New M365 Agent Store

It was just announced that there will be a new Agent Store being in M365 Copilot Chat.  This store can be used to obtain agents from Microsoft, your organization or third-party providers.

More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/discover-new-agents-in-microsoft-365-innovation/4406363 

New AI Adoption Score Report

A new AI Adoption Score report is scheduled for release in the coming weeks. The report tracks usage patterns, gathers feedback from users, and analyzes feature adoption metrics to provide insights into Copilot's utilization. These reports can help organizations identify areas for improvement, assess training needs, and determine if users are fully leveraging Copilot's capabilities.  There are Peer Benchmark, Usage Frequency, and Feature Level Usage Insights reports, plus solutions to help communicate and message with end users to drive more adoption.

More Information:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/announcing-general-availability-of-ai-adoption-score/4403118 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/adoption/ai-adoption-score?view=o365-worldwide

M365 Copilot Research and Analyst

There is a new, interesting M365 Copilot Agent that is called Researcher and Analyst.  Researcher and Analyst can work through complex tasks and produce insights leverage reasoning models, and chain of thought reasoning.  Supper interesting, recommend listening to the videos.

Reference:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/03/25/introducing-researcher-and-analyst-in-microsoft-365-copilot/

New Microsoft Team Calendar

In early February 2025, Microsoft Teams released a new calendar experience. This update provides a consistent and unified experience similar to what users have with Microsoft Outlook. The new calendar feature aims to make scheduling meetings more efficient, aligning closely with the richer calendar functionalities available in Outlook.

Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/the-new-calendar-in-microsoft-teams-now-generally-available/4373598

Introducing SharePoint Agents

SharePoint Agents are a new solution currently rolling out.  SharePoint Agents are scoped agents aligned to a site and all the documents and content within it.  On every SharePoint site, you will see a copilot icon with a default agent that has been created.  Now you can leverage agents on targeted content.

It is also very simple to create additional agents that are scope to a site, library, folder or even relevant files.  Creation of agents is integrated in with the SharePoint Ribbons and menu system.

Once a SharePoint agent is created, these agents can be shared via email, Microsoft Teams or referenced through Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.  

SharePoint Agents are licensed through the Microsoft 365 Copilot License without any additional charges.  Users who do not have a Microsoft 365 Copilot License can still create and use SharePoint agents if they have Copilot Studio capacity packs or pay-as-you-go meters enabled.

References:

https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-agents/ 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-new-agents-in-microsoft-365/4296918

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/ignite-2024-sharepoint-agents-now-in-general-availability/4298746 

New Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

There was a big announcement a couple of days ago that a new Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is being introduced.  This new, slimmer capability provides organizations with free AI based chat with enterprise data controls for data privacy and security.  

With Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users have the ability to have web ground chat, collaborate with Copilot Pages, file upload to analyze documents, generate images, etc.  See chart below for details.  Plus, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat enables organizations to leverage Agents built with Copilot Studio.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat gives organizations and entry point solution to start early adoption of AI collaboration capabilities and then start enabling M365 Copilot Chat with Office data when they are ready.

References:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/01/15/copilot-for-all-introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-chat/

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/copilot-chat-brings-the-power-of-ai-to-every-microsoft-365-user/4369018

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/improved-copilot-experiences-for-commercial-organizations/4366315

M365 Copilot for Word and PowerPoint Announcements

There were tons of new announcements made back in November 2024 at Microsoft Ignite, and I am still digging my way through them all.  Specifically, M365 Copilot with Word and PowerPoint, there were some new scenarios announced which I found interesting.

Word Copilot

• You can now create new document content by referencing meeting or email content, in addition to previously being able to reference files.
• When drafting content in Word, Copilot will use files, emails, and meeting information to assist in drafting.
• Copilot will cite sources when drafting, allowing you to investigate how the content was created.
• New prompts provide examples to help you get started.
• The Coaching feature offers suggestions on structure, flow, and tone.
• An automatic summary feature for Word documents is available, which is useful for long files. A similar feature is also available in SharePoint/OneDrive to view a summary of the file without opening it.

PowerPoint Copilot

• Introducing the new Copilot PowerPoint Starter Template, designed to enable users to create branded presentations seamlessly.
• The Narrative Builder feature is based on a selected file and will generate a presentation with that content. Additionally, users can continue to add other files as they refine their narrative.
• Copilot utilizes images stored in asset libraries, including SharePoint Organization Asset Library and now Templafy.
• Once slides are created, Copilot can assist in rewriting the text on a slide, such as condensing the amount of text.
• Copilot facilitates the acquisition of images for your slides, whether by generating AI-created images with a simple prompt, selecting ideal stock photos, or incorporating brand-specific images.
• New features have been introduced to assist in finalizing a presentation, including auto-generated speaker notes, animations, and transitions.
• With Copilot Translation, you can translate an entire PowerPoint presentation into one of 40 languages while maintaining the design integrity of each slide.

References

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot-in-word-at-ignite-2024/4303448

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot-in-powerpoint-at-ignite-2024/4298971

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/keep-your-presentations-on-brand-with-copilot-in-powerpoint/4295913