M365 News Roundup for November 2025
It happened again, a new button as I was doing a demo. Changes are coming fast and furious.
There is an infamous story I tell about the time I was training a client on the M365 eDiscovery tool. While looking at data in a review set, I navigated out to discuss the advanced settings, only to return to the review set with a completely different interface.
It changed in the 3 minutes I spent outside of the review set.
It’s good for a laugh, albeit a nervous one.
Last week, something similar happened as I was showing a group of users how to use the Facilitator agent. I went into the recap from the previous demo, and as I was showing them the AI Summary, a new button appeared to generate an audio summary.
That’s always interesting. It is also exciting. I’m going to spend some time evaluating how useful those summaries are. I expect they won't be perfect, but they could help quickly remind us of what was discussed and decided a month later, when we’ve all forgotten.
So, my advice, as always - stay vigilant, my friends. Changes are coming at us every day.
Copilot News:
Speaking of new Copilot features:
Microsoft 365 Copilot now enables you to build apps and workflows
Related - How to Make Your Own App in Minutes!
Also related, is this an improvement? - Can Flow Builder replace Power Automate?
Introducing Researcher with Computer Use in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Introducing Teams Mode for Microsoft 365 Copilot—I’m not sold on the idea that there is a massive demand for this. I may be wrong.
I’m also not sold on this, despite Microsoft's assurances that work data remains work data even when personal Copilot is used to interact with it. - What is ‘Bring Your Own Copilot’ to Work (BYO-Copilot)?
Perhaps the most significant struggle we all have with Copilot is showing the ROI - 5 Steps to ROI with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Non-Copilot News:
Some good documentation to share with you that I’ve discovered recently:
A struggle for many - Set Up Secure Guest Access in Teams Without Compliance Risks
An essential tool that can also be a struggle to implement - Conditional Access Essentials: From Report-Only to Enforced Mode
Another look at DSPM for AI - Monitor AI Interactions with DSPM for AI in Microsoft Purview
There are so many. - Understanding Microsoft 365 Admin Roles: A Beginner’s Guide
Obviously, I agree - Microsoft Loop is underrated, and these features prove it
But don’t lose sight of this - Microsoft Loop: Recycle Bin Guide
David made the slides from this panel presentation at Experts Live NYC available— I Have Microsoft Purview... Now What!?
This is important to do -
New posts from the blog
Worth Reading - Enabling Knowledge Agents in SharePoint: Pain control - Have you tried this yet?
When a new feature sounds scary, but isn’t anything worth worrying about
If you don’t realize that your employer’s IT folks already have a dozen different ways to tell whether you’re logged in to the office wifi or not, you’re kidding yourselves. We didn’t need Teams to start ratting out employees.
Worth Reading - New Audio-Only Recording Option for Teams Meetings - why are we only getting this now?
Until next time, let me know what new features you’re excited about, or which ones have fallen flat in your opinion. I’m always curious to know what y’all are thinking!