Microsoft 365 Weekly Recap | 9 Mar - 16 Mar 2025

8 New Announcements 

Copilot & PowerPoint: Copilot creates an automatic presentation summary

When you open a PowerPoint presentation, Copilot will automatically create a summary, making it easy to understand the content quickly.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 482541
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Copilot & Word: Work from your recent prompts in Draft with Copilot

Based on what you're typing, Copilot in Word shows your most recent prompts, which you can use as-is or modify in Draft with Copilot.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 483821
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Web

Teams: Join as attendees in Microsoft events from Teams Rooms on Windows

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows can now join Microsoft events (webinars, town halls, structured meetings) as attendees. You can attend directly from the invited Teams Room, with the same features that attendees have for all events. Available in Teams Rooms Pro.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484125
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Teams and Surface Devices

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows - Reply To header

Users will be able to toggle a "Reply to" field in the email compose form, which will allow them to add one or multiple addresses which will be used as the recipients for any replies to that message. 
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 483487
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Teams: Townhall concurrent attendees increase to 100,000

Organizers of town hall instances can now reach wider audience in a single event with an expansion to a maximum of 100,000 simultaneous attendees. This increase serves as a significant jump from the previous attendee cap of 50,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The quality and stability of town halls up to this new limit will remain constant, providing high-quality and reliable content to participants. For events with more than 20,000 concurrent attendees, some interactivity features are disabled for all attendees. Organizations can get support for audiences up to 100,000 concurrent attendees by selecting the Max Capacity limit to be as high as desired up to 100,000. Reaching out to the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) for assistance (Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program – Microsoft Adoption) is recommended for every event. This feature is available for town hall organizers that have an active Teams Premium license.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484124
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac

Teams: Teams Town hall Organizer/Co-Organizer/Presenter Join as Attendee

Event crew members will soon be able to join a live Town hall as an Attendee during the event to monitor the experience for viewers.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484126
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac

Copilot, PowerPoint & Designer: Designer is now part of Copilot, enhanced with new template and slide suggestions

The designer is now part of Copilot. Copilot suggestions now brings you familiar Designer slide layout and presentation template suggestions in a vertical gallery, along with new capabilities.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: March 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484843
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac

Teams: Real-Time Text in Teams Meetings and Calls

Real-Time Text (RTT) lets participants type in the meeting while others’ speech is transcribed in real time. Whether for accessibility reasons or simply a preference to chime in via text, RTT ensures seamless, instant communication for everyone. It enables effective collaboration for all users, including those who prefer typing over speaking, and can be especially useful in situations where speaking is difficult or not possible.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484119
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac

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