Microsoft 365 Copilot: New custom engine agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces custom engine agents for domain or tenant-specific workflows, supported in Teams and soon in BizChat. Requires a Copilot license, with rollout starting February 2025. These agents enable unique AI experiences and can be created and deployed via Copilot Studio or Visual Studio.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: AI administrator role authorization to manage Copilot settings

The AI administrator role in Microsoft 365 admin center authorizes users to manage Copilot settings, with a rollout starting in January 2025. No admin action is required for this update.

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Microsoft Clipchamp: Reduced file sizes for Microsoft Teams meeting recordings exported from Clipchamp

Clipchamp now compresses Microsoft Teams meeting recordings for smaller file sizes without quality loss. This feature is globally available since mid-January 2025 and is enabled by default, requiring no admin action but may necessitate user notification and documentation updates.

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General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory

Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory is now generally available for Microsoft Teams Phone customers, allowing management of assigned and unassigned numbers within Teams. Unassigned numbers will not be removed from management storage. To release them, use the New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder cmdlet. No action is required for preparation.

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Power Apps – Update your firewall rules to add the new telemetry endpoints by February 20, 2025

We are in the process of updating client telemetry endpoints. These endpoints allow Microsoft to gather telemetry to support customers in resolving issues.

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Power Platform – Manage system views with security role public preview

We are announcing the Managing system views with security role feature preview for Dataverse security in Power Platform. This preview will allow administrators to manage which system views to show on the table form list based on the user’s security role. This preview will be rolled out globally from February 3, 2025, through February 6, 2025.

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A new Outlook experience for Windows 10 devices

To help plan for Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025 and simplify the transition to Windows 11, the new Outlook for Windows will be automatically installed on Windows 10 devices as part of the optional January 2025 non-security preview update and the February 2025 security update.

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Power Apps – Work with existing tables when visualizing complex data

We are announcing the work with existing tables when visualizing complex data feature for Power Apps. This feature allows for leveraging your existing tables to build more robust data models and help prevent the creation of duplicate pre-existing tables for an optimized experience. This feature will reach general availability on February 20, 2025.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Dictate your prompts in Copilot Chat

Use the dictation button to input your prompts with speech.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for Mac

Using everyday language, ask Copilot to perform advanced analytics that would usually take you hours or is beyond your skillset like machine learning, predictive forecasting, and more. Copilot will write Python code for you and insert it on the grid, resulting in deeper insights and stunning visuals. Available on Excel for Mac in English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish, with additional languages coming soon.

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