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title: "Microsoft Cloud Monday Issue #78 (25-NOV-24)"
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News and updates covering Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure for small and midsize businesses.

| View in browser Microsoft Cloud Monday   Issue #78 / 25-NOV-24 Introducing the AI-Powered Workplace: Technology solutions for flexible work   The workplace is undergoing rapid transformation as AI increasingly reshapes both how and where people work. While flexible work arrangements are growing in popularity, challenges persist, particularly in facilitating meaningful in-person interactions. A new category of technology solutions – the AI-Powered Workplace – is emerging to bridge this physical and digital divide, anchored in solutions like Copilot and Teams. Further, Microsoft Places is now generally available – applying the power of AI to flexible work in new and innovative ways. Read more Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT teams   At Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft unveiled significant advancements aimed at empowering employees and transforming business processes through its Copilot technology. Key announcements included Copilot Actions in Microsoft 365 Copilot, new agents in Microsoft 365, and the introduction of the Copilot Control System.  Read more Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page   If you frequently take notes in OneNote, you may spend time manually preparing meeting agendas, capturing notes during meetings, or gathering relevant information about projects to stay effective and productive at work. With the new “Take notes with Copilot” feature, you can now use a natural language prompt editor directly on the canvas to pull relevant information from sources such as Microsoft 365 documents, messages, and emails. Read more Copilot in Excel: Transforming Data Analysis   Data analysis is a critical yet challenging task for business professionals. To simplify the process, Microsoft has introduced Copilot in Excel, a powerful tool designed to transform how users handle data. Now generally available, it offers several new features, including the ability to create custom tables, pull data from organizational sources or the web, and perform advanced text analysis. Additionally, Copilot in Excel with Python is now available for Windows users in the US. Read more Enhance meeting security with Teams Premium’s email verification for external meeting participants   Microsoft is announcing a new feature in Microsoft Teams that enhances the security and trustworthiness of your meetings through email verification for external participants joining Meetings. Meeting organizers can now require external participants to verify their email addresses with a verification code before joining the meeting. Once verified, participants will appear in the meeting with the ‘Email verified’ label, offering a more reliable way for organizers to manage external participants. Read more Follow   \|   View   \|   Visit   \|   Meet Cumulus Global, 4 Bellows Road / 2nd Floor, PO Box 1129, Westborough, MA 01581-6129, USA, +1 (508) 948-4070 / (866) 356-1202 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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