M365 News Roundup for December 2024
A little pre-holiday fun
Before we dive into the news, I wanted to remind you all that after this newsletter goes out, I’m taking a little holiday break. The next issue will be arriving in your inbox on Jan. 7th.
In the meantime, I wish you all a happy holiday and the best for 2025!
Copilot News:
After all of the announcements and excitement from Ignite in November, things have slowed down a bit this month. Still, things are never silent on Copilot, are they?
Copilot Vision seems like something the business world will be very skeptical of. - Copilot Vision now in preview – a new way to browse.
We could argue that these changes are making it easier for us to give Microsoft our money, but that is their job. - Purchasing Microsoft 365 Copilot for small and medium-sized businesses.
Microsoft Tells Business to Uninstall Copilot, Remap the Copilot Key.
The new Copilot for Windows app doesn't work with Entra ID accounts, so Microsoft now has some curious advice for managed organizations.
That seems ridiculous. How many PCs are sold to organizations using M365 and Entra, and how many come with this great new feature that doesn’t work for them? Come on.
The rest of the M365 News
I’m not the only one thinking about the new Purview and eDiscovery - Workflow Decisions for the New Purview eDiscovery Portal.
This is a good question:
Does Microsoft have something big in store for SharePoint and Copilot beyond what we’ve already seen? - Microsoft is planning something BIG in 2025.
This is an interesting use case for Power Automate and a registered app. Read through all three posts to learn how to set it up yourself:
Alert your team about Microsoft 365 issues affecting the tenant – Part 3
Yet another new feature to consider using in your tenant - Enable Intelligent Versioning for OneDrive for Business.
Just like that, Viva Goals is dead. - Microsoft Kills Viva Goals.
And another Intune video from Jonathan Edwards:
That’s all for now. I’ll return in three weeks to share what I learned working in the new Purview and with Copilot governance. Until then, I have a question for you, my readers:
What are the top new tools in M365 you’ll be pushing out in 2025?