Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update June 2026

June's update is dominated by Microsoft Build news: a Copilot super app pulling Chat, Cowork, Code and Autopilot into one desktop experience, Microsoft Scout as the first desktop-based agent, and Work IQ APIs reaching general availability on 16 June with consumption billing. Also covered are Project Solara agent-first hardware on MDEP, seven new Microsoft AI models, and Teams devices certifications.

MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for June 2026.

Many thanks to Pure-IP for their continued support.

• The Copilot Super App Is Coming
• Scout and Autopilots
• NVIDIA-Powered Laptops
• Windows Optimisations for Open Claw and Local Agents
• Work IQ and Web IQ APIs GA
• Project Solara — Agent-First Hardware Devices, Powered by MDEP
• 7 New Microsoft AI Models
• Teams Devices News

Link to the deck

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Briefings

• 4 Ways to Improve Customer Experience With Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams

• First Look at the Neat Board 32 Microsoft Teams Rooms With MDEP

• The Lenovo Microsoft Teams Rooms Portfolio Explained and the Huddly Partnership

• Decoding Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Microsoft Teams Voice, New AI Agents, and Licensing

Teams Insider Podcasts

• Microsoft Teams Facilitator: The First Group AI Agent for Meetings With Madhu Sudan, Microsoft

• Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard (CQD): Intelligent Classifiers, Silent Test Call and Power BI

• Microsoft 365 Message Center and M365 Change Explained with Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager

• Microsoft 365 Agents Explained - Declarative, Copilot Studio, Pro-Code or Skills in Copilot Cowork?

Microsoft Build 2026: Be yourself at work

GitHub Copilot app: the agent-native desktop experience

What's New in Microsoft 365 Copilot — May 2026

Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes

Introducing Microsoft Scout: your always-on personal agent

Project Lobster is Microsoft Scout

Introducing Surface Laptop Ultra: Made for world makers

Surface Laptop Ultra product page

Windows platform security for AI agents

Announcing the new Work IQ APIs

Work IQ: production-ready intelligence for every agent

Announcing Microsoft Web IQ

Composing a new platform for agent-first devices

Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform documentation

Microsoft Build 2026 Live blog

Building a hill-climbing machine: launching seven new MAI models

Build, scale, and monetize apps and agents with Microsoft Marketplace

Certified Android-based devices for Microsoft Teams

More choice and flexibility: Cisco Board Pro Certified for Microsoft Teams Rooms

Q-SYS QSP-11 Scheduling Panel

Chapters

• 0:22 Sponsor and Empowering Cloud round-up
• 1:13 The Copilot super app and GitHub Copilot desktop
• 1:55 Microsoft Scout and autopilots
• 4:45 Windows as a platform for local agents
• 4:54 NVIDIA laptop chips and Surface Laptop Ultra
• 6:11 Work IQ APIs GA and consumption pricing
• 7:26 Six Microsoft 365 Copilot updates
• 10:02 Project Solara agent-first devices
• 11:33 Seven new Microsoft AI models
• 13:17 Teams devices news
• 13:27 Upcoming events

Key insights

• Microsoft confirmed a Copilot super app bringing Chat, Cowork, Code and Autopilot into one desktop app, with no timeline announced.
• Microsoft Scout is a fork of OpenClaw, running as a constantly running local process that reads and writes files, scripts and reaches Work IQ.
• Scout requires the Frontier release channel, early access, extra security approvals and a GitHub Copilot subscription for compute.
• Work IQ APIs are generally available from 16 June via A2A, MCP or REST, with no per-user SKU.
• Work IQ use inside first-party experiences is covered by the Microsoft 365 Copilot licence; third-party surfaces are billed per call, from 20-40 cents to $1.50.
• Copilot in Word will now edit documents by default rather than requiring a separate agent mode.
• Federated connectors, Microsoft's term for blessed third-party MCP connections such as Google Calendar and Notion, are generally available.
• Project Solara is an agent-first device platform built on MDEP, with Intune, Entra ID, Windows Hello for Business and Work IQ integration.
• Microsoft AI Thinking One is Microsoft's first reasoning model, enabled by the renegotiated OpenAI agreement that runs to 2032.

Insights summarised by AI from the episode transcript, reviewed by the Empowering.Cloud team.