The new app is bringing everything together, and the cynic in me is 99% sure this is about having M365 Copilot features coexisting right alongside the pay-as-you-go features in order to confuse people into using and paying for AI tools they didn’t necessarily plan on paying for.
Or at least putting them right in users’ faces, to pressure IT departments to enable more pay-as-you-go features.
Still, if you’re not one of the lucky ones to already have access to see how this will play out for yourself, here are some videos:
What do you think? Will this new interface help or confuse users?
Copilot News:
Another video with some information on Copilot and WorkIQ that might be useful:
Governance with Copilot matters - How I Would Configure Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot in 2026
I’ve been telling people Copilot prompts are great for compliance; as someone in that space, I love how Microsoft makes them available. End-users should probably pay more attention:
Copilot Prompts are Investigation Gold
Can a phone agent help? - Help customers get answers and reach the right support with Teams Phone Agent
Non-Copilot News:
Speaking of compliance, there are some implications in this upcoming change:
Teams Enables Easier File Sharing in Federated Chat
This feature hasn’t hit yet, but it will be a topic of a future newsletter, for sure. Does this change how meeting chat is stored?
I wrote about unlicensed OneDrive accounts being deleted last month, and I said at the time that I couldn’t believe the documentation was correct, and Microsoft would delete data subject to a hold or retention, but the documentation still says that, and the folks at Redgrave, who are pretty well-connected within Microsoft, are sounding the alarm, so maybe I was being naïve:
Unlicensed OneDrive Accounts Face Deletion Despite Retention Policies and eDiscovery Holds
This is interesting. I haven’t gotten into the details yet, but it’s on my radar:
Meet the New Microsoft Purview Classifiers Experience: Your Admin Playbook for Public Preview
Other things of note:
Reimagining the SOC for the agentic era in Microsoft Defender
Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise
5+ Key Settings to Secure File Collaboration in SharePoint Online
That’s it for this month. What upcoming changes have you flagged to watch?