Tom Arbuthnot's Microsoft 365 Perspective

Many thanks to Logitech, this month's Empowering.Cloud Benefactor.

I spoke with Grégory Franc de Ferrière at Logitech about their 3 certified native Bluetooth headsets for Microsoft Teams (they are the only vendor certified so far, find out why).

Microsoft Teams Monthly Update Video August

Check out my monthly Microsoft Teams update video for August, all the news you need to know in less than 14 minutes on LinkedIn or Empowering.Cloud.

You can also catch the audio version on the Teams Insider Podcast.

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Microsoft Teams News

Microsoft is updating the default behaviour of Microsoft Teams Copilot in meetings. Copilot without transcription will become the default mode for newly scheduled Teams meetings where Copilot is allowed. Details in MC1139493​

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Coming in October, the room video tile on Teams Rooms on Android will dynamically adjust size based on the number of people in the room. When one person is in the room, the tile matches the remote participant's size. With two or more people, the room tile expands to be four times larger. Roadmap 500635​

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Microsoft 365 Copilot News

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is making it easier to reference your files and emails in prompts by typing ‘/’ to search for relevant content. MC1139489​

New on Empowering.Cloud

• ​Backing Up Your Teams Phone Number Configuration - Why & How with Damian Lewis, Digital Workplace Specialist at BSI.
• ​Copilot Agent Business Use Cases: Custom Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio with Alev Tamer and Chris Wheeler, Senior Copilot Solutions Engineers at Microsoft.
• ​Microsoft Teams Native Bluetooth Headsets Explained: Say Goodbye to Dongles with Grégory Franc de Ferrière, Director of Products at Logitech.
• ​Neat's Latest Meeting Room Innovations with Lee Edgerton, APAC Alliances at Neat

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Teams Insider Podcast

• ​Inside the Microsoft Teams Technology Adoption Program (TAP) - Building in Quality with Alexander Ivanov, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
• ​Microsoft Teams: From Slack Rival to AI for Work with Jim Gaynor, Editorial VP at Directions on Microsoft
• ​Understanding AI Assisted Tech and the European Accessibility Act with Neil Milliken, Global Head of Accessibility at Atos
• ​Scaling Partner Management of Teams Phone in SMB and Midmarket with Mark Herbert, cofounder of Call2Teams

On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube​

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Events

Online events:

• ​Teams Fireside Chat with Patrichi Dash, Product Manager, Dynamics 365 CS at Microsoft - 11th September
• ​Copilot Fireside Chat with Karuana Gatimu, Director Customer Advocacy - AI & Collaboration at Microsoft - 24th September
• New for September: M365 Change Community Round Up - 25th September. A new monthly series where I and MVP co-hosts discuss the key Microsoft 365 changes from Microsoft Message Center

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In-Person events:

• ​Microsoft UC User Group London September 2025 - 24th Sept
• ​Logi Work London - 30th Sept
• ​UCX London - 1st - 2nd October - planning some great Microsoft talks and a user group takeover. More details soon. Expect some great speakers f

More on our events page.

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As always, if you have questions, corrections, thoughts, or feedback, please reply and let me know. I read all the replies.