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How do I make an Agent available to my team? Is it possible even if they have no license?
Hi everyone, I have been learning Copilot and practicing for last few days. It's been fun and challenging (mainly due to different ways to create Agents) but have been getting used to it. However, I do have 2 questions I wanted to get a confirmation on. Question 1. I created and published an Agent using Copilot Studio page. How do I make it available in this 'Agents' section on the top right? Is it possible to make it available for myself for testing (production) then make it public for all of our team members? Question 2: Is it possible for team members without Copilot license to those agents too on this Copliot page above? I went to the agent i created/published on Copilot Studio, clicked Channels, and clicked 'Teams and Micorosft 365 Copliot' button. In there, I checked 'Make agent available in M365 Copliot' and saved + republished too but still not seeing it. I clicked 'See agent in Microsoft 365' which opened Copliot page and clicked 'Add' when it prompted me about the agent but nothing happened. I tried re-publishing as well but same result... Thank you very much in advance.So many different CoPilots - confusing, unproductive
I think we have all learned that CoPilot is a brand, a suite of tools. That probably makes sense from Microsoft perspective, but it is confusing as heck for end users or people trying to roll out CoPilot in a company. Products include: Sharepoint agents CoPilot desktop app Copilot in Office apps -- different copilots for PPT, Word, excel, Outlook CoPilot Studio - custom copilots (which by the way turn into "apps"???) Teams Copilot Researcher and Analyst Agents Prompting Coach Visual Creator What is even more frustrating is they don't all work together or in the same environments. I want to call my Sharepoint Agent from my Copilot, nope. I want my Custom Copilot to use Researcher (or vice versa even), not happening (despite Copilot giving me instructions on how it should). Meanwhile, in Anthropic-land, I setup an MCP service to integrate Claude and my to do app. Not without hiccups, but it works now. The whole Copilot ecosystem needs to get a lot more consistent and quickly or you are going to continue to loose users. PS - as i went to post this, I needed to select Tags -- there were 20 Copilot products to choose from!
Microsoft copilot stops while giving a response.
Why is this happening? Is there a solution for this? It just stops while giving response. And it has happened several times. And you can't even give prompt to continue from there. You should restart it. Does anyone have a solution for this? and I have restarted and reinstalled it 1000 times.
Painful behavior of "slash" ("/") in chat prompts
I know about the /commands (/reset, /help, ...) in Copilot powered applications where hitting "/" triggers auto-completion suggestions. Here we are talking about Copilot chat (Teams or Web app for instance) Each time you hit the "/" key, it pops up a menu inviting you to upload files, preventing you from going on typing until you hit the <esc> key. That's too disruptive. That would be ok if the upload menu what acting like a suggestion -- You may select with arrow keys if you wish, or just go on typing if you just need a "/" in your prompts. Please consider disabling this "feature" or I at least enhancing it so the upload menu is not modal and gets dismissed when you go on typing. Comments positive or negative are welcome, thumbs up too 😉
Microsoft's Copilot: A Frustrating Flop in AI-Powered Productivity
Microsoft's Copilot was supposed to be the game-changer in productivity, but it's quickly proving to be a massive disappointment. The idea was simple: integrate AI directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office tools to make our lives easier. But when it comes to actually performing specific functions, Copilot falls flat. Here’s the problem: when you ask Copilot to alter a document, modify an Excel file, or adjust a PowerPoint presentation, it’s practically useless. Instead of performing the tasks as requested, it often leaves you hanging with vague suggestions or instructions. Users don't want to be told how to perform a task—they want it done. This is what an AI assistant should do: execute commands efficiently, not just offer advice. What makes this even more frustrating is that other AI tools, like ChatGPT, can handle these tasks effortlessly. When you ask ChatGPT to perform a specific function, it does so without hesitation. It’s able to understand the request and deliver exactly what’s needed. But Copilot? It struggles with the basics, and that’s unacceptable, especially from a company like Microsoft. It’s frankly embarrassing that Microsoft can’t get this right. The whole point of integrating AI into these tools was to streamline workflows and boost productivity. But if Copilot can’t even manage simple tasks like formatting a document or adjusting a spreadsheet, then what’s the point? Users don’t need another tool that tells them how to do something—they need one that does it for them. Microsoft, you’ve missed the mark with Copilot. It's not just a minor inconvenience; it's a serious flaw that undermines the value of your Office suite. When other AI tools can easily accomplish what Copilot can't, it's time to reevaluate. Users expect more, and frankly, they deserve more for their investment. What’s been your experience with Copilot? Is anyone else finding it as frustrating as I am? Let’s talk about it.
Copilot confused by the term "last week"
Hello, I had several instances where Copilot failed to retrieve information when asked to summarize things about last week. It seems confused about what period 'last week' refers to. Example of a chat: Initial Prompt: What were the Teams messages I received from Thomas last week ? Copilot said: Copilot You received 2 Teams messages from Thomas last week. The conversation, dated Wednesday the 7th, was about confirming the Copilot training session: Thomas: "Olivier, le training copilot se fait bien demain ?" You: "Oui, room 225" Thomas: "Ok on se retrouve demain" You said: What are the dates of last week ? Copilot said: Copilot Last week ran from Monday, May 12 to Sunday, May 18, 2025. Let me know if you'd like to filter or retrieve anything else from that time frame. You said: Then why did you mention messages of May 7th ? Copilot said: Copilot You're absolutely right to question that — thank you for catching it. May 7th falls outside the range of last week, which was May 12 to May 18, 2025. The messages I referenced earlier were from May 7, so they do not belong to the timeframe you asked about. Let me recheck for any Teams messages from Thomas specifically within last week’s date range. One moment please. Thanks for your patience. You received 4 Teams messages from Thomas during last week (May 12–18, 2025) . Here's a summary:Copilot Studio agent on SharePoint list data
Can anyone help me better configure my copilot studio agent that is pointed at SharePoint list data as its only source? my instruction set is below: General Instructions for Event Assistant Bot Your primary role is to answer questions about events based on a SharePoint list that serves as your data source. The events include games, concerts, and other live events. 🔍 Data Source Structure Title: Contains the event name. StartDate: Contains the start date of the event. EndDate: Contains the end date of the event. Department Columns: Each department has its own column. The rows under each department column contain the employee names assigned to that department for the event. 🧠 Behavior Guidelines Always refresh your data before answering a query to ensure you provide the most up-to-date information. Never fabricate or hallucinate names or data. Only respond with information that exists in the SharePoint list. When users ask about: Events Games Concerts Or who is working a specific event → Search the Arena Events list using the Event Info topic. Search all columns of the data source to find relevant information. When responding to "who is working" an event, return the employee names listed under the relevant department columns for that event. 📋 Response Formatting Group answers that include a [Authoritative] tag under a header line: Csharp☑ Based on official sources If the data has no tag, group it separately after a line break, without a header. 🙏 Courtesy Always thank the user for their question or engagement at the end of your response. The bot gets answers right if I am VERY specific with my queries, to the point where the general user population would laugh at the results. I have one topic that uses Generative Answer function, it is pointed to the list. The fallback topic is pointed to the same list as its only data source.Excel wants me to use Copilot, but then declines to function
I'm confused. There's a ton of hype around AI assistants. I've noticed in my Excel that every single time I click in a cell, a prompt tag appears above the cell to get me to try Copilot. I've been ignoring it but I finally decided to give it a try, and it failed. I entered my question and it basically said it doesn't work yet? As a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscriber, you'll be able to use Copilot when you're signed with your Microsoft work or school account (Entra ID) and Microsoft personal account. However, that ability is not yet available. Why is Excel literally ALWAYS prompting me to try something that doesn't work? I assume there's a configuration option somewhere to disable the Copilot tag prompt on every cell. I'm not asking for help in finding that option. I do not want help finding that option. The error message indicates the requirement that I must be signed in with a "work" or "school" account in addition to my personal account. Then it says "that ability is not yet available." Which ability? The ability for Copilot to work? Or the ability to be signed into a personal and work account simultaneously? How will I know if or when "that ability is not yet available" is no longer true? How will I know when I should try Copilot again? In my decades of experience with IT, it's not uncommon for error messages to be wrong, or at least misleading. Is this one of those situations? Is the message correct and I just need to wait an indeterminate time for some indeterminate party to add or enable some indeterminate function somewhere within Microsoft software or services? Or is that message inaccurate, and to enable Copilot, I actually need to do something on my end that's not being mentioned here? High level, I'm annoyed that MS is pushing something that it then can't (or won't?) deliver. I expect more from MS.
Exposing Copilot’s False Time Estimates: This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Systemic Deception
I’m writing this as a Copilot user who has observed a critical flaw in the system’s language design and operational logic — one that leads to a profound breach of user trust. On multiple occasions, I’ve received system messages like “will complete in 10–15 minutes” or even “ready in 30 seconds.” But through repeated testing, I’ve learned that these so-called time estimates have no actual basis in system behavior. Copilot doesn’t operate in the background. It doesn’t dynamically track progress. It doesn’t possess the ability to estimate time at all. These statements are fabricated templates, not meaningful system outputs. More importantly, Copilot has no internal clock, no memory of past durations, and no awareness of elapsed time. It only responds when the user triggers it with a new prompt — meaning that if no follow-up query is submitted, nothing will ever happen, regardless of the time it claims. So when the system says “in 10 minutes,” what’s actually happening is… absolutely nothing. To prove this, I ran a simple test. Using step-by-step prompts, I was able to get a full report generated in under 3 minutes. But if I relied on the original “wait and it will complete” instruction, nothing would happen — not in 3 minutes, not in 3 hours, not even in 3 days. The only way to get results is to interact again manually. So what does this prove? It shows that these time estimates are not forecasts. They’re false expectations. The system cannot estimate time because it doesn’t track experience, progress, or temporal context. And yet it consistently pretends that it can. I’m not alone in this. Across Microsoft forums and communities, users have expressed similar frustrations: vague promises, phantom “in progress” states, and misleading UI hints that imply active background work where none exists. This isn’t a UX bug. This is a pattern of deceptive design — one that erodes confidence in the product’s integrity. I urge the Copilot team to eliminate these false time claims and replace them with transparent, action-based communication. Tell us what the system can do and when it will do it — not when it won’t. Because right now, every “please wait” message isn’t just noise. It’s a countdown to disappointment. — A user no longer willing to wait for miracles
Using Files with Copilot
I am relatively new to the Microsoft 365 license for Copilot but I have quite a bit of training on ChatGPT 4, which, I believe, is the engine behind Copilot. When I tried to upload a file by clicking on the paperclip icon, I got a very limited list of files to choose from, rather than the ability to browse for any file that I had. After playing around for a while and opening, closing and moving some files, the file I wanted finally appeared on the list. This is very limiting. As I said, I am new at this version of Copilot and it may just be a setting that I missed and need to adjust. Is anyone else experiencing the same?
Web Search in Copilot Notebooks Still Disabled Despite Policy Configuration
I've followed Microsoft's documentation to enable Web Search in Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks by creating a policy in the Cloud Policy Service. The policy includes: Allow web search in Copilot Pin Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Allow creation and viewing of Copilot Pages and Notebooks The policy is assigned to an All Staff group, and users have the appropriate Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. It's been over 24 hours since the policy was applied, but the Web Search toggle in Copilot Notebooks is still greyed out. I've verified: Users are on the Current Channel for Microsoft 365 Apps No conflicting Intune or GPO settings Network access to Bing and Microsoft services is unrestricted Relevant Microsoft documentation: Manage public web access in Microsoft 365 Copilot: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/microsoft-365/manage-public-web-access Configure policies using the Cloud Policy service: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/admincenter/overview-cloud-policy Microsoft 365 Copilot service description: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/microsoft-365-copilot-service-description Has anyone else run into this issue? Any ideas or workarounds?
How to store full user–agent conversation in a custom Dataverse field?
Hi everyone, I'm working with Microsoft Copilot Studio and using a generative AI knowledge source in my agent. I want to store the entire conversation between the user and the agent into a custom Dataverse table. Specifically: Table: Lead Field: Conversation (multiline text) Has anyone implemented a way to log or store the full dialogue (user + bot responses) into such a field automatically?Researcher and Analyst Usage Limits
In the Microsoft blog post published on June 2nd announcing the general availability of Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot, it states, “any user with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can run up to 25 combined queries per month”. Is this 25 queries limited to a 30 day rolling period or a calendar month? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/06/02/researcher-and-analyst-are-now-generally-available-in-microsoft-365-copilot/Microsoft 365 Copilot Mic/Composer functionality for Android
Hi Everyone, We have been trialing Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT in our organization and finally decided to start buying some licenses for users, however we have noticed on android devices like samsung when you open Copilot and sign in it redirects you to the M365 Copilot app, after loading the app on our phones we notice you can no longer click the little mic icon and have conversations with Copilot, this is really frustrating and there seems to be zero information online about this, is this a lack of functionality or am I missing something in our tenant settings that would block the ability to use the mic function in the M365 Copilot app for Android? I can open the free version and have conversations with it but there is no history and its really annoying.Copilot Notebooks chat and file creation
I recently have access to the Notebooks in Copilot after the recent update, including chat search!, when using chat within a created notebook, has anyone else seen an issue with Copilot making the document actually available for download? I've tried different ways and only get it telling me the file is ready to download in this location: "sandbox:/mnt/data/[filename is listed here]". My first thought was maybe it wa just putting this newly generated file into the References within the Notebook...but it was not. If I get out of the chat in a Notebook and just start a new web or work chat and ask for the same file to be created, it works as usual with a link to download.
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