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Allow Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 to access web content

There are two steps to allow Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, the paid Copilot experience for Microsoft 365, to access web content as part of its answers. An admin setting and a user setting. 1. Admin setting to allow or disallow Copilot to improve responses with web content Access to web content is automatically turned on when you first start using Copilot. Admins can control it with the...

Microsoft Teams UC Today Podcast – January 2024

UC Today host Rob Scott is joined by Microsoft Teams Expert and Co-Founder of Empowering.Cloud, Tom Arbuthnot and a panel of experts from the Microsoft Teams community. In this update, we talk through the most popular Teams news headlines. Microsoft Teams News New Front Line Worker Teams Phone License Operator Connect in India Is 2024 the year of Copilot or the year or Premium? Join Teams work...

Copilot for Microsoft 365 open to Microsoft 365 Business and E Plans, no seat minimum

Today, Microsoft announced that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is generally available for Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard users at the same $30 per person per month, with no minimum seat count. Commercial customers can now purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365 through Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partners, meaning partners can now sell licences and make a margin on the licences...

Microsoft Copilot Pro, $20 PUPM, for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family consumer users

Today, Microsoft announced a new Copilot (yes, the list is growing all the time), simply called “Copilot Pro”. Copilot Pro is actually not for professionals but for consumers. You must be a paid Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriber, and you can then add on the $20 PUPM Copilot license. Copilot Pro provides: Copilot in Word, Excel (in preview), PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote...

Connect Your Microsoft Teams Phone Number To WhatsApp, iMessage, WeChat, Telegram With LeapXpert

Business users want to message to consumer platforms, but what about compliance? In many cases, business users want to message customers or partners on consumer platforms like WhatsApp, Apple iMessage and WeChat. If the business user uses those platforms natively using their personal phone number or business mobile number (as we all know they frequently do), it creates a compliance gap. The...

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