Loop / Copilot week

I prepared for You the summary of the most important news, announcements and articles about Microsoft 365 from the last week. Enjoy!

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New Microsoft Loop app is built for modern co-creation

Documents have always been more than just a means of recording information—they have been a way for us to connect and collaborate, sharing our thoughts, insights, and aspirations with others so that we may achieve more by building off each other rather than working alone.

But the way we work together has gone through significant changes over time. Now, in our current landscape, we encounter more ambiguity and uncertainty than ever, requiring us to co-create in fast-paced and dynamic environments. We need tools that embrace the messiness of our creative process and can adapt to our ever-evolving needs.

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Announcing Copilot in Viva Engage

Last week, Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro unveiled a new vision for how next-generation AI will offer an entirely new way of working with your Microsoft 365 apps and data, reinventing productivity for everyone. Included in this announcement is Copilot in Viva Engage that will help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive communications, and valuable insights – well suited for sharing news, celebrating milestones, and helping build dialogue with employees around important topics.

Copilot demos

Humans are hard-wired to dream, to create, to innovate. But today, we spend too much time consumed by the drudgery of work, on tasks that zap our time, creativity, and energy. To reconnect to the soul of our work, we don’t just need a better way of doing the same things. We need a whole new way to work.

Today, we are bringing the power of next-generation AI to work. Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work. It combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet.

“Topics is Engaged” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast

Viva Topics in Engage doubles the impact and access of your knowledge at your fingertips - and how you pay it forward to others.

On today's episode, we hear from Raj Jain (Principal product manager - Viva Engage and Answers team at Microsoft) about all things topical about Viva Topics, specifically - the role of Viva Topics within your Viva Engage community discussions, questions, and announcements posts. The real value gives you a built-in knowledge management system that balances and refines the length of your internal communications without sacrificing the depth you pay forward to each person that reads your comm.

The SharePoint storage platform supports the Loop app - Components, pages, and workspaces

Today marks the start of the Microsoft Loop app journey. The Loop app is now available in public preview! Loop is about people - people who want to create together with ease, no matter where they are or what tools they use. It’s a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. Loop helps you organize everything you need for your project into a single workspace and even does the searching for you to kick it off.

🎬 SharePoint Server end of life. What to do?

Have a great weekend 👍

Szymon