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Microsoft Teams Facilitator Will Web-Search Unanswered Meeting Questions in August 2026
Microsoft is preparing to launch a new AI agent for Teams meetings that will automatically identify when a question goes unanswered and then fetch relevant information from the web—without anyone...
Microsoft Teams Private Channels Finally Unlock Tabs, Bots, and Message Extensions
Microsoft Teams users who rely on Private Channels for sensitive collaboration are waking up to a long-awaited capability: the ability to add tabs, bots, and message extensions directly to those...
Microsoft 365 Copilot's Notebooks to Word Feature: Preview Starts March 20
Microsoft has quietly added a new roadmap entry that promises to tighten the integration between its Copilot AI assistant and the Office suite. Roadmap ID 558934, titled "Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft...
From MFA to Mailbox Fixes: Mizo’s AI Resolves 15+ Microsoft 365 Scenarios Autonomously
Mizo’s freshly launched AI service desk agents can now independently resolve more than 15 common Microsoft 365 support scenarios for managed service providers, eliminating the need for human...
Perplexity launches legal AI agent for Microsoft 365 on June 24, 2026
Perplexity has officially entered the legal technology arena with the launch of Computer for Counsel, an enterprise AI agent designed specifically for legal professionals. Announced on June 24, 2026,...
Copilot Outperforms Outlook Search—Until You Ask It to Manage Tasks, Study Finds
In a head-to-head comparison of Microsoft 365 Copilot versus native Outlook search, the AI assistant proved remarkably adept at surfacing emails and contacts—but stumbled when asked to retrieve and...
Commvault's AI-Powered Cyber Resilience Lands as Native Azure Service for Identity-Centric M365 and Windows Recovery
Microsoft and Commvault will integrate the latter’s AI-powered cyber resilience platform directly into Microsoft Azure as a native independent software vendor (ISV) service, the companies announced...
Microsoft 365 Business Premium Delivers Intune, Defender, and AI Governance for SMB Security
Small and medium businesses caught without enterprise-grade security are no longer just at a disadvantage—they’re the primary target. Microsoft’s own Digital Defense Report reveals that SMBs...
Microsoft Targets Small Business IT Overload with New Admin AI Agent in Teams, Arriving August 2026
Microsoft is building an artificial intelligence-powered assistant directly into Microsoft Teams designed to handle core administrative tasks for small and midsize businesses. Slated for release in...
From Office 365 to Google: CalendarBridge Surpasses 100K Users, 4M Events Synced
CalendarBridge’s cross-platform calendar synchronization and AI scheduling platform has crossed the 100,000-user mark, the company announced on June 23, 2026, a milestone accompanied by another...
New Microsoft Edge Management Tool Gives Admins Full Visibility into Every Extension
Microsoft has officially launched a long-awaited feature for its cloud-based Edge management service: a comprehensive extensions monitoring dashboard that lets administrators inventory, review, and...
PowerPoint Live Attendees Can Now Ask Copilot to Explain Any Slide Text
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a new Microsoft 365 Copilot feature that lets attendees in PowerPoint Live sessions select any text on a shared slide and instantly get an AI-generated explanation....