Microsoft Teams August 2025 Updates

I typically forget to look at the monthly Microsoft Teams blog posting they do every month.  There are always several new features can capabilities being introduced each month.  Here are a couple that caught my eye.

• New filtering for messages in chat and channels.
• Save messages view.  You have the ability to bookmark important chat messages and go to a centralized view that will show you everything you have booked marked across Teams chats.
• Multiple emoji reactions….yes I can finally many, not just one.
• Personal meeting templates allows you to create meeting templates that are based on your preferences for external meetings, internal 1:1 meeting, partner meetings, etc.
• Organizers can now message attendees in the lobby before letting them in.  For instance, “hey we will let you admit you in 2 mins we are running late”.

Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams--august-2025/4448706

New SharePoint AI Pages

AI is now being introduced into SharePoint Pages.  Now when you are authoring SharePoint pages, you will be given AI prompts to assist you with the authoring of content directly in SharePoint.  See here for more information.

Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-pages-introducing-sections-with-ai/4422571

Microsoft Copilot Chat now has GPT-5

GPT-5 is now integrated into M365 Copilot, representing a notable advancement and fulfilling Microsoft's commitment to incorporating the latest OpenAI models into M365. With GPT-5, Copilot can process prompts using a real-time router that selects the most appropriate model to generate a response. Furthermore, Copilot is designed to deliver rapid replies for efficient user experience. For complex and open-ended inquiries, Copilot identifies when advanced reasoning is necessary and utilizes GPT-5’s enhanced reasoning capabilities.

For more information, read this >> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/08/07/available-today-gpt-5-in-microsoft-365-copilot/