Mark Thompson

October was a busy month for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Did you catch all the updates that matter to end users? I’ve rounded them up in plain English, so you don’t have to dig through Microsoft’s announcements yourself. A few highlights: 🧠 Copilot Notebooks is now Copilot Workspaces, with a new team-first focus 📧 Outlook rules can now reply with a saved template 🎛️ Customise the ribbon in new Outlook and Outlook on the web 📋 SharePoint Lists get a refreshed look 🔔 Fine-tune notifications for each Teams channel It’s all in one place, for super users and trainers or for anyone who just wants to know what’s about to change on their screen. 👉 Read the full October round-up: supersimple365.com/whats-new…  🗓️ Join the free webinar on 11th November: theinformteam.com/microsoft-… #Microsoft365 #Copilot #MSTeams #Outlook #SharePoint

🔜 #Copilot Notebooks is now Copilot Workspaces. 📢 Lots of change lately. I hope team Workspaces keeps what made notebooks so useful for individual work. 📆 Rolling out from late October 2026. 🔗 supersimple365.com/copilot-n…

🔜 #Outlook rules can reply with a saved template. 📢 Moved roles? Set a rule and Outlook replies with a template that points people to the right help. 📆 Due early to late December 2026. 🔗 supersimple365.com/outlook-r…

🔜 #MSTeams phishing detection flags suspicious external chats. 📢 Not every scam has a dodgy link, so Teams will now read what a message is asking for. 📆 Due early to mid-December 2026. 🔗 supersimple365.com/teams-phi…

🔜 #SharePoint Lists get a refreshed look. 📢 Lists is one of the most underused tools in Microsoft 365. This refresh is a pleasant tidy-up, and a good excuse to look at it properly. 📆 Due mid to late December 2026. 🔗 supersimple365.com/sharepoin…

🔜 Create or upload button moves in #OneDrive for the web. 📢 A small move, but OneDrive and SharePoint keep getting more alike, so you learn it once. Muscle memory will take a while to catch up, though. Worth giving your colleagues a quick heads-up? 📆 Due late October to early December 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/create-or….

🔜 Fine-tune notifications for each #MSTeams channel. 📢 A fantastic update: fine-tune notifications channel by channel, so each one behaves exactly the way you want. Set them up while you're in a channel, or see all your channels in one place in Settings. 📆 Due early to mid-November 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/fine-tune….

🔜 #Planner Agent creates status reports from your plans. 📢 Planner Agent can now create status reports for you, so you can focus on the never-ending job of pestering colleagues to update their tasks! 📆 Due late October to mid-November 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/planner-a….

🔜 Clarify my thinking with Copilot in #PowerPoint. 📢 Think your presentation is ready? Better to face the awkward questions about gaps in your presentation at your desk than in front of your audience. Test yourself with this new skill. 📆 Rolling out from 8th October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/clarify-m….

🔜 #Copilot Memory now uses insights from your work. 📢 Less context to type in every time you ask for something. If it feels a bit much, it's easy to control: ask what it knows, ask it to forget, or switch it off. 🤔 Have you asked Copilot what it knows about you yet? 📆 Due early to late October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/copilot-m….

🔜 Create interactive slides in #PowerPoint with Copilot. 📢 Timelines, dashboards and comparisons people can actually click through, and viewers don't need a Copilot licence. First impressions? Amazing! But the real test will come when I want consistent results with the content, look and feel that I need. 📆 Due mid to late October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/create-in….

✅ Record a skill with Copilot in #PowerPoint. 📢 The easiest way yet to create a Copilot skill: do the task once, and Copilot writes it up for you. 📆 Rolled out early October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/record-a-….

🔜 Customise the classic ribbon in new #Outlook and web. 📢 Outlook on the web and new Outlook continue to get better and better. Putting the commands you use most within easy reach saves a few clicks every day, and as it's tucked away behind a right-click, it's worth sharing with your colleagues. 📆 Due late September to mid-November 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/customise….

🔜 #Copilot in Edge gets a refreshed, simpler design. 📢 Seem familiar? It's the same refresh as Copilot in Outlook and Teams. Sure, it's another interface change, but it's part of standardising Copilot across Microsoft 365, and it's a nice, clean look. 📆 Due mid-October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/copilot-i….

🔜 HTML pages are coming to #SharePoint. 📢 Describe the page you want and Copilot builds it, or upload HTML you've created elsewhere. That's a lot more design freedom than standard sections and web parts... so who's going to keep it all consistent and on brand? 📆 Due mid-November to late December 2026. 🔗 See what else is new in SharePoint: supersimple365.com/whats-new….

✅ Copilot in #SharePoint: select what you want to edit. 📢 Another good Copilot improvement! Select a single element on your page, such as the FAQ web part, and work on just that, rather than the page as a whole. 📆 Available now. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/copilot-i….

🔜 Pin and organise resources in #MSTeams chats and channels. 📢 Includes tabs dropping onto their own line, with more space to read and get to them. The announcement needs more detail and images though, so I'll update the post when I have more! 📆 Due early to mid-October 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/pin-and-o….

🔜 #SharePoint FAQ web part AI features move to Copilot. 📢 Microsoft continues to consolidate the entry points for Copilot, and generally, that's a good thing. A more consistent way in across Microsoft 365, and creating FAQs will work like editing the rest of your SharePoint page with Copilot. 📆 Due late October to early November 2026. 🔗 Read more: supersimple365.com/sharepoin….

🌱 There's still time to sign up for today's free M365 Evergreen webinar! Join me and The Inform Team for your monthly catch-up on what's new, what's late, and what's coming soon for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Today I'll be covering: The new Copilot - a significant redesign with a new Home screen, Code tab, and Autopilot. I'll give a quick overview - would love to hear your views in the chat. Pin and organise resources in Teams - pin the files, links and messages you use most in a chat or channel, grouped into folders, right below the header. Pause Teams notifications for a set time - silence everything for a set period, with notifications switching back on automatically when the time is up. Prompt Copilot from the button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - type a request without opening the full Copilot pane. Copilot in SharePoint: select what you want to edit - select a section or web part first, so Copilot knows exactly which part of the page to change. Plus plenty more - 2 to 3 minutes per topic, fast-paced and fun. 🗓️ Today - Wednesday 7th October, 12:00 - 13:00 (UK time). 🆓 Free and open to anyone using Microsoft 365. 👉 Sign up now: theinformteam.com/microsoft-… #Microsoft365 #Copilot #M365

🌱 Don't forget - free M365 Evergreen webinar tomorrow! Join me and The Inform Team for your monthly catch-up on what's new, what's late, and what's coming soon for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Tomorrow I'll be covering: The new Copilot - a significant redesign bringing a new Home screen, a Code tab for building simple apps in plain English, and Autopilot, an always-on agent that works on your behalf. I'll give a quick overview - would love to hear your views in the chat. Pin and organise resources in Teams - one place to pin the files, links and messages you use most in a chat or channel, grouped into folders, right below the header. Pause Teams notifications for a set time - a quick way to silence everything for a set period from your profile menu, with notifications switching back on automatically when the time is up. Prompt Copilot directly from the button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - a new prompt input attached to the Copilot button lets you type a request without opening the full Copilot pane, with contextual suggestions appearing when you select content. Copilot in SharePoint: select what you want to edit - you can now select a specific section or web part before prompting Copilot, so it knows exactly which part of the page to change. Plus plenty more - 2 to 3 minutes per topic, fast-paced and fun. 🗓️ Tomorrow - Wednesday 7th October, 12:00 - 13:00 (UK time). 🆓 Free and open to anyone using Microsoft 365. 👉 Sign up now: theinformteam.com/microsoft-… #Microsoft365 #Copilot #M365