The Microsoft 365 monthly update includes updates and recently recent features across Microsoft 365. The free version includes updates to SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive, whilst subscribers get all of the updates, plus Power Platform, Copilot and more.

You can take a look back at previous monthly updates here, plus take a look at our weekly roadmap roundup.

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SharePoint

SharePoint: New Brand Center

The SharePoint brand center offers a centralized hub for managing and creating brand assets within Microsoft 365, integrating your organization’s asset libraries with brand applications in one location while enabling the creation of product-specific brand scenarios.

Find out more: Managing your organization’s brand with the SharePoint brand center

Brand fonts in SharePoint

With the new SharePoint Brand center, Microsoft enables the use of custom fonts for organizational branding on sites and pages. Once enabled, designated brand managers can upload and manage brand assets, including fonts, within the Brand center app for use in the Change the Look experience. Brand managers will upload and manage organization fonts in the SharePoint Brand center’s font library, enabling them to create custom font packages for use within SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop after making fonts visible. This feature update will introduce new web parts with custom fonts support including:

• Countdown timer 
• Events 
• Highlighted content 
• Image gallery 
• Link 
• Organization chart 
• Site activity 
• Weather 
• World clock 

Find out more: Brand fonts – SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

Enhancements to Text web part

Microsoft have added new capabilities to the Text web part in Microsoft SharePoint Online, which include: 

• Ability to highlight the number of columns and rows to insert in a new table.
• Ability to set custom font colors.
• New paragraph style option to select normal text with or without spacing between paragraphs.
• Option to add/remove spacing before/after paragraphs and headings.
• Ability to set custom line spacing. 
• New quote style options.

Find out more: Add text, tables, and images to your page with the Text web part – Microsoft Support

Rewrite SharePoint pages with Copilot in SharePoint Text v1

Rolling out now, Copilot will allow quick rewriting of text on SharePoint pages and news posts, enabling users to change the tone, review content, and adjust the length of the text within seconds.

Find out more: Roadmap ID: 124840

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Teams

Teams

Rename the general channel

Team owners and approved members can now rename the ‘General’ channel to a more relevant title. This helps members easily find important information. When creating a new team, the owner must name the first channel, and the updated name will show up in alphabetical order in the teams and channels list, keeping the channel list organized.

Find out more: Give a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams

Updated teams and channels onboarding flow

The updated teams and channels onboarding flow allows team owners to recommend specific channels to new members. Now when you join a new team, you can see which channels are recommended, and select only the channels that matter most, so you can easily organize your list of channels, prioritize those you care about, and filter through the noise.

‘Shared’ tab in chat

Sharing files and links is important for collaboration, but finding them later can be difficult. To make this easier, we’re introducing the ‘Shared’ tab in 1:1 and group chats, which replaces the ‘Files’ tab. This new tab gathers all shared files and links in one place, making them easier to find. Additionally, you can use the ‘filter by keyword’ option to quickly locate specific content. This update improves file management and productivity, and no action is needed to receive it; Channels remain unchanged.

Find out more: Chat and share files in Teams – Microsoft Support

Image handling enhancements in Teams

New updates to the Teams desktop and web apps make sharing images in chat and channels simpler and more user-friendly. When you paste an image in the message box, it shows up next to other images on the same line, taking less space. You can use the arrow keys to move between images, remove one by clicking the “X” button that appears when you hover over it, and add alternative text or copy the image with the right-click menu. After sharing, Teams automatically adjusts the image size and aspect ratio for an optimal display without blocking any content.

Copilot in Teams meetings can now source responses from meeting chat

In meetings today, there are two key conversations: the spoken words and the chat messages. Copilot in Teams can review both the meeting transcript and the chat to give you a complete understanding of the discussion. For example, you can ask Copilot if you missed any questions, and it will quickly check both the transcript and the chat to find any unanswered queries. With Copilot in Teams, no question, idea, or contribution is overlooked. This feature is available this month for both desktop and mobile.

Find out more: Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft Support

Expanded controls to manage Copilot’s availability in Teams meetings

We are introducing new controls for managing Copilot availability in Teams meetings. IT admins and meeting organizers can now set Copilot to ‘Off.’ Admins will find this option in the Teams Admin Center, allowing them to turn off Copilot for specific tenants, users, or both. Meeting organizers can use the “Allow Copilot” control in meeting options, with three choices: (1) Only during the meeting, (2) During and after the meeting, and (3) Off. The new ‘Off’ option will turn off Copilot, Recording, and Transcription in Teams meetings.

Find out more: Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft Support

Meeting recap and artifacts automatically shared in Microsoft Outlook after meeting

After a meeting, you can view a summary by opening the event in your Microsoft Outlook calendar. The summary includes a recap page link, transcript, recording, notes, shared files, whiteboard, and meeting details. If you have the intelligent meeting recap, you’ll also see highlights like the number of speakers, how often you were mentioned, and AI-generated tasks. This feature is available with a Teams Premium license or Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.

Find out more: Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft Support

Interpreters can indicate which language they’re translating

Now, interpreters in Teams can easily show which language they are translating by clicking a button. They can choose one of two options at the bottom of the screen to indicate the language they will interpret. To switch to the other language, they just toggle the option. This allows for efficient real-time translation with only one interpreter, removing the need for a second interpreter or extra devices.

Find out more: Bidirectional support for translated languages in Teams

New Mesh workshop environment

Microsoft Mesh offers new immersive spaces for collaboration, including a workshop environment with a presentation area and four breakout rooms for discussions. This setup is ideal for small team collaborations and group work. The workshop environment is available first in the Immersive space (3D) view in Teams.

Find out more: Manage the Mesh app in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

Allow presenters to moderate Q&A

With this new update, organizers can enable presenters to moderate Q&A sessions and publish questions for all participants to see during a meeting or event.

Find out more: Q&A in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft Support

Voting, filtering, sorting, and archiving questions in the Q&A app

Take your webinar and town hall Q&A experience to the next level with this new update that enables you to focus discussion and engage with your audience. Attendees can vote for questions they want presenters to answer, and organizers can sort questions by votes, filter them based on key words, and archive them.

Teams “Do not disturb” status applied to incoming mobile calls

If you’re using Teams Phone Mobile, your “Do not disturb” (DND) settings will now also apply to calls to your mobile phone. Before, DND settings only worked for calls in the Teams app. You can adjust your DND settings to help you not miss important calls while keeping your privacy and focus. In the Teams app’s “Privacy” settings, you can set notifications for calls from specific people or numbers. You can also choose not to have your presence change to DND automatically when you’re presenting or screen sharing.

Find out more: Getting started with Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile – Microsoft Support

Teams phone devices enhancements

The latest update for Teams phone devices improves the call park and retrieve feature for quicker call handling. We’ve also made calling easier for non-touch phones, making it faster and more responsive. These updates show our commitment to better performance and easier use, giving you a smoother communication experience.

Find out more: What’s new in Microsoft Teams devices – Microsoft Support

GCC Customers

• Webinars are now available in GCC-High – Teams webinars are now available for government community clouds (GCC). GCC users can now create webinars and get registration support for up to 1,000 internal or external attendees, co-organizer support, breakout rooms, attendee reporting, and Dynamics 365 marketing integration.

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OneDrive

Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available

Microsoft have announced that Copilot is now available1 on OneDrive for the web to all our Copilot licensed commercial users, marking a significant milestone in the way you work with files in OneDrive. Copilot brings the power of AI right into OneDrive to help you work more efficiently and effectively. Copilot in OneDrive lets you:

• Generate Summaries: Quickly create concise summaries of large documents or up to 5 files at a time.
• Compare Documents: Easily compare up to 5 files, highlighting key differences in a table view.
• Answer Complex Questions: Analyze content from multiple documents to provide insights and answers.
• Generate Ideas: Suggest outlines, ideas, or drafts based on files stored in OneDrive.

Find out more: Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available | Microsoft Community Hub

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