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Tagged: Microsoft 365

  • Upcoming Microsoft Updates: Key Changes to Teams, Planner, and Core Apps

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    varcho.3@osu.edu | June 29, 2026

    Microsoft updates rolling out over the coming months focus on streamlining collaboration in Teams, enhancing project coordination with Planner, and modernizing core Microsoft 365 experiences like SharePoint and Outlook. These changes also include retiring legacy tools, reducing unnecessary notifications, strengthening security and compliance controls, and expanding access to AI-powered capabilities such as Copilot. Together, these updates reflect Microsoft’s continued effort to deliver a more connected, intuitive, and secure digital workplace.

  • Important Update: Changes to Microsoft Copilot Chat 

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    Beth Varcho | April 23, 2026

    Beginning April 15, Microsoft began rolling out changes to where Copilot Chat (basic) appears across Microsoft apps. The basic version of Copilot, formerly called Copilot Chat, is paid for by the university and provided to all staff, instructors and students. One big change is that Copilot Chat will no longer appear on the toolbar ribbon directly inside the following Microsoft apps: 

  • Updates to Microsoft Policy Emails Improve Access to Ohio State Help Resources

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    Beth Varcho | April 10, 2026

    On April 20, OTDI is making a change to the sender address of Microsoft-generated system messages that will ultimately make it easier for you to find the help resources you need. However, this change may affect any personal mailbox rules or workflows you’ve created that rely on specific Microsoft email addresses. 

  • Teams Updates Streamline Collaboration Across Ohio State

    Annie Furia | April 6, 2026

    Updates are coming to Microsoft Teams to create a more streamlined experience for Ohio State users as a multitenant organization (MTO). On April 17, university and medical center staff will see changes that simplify collaboration between their units.  

  • Enhance Your Workflow: Discover the Latest Microsoft 365 Features 

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    Beth Varcho | December 18, 2025
    Microsoft updates rolling out through 2025–2027 include a unified Outlook–Teams calendar experience, new collaborative notes in Teams powered by Loop, and a wide set of app retirements and support changes across Microsoft 365, Windows, and mobile platforms.

  • Attend Our Webinar to Learn to Responsibly Manage Your Digital Storage

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    Beth Varcho | November 24, 2025
    Join us to explore the storage options available to faculty, staff, and students—OneDrive, Teams and more. These sessions are ONLY open to faculty and staff at the university; the Medical Center has different storage solutions so advice provided may not apply.

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Comes to All Office Apps 

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    Beth Varcho | October 20, 2025
    Microsoft is making yourwork in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote smarter and easier with a major update: Copilot Chat is now built directly into Microsoft 365 apps that Ohio State provides to all instructors, staff and students. You do not need to purchase an additional license to use these new features. 

  • Learn to Responsibly Manage Your Digital Storage

    Student smiling while using a tablet in a library
    Beth Varcho | October 13, 2025
    Join us to explore the storage options available to faculty, staff, and students—OneDrive, Teams and more. These sessions are ONLY open to faculty and staff at the university; the Medical Center has different storage solutions so advice provided may not apply.

  • Outlook Update to Events Added to Calendars from Email

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    Beth Varcho | September 26, 2025
    Starting January 31, 2026, Microsoft Outlook is updating how it adds events—like flight bookings, hotel reservations, and package deliveries—from your email directly to your calendar.

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5 Available Now for all Users! 

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    Beth Varcho | September 17, 2025

    Microsoft began rolling out GPT-5 in Copilot in early August. OpenAI’s GPT-5 is the newest generative AI model from OpenAI, that now operates within Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced system to date.