M365 Copilot Update Digest

Unofficial update digest

Weekly summary

Week of 01/26/2026 - 02/01/2026

15 updates in this week window.

Last updated06/06/2026, 17:46

Last checked09/06/2026, 01:18

Highlights

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Copilot employee experience outcomes report with Viva Glint [Web]

A new Power BI report in Viva Insights shows how Copilot usage relates to employee experience sentiment in Viva Glint.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it improves license evaluation and adoption planning
Open source Open daily page
Copilot Studio Microsoft Learn What's new in Copilot Studio Update Builder-focused

Improved agent responses for ticket‑based Microsoft 365 Graph connectors. Agents more accurately retrieve ServiceNow ti...

Improved agent responses for ticket‑based Microsoft 365 Graph connectors. Agents more accurately retrieve ServiceNow tickets and Azure DevOps work items and generate clear, actionable summaries, which improves workflow reliability, and time to value.

Published
02/01/2026
Source
What's new in Copilot Studio
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
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Bring your own Microsoft Foundry agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot [Web]

Bring intelligent agents built and hosted in Microsoft Foundry into to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Teams-tailored to your organization's workflows, rules, and compliance needs.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it materially affects administration or governance
Open source Open daily page
Copilot Studio Microsoft Learn What's new in Copilot Studio Update Builder-focused

Enhancements to the prompt builder include:

Configure content moderation sensitivity per prompt to control how hate/fairness, sexual, violence, and self‑harm content is filtered—supporting regulated and document‑processing scenarios with low or high sensitivity settings for managed models. Optimize prompts with new Claude...

Published
02/01/2026
Source
What's new in Copilot Studio
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Open source Open daily page
Copilot Studio Microsoft Learn What's new in Copilot Studio Preview Builder-focused

Select Claude Sonnet 4.5 (beta) for Computer Use agents. This model improves nuanced decision‑making for complex tasks,...

Select Claude Sonnet 4.5 (beta) for Computer Use agents. This model improves nuanced decision‑making for complex tasks, increasing reliability, and success rates for advanced uses.

Published
02/01/2026
Source
What's new in Copilot Studio
Why it matters
because it signals preview direction early / because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 499425

Generate PowerPoint grounded on a Copilot page [Web]

Create a PowerPoint deck grounded on a Copilot page to present page content quickly.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes document or presentation workflows
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 536579

Copilot icon visibility in Microsoft Edge [Web]

Users can now manage the visibility of the Copilot icon in the Microsoft Edge toolbar, while admins can control icon access through policy settings.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it materially affects administration or governance
Open source Open daily page
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused

Copilot Chat model selector now offers GPT-5.2 [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]

Choose GPT-5.2 in Copilot Chat for faster responses or deeper reasoning, improving accuracy and clarity.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Open source Open daily page
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused

Copy an agent from Agent Builder to Copilot Studio [Windows, Web]

Users can now open agents created in Agent Builder in the Copilot Studio authoring experience.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Open source Open daily page
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Generate icons using AI in Agent Builder [Windows, Web]

Users can generate custom icons using AI Agent Builder using custom prompts, manually upload their own icon, or select from a set of pre-created icons.

Published
01/27/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Open source Open daily page