Introducing Themes by Copilot in Outlook
Copilot in Outlook now helps anyone with a Copilot enabled subscription or commercial license create unique and personal themes powered by AI. Outlook is also releasing new non-Copilot powered themes to make Outlook more beautiful and approachable. We are thrilled to unveil Themes by Copilot in Outlook, which harnesses the power of generative AI to help people create unique themes that reflect their personal preferences and style within their Outlook experience. Pairing well with the transformative ways Copilot in Outlook enhances your emails, this marks the first instance of dynamic AI-generated theming in productivity applications. For many, Outlook is the app that they use daily, and these innovations will help make their Outlook experience even more welcoming and inviting. These AI-powered themes are accessible to all users with a Copilot Pro consumer subscription and business accounts with Copilot enabled, starting today, November 7th. Themes by Copilot in Outlook will be available on our mobile iOS and Android apps, Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the Web, and Outlook for Mac. Take a look: Just as you might accent your desk with a candle or photos, spruce up your office with artwork or plants, or prefer the window seat on a plane, we believe that beautiful, personal digital surroundings will enhance your overall Outlook experience. How you, your personality and your tastes are represented in an app plays a significant role in how you engage with it and how it makes you feel. But your app shouldn’t only reflect the colors or lighting that you need; the artistry of imagery can connect with you, represent you, and inspire you. Over the past year, we’ve released a set of beautiful static themes with abstract imagery that caters to a variety of colors and lighting styles. Image themes now reach more surface area of the app for a truly immersive experience. Today marks an especially innovative step in our personalization journey because we’ve leveraged the best aspects of generative AI to bring imagination, surprise, and your unique context into personalization. With Themes by Copilot, you can take yourself to every corner of the world by building a theme inspired by any of the over 100 curated destinations available, or create a theme based on your own location. This personalization becomes magical when it evolves over time, considering your unique context or your own personal touch along the way. If you choose, you can make your Themes by Copilot dynamic by selecting how often you want it to update – every few hours, every day, weekly, or monthly. If you’ve enabled location permissions in Outlook, the My Location theme will bring you imagery uniquely inspired by your locale, dynamically updating for you as you head out the door on a trip or vacation. Similarly, a dynamic theme based on the weather would be updated to reflect the current weather conditions where you are. Every Copilot-generated theme automatically comes with a fun accent color, and you can further tune your theme to be in a realistic, oil painting, or cartoon style. To help you shape your theme, we created a guided experience that is easy to use, responsible, and fun. Copilot-powered themes are available in the languages that Outlook supports. No two Themes by Copilot in Outlook are the same. Every creation is unique, dynamic, and exclusively yours -- an experience only available on Outlook. Themes by Copilot will be available to be turned on in Appearance Settings in Outlook. Beneath the Themes by Copilot header, select a topic thumbnail to generate a unique Copilot-powered theme in one click or launch the custom theme tile to create your own with a topic, style, and refresh cadence of your choosing. You can always change your theme in Outlook Settings. Themes by Copilot in Outlook builds upon the strong base of Copilot functionality already available in Outlook. Whether it’s getting help with drafting a mail, summarizing a long thread, or getting coaching on your emails – Copilot in Outlook is a great way to write better emails while saving time. For work accounts, there’s also the addition of Prioritize My Inbox by Copilot, which will be available in private preview for commercial customers in late 2024. Prioritize My Inbox is designed to help people manage their entire inbox by analyzing the content of messages given the context of their role. Themes by Copilot in Outlook is yet another step on our journey to infuse the power of Copilot into Outlook. We can’t wait to see what you create! Additional Outlook Themes for Everyone For those who do not have Themes by Copilot, we have released a collection of new non-Copilot powered themes, designed to make the platform more beautiful and accessible for everyone. Over the past year, we've introduced a variety of new image themes across Outlook for Mac, Outlook on the Web, the newest Outlook for Windows, and Outlook for iOS and Android. Beyond a basic color, you can now choose from vibrant imagery with hues of deep green, red, or purple to fit your mood or the vibe you’re going for. To choose a new image theme in Web, desktop, Mac or mobile, just navigate to Appearance Settings to pick the one that represents you best! It is our goal that today these themes bring joy, creativity and a bit of whimsy to your day. It’s just another way that Outlook is looking out for our customers to help make their experiences uniquely theirs. We are excited to hear what you think!
Copilot API
Hi, I have a PDF document that I want to summarize using Microsoft Copilot. However, I couldn't find any specific API for summarizing PDFs. Can anyone guide me on how to achieve this? Are there any alternative APIs or methods within the Microsoft ecosystem I can use for document summarization?Copilot Chat vsus. Microsoft 365 Copilot What's the difference?
While their names sound similar at first glance - Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - they differ in several aspects. And more importantly, one can't be without another. What is Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat? First since first. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is also called Copilot Chat. Copilot Chat generates answers based on web content, while Microsoft 365 Copilot is also grounded on users' data, like emails, meetings, files, and more. Since January 15, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is available for everyone. Everyone in organizations. Also customers with a Microsoft 365 Business Basic subscriptions can enjoy using Copilot Chat securily. The screenshot below shows how Copilot Chat looks like and highlights its main capabilities. Note that EDP - Enterprise Data Protection is available. What is Microsoft 365 Copilot? Microsoft 365 Copilot is an add-on available for specific Microsoft 365 Subscriptions: Microsoft 365 E3, E5, A3, A5, and Business Standard & Premium. It includes Copilot Chat in addition to other Copilot features: Microsoft 365 Copilot also includes a chat grounded on users' meetings, emails, chats, and documents. It integrates into Microsoft 365 apps, like Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and more. It brings the capability to create agents and additional Copilot management features such as SharePoint Advanced Management and Copilot Dashboard. The screenshot below shows how the Copilot chat experience for those users who got the Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Note that EDP - Enterprise Data Protection is available here too. Copilot Chat can be pinned in MS Teams and MS Outlook as App. How can I access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat? Copilot Chat is nowadays accessible via m365copilot.com using your Entra account. In contrast to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users cannot see, by default, Copilot Chat pinned on the Microsoft 365 homepage. Microsoft 365 Copilot Administrators will have to pin the chat in the admin center so it is easy for Copilot Chat users to access it. What's the difference? There are some aspects, such as licensing requirements, subscription fees, data sources, or access to organization content, that determine the differences between Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot. I have listed it in the screenshot below. 👇 Image showing a 3-column table: Aspect, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
How to remove Copilot from showing up on web-based apps?
Hello, I predominantly use Outlook through the website via Chrome. I also use OneDrive, Excel, and Word through Chrome quite often. I had a tech person walk me through removing Copilot from my computer's apps - the actual programs - but it's still showing up on my website uses. I do not support AI, AI is absolute trash, and I want Copilot completely eliminated from everything I use. I am tired of having to close the Copilot 'summary' that automatically pops up at the top of all my emails. Is there an easy way to completely eliminate this, or am I doomed? Thank you!How Copilot helps you to schedule and prepare meetings
In this tutorial I'll show you How to leverage Copilot to schedule meetings in just a few clicks. Microsoft 365 Copilot can help you prepare for upcoming meetings by summarizing key information about a meeting such as the purpose, action items, pre-reads and related discussions. Copilot summarizes based on meeting related information found on the Microsoft Graph and provides a unique summary for each attendee based on the content they have permission to access. #Copilot #MicrosoftCopilot #Productivity #MPVbuzz #AI #Microsoft365
Pin Copilot Chat - Admin Center
My dear friends, I pinned the Copilot Chat to the navigation bar through "Admin Center > Copilot > Settings > Pin Copilot Chat > Mark checkbox Pin Copilot Chat to the navigation bar (recommended)" This was performed about 72hr ago and I still can not see any copilot pinned to the Teams, Outlook etc. As per my understanding, this configuration should pin Copilot to the left side of Teams, correct? Our licenses are Microsoft 365 E3 + Defender. Any tips in why this is not working? Thanks in advance
CoPilot in Outlook for multiple mailboxes?
Hello everyone, my customer wants to use CoPilot in Outlook for more than one mailbox. I just learned that CoPilot in Outlook is only available for the users primary mailbox. Of course I'm not happy about that, but let's put the complaints aside for a moment. What if we buy a Copilot license for multiple users and add their mailboxes to Outlook. I'm not talking about delegation or shared mailboxes, I'm talking about adding multiple mailboxes with different users. Will that give me access to CoPilot scenarios for all those mailboxes? I have my doubts, because I assigned a CoPilot license to a user with an Exchange Online P1 license, which was configured in Outlook as a second user, and the CoPilot feature did not show up. If anyone is able to use CoPilot in Outlook for multiple mailboxes, please let me know how you did that. Thanks a lot, Christian Toller tethis IT e.U. Vienna, Austria
Change Default for Copilot Automatic Room Rebooking Setting in Outlook?
My users with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses have noticed a newer feature that automatically rebooks meetings with an alternate room if the selected room is unavailable. It appears that this setting is on by default and can be turned off on a per case basis when a new meeting event is being scheduled. Is there a way to turn it off by default and allow people to enable it when a new calendar item is being created instead? Here is what it looks like for me in Outlook. I can click on Edit from the new meeting window and turn it off for a single event. I haven't found a way to change that default behavior. Has anyone found a way to adjust this? Thank you! Brian
