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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 AMA
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We are excited to announce the Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 AMA on Thursday, September 19 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time! This is your opportunity to ask our team of experts questions following the big announcements from the Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event.
What's New?
We’ll dive into all the latest innovations, including:
- Copilot Pages in Bizchat: AI-powered collaboration
- Python in Excel: Advanced data analysis
- New enhancements in PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and Word
- Copilot agents and Agent Builder
How Does It Work?
This is a chat-based event. Our experts will be on hand to answer your technical questions and provide best practices for leveraging Copilot features across Microsoft 365 apps. Whether you’re curious about AI-driven automation in Excel or Copilot’s privacy settings in Outlook, we’ve got you covered.
To Participate: Post your questions in the event page comments section. You can submit questions early or engage during the live session. Each question should be posted as a new comment to keep the discussion flowing smoothly. This AMA will be held exclusively in the comments section—there are no video or live meeting components.
Topics You Can Ask About:
- AI-powered collaboration with Copilot Pages in BizChat
- Python in Excel for advanced analytics
- Enhancements in PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook (narrative building, meeting summaries, email prioritization)
- Copilot agents and how to automate workflows
- Best practices for using Copilot across Microsoft 365 apps
Don’t miss this chance to engage directly with the engineers and product experts behind Microsoft 365 Copilot, and discover how these new features can transform your workflow. Mark your calendar, bring your questions, and get ready for an engaging and informative session!
Note: This is a chat-based event. There is no video or live meeting component. Questions and answers will appear in the Comments section below. Please post each question as a new comment. Comments are now open |
218 Comments
- ccarlssonCopper ContributorGreat stuff. Question about Teams Meeting. If I understand it correctly, Copilot will now include both Chat and Transcript. Any news on using multimodal to also include what is being presented on screen?
- VaclavChaloupkaBrass ContributorWhen working with files on SharePoint/Teams or OneDrive, are there any limitations in what files it can process? For example the file size? And is this barrier going to be addressed?
- Rob_Nunez
Microsoft
Currently the file limit is 250GB- we are working on increasing limitations - carolcarmenCopper ContributorWe have the same question and if there are plans to increase the file size it can handle. We would also like to know the length of the Teams meeting transcription that Copilot can work with and if it will increase?
- VaclavChaloupkaBrass Contributor
Jared mentioned in the 4th minute that the copilot will be moving to Open AI o1. Can you confirm what model is the Copilot using and when it will catch-up with ChatGPT? We see a consistent pattern reported by the users, that users get much better response from ChatGPT using the same prompt in both tools. Copilot's Semantic Index should theoretically provide a more relevant answer - why do we see the opposite effect?
- KevinSherman
Microsoft
Great question. On Monday we announced that GPT-4o is now used by Microsoft 365 Copilot. We use a large variety of models and model versions across Copilot, matching model capabilities with the precise needs of each feature. You probably saw our comments at the beginning of Monday's event / blog describing the improvements in speed and quality. Beyond that, you refer to Copilot's semantic index. The semantically indexed Microsoft Graph gives Copilot access to information across a user's life at work -- not just files an documents, but meeting transcripts, chats, etc., in addition to the nodes between this data (i.e. which files to prioritize given your own history). This is a unique capability, and from our experience users find increasing value the more they use it, getting more familiar with the data it can access and how to work with it to get the best responses. Our advice is always to start with the recommended prompts in Copilot Lab to get a good foundation, then build from there.
- MortenHansenCopper ContributorPlease refer to the Roadmap ID so we can easily track the latest innovations here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters= This way we can follow along, and keep our customers up-to-date on expected availability. For example which Roadmap ID do these items have: Copilot agents in SharePoint (Create Copilot agents in the SharePoint UI) Copilot Pages ("Edit in Pages" button in the Copilot answers leading to the new Loop-inspired Copilot Pages)
- rckpolyzosCopper ContributorThank you for organizing this AMA! Could you please share if there are any plans to include support for the Greek language in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and if so, when we might expect this feature to be available?
- KC_Lemson
Microsoft
We are working on adding support for more languages - keep an eye on https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/supported-languages-for-microsoft-copilot-94518d61-644b-4118-9492-617eea4801d8 which will be updated as support for new languages is released.
- brianmcelroysorgCopper ContributorVery excited to see additional AI-driven Teams meeting support. We use Teams Premium version of this. Yes what we know of Copilot version is even more compelling but we see a pretty small per-user (which we are eager to see turned into an enterprise-level charge) but when we consider the Copilot (which thus far, for the extra benefit vs Teams Premium is not worth the more than 4x greater per-user license). So as input to this AMA: 1) give us a compelling case to make the leap to whatever Copilot Teams AI will now add vs Teams Premium-based AI meeting functionality 2) consider/comment on the thought that the basics Teams Premium provides should-be the modern version of Teams meetings to massively differentiate Teams vs competitors and thus reward loyal Microsoft org's, and then entice us to the better Copilot features with a smaller uptick which encourages org's to make the investment vs the difference becomes a friction point within the org and dooms adoption
- Simon1100Copper ContributorFeature request: Use Copilot to build formulae and formatting in Excel, e.g. by typing a prompt in the cell or in a sidebar. Would be particularly useful for rarely used, new and/or complex functions and formatting. Non-Microsoft LLMs can already create Excel files based on prompts.
- KC_Lemson
Microsoft
Hi Simon, that's supported in Excel Copilot today - see some examples of this in these posts:
- David_BlueboxCopper ContributorWe would like to create a custom copilot to help users query a SharePoint library of approved documents (Controlled Documents - policies, procedures, forms, templates, etc.). When my team previously looked into this they said it was limited to only one level of folders. Will Wave 2 allow creation of a custom copilot or agent based on a Library with multiple levels of folders?
- sebastienlevert
Microsoft
Yes. In a copilot agent (and declarative agent), you will be able to provide the URL to your folder and document within it would all be considered. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/declarative-agent-manifest#items-by-url-object
- Thank you for the invitation. The points raised are very interesting and I am looking forward to discovering new features. I would like to learn more about how Copilot improves security and compliance in Microsoft 365.
- dibbxCopper ContributorWe already have Microsoft 365 Copilot, do you have to enable/upgrade to Wave 2 or do you just get it? We don't appear to have it yet.
- Gabriel_ValdezBronze ContributorFeatures will show up automatically as they are released.