Microsoft Teams: Edit and manage Teams Town Hall instances in Outlook

Organizers and co-organizers can now easily edit the details of Teams Town Hall instances. A direct link to the Teams Town Hall edit page is now accessible from Outlook calendar. This enhancement brings the same seamless editing and registration management experience already available in webinar, bringing a consistent experience across all event types.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recent activity is part of Copilot’s dynamic document snapshot in Word

Select the Activity tab within the Copilot summary at the top of a document for a summary of recent comments and changes. Choose a time window of 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope prompts to specific Channels in Teams in Copilot Chat

Users will be able to scope their prompts to specific Channels in Teams to get more focused responses when using Copilot Chat.

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Service health dashboard

As a Microsoft Purview user, you’ll be able to view outages, service issues, and advisories that might impact your services. This new dashboard will combine the services and solutions health of Purview, Microsoft 365 services, and Azure Cloud Services in one central place in the Purview portal, eliminating the need to go to several places to find this information.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for EDU customers ages 13 and older

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is available at no additional cost for Microsoft 365 EDU users ages 13 and older who sign in with their Microsoft Entra account (no Microsoft 365 Copilot license required). Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat offers enterprise data protection (EDP), and secure AI chat, powered by the latest large language models with optional web grounding. Admins must take action to enable access.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an Excel file when creating a slide with Copilot for PowerPoint

You can now reference an Excel file when you create a slide with Copilot for PowerPoint.

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PowerPoint: Deprecation of Reuse Slides Button in Ribbon

PowerPoint is retiring the Reuse Slide feature from the Ribbon by July 31, 2025. Users can reuse slides by copying and pasting between presentations or duplicating presentations. No admin action is required, but users should be informed and internal documentation updated.

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Researcher is available in Word for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users

Researcher will be available in Word for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users starting July 16, 2025. It combines OpenAI’s research model with Copilot’s capabilities to assist in complex research. The rollout completes by August 14, 2025. No admin action is required, and it supports 37 languages.

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AI Builder – Introducing the new contract processing prebuilt model (preview)

We are announcing the availability of contract processing (preview), a new prebuilt AI Builder model.

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3rd party citation add-in in Word reference tab

A new contextual entry point under the References tab in Word will help users discover third-party citation tools alongside the default Word citation functionality. The rollout will complete by late July 2025, enhancing tool discoverability and flexibility. No admin configuration is required.

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