🔥 New Outlook Newsletter creation is coming! + 6 other items you should know about

Yet another busy week for the Microsoft 365 Roadmap Reader....

There was a total of 28 items added, and I have been through them all and pulled out what I think are ones that you really should know about.

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Outlook: Newsletters

Newsletters in Outlook enable customers to create, distribute, and track success for their internal email newsletters. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and the web.

Preview Available: April 2024 Rollout Start: July 2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Sales plugin for Copilot in Teams meetings

Admins can enable the Copilot for Sales plugin in the plugin menu. All plugins are toggled ‘off’ by default, and users can toggle it ‘on’ from the plugin menu. When Copilot for Sales plugin is set to ‘on,’ Copilot in Teams meetings will be able to access Sales and Dynamics 365 data to return insights for a summary of the sales opportunity for the meeting based on the transcript, as well as retrieve brand information for the account from Dynamics 365 if the account name was mentioned.

Rollout Start: April 2024

Microsoft Teams: View, download and delete OneDrive transcript files in Teams.

We are simplifying the storage and management of meeting transcript files by focusing transcript actions such as view, download, and delete to source from one place (OneDrive for Business) instead of two places (OneDrive for Business and Exchange Online).

Rollout Start: March 2024

Microsoft Teams: Privacy statement customization in Virtual Appointments

Admins can customize the privacy statement shown to attendees joining the appointment to address specific considerations and concerns for their online engagement. Admins can update the content for the privacy statement under the privacy profile in the Microsoft Admin Center.

Rollout Start: March 2024

Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list

A new in-flow experience for searching contacts and the global address list while addressing mail and calendar events.

Rollout Start: March 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: OneDrive – Share Word Documents with AI summary

Users can now opt to include an AI-generated document summary inside the share dialog when they share a Word document with other users. The document summary is included in the share notification email sent to the recipient(s) giving them more context around the contents of the shared document. This feature is only enabled for customers with a Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and works only when sharing a Word for the web file.

Rollout Start: February 2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Drag to order list items

Easily organize your list by dragging and dropping items into a custom sort order for you and your team.

Rollout Start: February 2024