Microsoft expands Copilot capabilities in Teams with AI agents that actively participate in meetings, conversations, and communities.
Don’t be surprised if an AI agent joins your Teams meeting soon. Microsoft is pushing the Copilot button again. AI agents will read and listen in everywhere in Teams, so you don’t have to. The agents can take notes for you, summarize conversations, and create a meeting agenda for you.
Meetings, Channels, and Communities
The new ‘Facilitator’ agent will actively participate in meetings. The agent helps create an agenda, monitors progress during the conversation, and automatically records notes and action items. Additionally, Facilitator can answer questions, draft documents, and create tasks linked to Microsoft Planner. The agent also works in Teams Rooms and the mobile app.
In addition to meetings, Teams channels will also get their own agent. This ‘Channel’ agent analyzes conversations and meeting notes in the channel to generate status reports, assign tasks, and answer questions. Through integration with Planner, actions are tracked clearly. Channel Agent can also collaborate with other AI agents via a new protocol that enables communication between agents.
Even in Viva Communities, you won’t be able to escape the agents. A ‘Community’ agent answers members’ questions, refers to relevant sources, and helps community experts manage knowledge sharing. Answers can be posted automatically or after approval.
More Automation
Microsoft is also introducing a revamped Workflows experience in Teams. Users can automate daily tasks without code, such as receiving morning briefings or summarizing conversations. These workflows can be linked to AI agents in channels.
For developers, the GitHub app for Teams and the Teams AI Library are available. With the GitHub app, developers can assign tasks to an AI assistant that generates code or creates pull requests. The AI Library simplifies building agents in JavaScript, C#, and Python and supports communication between agents via the Model Context Protocol.
Copilot and its agents are taking on an increasingly active role within Microsoft platforms. Soon, everyone will be able to send their virtual agent to meetings. The new features are available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
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