Academy Learning Specialist. Empowering Educators to do more with technology. Office 365 ๐Ÿ–‡ Minecraft โ› Teacher ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™‚๏ธ Educator ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ Gamer ๐ŸŽฎ ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™Œ

Newcastle, New South Wales
Joined November 2014
Great to be featured on the T4L show representing @stem_T4L! Thanks to the amazing @JoachimCohen123 and the T4L team for generating informative resources for teachers far and wide while changing the face of NSW Education @lindalazenby_ @greentree_mark @DoE_STEM
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After years of users asking, โ€œHow do I make New Outlook look like Classic Outlook?โ€ Microsoft: โ€œFineโ€ฆ here you go.โ€ ๐Ÿ“ Familiar folder layout โš™๏ธ Classic-style navigation โœจ New Outlook features ๐Ÿค– Copilot included The new Outlook in the old style if you prefer ๐Ÿ’Œ
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Education just got its own Copilot Cowork toolkit. ๐ŸŽ“ ๐Ÿง  10 education-specific skills โœ… 20 ready-to-use tasks ๐Ÿซ Built for educators, leaders + researchers ๐Ÿ“š From AI rollouts and accreditation to lesson accessibility + research ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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Copilot Cowork just got a serious upgrade: Projects are here. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ“ Organise work into dedicated projects ๐Ÿง  Keep context together ๐Ÿ“ Give each project its own instructions ๐Ÿ“ฆ Find task outputs in one place Less context switching. More context that sticks.
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Big upgrade for Teams Events. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1,000 people across 100 breakout rooms ๐ŸŽฏ Smaller, focused sessions inside larger events ๐ŸŽ›๏ธ Choose who gets access to production controls ๐ŸŸข Keep the green room with the right crew Great updates in this space.
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Copilot Studio agents just levelled up. ๐Ÿค– ๐Ÿชช Their own identity โ€จ๐Ÿง  Memory across interactions โ€จโšก Triggers from events and schedules โ€จ๐Ÿ”„ Work across multiple surfaces Agents arenโ€™t just waiting for a chat anymore. They can remember, react and get work moving.
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#Copilot in Outlook is getting more personal. ๐Ÿ‘€ โœ๏ธ Draft emails in your style ๐Ÿง  Learn how you normally write ๐Ÿ“ง Make AI-generated emails sound more like you Small feature. Very useful upgrade. #Outlook #M365
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SharePoint used to be about helping people find information. ๐Ÿ‘€ Now it also needs to help Copilot understand it and agents use it. Microsoftโ€™s new Team Knowledge Bases show where this is heading: SharePoint becoming the context layer for AI. ๐Ÿค– ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿš€ M365 Copilot Chat is getting Skills๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ค Create and share Skills ๐Ÿง  Automatic or explicit invocation ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Centralised IT governance ๐Ÿ”„ Works across Copilot Chat + Cowork ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Developer extensibility ๐Ÿ” Enterprise controls Reusable expertise, built into Copilot.
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Big upgrade for Teams Events. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1,000 people across 100 breakout rooms ๐ŸŽฏ Smaller, focused sessions inside larger events ๐ŸŽ›๏ธ Choose who gets access to production controls ๐ŸŸข Keep the green room with the right crew Great updates in this space.
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๐Ÿš€ PowerPoint Copilot: Record a Skill is coming! Record a PowerPoint workflow once, then turn it into a reusable Copilot skill for next time. โžฐ ๐Ÿ”ด Record โ™ป๏ธ Reuse โšก Automate repeat tasks ๐ŸŽฏ Keep workflows consistent
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Agents are becoming easier to discover in Microsoft Teams. ๐Ÿ‘€ Start typing in Teams search and matching agents and apps can appear alongside your other results. Less time figuring out where tools live. More time actually using them. ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ“ฃ
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Copilot in your car? ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿš— Copilot on Apple CarPlay ๐Ÿ“… Catch up on your day ๐Ÿ’ฌ Prep for upcoming meetings ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ All while youโ€™re on the move Very cool innovations to keep you in the loop! #Copilot #M365
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๐ŸŽจ Microsoft Planner just got a little more colourful. Planner Premium now supports coloured buckets, making it much easier to visually organise different workstreams and quickly scan your board. Small update. Big quality-of-life improvement. ๐Ÿ“Žsupport.microsoft.com/en-us/โ€ฆ
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Sharing your best Copilot chats just got much easier. You can now share either a full Copilot chat session or an individual response through a simple link. Recipients get a read-only view and can even continue the chat like it was their own. ๐Ÿ”—โœจ ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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Cowork is moving further into automation. ๐Ÿ‘€ โฐ Scheduled tasks โšก Event-triggered tasks ๐Ÿค– One place to manage them The old Scheduled tab is now Automations in Cowork! Great to have your recurring tasks act for you ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ”— techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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The next generation of Copilot Studio agents is here. ๐Ÿš€ GitHub Copilot harness now GA ๐Ÿง  Advanced reasoning models ๐Ÿ”— Connect tools, workflows and agents ๐Ÿ“„ Better file and knowledge analysis โšก Built for autonomous business processes ๐Ÿ“Ž lnkd.in/eiaR2nhb
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Microsoft 365 storage is getting more flexible. ๐Ÿ“ฆ SharePoint Storage and OneDrive Storage are now in public preview, bringing pay-as-you-go capacity beyond your included storage. Worth a look for IT admins ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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Copilot in PowerPoint is getting seriously powerful. ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŽจ Brand Kit for your organisationโ€™s visual identity ๐Ÿง  Skills for repeatable workflows ๐Ÿ”„ Create your own reusable Skills ๐Ÿข Organisations can publish approved Skills ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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Copilot in Word just got a seriously useful upgrade. ๐Ÿ‘€ Copilot can now include citations in AI-generated responses, making it easier to see where information came from and validate the output. ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ“Ž msn.com/en-gb/news/other/micโ€ฆ
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ICYMI: More model choice is landing in Microsoft Copilot. ๐Ÿ’ช OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are rolling out across Copilot, including Cowork, Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 apps. ๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿ“Ž techcommunity.microsoft.com/โ€ฆ
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