Microsoft has added agentic calendar capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot for users in the Frontier program, enabling users to automatically accept, decline, and manage Outlook meetings.
Microsoft has introduced a new plannerTaskChatMessage endpoint in Microsoft Graph. The endpoint allows full management of the new chat-based Planner comments, currently limited to delegated permissions. My post covers eight samples for all key operations.
Microsoft has added Flux.2 Flex from Black Forest Labs as a new image generation model in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. It’s a third-party model hosted within Microsoft-controlled Azure infrastructure.
The Interpreter agent in Teams now supports a new consecutive interpretation mode for turn-based speech-to-speech translation for meetings in two languages.
Microsoft is rolling out a new Personal Attendant agent for Teams Phone to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license in the Frontier program. Personal Attendant is an AI-powered voice agent that handles incoming calls on behalf of the user.
Copilot can now be added as a participant in Teams 1:1 and group chats, allowing members with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to ask questions via @mention.
Microsoft is rolling out bot detection for Teams Meetings, requiring an additional approval step before external meeting assistant bots can be admitted from the lobby. Administrators can configure a new policy setting to control bot access tenant-wide, including blocking detected bots entirely.
Microsoft is rolling out a new “Catch up” experience in Teams Mobile that surfaces mentions, replies, and conversations requiring action in a single, consolidated, card-based view.
Passkeys (FIDO2) are being added as a supported targeted authentication method in Microsoft Entra registration campaigns. In addition, tenants in the Microsoft-managed state that meet specific criteria will see additional configuration changes.
Microsoft has integrated Microsoft 365 Backup Management into the SharePoint Admin Center, consolidating backup configuration and management for SharePoint and OneDrive in a single location.
