Daily digest

2026-08-14

An unofficial daily digest that organizes public Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Agent Builder updates.

Last updated19/09/2026, 19:58

Last checked21/09/2026, 01:05

Highlights

Microsoft 365 Copilot Official blogs Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog Rolling out Builder-focused

Copilot Notebooks now works with Markdown, plain-text, and rich-text files

Add your READMEs, wikis, logs, and transcripts to your notebook Your most useful project knowledge does not always live in a polished document. It might be captured in a README, project wiki, system log, meeting transcript, research export, or a simple text file. Copilot Noteboo...

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog
Why it matters: because it changes document or presentation workflows / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499659

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499658

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499660

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source

Full list

Microsoft 365 Copilot Official blogs Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog Rolling out Builder-focused

Copilot Notebooks now works with Markdown, plain-text, and rich-text files

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog
Why it matters: because it changes document or presentation workflows / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499659

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499658

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source

Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499660

Excel: =COPILOT Function

Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Published: 08/14/2026
Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters: because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows

Open source