M365 Changelog: Retirement of Policy Management for Draft with Copilot in Outlook
Summary
The message announces the retirement of the Policy Management feature for Draft with Copilot in Outlook on April 15, 2024. Administrators will no longer be able to disable Draft with Copilot in Outlook, and instead, eDiscovery for Copilot in Outlook is recommended.
MC762512 – Microsoft will be retiring the feature from Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365. Instead, Microsoft recommends the utilization of eDiscovery for Copilot in Outlook which is where Microsoft will continue to invest our development resources.
When this will happen:
April 15, 2024
How this will affect your organization:
There will no longer be a policy to disable the Draft with Copilot feature in Outlook. You can use the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 to determine which users in your organization have Draft with Copilot in Outlook disabled.
Administrators will no longer be able to disable Draft with Copilot in Outlook, when this change is implemented.
What you need to do to prepare:
Instead of using Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 to disable Draft with Copilot in Outlook, Microsoft recommends using eDiscovery of Copilot features in Outlook.
To learn more, review: Draft an email message with Copilot in Outlook.
Previous Microsoft Copilot Changelog Messages
- M365 Changelog: Microsoft Copilot with Graph-grounded chat (i.e. the “work” scope of Copilot) to be upgraded to GPT-4 Turbo model
- M365 Changelog: Copilot for Microsoft 365 with graph-grounded chat accessible through the Microsoft Copilot app in late March 2024
- M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Word for the web: New AI-generated document summary when sharing
- M365 Changelog: Copilot in Microsoft Teams: Send popover message to users about Copilot
- M365 Changelog: Teams Mobile: New citations for Copilot in Teams responses in meetings and calls
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