check before: 2025-11-15
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Copilot, Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Planner, Purview Information Protection, SharePoint, Teams, Windows
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Summary:
Microsoft Teams' Channel Agent, a Copilot-powered assistant, is updated to support file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint, enhanced task and report management, GitHub MCP integration, and multilingual support. Rollout starts mid-November 2025, requiring no admin action but allowing admin control over agent auto-creation.
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Updated November 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction]
We're introducing a set of enhancements to Channel Agent, a Copilot-powered assistant in Microsoft Teams channels that helps users manage tasks, generate reports, and collaborate more effectively using natural language. These updates improve how users interact with generative AI for project management and localization. Channel Agent now supports file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint and smarter task handling - making it more intuitive and responsive across diverse work scenarios.
This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: Rollout begins mid-November 2025; expected to complete by late December 2025.
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File Access and Sharing
Channel Agent will use files from Channel SharePoint for responses, which may lead to unauthorized sharing of sensitive information if users do not have proper access rights.
- roles: End Users, Admins
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/set-up-channel-agent-teams
User Experience with Task Management
The introduction of smarter task updates and report generation may overwhelm users unfamiliar with the new features, leading to confusion and potential mismanagement of tasks.
- roles: End Users, Project Managers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/set-up-channel-agent-teams
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-11-11 | MC Last Updated | 11/10/2025 19:08:15 | 2025-11-10T23:03:41Z |
| 2025-11-11 | MC Messages | [Introduction]
We're introducing a set of enhancements to Channel Agent, a Copilot-powered assistant in Microsoft Teams channels that helps users manage tasks, generate reports, and collaborate more effectively using natural language. These updates improve how users interact with generative AI for project management and localization. Channel Agent now supports file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint and smarter task handling - making it more intuitive and responsive across diverse work scenarios. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins mid-November 2025; expected to complete by late December 2025. | Updated November 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] We're introducing a set of enhancements to Channel Agent, a Copilot-powered assistant in Microsoft Teams channels that helps users manage tasks, generate reports, and collaborate more effectively using natural language. These updates improve how users interact with generative AI for project management and localization. Channel Agent now supports file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint and smarter task handling - making it more intuitive and responsive across diverse work scenarios. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins mid-November 2025; expected to complete by late December 2025. |
| 2025-11-11 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams is enhancing the Channel Agent with file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint, improved task handling, status report creation, workback plan generation, GitHub MCP integration, and support for 25+ languages. Rollout starts mid-November 2025, requiring no admin action before deployment. | Microsoft Teams' Channel Agent, a Copilot-powered assistant, is updated to support file-based grounding from Channel SharePoint, enhanced task and report management, GitHub MCP integration, and multilingual support. Rollout starts mid-November 2025, requiring no admin action but allowing admin control over agent auto-creation. |
| 2025-11-11 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact |
| 2025-11-11 | MC prepare | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout.
However, we recommend the following: Review your current Channel Agent configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Notify users about changes to status report behavior and proactive meeting scheduling. Update any relevant internal documentation to reflect new features and agent settings. To create Channel Agent, a user must: Be Copilot licensed Have the necessary admin permissions Be an owner of the channel or have permissions to add/remove apps in the channel To disable agent auto-creation, use the toggle in Teams Admin Center (path: App Details > Channel Agent). Learn more: Set up Channel Agent in Microsoft Teams [Compliance considerations:] Compliance QuestionExplanation Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed?We are adding additional grounding on Files in Teams Channel SharePoint. Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data?We are adding grounding on Teams Channel SharePoint files. Does the change provide end users any new way of interacting with generative AI?Users can now interact with Channel Agent to generate status reports, workback plans, and schedule meetings using natural language prompts. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/set-up-channel-agent-teams | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout.
However, we recommend the following: Review your current Channel Agent configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Notify users about changes to status report behavior. Update any relevant internal documentation to reflect new features and agent settings. To create Channel Agent, a user must: Be Copilot licensed Have the necessary admin permissions Be an owner of the channel or have permissions to add/remove apps in the channel To disable agent auto-creation, use the toggle in Teams Admin Center (path: App Details > Channel Agent). Learn more: Set up Channel Agent in Microsoft Teams [Compliance considerations:] Compliance QuestionExplanation Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed?We are adding additional grounding on Files in Teams Channel SharePoint. Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data?We are adding grounding on Teams Channel SharePoint files. Does the change provide end users any new way of interacting with generative AI?Users can now interact with Channel Agent to generate status reports, workback plans, and schedule meetings using natural language prompts. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/set-up-channel-agent-teams |
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