M365 News Roundup for July 2025
Welcome to July, already.
If it seems like we just started 2025 and suddenly it’s half over, you’re not alone. As someone with an early July birthday, the start of the new fiscal year was always much more about me than anything else, but it still snuck up on me this year.
Side note - fireworks on the Fourth are also about my birthday and nothing else. I will not take any arguments about this.
The new month, of course, brings with it a new roundup of Copilot and M365 news. One post I saw right at the end of June from Greg Buckles might interest some of you. Greg noticed that every time he opened a Word document, Copilot would create an auto-summary, and those summaries were being stored alongside all other Copilot interactions.
I’ve noticed that as well. It makes sense, but as Greg points out, it can be quite a surprise to your total collection.
I think this is also a perfect time to consider a retention policy that automatically deletes Copilot interactions after a specified number of days. That data is only going to increase in size every day. There has to be a point where it’s no longer necessary and becomes more of a burden than a benefit.
Do you have a retention policy for Copilot interactions?
Copilot News:
Speaking of summaries, have you tried audio summaries in Copilot Notebooks? - This New Copilot Feature Will Change How You Work
More on Notebooks:
This is a nice demo of the Analyst agent:
Naturally, Microsoft wants everyone to learn about Copilot - Copilot Academy for all Microsoft 365 users!
Admins are also getting new tools related to agents - Microsoft Launches Entra Agent ID for Agent Management.
I’ve seen and heard numerous complaints about what Microsoft has done to the Office homepage, essentially redirecting everyone to Copilot and away from the other apps. This person did something about it - I created a better office.com
Non-Copilot News:
Law firms, pay attention to resources like this:
And this from Andrew Keller - “It’s all about the data” - AI-Ready Data: How Microsoft Purview Prepares Your Law Firm For the Future.
Also check - Data Loss Prevention in Microsoft 365 – Easy Guide for Beginners.
If you ever need to know what’s being shared with whom:
Find All Sharing Links in SharePoint Online.
Another link to keep handy, just in case - Troubleshooting Guide: OneDrive/SharePoint Sync and Office Save Issues in M365.
I’m not sure how I feel about this upcoming feature. It still seems odd and a bit murky in terms of details - People Skills Solution Rolls Out to Microsoft 365 Tenants.
You want to ask:
Introducing Microsoft Purview Alert Triage Agents for Data Loss Prevention & Insider Risk Management. - Interesting.
This also seems interesting. I bookmarked it so I can spend more time learning about it in the future. You may want to do the same - Microsoft Clarity SharePoint Monitoring.
This might be very helpful for troubleshooting - Microsoft Teams gets a much needed health dashboard for admins.
It’s time to discover Power Automate - SharePoint Alerts Are Retiring — Let’s Talk About What That Means.
That’s all for this issue. Hopefully, it’s short enough for you to spend some time exploring interesting things and learning something during what is a relatively short work week for many of us in the States.
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Thanks for the shotout!!! It's the first of a series of simple topics explanations in a conversational way. Hope you enjoy as much as I do writing it.