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Microsoft 365 Roadmap Weekly: The new Outlook Windows app will soon add Copilot and more

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God Microsoft 365 Roadmap site added some new entries in the past week for future features for its suite of online productivity apps. Many of these new entries focused on Outlook email clients.

We already reported on some new and upcoming Outlook features earlier this week. One is that the classic Outlook Windows app now includes some creative Copilot AI features, including summarizing email threads and writing coaches. A co-pilot also arrives to the new Outlook app for Windows, and on the web later in May.

The same Microsoft Copilot experience you can get from the Microsoft Teams app, at copilot.microsoft.com (“Work mode”), and many other places is now available from within Microsoft Outlook for Windows and the web. You can find the Copilot app in the left app bar.

The new Outlook Windows app and the web version will be Also added some new RSVP settings in July:

Two new settings to improve the user experience when responding to meeting invitations: (1) Do not delete an invitation email after receiving confirmation and (2) Auto-reject if the attendee’s calendar appears busy.

In June, the new Outlook Windows app and the web version There will be a new meeting details featureGod:

When a mail conversation is part of a meeting, the reading panel will have a new and improved meeting details card for a more efficient and modern RSVP flow.

In a closely related feature, people using the collaboration tool in the loop Will get a new Copilot feature in May.

People with a Copilot license can now leverage Copilot in Loop when pasting Loop components into the Teams app, Outlook, and Meeting Notes.

There were also some new entries on the roadmap site for upcoming Teams features. Desktop Teams Rooms users will add Speaker identification and attribution features in June:

With Microsoft Teams Rooms, participants can be automatically distinguished regardless of the type of audio capture device in a meeting, and their contributions are attributed in the transcript, making meetings more inclusive and productive. Speaker recognition will be enabled for each in-person meeting participant who has completed the simple face and voice registration process, and is included in the meeting invitation. They can also see assigned meeting action items, important decisions, and meeting highlights using Copilot.

Teams users on all platforms will get a share Improvements in work processes in June:

Users will be able to find out which Workflows template is being used when they receive a Workflows card in chats and channels. Teams workflow cards published from a template will now include a link to the template being used. Users will be able to open the workflow template and create automated Teams workflows to save them time when completing routine tasks.

This is our look back at the past week on the Microsoft 365 roadmap. Join us next Sunday as we show you the highlights of the roadmap for the next seven days.

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