In this video:
✅ New Microsoft 365 Copilot UI updates
✅ Chat and Cowork experience
✅ Cleaner Copilot navigation
✅ Streamlined interface changes
✅ Tips for using the updated Copilot experience
We’re thrilled to share new AI innovation and insights for education and show them in action next week at ISTELive 26 in Orlando, Florida, US. Join us at the show to learn more and hear about the latest from Microsoft Education at our booth and in dozens of sessions. Our new updates include:
✅ Microsoft 365 – Learners
✅ Microsoft 365 – Educators
✅ Microsoft Learning Zone
✅ Teach and Learn apps for Windows
✅ Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents
✅ Learning Management System integration updates
Full details in the blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-edu---23-new-features-for-iste-2026/4516294
BIG NEWS! Copilot Notebooks and the new Study Guide experience are now rolling out to ALL Microsoft 365 customers who use Copilot Chat, including Commercial and Education. This also means that Copilot Notebooks are available now for ALL OneNote customers 💜 We're excited to make Copilot Notebooks available broadly. These tools help turn collections of notes, files, and learning materials into an AI-powered workspace for deeper understanding and faster study.
In addition, the Study Guide in Copilot Notebooks is also starting to roll out to all customers and is at general availability!
A few highlights:
📝 Copilot Notebooks — Bring together notes, documents, and references into a focused AI-powered workspace.
🔍 Overview Page — Get an AI-generated summary of your notebook content and key insights.
📚 Study Guide — Automatically generates study materials, key concepts, and learning aids from your content.
🧠 Mind Maps — Visualize connections between ideas and explore topics more deeply.
🎓 Included for Education — Available to Microsoft 365 Education A1, A3, and A5 users ages 13+ at no additional cost.
Commercial blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-notebooks--june-2026/4525625
Education blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/copilot-notebooks-and-study-guide-now-available-to-copilot-chat-users/4527320
Updates include:
✨ Set expected AI use guidelines
🎯 Attach Standards in Assignments (53 countries supported)
🧩 Learning Zone integration
➕ Lots more
Copilot in Outlook is getting a big update. Now Copilot can take action on your Inbox and Calendar, and it turns Outlook into your AI-powered Chief of Staff. In this video, I show 8 tips and tricks to make the most of the new Copilot in Outlook 📧 Note - requires Copilot Premium for any of these features.
Updates include:
🧇 App launcher returns (the Waffle)
🤖 GPT 5.5 models in Copilot
🔎 Researcher updates
📒 New Copilot Notebooks features
➕ Lots more
In this tutorial video, I’ll show what’s new, how the image model works inside Microsoft Copilot, and why this is a big step forward for creating business visuals, product mockups, classroom materials, and more.
What you’ll learn:
🖼️ How the new OpenAI image model works in Microsoft Copilot
✍️ Why text inside AI-generated images is much better
🎨 How to create cleaner, more realistic visuals
⚡ Ways to use Copilot for faster image creation and editing
💼 Practical examples for work, school, creators, and business use
Updates include:
✨ Editing Mode (Agent Mode) in Copilot PowerPoint
✍️ Drawing Tools improvements
✂️ Trim video in PPT web
➕ Lots more