Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 267

Episode 267 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus and Thomas Duff as we cover this week’s updates.

Using Copilot to create a meeting invite from an email thread

It’s not unusual to have a long email thread that is looking like a meeting needs to occur. But trying to find all the people, summarize the agenda, and find the best possible time can be a real chore. However, using the Schedule with Copilot feature in New Outlook/Outlook on the web can most of that work for you. Here’s how that works…

Custom Copilot Draft Instructions for New Outlook/Outlook on the web

One of the best features of Copilot is that it can help you draft emails and replies based on custom instructions you provide Copilot in the New Outlook and/or Outlook on the web settings. Here’s how you can update those instructions and how it works…

Changing the look of the header on your SharePoint site

Out of the box, the header on your SharePoint site pages are pretty plain. But there is a way that you can add some flair to it, especially if you want to make it stand out or apply a bit of theming. You do this using the Change the look option. This is now it works…

Searching for Settings in Microsoft Teams

Have you ever gone into the Settings for Microsoft Teams to change something, and found yourself clicking through every single option looking for what you’re after? Now you can just search for the option using the Settings search. Here’s what that looks like:

Popping out the chat window in a Microsoft Teams meeting

Sometimes screen real estate can become an issue if you have a lot of things going on in a Teams meeting. You can now pop out the Chat pane into a separate window, however. That can give you more room to see screen sharing by others. Here’s how that works…

Save a meeting invite as a draft in New Outlook and Outlook on the web

Have you ever needed to create a new meeting invite on your calendar, but you don’t quite have all the details yet? It’d be nice to be able to create a “draft” entry of that invite to flag it on your calendar so it doesn’t get overridden. Now you can! Here’s how that works…