M365 Changelog: Update to supported languages in Teams Meeting Copilot

MC791459 – As Microsoft updated our architecture, Microsoft has officially added support for 16 new languages in Copilot across Microsoft. However, as part of this change Microsoft has also removed the ability for Copilot to generate responses in languages it does not fully support, as this can lead to uncontrolled responses which could cause potential Responsible AI concerns, or misuse of AI. Please advise your organization that Copilot will now only be able to respond in our list of supported languages. Microsoft will also further increase the number of languages supported over the coming months.

When this will happen:

Microsoft is starting rollout in mid-May 2024 and will complete by late May 2024. 

How this will affect your organization:

Once the change is rolled out, users may encounter issues if they try asking Copilot a question in a language Microsoft does not officially support.

What you need to do to prepare:

Inform your organization of the languages that Copilot now supports (reading transcripts, being asked, and answering responses in). After this change, only the following languages will be enabled at this moment.

Originally supported languages:

• English (United Kingdom)
• English (United States)
• French (Canada)
• French (France)
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Spanish
• Spanish (Mexico)

 New languages supported as of early May:

• Arabic
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Finnish
• Hebrew
• Hungarian
• Korean
• Norwegian (Bokmål)
• Polish
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Russian
• Swedish
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian

Stay up to date on the supported languages: What languages does Copilot in Teams support?