diff --git a/copilot-agent-strategy/copilot-agents-guide/index.html b/copilot-agent-strategy/copilot-agents-guide/index.html index 17b1a26..8b2efc2 100644 --- a/copilot-agent-strategy/copilot-agents-guide/index.html +++ b/copilot-agent-strategy/copilot-agents-guide/index.html @@ -99,19 +99,26 @@ // ─── Message Center Data ───────────────────────────────────────── const messageCenterPosts = [ + { id: 'MC1326260', title: 'Microsoft Purview Data Security Triage Agent will include sensitive data remediation through Microsoft Teams', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-29', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Teams', 'Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview Data Security Triage Agent will add sensitive data remediation via Microsoft Teams for SharePoint and OneDrive files, automating user notifications and tracking remediation progress. This opt-in feature, launching in public preview late June 2026, aims to reduce compliance risk and improve remediation visibility.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1326254', title: 'Microsoft 365 Archive: file-level archiving public preview', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-29', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Archive now supports file-level archiving in public preview, allowing SharePoint files or folders to be moved to low-cost storage while remaining visible with metadata and compliance intact. Admins enable the feature; archived files are excluded from search and Copilot, with reactivation timing varying by duration.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1325441', title: 'Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Archive OneDrive and SharePoint files under retention', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-28', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management will enable archiving OneDrive and SharePoint files under retention policies to reduce storage costs by moving inactive content to Microsoft 365 Archive. Archived files remain compliant and discoverable but are excluded from Copilot indexing. The feature requires admin setup and rolls out worldwide from late June to mid-July 2026.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1325422', title: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Simplified, chat-centered experience', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-28', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app updates introduce a streamlined, chat-centered experience with simplified navigation, a new Tasks tab, and consolidated Work IQ toggle. Rolling out from May to July 2026, these changes enhance usability across web and desktop for all Copilot users, requiring no user action to enable.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'declarative'] }, + { id: 'MC1324284', title: 'New entry points for "Create pages with AI in SharePoint"', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-27', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'Copilot in SharePoint expands AI-assisted page and news post creation with new entry points at the Publish landing page and Site Template Gallery. Rolling out March to July 2026, it requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and is enabled by default for eligible users, enhancing authoring speed and flexibility.', tags: ['updated-message', 'feature-update', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1323262', title: 'Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery: Enhancement of Loop and Copilot Pages in review and export', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-26', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) will add an HTML conversion option for Microsoft Loop and Copilot Pages files during export or review set addition, making these cloud-native files accessible and searchable in standard browsers. This feature requires Microsoft 365 E5 licenses and will roll out mid-June to early July 2026.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1315219', title: 'Update to agents in SharePoint: Simpler launch experience and new site AI settings', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-18', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'SharePoint updates simplify agent management with new Site AI settings, letting site owners control highlighted agents. Approved agents won’t appear in the Agent Picker and should be placed on pages. Rollout starts mid-November 2024, completing by June 2026, affecting all SharePoint Online tenants.', tags: ['feature-update', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['sharepoint', 'declarative'] }, { id: 'MC1315217', title: 'Microsoft Copilot Studio – Classic agent creation moves from Teams to web experience, retiring June 30, 2026', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-18', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 suite', 'Microsoft Teams'], summary: 'Classic agent creation in Microsoft Copilot Studio is moving from the Teams app to the web app, retiring Teams-based creation on June 30, 2026. Existing agents remain functional, and users will be redirected to the web app. No compliance or security changes; organizations should prepare by transitioning users and updating documentation.', tags: ['user-impact', 'admin-impact', 'retirement'], isHighImpact: true, agentAudience: ['lite', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1311968', title: 'Copilot in SharePoint will start rolling out to all tenants as an opt-out preview starting in mid-June 2026', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-15', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'Copilot in SharePoint will roll out as an opt-out preview starting mid-June 2026 for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users. It enables AI-powered content creation and management via a chat interface, respects user permissions, and offers admin controls for tenant or site-level opt-in/out and customization.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1310687', title: 'Authoritative Sites for SharePoint in Microsoft Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-14', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'Authoritative Sites lets admins mark specific SharePoint sites as trusted, prioritizing their content in Microsoft Copilot Chat and Search to improve reliability and relevance. Rolling out May-June 2026, it requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license and is configurable via PowerShell without changing permissions.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1309841', title: 'Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-AI app selection for Generative AI apps indicators', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-14', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will enable admins to select specific Generative AI apps for monitoring insider risk signals, improving relevance and cost efficiency. The feature rolls out May–June 2026, applies to Copilot and enterprise AI apps, and requires no user workflow changes. Admins can configure settings post-rollout.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, - { id: 'MC1309733', title: 'PowerPoint for the web: “Visualize this slide” skill in Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-13', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 for the web', 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'The "Visualize this slide" skill in Copilot for PowerPoint for the web, launching mid-May 2026, transforms text slides into visually rich layouts. Enabled by default for eligible users, no admin action is needed. Users can choose to apply the feature, which respects existing compliance and admin controls.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1309733', title: 'PowerPoint for the web: “Visualize this slide” skill in Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-13', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 for the web', 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'The "Visualize this slide" skill in Copilot for PowerPoint for the web, launching mid-May 2026, transforms text slides into visually rich layouts using the Anthropic model. Enabled by default, it respects existing compliance and admin settings, with no admin action required to prepare.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1309732', title: 'PowerPoint for Mac: “Visualize this slide” skill in Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-13', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 apps', 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'The "Visualize this slide" skill in Copilot for PowerPoint on Mac, launching mid-May 2026, transforms text slides into visual layouts using the Anthropic model. It’s enabled by default for eligible users, requires no admin action, and respects existing compliance and admin settings.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, + { id: 'MC1309731', title: 'PowerPoint for Windows desktop: “Visualize this slide” skill in Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-13', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 apps', 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'The "Visualize this slide" skill in Copilot for PowerPoint on Windows desktop transforms text slides into visually rich designs using the Anthropic model. It rolls out worldwide by mid-May 2026, is enabled by default, requires no admin action, and respects existing compliance and licensing policies.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1308856', title: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Mobile App: Capability to drive awareness via Notifications on M365 Admin Center', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-12', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Admin Center now lets IT admins notify users about the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app via targeted notifications, guiding them to a secure, approved download. This admin-initiated feature helps reduce use of non-sanctioned AI apps and supports compliance with existing security controls.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1307888', title: 'Microsoft Teams: AI-powered notes for in-person meetings with Facilitator in Teams Rooms on Android', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-11', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Teams'], summary: 'Microsoft Teams is expanding AI-powered meeting notes with the Facilitator agent to Teams Rooms on Android, enabling real-time note-taking during in-person meetings. Notes are securely stored in tenant-owned SharePoint and accessible via meeting recap. Rollout begins early July 2026, requiring Teams Rooms Pro licenses and specific tenant settings.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1307512', title: 'Microsoft Teams: AI-powered notes for in-person meetings with Facilitator in Teams Rooms on Windows', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-11', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Teams'], summary: 'Microsoft Teams is expanding AI-powered meeting notes with the Facilitator agent to Teams Rooms on Windows for in-person meetings. Notes are captured in real-time, stored securely in tenant-owned SharePoint, and accessible via meeting recap. Rollout begins July 2026, requiring Teams Rooms Pro licenses and enabled Facilitator, Loop, and transcription settings.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1301714', title: 'Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention- DLP to restrict processing external emails in M365 Copilot and Copilot Chat', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-05', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft Purview', 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview is adding a new DLP control for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat to exclude external emails from being used in AI-generated responses. This feature, off by default, will roll out from June to August 2026 and helps protect organizations by limiting Copilot’s data sources to trusted internal content.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1300981', title: 'Power Apps - Dataverse Agent users with Microsoft Entra Agent ID', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-05-05', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Power Apps'], summary: 'We’re introducing a new feature in public preview, Dataverse Agent users, powered by Microsoft Entra Agent ID. Rollout of this feature will start on May 4, 2026, and is expected to reach North America by May 22, 2026.This new capability enables organizations to create and manage agent-specific ident', tags: ['new-feature'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['lite', 'full'] }, - { id: 'MC1296874', title: 'Introducing Calendar Agentic capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-30', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces Calendar Agentic capabilities, enabling users to automate calendar actions via natural-language instructions. Rolling out April–May 2026, it works across Outlook and Teams, respects compliance settings, and requires no new admin controls. Users must enable it, and existing policies apply.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, - { id: 'MC1295106', title: 'Microsoft Copilot Studio – Group and analyze the performance of user questions by themes', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-29', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'active', services: ['Dynamics 365 Apps'], summary: 'Update: Release of this feature has been updated.We are announcing the ability to group and analyze the performance of user questions by themes in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on July 29, 2026.How does this affect me?With this feature, makers can get a more ', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['lite', 'full'] }, + { id: 'MC1296874', title: 'Introducing Calendar Agentic capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-30', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces Calendar Agentic capabilities, enabling users to automate calendar actions via natural-language instructions. Rolling out April–May 2026, it works across Outlook and Teams, respects compliance settings, and requires no new admin controls. Users must enable it, and existing policies apply.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1282683', title: 'Create and edit SharePoint pages with Copilot-powered AI', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-16', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'SharePoint page editors with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will get an AI-powered authoring panel to create and edit pages using natural language prompts, leveraging existing Microsoft 365 content. The feature rolls out from April to June 2026, is enabled by default, and allows switching between AI and manual editing.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1282682', title: 'Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to the agent creation experience', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-16', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Agent Builder will have an updated, more intuitive agent creation experience starting late April 2026, improving clarity and real-time configuration without changing agent functionality, publishing, or admin controls. No action is required, but internal training updates are optional.', tags: ['feature-update', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'declarative'] }, { id: 'MC1282567', title: 'Create charts on pages with AI in SharePoint', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-16', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'SharePoint introduces an AI-assisted Charts web part, enabling page authors with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to create and edit interactive charts using plain-language prompts. Rollout starts late May 2026 for Targeted Release and mid-June 2026 worldwide, with no required action for organizations.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, @@ -120,9 +127,6 @@ { id: 'MC1269870', title: 'Update to Copilot navigation pane chat history filtering', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-03', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Chat history in the Copilot navigation pane will be filtered by the current Copilot experience, with an option to view all chats. This change, rolling out April-May 2026, affects all Microsoft 365 users, requires no admin action, and does not impact data storage or compliance.', tags: ['feature-update', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1269217', title: 'Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP expands protection to Copilot PC Recall snapshots', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-03', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP will support Copilot+ PCs by protecting Windows Recall snapshots from capturing sensitive content. Admins can create custom policies for these devices, with rollout starting April 2026. The feature is off by default and requires coordination with Intune and policy updates.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, { id: 'MC1269209', title: 'Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-04-03', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['SharePoint Online'], summary: 'Custom skills for AI in SharePoint enable users with edit permissions to create reusable, multi-step AI tasks using natural language, stored as Markdown files in the site’s Agent Assets library. Rolling out from April to July 2026, this feature respects existing permissions and requires no tenant-level activation.', tags: ['new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: true, agentAudience: ['full', 'sharepoint', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, - { id: 'MC1265767', title: 'Copilot Cowork now available in Frontier', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-03-30', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat'], summary: 'Copilot Cowork is now available in Frontier for Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users, enabling multi-step task orchestration across apps with user approval and progress tracking. It requires Frontier enrollment, Microsoft-built agents, and Anthropic as a subprocessor, with EU-specific data boundary controls. No admin action needed.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative'] }, - { id: 'MC1263277', title: 'Microsoft Purview | DLP to safeguard sensitive data from external web search in Microsoft 356 Copilot and Copilot Chat', category: 'Stay Informed', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-03-27', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft Purview'], summary: 'Microsoft Purview DLP will add real-time evaluation to block sensitive data in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat from external web searches. The feature rolls out from March to June 2026, requires admin policy updates, and enables monitoring via DLP alerts and Activity Explorer.', tags: ['updated-message', 'new-feature', 'user-impact', 'admin-impact'], isHighImpact: false, agentAudience: ['researcherAnalyst', 'full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, - { id: 'MC1262588', title: 'Microsoft Teams: Retirement of CAPTCHA for meeting join', category: 'Plan for Change', severity: 'medium', datePublished: '2026-03-26', actionRequiredBy: null, status: 'completed', services: ['Microsoft Teams'], summary: 'Microsoft Teams will retire CAPTCHA for meeting joins by August 2026, replacing it with a default-on bot detection feature that requires organizer approval for bots. This ensures continuous bot protection without join friction. Tenant admins and organizers should review new policies but no immediate action is needed.', tags: ['user-impact', 'retirement'], isHighImpact: true, agentAudience: ['full', 'declarative', 'toolkit'] }, ]; @@ -1510,7 +1514,7 @@

Microsoft Copilo
- Updated May 2026 + Updated June 2026