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Issue #146 / 30-MAR-26

The New People Directory Search Experience in Outlook

People in Outlook features a powerful, intelligent search experience that puts every contact at your fingertips - instantly. Simply start typing a name, location, job title, department, or even a personal note you’ve added, and People in Outlook surfaces the right person immediately. No more drilling through layers of org charts or scrolling through alphabetical lists. Just type, find, and connect.

OneDrive Photos Restyle with AI-now rolling out on mobile and web

Photos capture real moments. With AI Restyle in OneDrive, you can reimagine those moments in expressive new styles-right where your photos already live. With just a tap, transform everyday photos into cinematic posters, hand‑painted artwork, pencil sketches, anime‑inspired scenes, and more. Choose a style, watch a new version appear in seconds, and keep exploring until it feels just right.

Copilot Notebooks: Enhancements to support creation, collaboration and learning

Copilot Notebooks are AI-powered workspaces for a project or topic built on your reference materials—bringing together your work context behind a project in one place for you, your team members, and Copilot to collaborate on. Whether you need a mind map to better understand a complex concept or a stakeholder-ready presentation, these new features offer fresh opportunities to support creation, collaboration, and learning.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents Are Getting Smarter with GPT‑5.2

Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents are being updated to use GPT‑5.2, a newer large language model designed to deliver higher‑quality responses across complex agent scenarios. The update focuses on improving how agents reason, plan, and produce structured outputs - helping them perform better on the tasks that matter most to your organization.

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