Mark Thompson
Teams lead trainer at What's New in Microsoft 365 and Teams? A Super Simple 365 podcast.
Using plain English to help you keep up with Microsoft 365 & Copilot news. Family man, then an adoption specialist, trainer, blogger, podcaster & YouTuber.
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1 week ago |
supersimple365.com | Mark Thompson
DetailsMicrosoft PowerPoint and Copilot will create an automatic presentation summary, which will help you understand the topics covered in the slide deck as you open it. The summary will be shown proactively to readers (non-editors) of a file once every 24 hours. Readers will see a flyout on the top right side with a minimised summary and a “Show full summary” option:Show full summary view:AvailabilityDue mid-April to late May 2025. Source, related links, and referencesMC1052168.
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1 week ago |
supersimple365.com | Mark Thompson
DetailsFrom mid-2024, you were unable to have a channel named ‘General’ in new teams, but that’s about to change. You will be able to name the first channel ‘General’ when creating a team on the desktop client and rename an existing first channel to ’General’, you will no longer see the The name General is reserved. Try another name message. Naming the channel ‘General’ will display that channel at the top of the team in the channel list.
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1 week ago |
supersimple365.com | Mark Thompson
Short VersionThe Files tab in the M365 prompt box is gaining ‘Type’ and ‘People’ filters to help you ground your prompt in content that matters to you. Due late April to mid-May 2025. DetailsThe prompt box lets you ‘ground’ or anchor your prompts in specific, contextually relevant data, making responses more accurate, specific, and useful. Before this update, you could refine search results by typing in the prompt box and use the All, People, Files buttons to help you find content to refer to.
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2 weeks ago |
supersimple365.com | Mark Thompson
Short VersionYou will soon be able to tell Copilot your goals and deadline, and it will track the form’s progress and keep you updated. Due early to late April 2025. DetailsYou will soon be able to use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Forms to monitor and collect responses, reducing the need for manual follow-ups and enabling smarter data collection and analysis. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be required to use this feature.
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2 weeks ago |
supersimple365.com | Mark Thompson
Short VersionMicrosoft is updating M365 Copilot in Forms to help you refine and modify your forms more easily. Due early to late April 2025. DetailsCopilot in Forms will provide tailored and proactive suggestions to improve content, settings, styling, and more.
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🔜 Copilot will create a presentation summary as you open PowerPoint. 🗓️ Due mid-April to late May 2025. 🔗 Read more on Super Simple 365: https://t.co/2jYWCzG3By 🆕 See what else is new across #M365 and #Copilot in the latest roundup: https://t.co/lradyuSvs1 https://t.co/MuhxVgML3y
🔜 The General channel for new teams is back! 🗓️ Due early to mid-May 2025. 🔗 Read more on Super Simple 365: https://t.co/2hhtJwAsDk 🆕 See what else is new across #M365 and #MSTeams in the latest roundup: https://t.co/lradyuSvs1 https://t.co/hDWNUiiCxp