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What’s new for Copilot – May 2024
Welcome to the future of computing with Microsoft Copilot! May 2024 has been a landmark month for technological innovation, as Microsoft unveiled the first computers with Copilot natively embedded, harnessing the power of the revolutionary NPU processors. This integration marks a significant leap forward, not just for personal computing, but for the entire digital ecosystem.
As Copilot expands its horizons into hardware and Windows, it continues to evolve within the classic Office suite. Microsoft 365 users can now experience the enhanced capabilities of Copilot in Microsoft Teams, which has been leading the charge with several new integrations designed to streamline and enrich the meeting experience.
MAY
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Chat history coming to Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) – ON HOLD
The rollout of chat history for Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection is on hold. It allows users to view and continue past chats. A PowerShell script is available to manage this feature, which will be rolled out in mid to late May 2024. Users must consent to new terms to use chat history, which is stored for 30 days.
MAY
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Microsoft Copilot app in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web
The Microsoft Copilot app will soon be available in new Outlook for Windows and the web, with the rollout starting early May 2024 and completing by mid-May 2024. This feature will be enabled by default for users with a Copilot license. No admin action is required before the rollout.
MAY
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Copilot in Loop available in Loop components in Teams and Outlook
People with a Copilot License can now leverage Copilot in Loop when they paste Loop components into the Teams app, Outlook, and Meeting Notes.
MAY
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Copilot assisted hours update in Microsoft Copilot dashboard
Microsoft Viva is updating the Copilot Dashboard to provide a detailed breakdown of Copilot assisted hours for Viva or Viva Insights subscribers. The update, which requires no admin action, will start rolling out in early May 2024 and complete by mid-May 2024. Users should be informed of this change.
Microsoft Teams: Shifts plugin for Copilot for Microsoft 365
Frontline Managers can use the Shifts plug-in for Copilot to retrieve insights on shifts, open shifts and time off leveraging data from the Shifts app in addition to user and company data it’s able to access.
MAY
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Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can manage access to meeting artifacts such as meeting transcripts, recordings, AI-generated recap, and Copilot
Introducing a new meeting option that gives meeting organizers the flexibility to manage which attendees have access to meeting artifacts such as transcript, recording, AI-generated recap, and Copilot. Meeting organizers can select from three options: (1) People with existing access, (2) Organizers and Co-organizers, or (3) Specific People.
MAY
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Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Use Draft with Copilot in Microsoft Word based on text, list, or table selections
Microsoft 365 introduces Copilot for Word, allowing users to generate new content by selecting text, lists, or tables. The feature will roll out from late April 2024 to early August 2024, requiring no admin action for the update. For more details, users can visit the provided support link.
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Relevance Tuning for Graph connectors
Microsoft is introducing Relevance Tuning for Graph connectors in Microsoft Search and Copilot for Microsoft 365, allowing admins to assign importance weights to properties of Graph connections for more relevant search results. General Availability is expected from early to late May 2024. Admins may need to adjust property weights and consult data source owners for optimal relevance ranking. For more information, visit the provided Microsoft Learn link.
Update to supported languages in Teams Meeting Copilot
Teams Meeting Copilot now supports 16 new languages, making a total of 27 supported languages. Unsupported language responses have been removed to avoid misuse. Rollout begins mid-May 2024, completing by late May. Organizations should prepare by informing users of the supported languages.
MAY
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Viva – Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Viva Insights Product Updates
Adding trendlines to show metric movements over past 6-month time periods, before vs after Copilot comparisons, and providing the option to view an estimated dollar value for the existing Copilot assisted hours metric.
MAY
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Viva – Dashboard in Viva Insights to become available with Copilot for Microsoft 365
In the coming months, the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard will become available to all Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers at no additional cost and will not require a Viva or Viva Insights license. Users will be able to access the dashboard in the Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams or the web app.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms helps you collect more responses to your surveys or quizzes
Copilot in Forms assists form owners by recommending optimal distribution channels and settings for sending forms or quizzes. This includes leveraging email, social media, and QR codes to maximize the benefits of digital forms and quizzes.
MAY
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Microsoft Teams: Shifts plugin in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
The Shifts plugin is now available in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 within Teams, allowing users to inquire about team shifts and time off. Rollout starts early June 2024, completing by late June. To prepare, admins must deploy the plugin and users need to authenticate it.
Outlook themes generated by Microsoft Copilot
Make Outlook yours with themes generated by Copilot. You will be able to find these themes in Settings.
MAY
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Microsoft Graph: Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage
The Graph API provides access to Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage insights and analytics, allowing for the creation of customized reporting and analytics.
Copilot Lab available in Copilot for Microsoft 365 on mobile
Copilot Lab will allow users to browse and use suggested prompts in Copilot for Microsoft 365 on mobile platforms.
New proactive assistance in Copilot
Catch-up is a new experience in Copilot which aims to proactively help users catch up and take action on important updates. It contains a group of cards. Each card has an update related to an important meeting or document. It will work in M365chat and Teams Copilot. It shows up as a tab on the home page.
MAY
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The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Viva Insights will become available with Copilot for Microsoft 365
The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard will be available to all Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers without extra cost or a Viva Insights license. It will be accessible via the Viva Insights app in Teams or the web app, with advanced features requiring a Viva Insights license. Rollout begins in July 2024. Microsoft 365 admins can manage user access, and organizations with less than 10 licenses will have limited dashboard views.
Enhanced notifications for Copilot use without transcription
Microsoft is updating Copilot notifications to clarify its use without transcription, ensuring data is not saved post-meeting. A customizable Privacy Policy link will be added, directing to an internal or default Microsoft Privacy Policy. Rollout begins late May 2024, completion by early June 2024. Organizations can prepare by setting a custom Privacy Policy URL.
MAY
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OneNote: Copilot Chat on OneNote for iPad
OneNote Copilot on iPad is your intelligent assistant, transforming the way you interact with your notes. With simple natural language commands, Copilot helps you understand, summarize, and rewrite notes for enhanced clarity and purpose. It’s designed to work seamlessly on the iPad, offering a contextual chat experience that allows you to accomplish tasks faster than ever. Whether you’re preparing for a meeting or organizing your thoughts, OneNote Copilot on iPad is the perfect partner for boosting productivity and creativity on the go.
MAY
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Introducing Copilot+ PCs
Today we announced a PC for the AI era: the Copilot+ PC. These business-ready devices utilize powerful new silicon with a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of more than 40 trillion operations per second. As Secured-core PCs that come with the Microsoft Pluton security processor, Copilot+ PCs enable organizations of all sizes to benefit from advanced AI and hardware-based security. Like all new Windows 11 devices, Copilot+ PCs are easy to deploy and manage, compatible with your existing technology, and designed to be secure by default.
Copilot for Microsoft 365: Language selection only during a meeting
Copilot for Microsoft 365 will allow language selection during a Teams meeting even without activating transcripts or captions. This feature, available when ‘Allow Copilot’ is set to ‘Only during the meeting’, will ensure responses are in the chosen language. Rollout begins mid-June 2024, with no admin action required.
MAY
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Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 experiences available in classic Outlook for Windows
The message details the introduction of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in classic Outlook for Windows. Users with a Copilot license will see a new Copilot icon, providing access to various Copilot features. It also mentions the availability of other Copilot experiences and outlines the rollout schedule and preparation steps for organizations.
Microsoft Teams: Explicit Consent policy for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Microsoft Teams introduces an Explicit Consent policy for user content in meetings, requiring participant agreement for audio and video use in transcription, recording, or Microsoft Copilot. Organizations can enable this policy through the Teams Admin Center. Rollout starts mid-June 2024, with completion by late June 2024.
Power Apps – Information about the filter, sort, and search galleries with Copilot preview feature
Starting in early June, we will be rolling out a new feature that allows end users to sort, filter, and search their canvas app galleries with Copilot.
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Generate keyword query language from natural language prompt in eDiscovery with Copilot for Security
Copilot for Security is embedded in eDiscovery to enable users to provide a search prompt in natural language and will translate into keyword query language to help expedite the start of an eDiscovery search.
MAY
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Microsoft Teams: Organizers can manage access to meeting transcripts, recordings, AI-generated recap, and Copilot
Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can soon manage access to recordings, transcripts, AI recaps, and Copilot features. This will roll out in June 2024, with settings accessible under the ‘Recording and transcript’ tab. Options include access for everyone, organizers only, or specific people. The default setting is ‘Everyone.’
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab support for role-based prompts
Customers will be able to filter Microsoft-authored prompts in Copilot Lab to view those that are associated with a specific job role category, e.g., Marketing, HR, etc.
MAY
24
Outlook: New Copilot Compose experience
Major improvements to our Copilot Compose experience include a polished, lightweight UI.
Copilot in Excel chat helper
Customers can get more conversational answers to a broader range of Excel-related questions and prompts from Copilot. For example, the customer can ask how to accomplish a task and Copilot will respond with helpful steps that may include formulas to copy and use. In some cases, Copilot may explain a formula error and supply the corrected formula plus additional guidance to ensure the formula works properly.
MAY
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Excel – Copilot works on any selection
Copilot will enable the edit box on any worksheet regardless of selection. Copilot will reason over the nearest table or data range to the customer’s selected grid area on the same worksheet.
Excel – Support for Data Ranges Resembling Tables
Copilot can now reason over data ranges with a single row of headers on top, even when they’re not Excel tables.
MAY
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Evolving Copilot in Windows for your workforce
Based on your feedback, we are evolving Copilot in Windows into a standalone application. With this change, users of Copilot will get the benefits of a traditional app experience such as resizing, snapping, and moving the window. In addition, Copilot will appear at the center of the Windows taskbar, offering a familiar chat experience to help users more efficiently search, create, and collaborate.
MAY
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Viva Amplify: New Microsoft Copilot Deployment Kit
The message details the inclusion of a new Microsoft Copilot Deployment Kit in Microsoft Viva Amplify, designed to aid in change management and promote AI and Copilot usage. It will be available to licensed Viva Suite and C&C customers, with a rollout starting late May 2024. Users with access to Viva Amplify can utilize the pre-built campaign, and no admin action is required before the rollout. Organizations are advised to inform relevant teams and update documentation.
Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels to summarize content over a specified period of time
You can now ask Copilot in chat and channels to respond to questions regarding a conversation in a specific time period, for example: last month.
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Highlight and rewrite for draft with Copilot in new Outlook for Windows and web
Similar to Microsoft Word, highlight and rewrite capabilities will allow users to select specific sentences in their email draft and have them rewritten by Copilot. Using highlight and rewrite when drafting with Copilot in Outlook, users will be able to give detailed instructions on how to rewrite and be able to modify tone and length. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web.
PowerPoint: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Copilot can create presentations from a PDF file
Copilot in PowerPoint will now be able to support automatically generating a presentation based on a PDF file. This is in addition to the existing support for automatically generating a presentation based on a Word document.
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