diff --git a/copilot/release-notes.md b/copilot/release-notes.md index 44772c6899e..e4e697d9137 100644 --- a/copilot/release-notes.md +++ b/copilot/release-notes.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ f1.keywords: ms.author: mandia author: MandiOhlinger manager: laurawi -ms.date: 05/13/2025 +ms.date: 05/30/2025 audience: Admin ms.reviewer: briandesouza ms.topic: get-started @@ -28,6 +28,113 @@ This page lists the latest features and improvements for Microsoft 365 Copilot. ## [All features](#tab/all) + +## May 29, 2025 +Updates released between May 13, 2025, and May 29, 2025. +### Copilot extensibility +- **Create agents that learn from a Teams channel** + + Build custom Copilot agents that pull knowledge directly from a chosen Teams channel, letting them answer FAQs or surface project updates without extra coding. +- **Insert Image as an Form.Action from Adaptive cards** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Insert images in adaptive cards for richer interactions** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Unified Agent Management for Admins in Microsoft admin center** [Windows, Web] + + Admins can consistently manage Copilot agents in the Microsoft admin center, regardless of how they were built, simplifying deployment and governance. + Learn more. +### Copilot Studio +- **Reuse connector and API actions across multiple copilots** [Web] + + Take an action that already works in Copilot for Sales and publish it to Customer Service—or any other eligible Copilot—in a few clicks. Skip duplicate setup, speed up delivery, and keep functionality consistent, all with built-in admin approval flows. + Learn more. +- **Unpublish connector actions when data or services change** [Web] + + Roll back a published connector to draft so it no longer appears in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Makers can pause their own connectors, and admins can disable any connector to update configurations or retire obsolete services—without deleting them. + Learn more. +### Excel +- **Access Copilot tools right from the grid** [Windows] + + A handy Copilot icon and context menu now follow your work in the worksheet, letting you launch summaries, formula help, and more without breaking focus. + Learn more. +- **Improved fallback answers in Copilot Chat** [Web] + + When specific data isn’t found, Copilot seamlessly shifts to general reasoning so conversations keep flowing and users avoid dead ends in Excel for the web. +- **Visual outline confirms Copilot's data range** [Mac] + + When you call on Copilot, Excel now draws a clear border around the table or cell range in focus. Instantly see exactly what data will be summarized, cleaned, or chart-ready—so you can adjust the selection before Copilot gets to work. +### Forms +- **Automate response collection and insights in Forms** [Web] + + Copilot builds a follow-up plan, sends reminders, tracks progress, and surfaces early trends—then hands off to Excel for deeper analysis—so you spend less time chasing respondents and more time acting on feedback. + Learn more. +- **Copilot in Forms can now reference files to help generate drafts** [Web] + + When creating a form with Copilot, users can now reference existing documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Users can also reference an existing form by pasting the form's URL into the prompt box. Additionally, Copilot can search and suggest relevant files when generating a form, so users can easily create a draft that meets their needs. + Learn more. +- **Copilot in Forms has been refreshed to help users better refine and edit their forms** [Web] + + Copilot in Forms has been revamped to more easily help users refine and modify their forms. Users can now type prompts to Copilot to help with editing and refinement, so they can get tailored suggestions and easily get their forms ready to send. + Learn more. +### Microsoft 365 admin center +- **Usage reports – monitor Copilot.cloud.microsoft/Teams/Outlook activity in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage report** [Web] + + Track active users and last activity dates for Copilot.cloud.microsoft, Teams, and Outlook—even for employees without a Copilot license—to gauge grassroots adoption and fine-tune rollout plans in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage report. + Learn more. +### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat +- **Analyze usage of declarative agent in Developer Portal** + + Developers of custom app and published apps can analyze declarative agent usage in Developer Portal. By using these analytics, developers can gain valuable insights into how users interact with your app, identify areas for improvement, and make data-driven decisions to enhance the overall user experience. + Learn more. +- **Bring Azure AI Search indexes into Copilot Studio knowledge** [Web] + + Attach existing Azure AI Search indexes as grounding data, enabling natural-language queries over enterprise content with minimal setup and no added cost. +- **Copilot Chat now offers access to cloud files to insert in user prompts** [Windows, Web] + + In the Web tab of Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot, users can browse OneDrive or SharePoint, select a file, and drop it into their prompt to give Copilot precise context for richer responses. +- **Enable agent builder for Copilot chat** [Windows, Web] + + Empower developers with the ability to build custom agents to support Copilot Chat. This feature streamlines the creation of tailored chat experiences that enhance everyday communication and workflow. + Learn more. +- **Enhanced typography improves readability** [Windows] + + Enjoy crisper fonts, roomier line spacing, clear headers, and neatly formatted tables and code blocks—making every Copilot chat easier to scan, share, and act on. +- **Expanded reference panel for sources and search results** [Windows] + + The reference widget now shows both cited sources and relevant web results, helping you verify information, resolve ambiguities, and ask smarter follow-up questions without leaving the chat. +- **Ground copilots with real-time data from Salesforce, ServiceNow, and more** [Web] + + Connect structured records from popular non-Microsoft apps directly in Copilot Studio so users can ask, “Show my open Zendesk tickets” and get instant answers without leaving chat. +- **Pay-as-you-go policies keep Copilot costs in check** [Windows, Web] + + Allocate budgets by department, set usage caps, and manage access from the admin center so your organization can innovate with Copilot while staying on budget. + Learn more. +- **Safe Links validates redacted URLs** [Windows] + + When Copilot masks a link, Safe Links now scans it instantly and alerts users to malicious sites, adding an extra layer of protection before anyone clicks. + Learn more. +### PowerPoint +- **Ask Copilot to rewrite text as a list** [Web, Mac, Windows] + + Transform paragraphs into clear bullet points or lists with a single command—ideal for quickly organizing content when preparing your presentation. + Learn more. +### Word +- **Ask agents to refine any text selection** [Windows, Web] + + Highlight a section of your document and let Copilot agents rewrite, shorten, or expand it—keeping the rest of your file private while you perfect the details. +- **Ask Copilot to analyze document visuals** [Mac] + + Add any image, chart, or diagram to your prompt and Copilot instantly extracts text, explains trends, suggests alt text, and surfaces quick insights—making documents more accessible and informative in seconds. +- **Chat with Copilot about any image or chart** [Windows] + + Drop a visual into Copilot chat to extract text, get a plain-language description, generate alt text, or request quick insights—perfect for accessibility checks or fast analysis. + Learn more. + + ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. @@ -55,10 +162,10 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. Find a dedicated Copilot icon in your web spreadsheet, allowing you to tap into AI-powered insights and streamline tasks without breaking your workflow. Learn more. -- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web] +- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web, Windows, Mac] A subtle outline now highlights the exact cells or table Copilot is working with, so you can confirm the right data is selected before insights or edits are generated. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **AI adoption score** [Web] A new people experiences category in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center introduces AI adoption metrics, helping organizations understand how Microsoft Copilot features are being used across Microsoft 365. @@ -82,7 +189,7 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. Copilot Chat now clusters past sessions into daily and weekly views, making it easier to scan, revisit, and manage your conversations. - **Copilot pages in Government Clouds** [Windows] - Copilot Pages is an interactive, shareable canvas in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat designed for multiplayer AI collaboration. With Pages, users can turn Copilot responses into something durable with a side-by-side page where users can edit and share with others to collaborate. Now available for Government Cloud users. + Copilot Pages is an interactive, shareable canvas in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat designed for multiplayer AI collaboration. With Pages, users can turn Copilot responses into something durable with a side-by-side page where users can edit and share with others to collaborate. Now available for Government Cloud users. Learn more. - **Create web-aware agents in Agent Builder** @@ -98,11 +205,11 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. - **Agent plugins for Semantic Kernel :** [Developer] Accelerate Copilot solutions by adding ready-made plugins that tap Microsoft 365 data and actions through Semantic Kernel—so you can build smarter agents with far less code. - Learn more. + Learn more. ### Microsoft Viva - **AI Administrator can manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings** [Web] - Delegate Copilot Dashboard control to the new Entra AI Administrator role, giving admins the  permissions they need without granting AI admin privileges. + Delegate Copilot Dashboard control to the new Entra AI Administrator role, giving admins the permissions they need without granting AI admin privileges. Learn more. ### OneDrive - **Ask Copilot questions about images** [Web] @@ -236,7 +343,7 @@ Updates released between April 2, 2025, and April 16, 2025. In Excel, simply ask Copilot to search the web for answers and integrate the insights directly into your workbook, making data analysis even smoother. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **AI Admin role has permissions to manage agents** [Web] As an AI Admin, you manage agents with various capabilities including creating and overseeing Copilot connections that index data in Graph and perform actions, controlling which makers can build these connections and regulating the data sources used, maintaining observability over all connections, approving or denying agents, pre-installing them without requiring consent, and viewing them in Microsoft 365 admin center integrated apps page. @@ -304,7 +411,7 @@ Updates released between March 20, 2025, and April 2, 2025. - **Read aloud for Excel text responses** [Web] Users can now use the Read Aloud button on the Copilot response card to have an audio narration of the response, enhancing accessibility and ease of information consumption. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **View security information and certification evidence** Admins in Microsoft 365 Admin center can view the evidence of audits, and self-attestation to provide further confidence as to the certification, and compliance, of public apps and agents. @@ -366,7 +473,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Automates routine tasks by triggering copilots on events like table updates, new documents, or incoming emails—minimizing manual effort and keeping processes running smoothly. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Enhanced transparency for declarative agent metadata** @@ -374,7 +481,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. - **Manage shared Copilot agents across your organization** [Web] - Tenant admins can now view, search, and block shared Copilot agents in the Admin Center. Maintain control over agent usage and ensure compliance with organizational policies. + Tenant admins can now view, search, and block shared Copilot agents in the admin center. Maintain control over agent usage and ensure compliance with organizational policies. ### Microsoft 365 Copilot App @@ -396,7 +503,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Get started in Copilot chat quickly with automatic prompt suggestions that enhance your productivity by providing relevant and context-aware prompts based on your previous interactions. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Support for message extension and declarative agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -414,7 +521,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Ask Copilot to analyze image input and organize your notebook pages by detecting themes and topics. Quickly group pages and update your Notebook structure with a simple click. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a Copilot prompt with a Teams team** [Windows, Web] @@ -454,7 +561,7 @@ Updates released between February 20, 2025, and March 4, 2025. Connect your organization’s data seamlessly using pre-configured graph connectors like Stack Overflow, and Salesforce Knowledge. Build smarter agents with semantic search—no custom solution required. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Enhanced Copilot admin page with comprehensive tools** [Web] @@ -470,7 +577,7 @@ Updates released between February 20, 2025, and March 4, 2025. Stay productive no matter where you are. With mobile access to Copilot Pages, you can view, edit, and share content on the go, ensuring seamless collaboration with colleagues. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Simplified 1-page Graph Connector setup** @@ -609,7 +716,7 @@ Updates released between January 24, 2025, and February 4, 2025. Transform your presentation text by letting Copilot fix grammar, shorten lengthy content, or adopt a more professional tone—perfect for crafting clear, polished slides. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a prompt with a co-worker** [Windows, Web] @@ -680,7 +787,7 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. Enable the setting to keep the app active as a background process after closing, ensuring faster subsequent launches without a full reload. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Consistent user experience with developer-submitted plugins** @@ -747,19 +854,19 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. ## January 7, 2025 Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Access Copilot Prompt Gallery in Word and PowerPoint mobile apps** [Android, iOS] Discover and use suggested Copilot prompts in Prompt Gallery within the Word and PowerPoint apps on iOS and Android. Enhance your productivity on the go with helpful AI suggestions. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Track usage of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat** [Web] Filter data by date range, review Microsoft Copilot usage by app entry point, and use these insights plan adoption strategies more confidently. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Include Code Interpreter in agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -881,7 +988,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. See the exact web queries Copilot sends in response to your prompts, along with the list of websites queried, enhancing your awareness and control over the information process. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **AI administrator role** [Web] @@ -897,7 +1004,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Leverage Python within Excel through Copilot to conduct advanced data analysis, unlocking new insights from your data. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Add image generation to agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -907,7 +1014,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Use agent builder to create agents that contain specific instructions and knowledge, such as SharePoint files, to suit your needs. Learn more. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot Prompt Gallery available in Word and PowerPoint on iOS** [iOS] @@ -991,7 +1098,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Use Copilot to solve complex math problems, analyze data, generate visualizations, and more in Copilot chat. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Expanded industry prompt collections in Copilot Prompt Gallery** [Windows] @@ -1003,7 +1110,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports 12 additional languages across all features: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, and Vietnamese. Microsoft 365 Copilot also improved the handling of language variants: Dutch (Belgium), German (Switzerland), English (UK), Spanish (Mexico), and French (Canada). Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Create agents in Copilot with instructions and knowledge sources** [Windows, Web] @@ -1098,7 +1205,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Copilot in Excel, now no longer in Preview but Generally Available, works alongside you to analyze and explore your data, answering questions in natural language and revealing insights without the need for complex formulas. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Identify suggested candidates for Copilot licensing** [Web] @@ -1190,7 +1297,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## August, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot Prompt Gallery is now available on iOS and Android** [Android, iOS] @@ -1301,7 +1408,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Copilot can now reason over data ranges with a single row of headers, even if they aren't formatted as formal tables. This makes data analysis more flexible. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Gain visibility into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage** [Web] @@ -1463,7 +1570,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat now proactively informs you about grounding opportunities when typing prompts. Highlighted text and file data source insertions help you create more effective and context-rich prompts. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Explore curated prompt collections for various roles and industries in Copilot Prompt Gallery** [Windows, Web] @@ -1657,7 +1764,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. You can now use your microphone to send prompts to Copilot in Excel, and explore the Prompt Guide for customized suggestions. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Send Copilot welcome emails when assigning licenses to users** [Web] @@ -1740,7 +1847,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## December, 2023 -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Track Copilot readiness and usage across Microsoft 365** [Web] @@ -1961,6 +2068,64 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## [Windows](#tab/win) + +## May 29, 2025 +Updates released between May 13, 2025, and May 29, 2025. +### Copilot extensibility +- **Insert Image as an Form.Action from Adaptive cards** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Insert images in adaptive cards for richer interactions** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Unified Agent Management for Admins in Microsoft admin center** [Windows, Web] + + Admins can consistently manage Copilot agents in the Microsoft admin center, regardless of how they were built, simplifying deployment and governance. + Learn more. +### Excel +- **Access Copilot tools right from the grid** [Windows] + + A handy Copilot icon and context menu now follow your work in the worksheet, letting you launch summaries, formula help, and more without breaking focus. + Learn more. +### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat +- **Copilot Chat now offers access to cloud files to insert in user prompts** [Windows, Web] + + In the Web tab of Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot, users can browse OneDrive or SharePoint, select a file, and drop it into their prompt to give Copilot precise context for richer responses. +- **Enable agent builder for Copilot chat** [Windows, Web] + + Empower developers with the ability to build custom agents to support Copilot Chat. This feature streamlines the creation of tailored chat experiences that enhance everyday communication and workflow. + Learn more. +- **Enhanced typography improves readability** [Windows] + + Enjoy crisper fonts, roomier line spacing, clear headers, and neatly formatted tables and code blocks—making every Copilot chat easier to scan, share, and act on. +- **Expanded reference panel for sources and search results** [Windows] + + The reference widget now shows both cited sources and relevant web results, helping you verify information, resolve ambiguities, and ask smarter follow-up questions without leaving the chat. +- **Pay-as-you-go policies keep Copilot costs in check** [Windows, Web] + + Allocate budgets by department, set usage caps, and manage access from the admin center so your organization can innovate with Copilot while staying on budget. + Learn more. +- **Safe Links validates redacted URLs** [Windows] + + When Copilot masks a link, Safe Links now scans it instantly and alerts users to malicious sites, adding an extra layer of protection before anyone clicks. + Learn more. +### PowerPoint +- **Ask Copilot to rewrite text as a list** [Web, Mac, Windows] + + Transform paragraphs into clear bullet points or lists with a single command—ideal for quickly organizing content when preparing your presentation. + Learn more. +### Word +- **Ask agents to refine any text selection** [Windows, Web] + + Highlight a section of your document and let Copilot agents rewrite, shorten, or expand it—keeping the rest of your file private while you perfect the details. +- **Chat with Copilot about any image or chart** [Windows] + + Drop a visual into Copilot chat to extract text, get a plain-language description, generate alt text, or request quick insights—perfect for accessibility checks or fast analysis. + Learn more. + + ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. @@ -1972,7 +2137,10 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. - **Ask Copilot about any part of your sheet** [Web, Mac, Windows, iOS] When you ask questions about your worksheet, Copilot can look at the content of your sheet and use it to inform an answer to your question. This will include understanding worksheet data on your selected area, beyond tables and ranges, and provide Copilot answers in chat. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web, Windows, Mac] + + A subtle outline now highlights the exact cells or table Copilot is working with, so you can confirm the right data is selected before insights or edits are generated. +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Manage pay-as-you-go billing for Copilot** [Windows, Web] Admins can manage pay-as-you-go billing directly within Copilot settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This capability is available to users with Global admin, AI admin, and Global reader roles. @@ -1980,7 +2148,7 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. ### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - **Copilot pages in Government Clouds** [Windows] - Copilot Pages is an interactive, shareable canvas in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat designed for multiplayer AI collaboration. With Pages, users can turn Copilot responses into something durable with a side-by-side page where users can edit and share with others to collaborate. Now available for Government Cloud users. + Copilot Pages is an interactive, shareable canvas in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat designed for multiplayer AI collaboration. With Pages, users can turn Copilot responses into something durable with a side-by-side page where users can edit and share with others to collaborate. Now available for Government Cloud users. Learn more. - **Unified prompt box across web and work chats** [Windows, Web] @@ -2056,7 +2224,7 @@ Updates released between April 2, 2025, and April 16, 2025. Speed up tasks with AI-driven prompts for next steps in Copilot Chat. See real-time suggestions to refine queries, dive deeper into topics, or resolve issues faster during agent interactions. -- **Support  for longer prompts** [Windows, Web] +- **Support for longer prompts** [Windows, Web] Copilot Chat now supports larger inputs for smoother handling of extensive documents and data. @@ -2093,7 +2261,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Get started in Copilot chat quickly with automatic prompt suggestions that enhance your productivity by providing relevant and context-aware prompts based on your previous interactions. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Support for message extension and declarative agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -2105,7 +2273,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Ask Copilot to analyze image input and organize your notebook pages by detecting themes and topics. Quickly group pages and update your Notebook structure with a simple click. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a Copilot prompt with a Teams team** [Windows, Web] @@ -2205,7 +2373,7 @@ Updates released between January 24, 2025, and February 4, 2025. Take advantage of speaker recognition and transcript attribution, unleashing new AI capabilities in any meeting space, whether or not it has a Teams Rooms system deployed. This feature identifies and attributes people in live transcripts, utilizing a unique voice profile for each participant enabling intelligent recaps and unlocking maximum value from Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams meetings. Users can easily and securely enroll their voices via Teams Settings. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams Premium license for the user hosting the meeting for Copilot experiences and intelligent recaps, respectively. Learn more. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a prompt with a co-worker** [Windows, Web] @@ -2277,7 +2445,7 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. ## January 7, 2025 Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Include Code Interpreter in agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -2357,7 +2525,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Leverage Python within Excel through Copilot to conduct advanced data analysis, unlocking new insights from your data. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Add image generation to agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -2373,7 +2541,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Create compelling presentations by integrating topic suggestions linked to your documents—whether Word files, PDFs, or encrypted docs—for a well-grounded narrative. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot prompt gallery – nonprofit, consumer goods, and mobility prompt collections** [Windows] @@ -2397,7 +2565,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## October, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Expanded industry prompt collections in Copilot Prompt Gallery** [Windows] @@ -2409,7 +2577,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports 12 additional languages across all features: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, and Vietnamese. Microsoft 365 Copilot also improved the handling of language variants: Dutch (Belgium), German (Switzerland), English (UK), Spanish (Mexico), and French (Canada). Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Create agents in Copilot with instructions and knowledge sources** [Windows, Web] @@ -2514,7 +2682,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## August, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Try prompts directly from the Copilot Prompt Gallery website** [Windows, Web] @@ -2689,7 +2857,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. References in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat responses are now unfurled by default at the bottom of each reply. This improvement increases transparency and makes it easier to discover the sources behind Copilot responses. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Explore curated prompt collections for various roles and industries in Copilot Prompt Gallery** [Windows, Web] @@ -2987,6 +3155,82 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## [Web](#tab/web) + +## May 29, 2025 +Updates released between May 13, 2025, and May 29, 2025. +### Copilot extensibility +- **Insert Image as an Form.Action from Adaptive cards** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Insert images in adaptive cards for richer interactions** [Windows, Web] + + Make your adaptive cards more dynamic by adding images—perfect for illustrating ideas, sharing visual data, or engaging users with eye-catching content. This feature helps teams communicate clearly, support diverse learning styles, and create more memorable interactions in everyday workflows. + Learn more. +- **Unified Agent Management for Admins in Microsoft admin center** [Windows, Web] + + Admins can consistently manage Copilot agents in the Microsoft admin center, regardless of how they were built, simplifying deployment and governance. + Learn more. +### Copilot Studio +- **Reuse connector and API actions across multiple copilots** [Web] + + Take an action that already works in Copilot for Sales and publish it to Customer Service—or any other eligible Copilot—in a few clicks. Skip duplicate setup, speed up delivery, and keep functionality consistent, all with built-in admin approval flows. + Learn more. +- **Unpublish connector actions when data or services change** [Web] + + Roll back a published connector to draft so it no longer appears in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Makers can pause their own connectors, and admins can disable any connector to update configurations or retire obsolete services—without deleting them. + Learn more. +### Excel +- **Improved fallback answers in Copilot Chat** [Web] + + When specific data isn’t found, Copilot seamlessly shifts to general reasoning so conversations keep flowing and users avoid dead ends in Excel for the web. +### Forms +- **Automate response collection and insights in Forms** [Web] + + Copilot builds a follow-up plan, sends reminders, tracks progress, and surfaces early trends—then hands off to Excel for deeper analysis—so you spend less time chasing respondents and more time acting on feedback. + Learn more. +- **Copilot in Forms can now reference files to help generate drafts** [Web] + + When creating a form with Copilot, users can now reference existing documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Users can also reference an existing form by pasting the form's URL into the prompt box. Additionally, Copilot can search and suggest relevant files when generating a form, so users can easily create a draft that meets their needs. + Learn more. +- **Copilot in Forms has been refreshed to help users better refine and edit their forms** [Web] + + Copilot in Forms has been revamped to more easily help users refine and modify their forms. Users can now type prompts to Copilot to help with editing and refinement, so they can get tailored suggestions and easily get their forms ready to send. + Learn more. +### Microsoft 365 admin center +- **Usage reports – monitor Copilot.cloud.microsoft/Teams/Outlook activity in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage report** [Web] + + Track active users and last activity dates for Copilot.cloud.microsoft, Teams, and Outlook—even for employees without a Copilot license—to gauge grassroots adoption and fine-tune rollout plans in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage report. + Learn more. +### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat +- **Bring Azure AI Search indexes into Copilot Studio knowledge** [Web] + + Attach existing Azure AI Search indexes as grounding data, enabling natural-language queries over enterprise content with minimal setup and no added cost. +- **Copilot Chat now offers access to cloud files to insert in user prompts** [Windows, Web] + + In the Web tab of Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot, users can browse OneDrive or SharePoint, select a file, and drop it into their prompt to give Copilot precise context for richer responses. +- **Enable agent builder for Copilot chat** [Windows, Web] + + Empower developers with the ability to build custom agents to support Copilot Chat. This feature streamlines the creation of tailored chat experiences that enhance everyday communication and workflow. + Learn more. +- **Ground copilots with real-time data from Salesforce, ServiceNow, and more** [Web] + + Connect structured records from popular non-Microsoft apps directly in Copilot Studio so users can ask, “Show my open Zendesk tickets” and get instant answers without leaving chat. +- **Pay-as-you-go policies keep Copilot costs in check** [Windows, Web] + + Allocate budgets by department, set usage caps, and manage access from the admin center so your organization can innovate with Copilot while staying on budget. + Learn more. +### PowerPoint +- **Ask Copilot to rewrite text as a list** [Web, Mac, Windows] + + Transform paragraphs into clear bullet points or lists with a single command—ideal for quickly organizing content when preparing your presentation. + Learn more. +### Word +- **Ask agents to refine any text selection** [Windows, Web] + + Highlight a section of your document and let Copilot agents rewrite, shorten, or expand it—keeping the rest of your file private while you perfect the details. + + ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. @@ -3006,7 +3250,7 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. Find a dedicated Copilot icon in your web spreadsheet, allowing you to tap into AI-powered insights and streamline tasks without breaking your workflow. Learn more. -- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web] +- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web, Mac, Windows] A subtle outline now highlights the exact cells or table Copilot is working with, so you can confirm the right data is selected before insights or edits are generated. ### Microsoft 365 Admin center @@ -3030,7 +3274,7 @@ Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. ### Microsoft Viva - **AI Administrator can manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings** [Web] - Delegate Copilot Dashboard control to the new Entra AI Administrator role, giving admins the  permissions they need without granting AI admin privileges. + Delegate Copilot Dashboard control to the new Entra AI Administrator role, giving admins the permissions they need without granting AI admin privileges. Learn more. ### OneDrive - **Ask Copilot questions about images** [Web] @@ -3137,7 +3381,7 @@ Updates released between April 2, 2025, and April 16, 2025. In Excel, simply ask Copilot to search the web for answers and integrate the insights directly into your workbook, making data analysis even smoother. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **AI Admin role has permissions to manage agents** [Web] As an AI Admin, you manage agents with various capabilities including creating and overseeing Copilot connections that index data in Graph and perform actions, controlling which makers can build these connections and regulating the data sources used, maintaining observability over all connections, approving or denying agents, pre-installing them without requiring consent, and viewing them in Microsoft 365 admin center integrated apps page. @@ -3147,7 +3391,7 @@ Updates released between April 2, 2025, and April 16, 2025. Speed up tasks with AI-driven prompts for next steps in Copilot Chat. See real-time suggestions to refine queries, dive deeper into topics, or resolve issues faster during agent interactions. -- **Support  for longer prompts** [Windows, Web] +- **Support for longer prompts** [Windows, Web] Copilot Chat now supports larger inputs for smoother handling of extensive documents and data. @@ -3239,11 +3483,11 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Replace manual topic triggers with AI-powered orchestration. You can now configure an agent to use generative AI to dynamically select relevant topics or plugin actions, creating more fluid conversations while reducing manual topic configuration. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Manage shared Copilot agents across your organization** [Web] - Tenant admins can now view, search, and block shared Copilot agents in the Admin Center. Maintain control over agent usage and ensure compliance with organizational policies. + Tenant admins can now view, search, and block shared Copilot agents in the admin center. Maintain control over agent usage and ensure compliance with organizational policies. ### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat @@ -3255,7 +3499,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Get started in Copilot chat quickly with automatic prompt suggestions that enhance your productivity by providing relevant and context-aware prompts based on your previous interactions. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Support for message extension and declarative agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -3267,7 +3511,7 @@ Updates released between March 5, 2025, and March 19, 2025. Ask Copilot about recent edits in Loop workspaces to identify contributors, review timeline updates, and maintain clarity during team projects. Example: "Show changes to the onboarding checklist this week." -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a Copilot prompt with a Teams team** [Windows, Web] @@ -3307,7 +3551,7 @@ Updates released between February 20, 2025, and March 4, 2025. Connect your organization’s data seamlessly using pre-configured graph connectors like Stack Overflow, and Salesforce Knowledge. Build smarter agents with semantic search—no custom solution required. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Enhanced Copilot admin page with comprehensive tools** [Web] @@ -3406,7 +3650,7 @@ Updates released between January 24, 2025, and February 4, 2025. Transform your presentation text by letting Copilot fix grammar, shorten lengthy content, or adopt a more professional tone—perfect for crafting clear, polished slides. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Share a prompt with a co-worker** [Windows, Web] @@ -3490,13 +3734,13 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. ## January 7, 2025 Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Track usage of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat** [Web] Filter data by date range, review Microsoft Copilot usage by app entry point, and use these insights plan adoption strategies more confidently. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Include Code Interpreter in agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -3534,7 +3778,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Your AI assistant for work in the GCC (Government Community Cloud) environment. It combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your work content and context, to help you draft and rewrite, summarize and organize, catch up on what you missed, and get answers to questions via prompts. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Copilot usage report for Business Chat** [Web] @@ -3596,13 +3840,13 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. See the exact web queries Copilot sends in response to your prompts, along with the list of websites queried, enhancing your awareness and control over the information process. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **AI administrator role** [Web] Empower designated admins to manage Copilot securely with the new AI administrator role—providing control without full Global admin permissions. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Add image generation to agents** [Windows, Web] @@ -3676,7 +3920,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports 12 additional languages across all features: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, and Vietnamese. Microsoft 365 Copilot also improved the handling of language variants: Dutch (Belgium), German (Switzerland), English (UK), Spanish (Mexico), and French (Canada). Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility +### Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - **Create agents in Copilot with instructions and knowledge sources** [Windows, Web] @@ -3732,7 +3976,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Copilot in Excel, now no longer in Preview but Generally Available, works alongside you to analyze and explore your data, answering questions in natural language and revealing insights without the need for complex formulas. Learn more. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Identify suggested candidates for Copilot licensing** [Web] @@ -3795,7 +4039,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## August, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Try prompts directly from the Copilot Prompt Gallery website** [Windows, Web] @@ -3881,7 +4125,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Copilot can now reason over data ranges with a single row of headers, even if they aren't formatted as formal tables. This makes data analysis more flexible. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Gain visibility into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat usage** [Web] @@ -3981,7 +4225,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat now proactively informs you about grounding opportunities when typing prompts. Highlighted text and file data source insertions help you create more effective and context-rich prompts. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Explore curated prompt collections for various roles and industries in Copilot Prompt Gallery** [Windows, Web] @@ -4135,7 +4379,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. You can now use your microphone to send prompts to Copilot in Excel, and explore the Prompt Guide for customized suggestions. -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Send Copilot welcome emails when assigning licenses to users** [Web] @@ -4172,7 +4416,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## December, 2023 -### Microsoft 365 Admin Center +### Microsoft 365 admin center - **Track Copilot readiness and usage across Microsoft 365** [Web] @@ -4355,7 +4599,6 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Easily turn plain text or lists into clear, organized tables for better readability and effortless data handling. Learn more. ## [Android](#tab/androidos) - ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. @@ -4441,7 +4684,7 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. ## January 7, 2025 Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Access Copilot Prompt Gallery in Word and PowerPoint mobile apps** [Android, iOS] @@ -4517,7 +4760,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## August, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot Prompt Gallery is now available on iOS and Android** [Android, iOS] @@ -4668,7 +4911,6 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Create summaries of your Whiteboard content, capturing key points from your collaborative work. ## [iOS](#tab/appleios) - ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025. @@ -4795,7 +5037,7 @@ Updates released between January 8, 2025, and January 23, 2025. Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Access Copilot Prompt Gallery in Word and PowerPoint mobile apps** [Android, iOS] @@ -4833,7 +5075,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Narrow down Copilot responses by specifying a particular email folder, sub-folder, or subject line. Get more precise assistance by directing Copilot to the emails that matter most to you. -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot Prompt Gallery available in Word and PowerPoint on iOS** [iOS] @@ -4899,7 +5141,7 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## August, 2024 -### Copilot Prompt Gallery +### Microsoft 365 Copilot - **Copilot Prompt Gallery is now available on iOS and Android** [Android, iOS] @@ -5250,6 +5492,26 @@ Updates released between December 18, 2024, and January 7, 2025. ## [Mac](#tab/mac) + +## May 29, 2025 +Updates released between May 13, 2025, and May 29, 2025. +### Excel +- **Visual outline confirms Copilot's data range** [Mac] + + When you call on Copilot, Excel now draws a clear border around the table or cell range in focus. Instantly see exactly what data will be summarized, cleaned, or chart-ready—so you can adjust the selection before Copilot gets to work. +- **Visual cue for Copilot’s data context** [Web, Windows, Mac] + + A subtle outline now highlights the exact cells or table Copilot is working with, so you can confirm the right data is selected before insights or edits are generated. + ### PowerPoint +- **Ask Copilot to rewrite text as a list** [Web, Mac, Windows] + + Transform paragraphs into clear bullet points or lists with a single command—ideal for quickly organizing content when preparing your presentation. + Learn more. +### Word +- **Ask Copilot to analyze document visuals** [Mac] + + Add any image, chart, or diagram to your prompt and Copilot instantly extracts text, explains trends, suggests alt text, and surfaces quick insights—making documents more accessible and informative in seconds. + ## May 13, 2025 Updates released between April 29, 2025, and May 13, 2025.