New Diagnostic: Copilot Agent Functionality in Microsoft Teams.
As Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 continues to evolve, ensuring reliable agent performance within Microsoft Teams is critical to delivering a seamless user experience. To support this, we’re introducing the Copilot Agent Functionality Diagnostic—a powerful tool designed to identify and resolve issues that may prevent Copilot agents from operating in Teams. This includes validating eligibility, confirming service availability, and checking for configuration compliance. With this test, organizations can quickly verify that their environment is optimized for Copilot agents, helping users fully leverage the capabilities of Copilot within Teams. Why This Matters For Copilot agents to function seamlessly in Microsoft Teams, several dependencies must be in place—including user authentication, valid license assignment, tenant app settings, and the ability to run required custom apps in preview. If any of these prerequisites are misconfigured, users may face errors, limited functionality, or even lose access to Copilot features altogether. That’s where our Diagnostics comes in -The Copilot Agent Functionality Test helps eliminate these risks by proactively checking authentication, confirming license validity, validating Teams app configurations, and identifying settings that could block Copilot agents. By addressing these issues early, organizations can ensure users experience the full value of Copilot in Teams without disruption. What the Diagnostic Does The Copilot Agent Functionality Diagnostic is designed to help both customers and support engineers validate the critical requirements that enable Copilot agents to work seamlessly in Microsoft Teams. It performs a series of checks to confirm: Successful retrieval of Teams user authentication information Verification that users hold a valid Microsoft 365 Copilot license for Teams Confirmation that custom apps in preview are enabled to support Copilot agents Validation of Teams tenant app settings for proper permissions and availability Identification of configuration gaps that may block agent functionality By running these validations, the diagnostic ensures that the Teams environment is properly configured, reducing the likelihood of errors and empowering organizations to deliver a consistent Copilot experience in Microsoft Teams. Who Should Use It? Note: A Global Administrator account is required to run this diagnostic. IT Admins validating Teams settings, app configurations, and license prerequisites to ensure Copilot agents function correctly. Support Engineers troubleshooting Copilot agent issues related to authentication, configuration, or feature availability. Adoption & Change Management Leads confirming the Teams environment is properly prepared for users to engage with Copilot agents during rollout. Get Started To run the diagnostic, you’ll need a Global Administrator account. To access the new customer facing diagnostic, navigate to Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer, select COPILOT, then click on the “Copilot Agent Functionality in Microsoft Teams”. A Big Thank you to Rui Andre Tabares.New Diagnostic: Copilot License Details check
As Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 continues to expand its capabilities, so must the tools that ensure a seamless user experience. One of the most important steps in enabling Copilot features is validating license assignments. To support this, we’re excited to introduce the Copilot License Check Diagnostic—a powerful tool designed to streamline and validate your license readiness by confirming whether Copilot for Microsoft 365 licenses are properly assigned to users, ensuring that features dependent on Copilot function as expected. Diagnostics makes it easy to validate license assignments, ensuring users are set to unlock the full power of Copilot. Why This Matters The ability to leverage Copilot for Microsoft 365 is directly tied to proper license assignment—a critical step in unlocking AI-powered productivity. Without the right license, users may be unable to access key Copilot features, leading to confusion or reduced value from your Microsoft 365 investment. That’s where our Diagnostics comes in—helping you quickly validate license readiness, ensure feature availability, and streamline the path to a seamless Copilot experience. What the Diagnostic Does The Copilot License Check Diagnostic is built to empower both customers and support engineers. It validates whether users are properly licensed to access Copilot for Microsoft 365 by checking: Assignment and validity of Copilot for Microsoft 365 licenses User eligibility across Microsoft 365 services that integrate with Copilot Dependency on prerequisite licenses (e.g., Microsoft 365 E3/E5, Office apps) Checks all the service plans enabled within Copilot license. Potential gaps that could block access to Copilot-powered capabilities This diagnostic ensures that license readiness is confirmed in advance, reducing the risk of feature unavailability and helping organizations maximize the value of Copilot. Who Should Use It? Note: We can run the diagnostic either with Global admin or normal account. IT Admins validating that users have the correct Copilot for Microsoft 365 licenses assigned Support Engineers troubleshooting Copilot feature availability issues Adoption & Change Management Leads ensuring users are ready to access Copilot as part of rollout plans Get Started We can run the diagnostic either with Global admin or normal account. To access the new customer facing diagnostic, navigate to Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer, select COPILOT, then click on the “Copilot License Details”. A Big Thank you to Rui Andre Tabares.What’s New in Microsoft EDU | August 2024
Welcome to our monthly update for Microsoft Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community! As many countries are getting ready for back to school in August of 2024, or already started, we have a set of updates to make your school day easier, productive and more personalized. Also, if you haven’t explored the 34 “Quick Guides” from MIE Expert Heather Aird, this blog had a ton of useful 1 page PDFs that are great for professional development.
