Copilot 365 Digest

Agent Mode transforms Copilot into an active editor across Office apps:

• Key benefits: Direct Excel changes (formulas/tables), PowerPoint template...

Supercharge your Copilot Notebooks with the redesigned Overview page rolling out late April to late May 2026—perfect for quick insights without manual...

Microsoft's 3Rs Framework (Readiness, Relevance, Resiliency) enables secure Copilot adoption by tackling oversharing, content lifecycle, and business...

Copilot Cowork Advances

• 🔥 Anthropic Partnership: Microsoft integrates Anthropic’s Claude agent technology into Microsoft 365 Copilot as Copilot...

Key ways to supercharge Microsoft 365 Copilot agents for productivity:

• Copilot Cowork uses Anthropic’s Claude for multi-step tasks across Word,...

Instant AI boost for M365 workflows: Remap any key to launch Copilot via Win + C using free PowerToys.

• Install & setup: Get PowerToys from...

Trend alert: Shift from basic prompting to task delegation with Copilot Cowork skills for real M365 execution—like inbox org and meeting prep.

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Microsoft's AI trend in M365 amps up file smarts and inbox flow:

• OneDrive Copilot glow-up: Summarizes files, answers questions, extracts insights,...

Enterprise AI adoption surges as partners enable governance-first scaling:

• Amgen built a custom R&D agent in 6 weeks with Copilot Studio,...

Copilot Productivity Prompts

• Productivity Prompts in Copilot Chat: New prompts available today include Write & Edit Faster, Prioritize & Plan,...

Level up your Copilot skills with the new Microsoft Certified: AI Agent Builder Associate:

• Exam AB-620 (beta) proves you can design and manage...

Emerging trend of practical prompts across sources to supercharge daily tasks:

• Brainstorming: E.g., product names for Contoso organic pet food
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Rising trend: Pro services firms like CBIZ and Moody's embed Microsoft 365 Copilot enterprise-wide for workflow gains.

• CBIZ: Deploys Copilot to...

New Agent Features

• 🔥 Planner Agent: Planner Agent brings work management directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, unifying tasks across Planner, To...

Copilot Studio's document output (preview) generates Word files from prompts in flows and topics, supercharging Power Automate low-code automations...

Key upgrades for Copilot-integrated workflows:

• Teams video recaps now live: AI highlights save time.
• Toolbar redesign June 2026: Pin/reorder...

Planner Agent integrates work management into Microsoft 365 Copilot, perfect for knowledge workers juggling tasks across apps.

Key benefits:
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Knowledge workers: Level up from prompt rewriting to agentic workflows in this free/low-cost Zoom session.

• May 8, 9-10:30am: Live demos on Custom...

Windows 11's optional AI agent support elevates Copilot workflows in M365 apps:

• Real-time Taskbar monitoring: Hover over the Microsoft 365 Copilot...

Privacy risk alert for enterprise users: Outlook overrides opt-outs.

• Bug re-enables Copilot after disable in Microsoft Outlook.
• Hits new Outlook...