Have you ever wanted to replace one or two reaction icons in Teams meetings with some fun or seasonal custom reactions? Now you can with Teams Premium. You can leverage the People Skills services to suggest skills for E3 and E5 licensed people. Viva Engage Communities will soon appear in your list of Chats and Channels. What else is worth talking about this week?

0:00 Welcome

3:05 Branded meeting reactions in Teams Premium - MC1217644

7:50 More users will be able to create Loop workspaces - MC1217996

11:48 Retirement of Power BI Q&A - MC1218421

14:30 People Skills: AI skill inferencing expanded to E3/E5 licenses - MC1218711

24:09 Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage communities in Teams - MC1218423

M365 Copilot Chat has been turned off in your org. You'll need to ask IT Admin why. You might be able to convince them to turn it on without much conflict.

The IT Admin might need to run a permissions report to check permissions before they turn on Copilot Chat. They might also need to Copilot-Search their calendar for the meeting where they discussed the governance of why Copilot Chat was turned off.

This week's mashed-up story was brought to you by our selection of the messages. What story would you tell with these... er... prompts?

0:00 Welcome

1:54 Retirement of featured links on SharePoint Start Page - MC1197131

5:22 Chat visibility in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App - MC1197289

11:31 Calendar Search in M365 Copilot Search - MC1197144

13:46 New permissions report available in SharePoint admin center - MC1197128

18:57 Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams - MC1197146

25:31 Microsoft Purview: Role management update - MC1199765

Talk to Copilot and get it's help with triaging your email. Sounds good. You might want to find a quiet corner to try it, or a headset with active noise cancelling. Or Jed's noisy sales call might interrupt the Copilot conversation.

Microsoft Planner is retiring some features to make room for some new ones. One in particular is going to finally make comments on tasks more useful. This and more on this week's show

0:00 Welcome

2:18 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Add web links as references in Copilot Notebooks - MC1193414

5:52 Coming Soon - Anthropic models will be available by default in Copilot experiences - MC1193290

12:04 Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update - MC1193421

17:05 Microsoft Teams - Find SharePoint agents in Teams chats and Teams Store - MC1193415

23:11 Microsoft 365 Copilot - Email triage with pin, flag, archive, and mark read - MC1193695

31:11 Microsoft 365 - Enrich profile cards with custom properties from third-party systems - MC1193692

GPT5 automatically decides how long it should think about your request. But you can change it's...err.. mind? You'll also be able to get Copilot to list the meetings you haven't RSVP'd to and quickly respond from the Copilot chat. But take care that you have all the info for making your decision. You might want to ask Copilot for some more info about the meetings. Or just look at them in Outlook.

0:00 Welcome

2:29 Message preview for channels, mentions, and reactions notifications - MC1191916

6:33 Microsoft Planner: Support for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) content sensitivity labels - MC1191342

9:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: GPT-5 Mode selector adds Auto, Instant, and Thinking modes - MC1192003

16:04 Interpreter agent in Teams calls - MC1191612

22:39 Microsoft 365 Copilot: RSVP to meetings directly in Copilot chat - MC1192258

Sounds dramatic. But we're just sticking with the error code episode number theme till we can't make any further stories from them.

Copilot Chat can schedule meetings and offers a new entry point in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. We'll also see a new Learning agent that surfaces training content and offers role playing lessons from LinkedIn Learning.

0:00 Welcome

2:16 Organizational Messages now support Action Segments for Microsoft 365 Copilot - MC1189666

4:44 Organizational Messages to support email delivery - MC1189665

7:30 Schedule meetings directly in Copilot Chat - MC1189914

12:48 Updated UI for Copilot Chat entry point in Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps - MC1189000

16:19 Learning agent in Frontier - MC1187676

You managed to find the episode. Now search for where Copilot App Skills are re-moving in Excel. Find out how Copilot can reschdule meetings for you if you get double-booked. Find a way for Researcher and Analyst agents to connect to other agents and use them - sub-contracting!

0:00 Welcome

1:57 App Skills in Excel will be retired - MC1184407

4:31 Agent mode in Excel generally available soon (formerly part of the Frontier program) - MC1184408

7:19 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Configure connected agents for Researcher and other agents - MC1184654

14:28 Copilot can now automatically reschedule 1:1 meetings and personal events based on your preferences - MC1184999

22:25 Decoupling admin controls for agents on/off from Researcher and Analyst - MC1185442

26:07 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot - MC1185911

30:35 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) - MC1185445

In this 403 Forbidden episode we go to the polls, check our FAQs, and rate our calls. This episode is full of variety, seeing an old Microsoft Garage feature completely absorbed into Outlook, FAQs that help to keep themselves updated and correct, and a new way to rate our calls.

0:00 Welcome

2:44 Native polls integrated into New Outlook calendar compose form - MC1182003

8:40 SharePoint FAQ web part: AI-powered updates for easier content management and seamless import - MC1182704

12:23 Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address - MC1182004

17:13 Microsoft Viva Engage: Flexible targeting of Storyline Announcements - MC1183013

24:57 Microsoft Copilot Notebooks: Overview page with Copilot-powered summaries and insights - MC1182698

29:28 Rate my call feedback experience update in Microsoft Teams - MC1183608

We think we will call M365 Copilot's Researcher Agent feature the "LMCTFY". Ask Copilot to perform some research. Choose "Computer Use" mode and let Copilot control a virtual computer to carry out your research.

If you don't want people to be reminded to check the AI results for accuracy, this disclaimer will be removed. But you will have the opportunity to turn it back on and customise a link to provide your own guidance about AI results.

0:00 Welcome

2:38 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Add and configure tool groups to agents - MC1180873

5:08 App Builder agent available via Frontier starting October 28 - MC1180956

8:39 Microsoft Teams: File attachment control now enabled by default in external 1:1 and group chats - MC1181772

14:43 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing Researcher with Computer Use - MC1181726

22:59 Microsoft Copilot Chat: AI disclaimer updates - MC1181766

28:11 Microsoft OneDrive for Business: Agents in OneDrive - MC1181765