the length. This capability is only available in English currently.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Discover agent in Microsoft Copilot on iOS/Android
Agent has been released to Desktop/Web Copilot and now we are enabling Agent UX in mobile endpoints. It will allow end-users to discover installed agents, add new agents and chat with them in mobile Copilot on Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot App (formerly Microsoft 365 App).
Outlook: Catch up with Copilot
Copilot helps you catch up by creating a personalized briefing of your inbox, guiding you step by step so you get to the things that matter most faster, summarizing important emails, and recommending follow-up actions. #newoutlookforwindows
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Locate your Copilot Pages in Copilot Chat navigation pane
For quick access to your Copilot Pages, find all page artifacts created across your apps/modules in one place underneath the Chat section in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Memory
Microsoft 365 Copilot leverages insights inferred from conversations between the user and Copilot, along with data from the Microsoft Graph and custom instructions to provide personalized help for tasks. Users have full control and can view, manage, disable or clear memory at any time.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admin control to disable file upload in Copilot Chat
Admins will now have more control to disable File upload across tenants or in Work or Web grounding modes for Copilot Chat.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): People Skills is now available
We’re excited to launch People Skills, an AI-powered service that delivers personalized skills-based experiences across Microsoft 365. Using advanced inferencing, it helps organizations identify skill gaps and promote upskilling. With People Skills, individuals can easily share a current view of their skills and more easily connect with others. People Skills data enriches people-based experiences in Microsoft 365 Copilot and in the Microsoft 365 profile card and editor.
Outlook: Copilot can generate an audio overview of a linked file in email
Copilot in Outlook can turn a linked document in email into a dynamic audio overview, transforming it into a listening experience that’s easy to follow. To generate an audio overview in Outlook, hover over a linked file in email, then select ‘Generate audio overview’. Copilot will bring your content to life through a podcast-style discussion between two hosts. This capability is available in English only currently. #newoutlookforwindows
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can generate an audio overview of a notebook
Copilot can turn the referenced files in a notebook into a dynamic audio overview, transforming them into a listening experience that’s easy to follow. To generate an audio overview in Copilot Notebooks, select ‘Generate audio overview’ at the top of the notebook. This capability is only available in English currently.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat module UI refresh
Copilot Chat is designed to provide a streamlined UI, making it easy to get started and achieve your goals quickly. It offers a helpful, understanding, and personalized experience, allowing you to search for past interactions, content, agents, or pages with ease.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Pages in Government Clouds
This brings the editable Copilot Pages feature which is already shipped WW to the government environment. The pages feature enables users to add their Microsoft 365 Copilot responses to a page where they can edit and share with others for collaboration. This happens right within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can generate an audio overview of your Word document
Copilot can turn your Word document into a dynamic audio overview, transforming it into a listening experience that’s easy to follow. Ask Copilot to generate an audio overview in the Copilot chat pane, and Copilot will bring your content to life through a podcast-style discussion between two hosts. This capability is only available in English currently. The ability for users to configure the audio overview format and adjust things like style, number of speakers, and length will be available later.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): OneNote Pages in M365 Copilot
M365 Copilot experiences can now reason over your OneNote content
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Open Copilot Pages as a Word document
Once a Copilot Chat user has finished researching, creating, and collecting content in Copilot Pages, they can take it to a Word document with the press of a button.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Simplified Input box update in Copilot Chat
We are making it easier for users to type prompts with access to CIQ, local files, attach cloud files, and agents by adding it under the Plus Menu.
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Usage reports – Message consumption for Pay-as-you-go experiences in Copilot Chat
A new report to help IT admins manage costs for billed messages that are Pay-as-you-go enabled for Copilot Chat. Reporting includes drill down of billed messages per user, per agent-level and agent-user level pair.
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Site default labeling for SharePoint Online and Copilot
This new capability further integrates SharePoint Online with Purview sensitivity labeling. SharePoint Online document library owners can set a new type of default label on the library, which automatically applies that label to all unprotected Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files within the library. This simplifies labeling in bulk across document libraries in an organization, enriches DLP and Copilot with signal to allow admins to monitor and restrict access to this content, and enables inheritance of sensitivity labels to output artifacts in Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Skills agent
The Skills agent in M365 Copilot, empowers individuals and leaders to easily find experts in the organization, make informed decisions about skill development, and ensure that the organization has the right skills in the era of AI. The Skills agent is powered by the People Skills data layer, which uses advanced AI capabilities to infer skills for every person in the organization, providing a comprehensive view of areas of expertise and focus all in one place.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated UI for Microsoft 365 Copilot App
The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is your starting place for AI at work, offering quick access to secure AI chat, search, files, and content creation in one seamless app.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot surfaces key statistics in the top of a document
Copilot includes a summary at the top of key statistics from your Word document.
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Site default labeling for SharePoint Online and Copilot
This new capability further integrates SharePoint Online with Purview sensitivity labeling. SharePoint Online document library owners can set a new type of default label on the library, which automatically applies that label to all unprotected Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files within the library. This simplifies labeling in bulk across document libraries in an organization, enriches DLP and Copilot with signal to allow admins to monitor and restrict access to this content, and enables inheritance of sensitivity labels to output artifacts in Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Pages module on Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
With the Copilot Pages module in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on your mobile, you can now access all of your Pages in one place on the go.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot App – Ask M365 Copilot
Right-click on your content to ask Copilot about it on Copilot PC devices.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quickly start a chat with Copilot from anywhere on your PC
Use the Copilot key and Win + C shortcut on Windows 11 devices to quickly interact with Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): The Create Module in the M365 Copilot app
The creative hub for AI led artifact generation capabilities
Graph connectors are now available in Copilot tab with new connector gallery look
Graph connectors are now available in the Copilot tab with a new connector gallery look. This update will roll out in late April 2025. The new navigation simplifies access and management, and the enhanced gallery improves discoverability and deployment of connectors. Update documentation accordingly.
PowerPoint: Copilot generates a new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation
PowerPoint’s Copilot will create new presentations in a separate file when starting from an existing one, preserving the original. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 license and will roll out to Desktop in late April 2025, and to Mac and Web by early June 2025. Update training and documentation accordingly.
Expanding reference capabilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word now allows referencing entire folders, supports larger documents up to 1.5 million words or 3000 pages, and can reference up to 20 items. These features will be generally available by early December 2025. Folder referencing is available now for Word for the web and coming to other platforms in July 2025.
PowerPoint: Select templates to ensure Copilot generated presentation meets your design guidelines
PowerPoint users can now select templates to ensure Copilot-generated presentations meet design guidelines. The rollout begins in May 2025. Ensure your Office Template Library is set up and enterprise templates are uploaded. More details are available under Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 485179 (Mac), 485180 (Desktop), and 485181 (Web).
Turn voice notes into documents with Copilot in Word for iOS
Turn voice notes into documents with Copilot in Word for iOS. Open the Word app, select New (+), and Use Copilot. Choose a language and format, record your voice note, and Copilot generates a document. Available for users with a Copilot license running Version 2.96 (Build 25041112) or later.
Word Copilot’s document snapshot lets you see a summary, key insights, activity and comment highlights, and coaching
Word Copilot’s document snapshot provides a real-time summary, key insights, activity and comment highlights, and coaching suggestions. Features will roll out between April and August 2025. Organizations should update training and documentation accordingly. These features are available to users with a Copilot license. More details can be managed via the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Fix spelling and grammar all at once with Copilot
Fix spelling and grammar with one click using the new Copilot feature, available from late April to mid-June 2025. Users can review and undo changes. Update training and documentation as needed. Available to users with a Copilot license. More info: [Microsoft 365 Copilot scenarios](https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-copilot-page).
View your organization’s prompts in the redesigned Copilot Prompt Gallery app soon
The Copilot Prompt Gallery app is being redesigned with a new home page and enhanced prompt browsing. It will allow users to create, publish, and manage organizational prompts. Public preview starts in late April 2025, with general availability in early May 2025. Ensure Teams apps and Prompts app are enabled.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: New audio overviews for Word and PDF files in Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon offer AI-generated audio overviews for Word documents, PDF files, and Teams meeting recordings stored in OneDrive. This feature requires a Copilot license and will be available globally from early to late May 2025. Users can choose between summary and podcast styles for the audio overviews.
(Highlight) Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Updates for unlicensed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users (Wave 2 Spring release)
Microsoft 365 Copilot app updates for unlicensed users include a refreshed navigation pane, simplified chat experience, and an Agent Store. The rollout begins mid-May 2025 for targeted release and late May 2025 for general availability. No admin action is required, but user notification is recommended.
Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users (Wave 2 Spring release)
We are excited to introduce Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release updates to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—the starting place for AI at work. Designed for the new AI-first way of working, these updates for licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users include:
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Open Copilot Pages content in a Word document
Microsoft Copilot users can convert content from Copilot Pages to a Word document with one button press, enhancing productivity. This feature will roll out in late May 2025 and complete by mid-June 2025. No IT admin action is required unless Copilot Pages are disabled.
OneNote Pages in M365 Copilot Chat
We are excited to announce that M365 Copilot Chat experiences can now reason over your OneNote Pages. This enhancement will significantly improve productivity and efficiency by allowing users to quickly summarize takeaways or list all action items from their OneNote Pages within any M365 Copilot Chat experience. This feature will streamline workflows, reduce the time spent on manual tasks, and enhance collaboration across your organization.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available starting in May
Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available from late May to late June 2025. It enhances Microsoft 365 experiences by inferring skills from user activity, providing personalized skills profiles, and offering skills landscape reports. It includes a built-in skills library and a Skill Discovery agent for employees and leaders.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available starting in May
Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available from late May to late June 2025. It enhances Microsoft 365 experiences by inferring skills from user activity, providing personalized skills profiles, and offering skills landscape reports. It includes a built-in skills library and a Skill Discovery agent for employees and leaders.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Add suggested prompts to custom agents
We are announcing the add suggested prompts to custom agents feature for Copilot Studio. This feature allows users to add suggested prompts that their agent will support. This feature will reach general availability on May 12, 2025.
Admins can use Billing Policies to manage Copilot Pay-as-you-go services for their enterprise users
Admins can use Billing Policies to manage Copilot Pay-as-you-go services, controlling usage and costs by linking agent usage to departments and user groups. This feature will be available globally from early to mid-May 2025. Admins need to create billing policies and link them to specific Copilot scenarios.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Connect to external sources in agents through Single Sign-On
We are announcing the Connect to external sources in agents through Single Sign-On (SSO) feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature allows users to build agents that connect to external sources without needing to manually authenticate each time to external sources. This feature will reach general availability on May 19. 2025.
Power Automate – Integrate Copilot in Process Mining analysis
We are announcing the Integrate Copilot in Process Mining analysis feature for Power Automate. This feature enables you to create views and drill down into insights through an iterative conversational interface that democratizes the use of Power Automate Process Mining. This feature will reach general availability on May 23, 2025.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – User like or dislike reactions to agent response available in Copilot Studio Analytics
We are announcing the User like or dislike reactions to agent response for Copilot Studio Analytics feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature allows users to react to agent responses by liking or disliking the response and provides aggregated reaction data to agent makers. This feature will reach general availability on May 6, 2025.
Microsoft 365 Copilot can generate an audio overview of documents, meetings, and files
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon generate audio overviews of documents, meetings, and files, available in a podcast-style format. This feature will roll out in May 2025 for Copilot Notebooks and OneDrive, and in June 2025 for Outlook and Teams. Users can customize the audio overview format and manage access via the Microsoft 365 Admin center.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Glint: Viva Glint admin can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role
Viva Glint admins can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role starting mid-May 2025. This change will be automatic and default, requiring a Viva Glint, Viva Suite, or Viva Workforce Analytics license. Admins should review configurations and notify users. More details are available on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489219.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Search
Simple to use AI-powered enterprise search experience that quickly surfaces relevant information using work data you have access to.
Microsoft 365 app: Use Copilot in PDFs within the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
Use Copilot with PDF files for summaries and key insights.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updates to Copilot Chat response output
Easily interact with Microsoft Graph content represented by bolder references, new action bar, and more.
Copilot Studio – Connect your data to Azure OpenAI for generative answers
We are announcing the Connect your data to Azure OpenAI for generative answers feature for Copilot Studio. This feature allows you to connect data through the Azure OpenAI Service in Copilot Studio, allowing agents to use resources from Azure through the generative answers node. This feature will reach general availability on May 1, 2025.
OneDrive: ask Copilot questions on meeting recordings
OneDrive will introduce Copilot for meeting recordings, providing actionable insights and immediate answers via Q&A. This feature will be available globally from late May to mid-June 2025. Users can recap meetings, generate notes, and highlight @mentions. No admin action is required; notify users and update documentation.
Copilot+ PCs: more AI features that empower you every day
Changes to how users install Microsoft 365 apps from the Microsoft 365 Copilot app
The My account portal will be replaced by a new modal dialog within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for self-installs of Microsoft 365 apps. Rollout begins mid-May 2025 for Targeted Release and late May 2025 for General Availability. Update self-install communications to refer to Microsoft documentation.
Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Summarization in Edge for Business Context Menu
Microsoft Edge for Business plans to introduce a Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat summarization menu item to our context menu. This feature will help users quickly unpack and ask questions about their open page.
Microsoft Copilot Studio – Use your encryption keys to secure data
We are announcing the “Use your encryption keys to secure data” feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature enables you to manage data security and govern the encryption keys used to encrypt your data. This feature will reach general availability on May 12, 2025.
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