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Publishing and Sharing Your Agent Across Microsoft Teams: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

JohnNaguib — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:12:31 GMT

Microsoft Teams has become much more than a communication platform. It is now a central workspace where employees collaborate, manage projects, automate tasks, and interact with AI-powered assistants. With Microsoft Copilot Studio, organizations can build intelligent agents that answer questions, automate repetitive work, and improve productivity across departments.

https://dellenny.com/publishing-and-sharing-your-agent-across-microsoft-teams-a-complete-step-by-step-guide/

Available today: OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 in Microsoft 365 Copilot

xiasong — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:04:24 GMT

Starting today, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family of models is available in Microsoft 365 Copilot—in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat and Cowork. OpenAI and Microsoft partnered together to optimize GPT-5.6 for knowledge work across Microsoft 365 apps and make it the preferred model for Microsoft 365 Copilot. In addition to serving the models natively, Microsoft will also access OpenAI models directly through the API to bring GPT-5.6 to Microsoft 365 customers.

Knowledge work is complex—multistep, ambiguous, and spread across tools and files. With stronger reasoning for agentic, multi-step work, GPT-5.6 helps Copilot take on more of that complexity more efficiently, moving faster from initial ideas to more complete work. Microsoft 365 Copilot is AI built for work, where frontier models like GPT-5.6 are an important part of a broader system designed to deliver business value—bringing together Work IQ, Microsoft 365 apps, and the enterprise-grade security, compliance, and privacy customers expect from Microsoft.

Higher-quality work across apps you use every day

GPT-5.6 helps Copilot raise the quality of everyday work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, moving from rough intent to stronger drafts, clearer analysis, and richer presentation drafts.

In Word, Copilot can help turn rough ideas into more complete drafts, organize content with stronger structure and flow, and refine writing into a more polished artifact.

In Excel, GPT-5.6 helps Copilot reason through more complex analysis and move from task to outcome with less manual assembly.

In PowerPoint, Copilot can create richer presentation drafts with stronger slide content, better visual balance, and more flexibility across presentation styles.

Across these apps, GPT-5.6 helps Copilot take on more of the steps between idea and finished work, while keeping knowledge workers in control of the final outcome.

Reason through complex asks in Chat

In Copilot Chat, GPT-5.6 helps Copilot reason through more complex asks—comparing options, structuring plans, troubleshooting problems, and working through ambiguity—to turn open-ended prompts into clearer, more actionable responses.

Get complex work done in Copilot Cowork

GPT-5.6 also strengthens agentic work in Copilot Cowork, carrying complex multi-step tasks from instruction to completed results. You describe the outcome, and Cowork plans, reasons across tools and files, and runs the work end-to-end, returning a finished deliverable, not just a draft or recommendation. With GPT-5.6, Cowork can execute efficiently and produce outputs that are more complete, polished, and usable from the start. Paired with Work IQ, grounded in the systems your business runs on, Cowork brings the right context to each step so the work reflects your files, tools, and business context. You spend less time assembling the work and more time deciding what to do with it.

Get started today

The shift in how work gets done is real—and choosing the right model for the task at hand matters.

GPT-5.6 is rolling out to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and Copilot Cowork. Once available, Copilot may automatically use GPT-5.6 when it's best suited for the task. Where model selection is available, users can also choose GPT-5.6 directly from the model selector.

Availability may vary by region and tenant configuration; refer to Microsoft Learn documentation, the Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes for the latest rollout status.

For more details on the model, see OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 announcement here.

Testing and Debugging Your Microsoft 365 Agent: A Complete Guide for Building Reliable AI Assistants

JohnNaguib — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:51:34 GMT

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way businesses work, and Microsoft 365 Agents are leading this change. These intelligent assistants can automate repetitive tasks, answer employee questions, summarize meetings, retrieve documents, and improve collaboration across Microsoft 365 applications. However, creating an agent is only the first step. The real challenge begins when it’s time to test and debug it.

https://dellenny.com/testing-and-debugging-your-microsoft-365-agent-a-complete-guide-for-building-reliable-ai-assistants/

What Is Microsoft 365 Agent Builder? A Beginner’s Guide

JohnNaguib — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:00:56 GMT

Artificial intelligence is changing how people work, communicate, and solve problems. Over the past few years, Microsoft has introduced several AI-powered tools to make everyday business tasks easier and more efficient. One of the newest additions to this growing ecosystem is Microsoft 365 Agent Builder, a feature designed to help users create intelligent AI agents without requiring advanced programming skills.

https://dellenny.com/what-is-microsoft-365-agent-builder-a-beginners-guide/

Archivos bloqueados por Copilot al usarlos como fuentes en OneDrive personal

AlexaC — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:37:56 GMT

Hola comunidad,

Quisiera compartir un problema que he estado enfrentando al trabajar con Copilot y documentos almacenados en mi OneDrive personal. Al intentar usar ciertos archivos como fuentes para proyectos, Copilot muestra el mensaje “The document is blocked by its content”, impidiendo que el archivo sea procesado.

Los documentos afectados incluyen:

Proyecto Educativo Institucional (PEI)
Reglamento Interno Escolar
Plan Anual de Gestión
Otros documentos PDF y Excel con contenido normativo o institucional

Aunque los archivos fueron creados por mí como persona natural y están en OneDrive personal, Copilot los clasifica como contenido altamente sensible, probablemente debido a:

Lenguaje normativo o jurídico
Estructura de reglamentos y protocolos
Información institucional o disciplinaria
Palabras clave asociadas a documentación oficial
Formatos PDF/Excel con tablas, artículos o indicadores

Entiendo que Copilot aplica filtros de seguridad para evitar procesar documentos que puedan contener información crítica o normativa, pero en este caso se trata de archivos destinados a publicación pública en la web de la escuela.

Me gustaría saber:

Si existe una forma de marcar estos documentos como seguros desde OneDrive personal.
Si hay configuraciones específicas que permitan a Copilot procesar documentos normativos creados por el usuario.
Si otros usuarios han enfrentado este tipo de bloqueo con contenido institucional no confidencial.

Agradezco cualquier orientación o experiencia que puedan compartir.

Saludos,

Alex

Has model selection been removed from Microsoft 365 Copilot?

DasDomi — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:32:33 GMT

I noticed that the option to manually select GPT models in Microsoft 365 Copilot seems to be gone, or at least no longer visible. I have also seen similar concerns discussed on Reddit.

Could Microsoft clarify the current status?

- Has manual model selection been removed?

- How can users know which model Copilot is currently using?

- Is Copilot still using stronger models such as GPT-5.5, or only automatic routing now?

- Why does “Deep Analysis” / “Think Deeper” appear to switch back to Auto mode?

For corporate use, this lack of transparency is concerning. If I cannot see or control which model is being used, it reduces trust in the quality of the output and makes me more cautious about what tasks I rely on Copilot for.

A clear statement from Microsoft would be appreciated.

Scaling AI Agents with Kubernetes and Distributed Systems

JohnNaguib — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:23:06 GMT

Artificial intelligence has moved far beyond simple chatbots and rule-based automation. Today’s AI agents can reason through complex problems, interact with multiple tools, collaborate with other agents, and perform tasks with minimal human intervention. As organizations deploy AI agents across customer service, software development, research, finance, healthcare, and operations, one challenge becomes impossible to ignore: how do you scale AI agents reliably?

https://dellenny.com/scaling-ai-agents-with-kubernetes-and-distributed-systems/

Where Agent history get stored like queries and responses ?

pratikdarak21 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:14:16 GMT

Hi,

Created agent in SharePoint Online, so would like to know where all queries and responses/outcomes get stored/where they sit ?

The Sadly Unfulfilled Promise of the Outlook Calendar Agent

TonyRedmond — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:05:00 GMT

The Outlook calendar agent seemed to be the answer to the difficulties that I sometimes encounter when trying to sort out my schedule. Alas, the agent failed to deliver when it was given guidelines about how I wanted to create appointments. The overall experience makes me consider whether the huge investment Microsoft is making to infuse AI into its products sometimes turns out duds. Like an agent that can’t schedule.

https://office365itpros.com/2026/07/07/calendar-agent-disappoints/

Two Microsoft 365 Copilot Changes That Just Make Sense

TonyRedmond — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:04:13 GMT

Two recent changes to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat app have made the app easier to use. Interaction persistence is better, meaning that chat threads are always created and available to go back to if necessary, and Copilot memory is managed more easily. Copilot memory is an intensely personal capability. If you spend the time to figure out the instructions that Copilot should always remember, the quality of Copilot responses will be much better.

https://office365itpros.com/2026/06/29/copilot-memory-updates/

Couldn't activate Copilot Credits

DKTOA — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:19:10 GMT

Hi,

I have a Pay-As-You-Go Subscription. I'm Global Admin and Tenant root owner. When I try to configure Copilot Cowork I get this error message - what to do, who can please help me?

Copilot file creation failing

vegeta109221 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:00:57 GMT

When I am trying to create a file in m365 cloud environment I am getting an error saying that the file creation is failing.

Here is a screenshot of it

I don't know how to fix it. When searching with copilot it mentions about an entitlement issue but when I talked to an engineer in chats he said that wouldn't help and to post it here to see if anyone can help.

Introducing Microsoft Copilot Cowork

frankfalvey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:19:02 GMT

For the last couple of years, generative AI has mostly acted like an eager, highly capable research assistant. You give it a prompt, it spits out an email draft, a summary, or a bit of code, and then it waits for you to tell it what to do next. It’s useful, but the operational drag of constantly guiding it step-by-step still falls squarely on your shoulders.

That dynamic is officially changing. With the general availability of Microsoft Copilot Cowork, Microsoft is shifting AI from a passive conversational tool into an autonomous execution agent.

Instead of prompting an AI to help you build a deck, you can now delegate entire multi-step workflows to Cowork, let it run in the cloud background, and simply review its work at key checkpoints. Here is a breakdown of what Cowork is, how it functions, and why it changes standard team workflows.

What is Microsoft Cowork?

At its core, Cowork is an automation and execution layer built directly into Microsoft 365. Rather than responding to single prompts, Cowork translates a high-level intent into a multi step project plan, coordinates across multiple M365 apps simultaneously, and delivers a completed result.

The technology behind it stems from Microsoft’s partnership with Anthropic, effectively integrating cloud based agentic workflows under your organization's existing enterprise security, compliance, and identity controls. Driven by an organizational context engine called Work IQ, Cowork doesn't just look at a single file, it synthesizes signals across your Outlook emails, Teams chats, SharePoint documents, and calendars to understand how your team operates.

How It Works: From Intent to Action

Using Cowork feels fundamentally different from standard prompting. You can input an outcome request using natural language (up to 16,000 characters) and attach relevant background files.

The Execution Process

Deconstructs the Goal: Cowork breaks your request down into an operational roadmap.

Background Execution: The agent executes the plan in a protected cloud sandbox. You can close your laptop or switch devices, and the task keeps running.

Human-in-the-Loop Approvals: For medium-to-high-risk actions—like firing off a client email or posting a final update to a public Teams channel Cowork pauses and explicitly asks for your permission via a risk level indicator card.

The Power of Reusable "Skills"

What makes Cowork a true team framework is its underlying Skills architecture. Out of the box, Cowork ships with 13 built-in skills spanning core workplace needs:

Skill Group	Core Capabilities
Content & Files	Create and edit Word documents, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs.
Organization	Automated calendar optimization, meeting intelligence, scheduling, and custom daily briefings.
Communication	Multi-app drafting across Email, Teams channels, and structured Adaptive Cards.
Analysis	Deep Research capabilities that aggregate broadly across multiple corporate sources.

Building Custom Workflows

Beyond the defaults, teams can create up to 20 custom skills by simply dropping a formatted markdown file (SKILL.md) into a designated OneDrive folder. Instead of every employee reinventing how they handle a project handover, a weekly status update, or client onboarding, the team can standardize a repeatable workflow.

For example, a custom "Weekly Reporting" skill can instruct Cowork to scan team updates, flag blockers, cross-reference an Excel sheet, and format a client-ready summary automatically every Friday morning.

Managing the Sandbox: Cost and Controls

Because Cowork handles complex, long-running tasks that call multiple models, its runtime is consumption-based rather than a flat monthly fee, tracking via Copilot Credits.

Tasks are categorized based on their complexity:

Light/Medium Tasks: Applying structured reasoning across a few local sources to generate dual outputs.

Heavy Tasks: Deep reasoning that aggregates data across a massive corporate ecosystem and outputs multiple complex documents.

To prevent budget overruns, IT administrators have granular control over the ecosystem. Admins can set tenant, group, and user-level spending limits, and users can request additional credits directly from the Cowork interface when tackling particularly heavy computational tasks.

Sum up

Microsoft Cowork marks a distinct evolution in workplace productivity. The value isn't just about writing a single email faster; it's about reducing the daily operational chaos by automating the manual coordination that slows teams down. By handing off predictable rules-based workflows to an autonomous digital teammate, professionals can shift their energy away from administrative legwork and focus it back onto strategic decision-making.

Lower tier copilot user licenses for staff not needing full scope of Copilot capability

SPRex — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:32:46 GMT

We are a small manufacturing company with 9 users on Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Business Basic.

We have invested heavily in SharePoint Lists and Excel-based business data.

We need an affordable AI licence focused on searching and querying our SharePoint Lists, Excel files and document libraries.

Current Copilot licensing is too expensive for deployment across our whole business.

We would strongly consider a lower-cost "Copilot Data Search" licence focused on natural-language querying of company data.

Example:

"Show all Extension springs using 1/2" wire."

Please consider a small-business pricing tier. Company data license... don't know how to word it right. But for the purpose, copilot is way too uneconomical for these types of users.

Cowork tasks not accessible - where are my cowork results?

DanHuber — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:23:18 GMT

I've been using cowork for several tasks/sessions, and I was impressed.

When I was using it, I could switch between tasks/sessions and had always access to the results.
Documents, and conversation. I even could continue and improve results a week later.

Now, when I go to the cowork section in copilot, I still can see the list of cowork tasks at the left side.
But each of them is completely empty. I mean white space, nada, nothing there.. not even a textbox to enter something.

I tried with the M365 App, Edge, Firefox, new design. old design.. nada.

So, what happened to my conversations and the generated documents? Is it a bug or expected behaviour?

If it's expected, cowork is becoming less interesting for me.
It means that I have to save my work/cowork all the time manually outside of the conversation (which I did for most of the generated documents, but not all)

Help--- can I get the conversations and documents of each cowork session back, please?

Dan

Has Anyone Successfully Used the Fabric Data Agent Connector with Copilot Agent?

DishantKothari — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:49:18 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm facing an issue with a published Copilot agent in the Microsoft 365 app channel.

The agent is configured with the Fabric Data Agent connector along with documentation as knowledge sources. However, while the agent works as expected with the Power BI connector, it fails to return responses when using the Fabric Data Agent connector in the Microsoft 365 app

I understand the Fabric Data Agent connector is still in preview, but I wanted to check:
Has anyone successfully used the Fabric Data Agent connector with a Copilot agent in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app?
Is this a current limitation of the Microsoft 365 app channel or the preview connector?
Are there any known workarounds?
Is there any estimated timeline for the Fabric Data Agent connector to reach General Availability (GA) and support the Microsoft 365 app channel

I'd appreciate any insights or experiences from others who have tested this scenerio

Thanks!

Translate document with M365 Copilot function disappeared

tpelicari — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:36:20 GMT

Hi all!

As stated in the title, translate document with M365 Copilot function disappeared.

It used to work as described in this official guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/PowerPoint/copilot/translate-your-presentation-with-copilot

Now it's gone and I am not finding any replacement.

Cannot access admin.microsoft.com – need Global Admin role assignment

AndreaS_PR — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:29:00 GMT

Buongiorno,

ho acquistato una licenza Microsoft 365 Premium, ma il mio account non risulta amministratore del tenant.

Non posso accedere al portale https://admin.microsoft.com (errore: “non hai accesso”) e non ho alcun altro account amministratore disponibile.

Ho necessità di diventare Global Administrator del tenant per abilitare funzionalità avanzate come Copilot Studio.

Il supporto Microsoft mi ha indirizzato qui per avviare la procedura di verifica e recupero del ruolo amministrativo del tenant (“tenant admin recovery”).

Chiedo assistenza per:

identificare il tenant associato alla mia licenza,
verificare l’assenza di un amministratore globale,
assegnare il ruolo Global Admin al mio account.

Grazie per il supporto.

Cordiali saluti,

Can Copilot help create development plan suggestions after a review?

CandyMullany — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:57:51 GMT

After performance reviews, we want managers to turn feedback into practical development plans, but the quality is inconsistent. Some managers write clear next steps, others keep it very generic. Has anyone used Copilot or another AI workflow to suggest development actions based on review feedback, goals, or competencies? Could I build an agent specific to this? Could I create a subskill that standardizes this? Should I go for something third party?

📣 Microsoft Copilot Studio and Agent Roadmaps Have a New Home

Mandy_Fallou — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:26:19 GMT

Microsoft Copilot Studio and Agent Roadmaps Have a New Home

Starting July 2, 2026, feature updates for Microsoft Copilot Studio, Sales Agent, Finance Agent, and Service Agent, will be published on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. This creates a single destination to discover what capabilities are coming next across Microsoft 365 core apps, Copilot, agents, and more.

As part of this transition, Release Planner will no longer be a source for feature information for these products. Future updates will be available through the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, making it easier to stay informed, plan ahead, and leverage AI-powered experiences that can discover and consume information more effectively.

What you need to know

No immediate action is required
Update any saved Release Planner bookmarks to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Begin using the Microsoft 365 Roadmap as your primary source for feature updates
Share this change with stakeholders who currently rely on Release Planner

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We're excited to bring roadmap information together in one place to deliver a more consistent, accessible, and AI-ready experience for planning what's next.