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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Teams to Auto-Archive Meeting Insights with AI by Default in August 2026
Starting in August 2026, Microsoft Teams will automatically generate AI-powered summaries and insights for certain meetings and store them as permanent, tenant-owned files in SharePoint. The new...
You'll Soon Share Copilot Chat Sessions with a Link — No More Copy-Paste
Microsoft will add link-based sharing to Microsoft 365 Copilot chats in August 2026, according to a newly published entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. The feature, identified as Roadmap ID 562353,...
Delivery Giant Evri Puts Microsoft’s New AI Agent Bundle to the Test with 6,000 Users
UK parcel delivery firm Evri will deploy 6,000 Microsoft 365 E7 licenses across its business, making it one of the first large-scale adopters of Microsoft’s recently launched premium suite. The...
Copilot’s Legal Productivity Claims Are Light on Data—Here’s What IT Admins Need to Know
A July 15 opinion piece by Matthew Stringer, founder and CEO of Microsoft 365 services provider Stridon, is making the rounds in legal tech circles with a bold claim: UK law firms using Microsoft 365...
Microsoft Wrings 40% More Speed from Copilot Models While Accelerating Data Center Rollouts
Microsoft has boosted the inference throughput of its most-used Copilot models by 40% through software and hardware optimizations, even as it rushes new GPU-filled data centers into service weeks...
Microsoft Cancels Copilot Feature That Would Have Scheduled Tasks with Plain English
A feature that many Microsoft 365 Copilot users had circled on their calendars has been erased from the roadmap entirely. On July 14, 2026, Microsoft updated its official roadmap to mark item 531913...
Microsoft’s AI Spending Spree Under Fire: What Windows Users and IT Pros Need to Know
Microsoft’s enormous artificial intelligence investments are facing their most pointed critique yet, and the argument has direct implications for anyone who uses Windows, Office, or Azure. In a...
Microsoft 365 Copilot now taps private Viva Engage chats — permissions still block snooping
Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a long-awaited integration: Microsoft 365 Copilot can now ground its responses in content from private Viva Engage communities and events. The change,...
How 100 City Workers Learned to Trust Copilot—And Why That Matters for Your AI Rollout
In July 2026, the city of Raisio, Finland, quietly wrapped up a Microsoft 365 Copilot training program for nearly 100 employees that most organizations would do well to copy. Rather than simply...
Microsoft's SharePoint AI Page Creator Is Coming: How to Stop a Prompt-Fueled Content Flood
Microsoft has firmed up its timeline for letting SharePoint users create and edit pages through an AI chat pane, with a preview targeted for March 2026 and a full rollout starting in August 2026. The...
Microsoft’s Copilot Now Offers a Windows 11 System Health Report, But It Still Can’t Diagnose Problems
Microsoft is giving Windows 11 users a new way to check on their PC’s basic health without digging through menus. A feature called PC Insights has started rolling out to U.S. users, delivering a...
Microsoft 365 Routing Failure Takes Down Outlook Logins and Copilot Access
Thousands of Microsoft 365 users were unable to sign into Outlook or access Copilot on Friday after a routing configuration change triggered a widespread outage. The disruption, which began just...