365 Message Center Show #365MCS

This week we look at some of the Copilot pieces coming together for Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork. Claude Sonnet will bridge the gap between coding and natural language task sequencing. Drafting email from a Copilot Chat and sending it, takes us a step closer to Copilot being the UI for AI that might replace the UI for applications altogether. But is that a good thing?

0:00 Welcome

2:17 Microsoft Outlook: Copilot Chat available in shared and delegate mailboxes - MC1246031

7:17 Microsoft Agent 365 Generally Available May 1, 2026 - MC1247364

11:31 Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1247880

16:01 SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages - MC1247902

23:54 (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Draft and send Outlook email directly in Copilot Chat - MC1247637

29:37 Sensitivity labels available soon for Viva Engage communities - MC1250283

What a great way to celebrate 25 years of SharePoint - a makeover. The new look menus and SharePoint home encourage discovery of content, publishing new pages and posts, and building sites, lists and more. Happy Birthday SharePoint. Also on this week's show

0:00 Welcome

1:35 Introducing the new SharePoint experience - MC1240699

11:07 Copilot entry point changes in Word and handoff to Agent in chat - MC1240704

13:22 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to PowerPoint on‑canvas features with Agent mode - MC1243550

18:32 Workspace IP Firewall rules (Public Preview) - MC1238430

23:23 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Turn Copilot Pages into SharePoint News posts - MC1239186

26:20 Targeted file and folder restores in Microsoft 365 Backup - MC1245216

29:15 Upcoming change: disabling Teams meeting recording notification emails - MC1245635

Microsoft Teams is having a "Simply Red" moment and it's leaving some people seeing red. Microsoft are removing the labels from the apps on the app rail. Because 🎵 if you don't know them by now, you will never never never know them.🎵 (Ref: https://youtu.be/zTcu7MCtuTs?si=AYbidLv-ZnCPnG0z&t=15)

Also on this week's episode:

0:00 Welcome

1:41 Simplified Teams app bar to create a cleaner and more focused experience - MC1234559

5:20 App names hidden in app bar for a cleaner, more focused experience - MC1226220

9:59 Outlook: retiring “Contact Masking” (hide suggested recipients) - March 31, 2026 - MC1234566

14:52 Microsoft SharePoint: Use SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows with new column type - MC1234549

22:01 Microsoft Teams: Upcoming changes to Microsoft Places licensing and feature access - MC1235124

28:47 Microsoft Teams: New controls for quick views in the chat list - MC1234574

32:32 Microsoft Teams on Windows: Annotate content while sharing a single window - MC1234561

Classic Outlook gets more Copilot capabilities. Good idea, given that much of the world still uses Classic Outlook. But this week we also see a modern feature removed from New Outlook. Context IQ and the / are retiring in New Outlook. Interesting move. Will the / be used for something else more Copiloty?

0:00 Welcome

2:25 Secure Boot certificate updates: actions required ahead of June 2026 expiration - MC1230373

5:11 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows - MC1228331

8:53 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Scheduling with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows - MC1228333

12:11 SharePoint Pages: Retirement of Web Search (Bing) image pivot - MC1230452

16:01 Context IQ retirement in the new Outlook and Outlook on the web - MC1230455

19:22 Microsoft Teams: Voice tethering - MC1230459

Agents will soon retrieve data from MCP servers and offer formatting options you can interact with. The Copilot "preview pane" opens Word, Excel, and PowerPoint alongside your M365 Chat results. Viva Engage introduces a way to hide your colleagues messages from your feed. What else landed this week?

0:00 Welcome

1:55 Open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - MC1225199

4:03 Microsoft Teams: Teams Live Events is retiring - MC1226495

8:17 Enhancing Model Context Protocol (MCP) based agents with rich interactive UI widgets support - MC1227627

14:00 Viva Engage: New option to hide a user's messages - MC1226225

21:11 Drawn electronic signatures with eSignature for Microsoft 365 - MC1225195

24:09 Change meeting organizer via PowerShell cmdlet in Exchange Online - MC1227623