M365 News for November
There was a little thing named Ignite last week.
You may have seen a post about this little Ignite Conference that Microsoft put on in Chicago. Many people were there, and since it’s one huge MS marketing event, there were some announcements.
I’m not going to lie. There were so many announcements that my To-Do list for assessing and testing new features for my day job is intimidating now. I feel like the kid in the image above, water spraying out of the hose and me just trying to get my hands on it.
It will never be complete. There is no light at the end of the tunnel other than the AI train that Microsoft is rolling down the tracks at all of us.
Let’s start there. What’s going on with Copilot?
It's All About AI at Microsoft Ignite 2024—Tony is right to point out that this is a marketing event and that MS is betting the house on Copilot. He offers a good rundown of the Ignote announcements.
Introducing Microsoft Copilot actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT - there’s a lot to unpack just in Copilot Control System and Analytics for those living in this space.
Empowering Employees and Businesses: The Future of Microsoft 365 Copilot
Oversharing was a term I heard often in the sessions I attended virtually - Microsoft 365 Copilot blueprint for oversharing.
Microsoft announces several new out-of-the-box agents in Microsoft 365
More about those agents for SharePoint?
The folks at In The Trenches shared some useful information on using Copliot in real-world scenarios that I wanted to share:
Finally, the question we all an answer to, but the answer might be “both.” - Is Microsoft Copilot a productivity booster or a cybersecurity risk?
As much Copilot news as that was to peruse, things are going on in M365 that are not directly related to Copilot. They may be easy to miss, though.
This was an educational read - The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Data Lifecycle Management with Microsoft Purview: Part 2.
I’m keeping this handy for upcoming work on setting them up: 26 mistakes you may be making with your sensitivity labels.
I wrote about using retention labels to retain the version of a document shared as a link last year. Joanne Klein recently revisited the topic: Cloud Attachments and eDiscovery—a Purview Approach.
What’s New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2024 - see, not everything was Copilot. ;-)
Strengthening data protection in the modern workplace with Microsoft Purview Information Protection
Microsoft announces first Power BI price increase in 10 years - I expect more price increases to come.
This gets into the weeds, but the weeds are where many of us need to be when it comes to auto-deletion and retention. - Intelligent Versioning & Retention: Where do Versions Go?
Loop is quietly turning into quite a powerful tool sitting underneath a lot of things in M365 these days:
This might not seem like much, but it's pretty big for making people feel included at work—Outlook users can soon add name pronunciation to profile cards.
Finally, this series might be worth keeping an eye on -
What were your big take-aways from last week?