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Re: What's difference creating Agent from Copilot page vs from Copilot Studio -> Copilot for M365?
To deploy the agent to a single site choose within "Channels" in Copilot Studio the option for SharePoint: It is not possible to deploy only one agent using the PAYG model. Each SharePoint site includes a default agent by design, which remains available and can be utilized by individuals covered under the PAYG service's Billing Policies. Additional information regarding the default agent is available in the SharePoint Agents FAQ: Frequently asked questions about Copilot in SharePoint7Views0likes0CommentsRe: Microsoft's Copilot: A Frustrating Flop in AI-Powered Productivity
As of the beginning of September, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been included in all Microsoft Business/Enterprise licenses. This feature integrates Microsoft’s foundational AI service; however, it does not have access to calendar data within your Exchange Online mailbox. Further details on the various Microsoft 365 Copilot offerings can be found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/microsoft-365/which-copilot-for-your-organization13Views1like0CommentsRe: Making CoPilot Work for our Organisation
The structure for data access, referred to as "the brain," is defined within the orchestration engine. Currently, the engine in Copilot Studio does not perform optimally when retrieving data from sources such as SharePoint. Interestingly, the orchestration engine in Copilot Studio Lite occasionally delivers better results in this regard. Regarding the notion that Copilot reviews the first 20 relevant documents, it is important to clarify: AI is not designed to return a fixed number of documents that may be loosely related to a query. The purpose of using an agent with document integration is to ensure that high-quality backend data enables the AI to extract precise and relevant information. If the expectation is to retrieve 20 documents via AI, it must be stated clearly that this is not a suitable use case and will not yield effective results. Additionally, generating branded documents is currently beyond the capabilities of AI. However, modern templates may offer a viable alternative in such scenarios. Modern Templates on SharePoint20Views1like0CommentsRe: How to Use Copilot in Outlook A Step by Step Guide
Are you sure that your articles are accurate? Do you really write and validate them yourself? When I follow your instructions in Outlook, it seems you are missing the point regarding how menus are labeled and what options are available. First, there is no option in Outlook called "New Meeting," and secondly, the Copilot icon within the new event window does not allow you to schedule a meeting. And many other instructions for Outlook are completely wrong and not named the way you are instructing users on your blog to do so.52Views0likes0CommentsRe: Markdown-Dateien (.md) in Copilot for OneDrive / Graph Data Connect
Currently, there is no straightforward method to integrate Markdown (.md) files with Microsoft 365 Copilot. These file types are not included in the list of supported formats, nor are they mentioned in any publicly available roadmap at this time. 🧐12Views0likes0CommentsRe: Making CoPilot Work for our Organisation
Hi, let's dive into your questions: There is no deeper integration with your data in GPT-5; it is simply a more advanced language model with improved reasoning and response capabilities. Access to your SharePoint data is enabled by default and handled via the GraphAPI, which respects existing content permissions. When the first Microsoft 365 Copilot license is added to your tenant, a semantic tenant index is automatically created for SharePoint data. Once a license is assigned to a user, a personal semantic index is generated for their mailbox and OneDrive data. Regarding data protection: Microsoft does not use your data to train the underlying model. For customers within the EEA, Microsoft 365 Copilot complies fully with the EU Data Boundary and GDPR requirements. This is an enormous difference (by default) to ChatGPT. Regarding your requirement to generate bids based on historical data: this functionality must be configured within a dedicated agent. A default agent can only respond to queries based on the data provided. To generate such documents, very specific instructions tailored to your use case are required. We have developed various types of agents, such as those for tenders. With clearly defined instructions, the results can be significantly improved.38Views0likes0CommentsRe: No Researcher and Analyst agent
That confirms that the users have been assigned the Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Interestingly, the Researcher and Analyst agents appear to be pre-installed for all users, as shown in your screenshots. It’s unusual that these agents can be configured, given that all options within the Integrated Apps section are disabled for those accounts. You haven’t applied any general configuration for agents in the Copilot control system in this case, correct? That would be here: https://admin.cloud.microsoft/#/copilot/settings/DataAccess/:/CopilotSettings/PluginSetting112Views1like0CommentsRe: Microsoft's Copilot: A Frustrating Flop in AI-Powered Productivity
May I ask which version of Copilot you used to accomplish your objective? Microsoft 365 Copilot (requires an additional license with your Microsoft 365 Corporate Subscription) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (Free Edition included in your Microsoft 365 Corporate Subscription) Copilot (included in your Family Subscription) Copilot Pro (requires an additional license with your Family Subscription)555Views1like3CommentsRe: What's difference creating Agent from Copilot page vs from Copilot Studio -> Copilot for M365?
Yes, this is possible when using Copilot Studio Full experience. It is not supported within the Lite experience, which was previously referred to as Copilot Studio Agent Builder until last week.396Views0likes2CommentsRe: Microsoft's Copilot: A Frustrating Flop in AI-Powered Productivity
Sjengstah Memory is currently rolling out and is already available—at least in my configuration. I believe the main reason Copilot behaves differently for us here in Europe is due to strict privacy regulations and additional systems that require alternative configurations. Another important point: ChatGPT only needs to respond within the web interface, whereas Microsoft 365 Copilot is expected to perform actions within apps, which is significantly more complex. Regarding 'memory': Based on my experience, Copilot seems to lose focus far less frequently now compared to before 2025." But I'm with you: If you make a full comparison between ChatGPT+ and M365 Copilot there is a difference and to be honest: That is OK - it is another product. Even if the "same" LLM will be used, it works completely different and that is something we need to accept.363Views0likes0CommentsRe: Working with audio files in Copilot
Neither Microsoft 365 Copilot nor Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat do support today Audio Files. The response is a hallucination of Copilot. Check out the supported filetypes here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/file-upload-in-microsoft-copilot-8b7bf432-9576-4b16-9dee-6c19a4169e621.5KViews1like0CommentsRe: Questions about Copilot Agents created using copilot studio, that use SharePoint & data-verse
Hi johnjohn-Peter A1: No, there is no specific order, and as far as I know, no new index is created. It simply uses the existing SharePoint index. If you enable Enhanced Search Results within the agent settings, the search becomes more accurate because certain features of Dataverse Search are activated. More details about Dataverse Search can be found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/user/relevance-search-benefits and here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/user/relevance-faq A2: In the test section of Copilot Studio, you can view the retrieved knowledge. Is this referencing a different file, or is it the same one? Do you have overlapping information across multiple documents that could be causing the system to produce such different answers? A3: Not that I’m aware of. A4: No, as of now, Copilot Studio uses a large language model (LLM) that is shared across multiple customers. This means nothing is stored or updated based on your specific interactions. Microsoft announced in 2024 that a form of "Memory" would be introduced, but I haven’t seen any updates beyond the initial announcement. You can read more about it here (search for “Memory and context”): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/microsoft-copilot-studio-building-copilots-with-agent-capabilities/ Also the screenshot shown in the Blog with the "History" section in Copilot Studio was never released.184Views1like1CommentRe: Microsoft's Copilot: A Frustrating Flop in AI-Powered Productivity
If you continue using offensive language with Copilot, you may be banned from using it. Since you're only sharing the result of your frustration and not what you're actually trying to achieve, it's very difficult to assist you. By the way, this forum is intended for Microsoft 365 Copilot, not GitHub Copilot. I recommend using the GitHub Copilot forums for questions like this: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/copilot-conversations1.1KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Visual Creator is not working
As Microsoft did now announce that Visual Creator will be deprecated, is the new experience "Create" already at your desktop? Just open https://m365.cloud.microsoft/chat and in the lower left Corner you should see the "Create" option. If the new image generation model is already deployed for your Tenant you can create Pictures and Videos directly from there:226Views0likes0Comments
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