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365 Message Center Show #365MCS

Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster

A weekly review of the Microsoft 365 Message Center, with Daniel Glenn, Darrell Webster, and special guests. 365MCS.com #365MCS

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33:34

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 420

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2026/04/06

Teams learns to read the sign and honour Windows Do Not Disturb. SharePoint learns a new skill in providing skills to AI. Claude and OpenAI models critique each other to get better research results. 0:00 Welcome 2:46 OneDrive: Files deleted from the cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin or Trash - MC1269861 7:10 Microsoft Teams: New experience when users minimize the meeting window - MC1266027 10:09 Auto Critique and Model Council features in Researcher (Frontier program) -

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28:29

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 419

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2026/03/30

Planner is now supported in private and shared channels. This will be ideal for simple projects involving other people in your organisation. There's also another way to recap meetings, with video. Watch the Copilot-selected highlights and decide what parts to of the full meeting you want to take a closer look at. 0:00 Welcome 02:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Federated Copilot Connectors - MC1259822 06:27 Introducing video recap for Microsoft Teams meetings - MC1261588 13:24 SharePoint

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31:22

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 418

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2026/03/23

It's going to be easier to identify bots joining your meetings with a dedicated section singling them out. SharePoint and OneDrive agents will soon allow a list to be a source for your chats. This week we also chat about two confusing messages that announced the removal of agent capabilities in M365 apps for people without an M365 license. 0:00 Introduction 2:26 New admin control for AI‑generated code previews in Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages - MC1254560 6:15 Copilot Notebooks: New features

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35:25

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 417

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2026/03/16

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

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35:38

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 416

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2026/03/09

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

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34:58

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 415

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2026/02/27

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

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24:39

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 414

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2026/02/17

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

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30:18

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 413

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2026/02/10

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

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28:42

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 412

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2026/02/02

We've been able to open M365 Copilot Chat alongside our Office apps. Now you'll be able to stay in a Copilot Chat and open email messages and PDFs from the Chat citations. Stay in Chat and check the sources - in full.0:00 Welcome 2:04 Microsoft Teams: New Drafts quick view MC1223827 6:16 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Create and view Outlook rules - MC1223821 10:03 Open Outlook emails directly in Copilot chat - MC1223826 12:25 Open PDFs within Copilot - MC1223823 15:26 Microsoft Teams: AI

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27:10

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 411

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2026/01/26

Microsoft is expanding further on what the free Copilot Chat will cover in Outlook mailboxes. But it will complicate how to describe the difference between free, unlicensed Copilot and licensed M365 Copilot. We also discuss adding watermarks to GenAI created and altered content. Also how the new Agent Mode works in PowerPoint to make changes to your presentations. 0:00 Welcome 2:24 New features coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - MC1187671 6:29

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The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 410

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2026/01/19

Have you ever wanted to replace one or two reaction icons in Teams meetings with some fun or seasonal custom reactions? Now you can with Teams Premium. You can leverage the People Skills services to suggest skills for E3 and E5 licensed people. Viva Engage Communities will soon appear in your list of Chats and Channels. What else is worth talking about this week? 0:00 Welcome 3:05 Branded meeting reactions in Teams Premium - MC1217644 7:50 More users will be able to create Loop workspaces -

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30:49

409 Conflict - 365 Message Center Show

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2025/12/22

M365 Copilot Chat has been turned off in your org. You'll need to ask IT Admin why. You might be able to convince them to turn it on without much conflict. The IT Admin might need to run a permissions report to check permissions before they turn on Copilot Chat. They might also need to Copilot-Search their calendar for the meeting where they discussed the governance of why Copilot Chat was turned off. This week's mashed-up story was brought to you by our selection of the messages. What story would

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35:44

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 408

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2025/12/15

Talk to Copilot and get it's help with triaging your email. Sounds good. You might want to find a quiet corner to try it, or a headset with active noise cancelling. Or Jed's noisy sales call might interrupt the Copilot conversation. Microsoft Planner is retiring some features to make room for some new ones. One in particular is going to finally make comments on tasks more useful. This and more on this week's show 0:00 Welcome 2:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Add web links as references in Copilot

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30:49

The 365 Message Center Show - What’s new? | Ep 407

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2025/12/07

GPT5 automatically decides how long it should think about your request. But you can change it's...err.. mind? You'll also be able to get Copilot to list the meetings you haven't RSVP'd to and quickly respond from the Copilot chat. But take care that you have all the info for making your decision. You might want to ask Copilot for some more info about the meetings. Or just look at them in Outlook.0:00 Welcome 2:29 Message preview for channels, mentions, and reactions notifications -

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406 - Unacceptable Message Center Show Response

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2025/12/01

Sounds dramatic. But we're just sticking with the error code episode number theme till we can't make any further stories from them. Copilot Chat can schedule meetings and offers a new entry point in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. We'll also see a new Learning agent that surfaces training content and offers role playing lessons from LinkedIn Learning. 0:00 Welcome 2:16 Organizational Messages now support Action Segments for Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1189666 4:44 Organizational Messages to

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34:56

404 - Message Center Show episode not found

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2025/11/17

You managed to find the episode. Now search for where Copilot App Skills are re-moving in Excel. Find out how Copilot can reschedule meetings for you if you get double-booked. Find a way for Researcher and Analyst agents to connect to other agents and use them - sub-contracting!0:00 Welcome 1:57 App Skills in Excel will be retired - MC1184407 4:31 Agent mode in Excel generally available soon (formerly part of the Frontier program) - MC1184408 7:19 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Configure connected agents

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35:34

Meeting Polls. FAQ checkers. Rating calls | Ep 403

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2025/11/10

In this 403 Forbidden episode we go to the polls, check our FAQs, and rate our calls. This episode is full of variety, seeing an old Microsoft Garage feature completely absorbed into Outlook, FAQs that help to keep themselves updated and correct, and a new way to rate our calls. 0:00 Welcome 2:44 Native polls integrated into New Outlook calendar compose form - MC1182003 8:40 SharePoint FAQ web part: AI-powered updates for easier content management and seamless import - MC1182704 12:23

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37:27

Let Me COPILOT That For You | Ep 402

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2025/11/05

We think we will call M365 Copilot's Researcher Agent feature the "LMCTFY". Ask Copilot to perform some research. Choose "Computer Use" mode and let Copilot control a virtual computer to carry out your research. If you don't want people to be reminded to check the AI results for accuracy, this disclaimer will be removed. But you will have the opportunity to turn it back on and customise a link to provide your own guidance about AI results. 0:00 Welcome 2:38 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Add and

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34:47

What’s new in the Microsoft 365 Message Center? | Ep 401

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2025/10/27

The SharePoint document library toolbars are changing and you will want to prepare your org for where buttons have moved and how it works now. Teams adds searching for images, but it's not what you think. And Windows 11 and Copilot are getting back together, with integration means Copilot is even more helpful on your desktop. But when are these features coming to Windows 11 for businesses and enterprises? 0:00 Welcome 2:06 Introducing Image Search in Microsoft Teams - MC1174858 7:55

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Floating Copilot button and the M365 Message Center |...

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2025/10/21

Some said it could never be done. But we have reached that day. Copilot floating buttons are arriving in OneDrive. Teams is offering an audio-only recording for meetings, and Copilot in Outlook will suggest you add an agenda -- Intelligently. Oh and Daniel and Darrell made 400 episodes! 0:00 Welcome 1:41 Audio-only recording now available in Microsoft Teams - MC1173926 7:57 Microsoft OneDrive: floating Copilot button simplifies Copilot discovery - MC1173929 13:13 Copilot in Outlook:

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