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With the latest advancements in Copilot's capabilities—spanning Excel, Outlook, and Teams—businesses can expect smoother workflows and more intelligent decision-making. Additionally, our featured events, industry news, and resources provide key insights to help you stay ahead as we transition into the new year.
EVENTS HAPPENING THIS MONTH//
Featured Events 📅
Our CEO, Kanwal Khipple, and CTO, Richard Harbridge, shared their expert insights on the key takeaways from Microsoft Ignite and the future of digital workplaces. Their discussion covered emerging trends, actionable strategies, and how digital leaders can prepare for 2025 and beyond!
If you missed the live session or want to revisit the valuable insights, the on-demand recording is now available for free.
Microsoft 365 Copilot continues to revolutionize how businesses work by directly integrating AI-powered assistance into productivity tools.The latest updates bring even more capabilities to streamline tasks, enhance collaboration, and increase efficiency. Here are some of the key highlights for this month:
Copilot Prompt Gallery: A new app that allows users to discover, save, and share their favorite prompts, helping to accelerate AI onboarding and adoption.
Enhanced Excel Capabilities: Copilot now offers a more accessible entry point within Excel, providing formula suggestions, conditional formatting ideas, and data visualization options directly in the workflow.
Improved Email Drafting in Outlook: New features allow users to refine and enhance email writing with the ability to rewrite sections and use Auto Rewrite for seamless revisions.
Copilot in PowerPoint: New capabilities to help users build and summarize presentations more efficiently, improving the presentation creation process.
Copilot in the Admin Center: Admins can now receive personalized summaries and insights on trends across key administrative areas, streamlining management tasks.
These updates continue to empower organizations to leverage AI in their daily workflows, improving productivity and enabling smarter decision-making across teams.
Microsoft Teams
The latest updates to Microsoft Teams bring powerful new features aimed at enhancing collaboration, streamlining meeting management, and improving the overall user experience. Here are the key updates for this month:
Message Forwarding: You can now forward messages between channels, making it easier to share important information with relevant teams and streamline communication.
Breakout Room Flexibility: Meeting organizers can now allow participants to freely move between breakout rooms, enhancing event coordination and engagement.
New Calendar Experience: Teams’ calendar has been redesigned to integrate seamlessly with Outlook, offering enhanced features like calendar sharing, multi-day view, and support for multiple time zones.
Speaker Recognition in Teams Premium: New AI capabilities in Teams Premium identify and attribute speakers in live transcripts, providing personalized insights and improving meeting recaps.
Workplace Presence: The new workplace presence feature allows you to check in on the Places app, making it easier to coordinate with colleagues and stay connected to the office environment.
These updates enhance productivity, simplify event management, and ensure a more seamless experience across Microsoft Teams.
SharePoint
As we move into 2025, Microsoft continues to evolve SharePoint, a critical tool for driving collaboration and efficiency in modern workplaces. The latest SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop highlights several exciting updates designed to enhance your digital workplace experience:
Viva Connections on the SharePoint App Bar: A new entry point for Viva Connections within SharePoint, offering a seamless way to access the intranet across all SharePoint sites.
Pay-as-you-go Billing for SharePoint Agents: Organizations can now use an Azure subscription to pay for SharePoint agents based on the number of queries, giving flexibility to users without Copilot licenses.
Re-imagined Hero Web Part: A new carousel layout allows users to create dynamic and engaging pages with up to five slides in a carousel format, featuring bold text, imagery, and calls to action.
Editorial Card Web Part: A simple yet powerful new tool for creating custom content cards with tailored backgrounds, text, and hyperlinked buttons.
Accessibility Assistant: A new tool to help content creators meet accessibility standards when authoring pages, ensuring inclusivity across all SharePoint content.
These updates will help businesses stay agile, improve collaboration, and better leverage SharePoint’s potential!
Our latest resources, whitepapers and articles 📚
Strategies to Combat SharePoint & Teams Sprawl Toolkit
As organizations scale, managing SharePoint and Teams sprawl becomes crucial for maintaining productivity and security. Our Strategies to Combat SharePoint & Teams Sprawl Toolkit offers actionable insights to streamline governance and optimize collaboration:
Establish Governance Frameworks: Set clear guidelines for site and team creation to avoid duplication.
Optimize Site and Team Management: Implement lifecycle management to keep environments organized.
Enhance User Adoption: Provide training and support to improve tool usage.
Leverage Automation: Use automation to enforce policies and reduce manual oversight.
Ensure Security and Compliance: Strengthen data protection and align with organizational policies.
Microsoft Teams Copilot is quickly proving its value as a productivity tool. For organizations looking to achieve fast ROI, leveraging Copilot in meetings offers significant returns. Key benefits include:
Real-Time Clarity: Copilot allows users to ask questions during meetings, reducing confusion and ensuring alignment in real time.
Post-Meeting Insights: Instead of combing through notes, users can ask Copilot to summarize key points, action items, and decisions, saving time and minimizing the need for follow-up meetings.
Fewer Misunderstandings: Copilot helps prevent communication gaps by answering questions and clarifying details post-meeting, ensuring teams stay on track.
By streamlining meeting management and improving collaboration, Teams Copilot delivers quick ROI, making it a valuable tool for enhancing team productivity.
