Microsoft Teams Monthly Update October 2025
MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares the key developments in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot for October 2025.
MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for October 2025.
Many thanks to Neat for their continued support.
- Copilot Chat (free) in Office Apps
- Unified Copilot Chat in Teams
- Agent Mode in Excel and Word
- Teams Channel Agents
- Anthropic Claude Models Come to Copilot
- Office Agent (Anthropic)
- Bring Consumer Copilot to Work?
- New Teams Features
- Teams Devices News
- Events
Useful Links:
Briefings
- AI in Teams Devices: What’s New and What’s Next? with Irena Andonova, Head of Product for Teams Devices at Microsoft
- AudioCodes Voca is Teams Unify Certified – discussing AI, Azure, and Smarter Contact Centres with Gidi Adlersberg, Voca Business Line Manager at AudioCodes
Teams Insider Podcasts
- Telco Infrastructure Evolution – Automation, AI and Containerisation Explained with Matt Hurst, Senior Director of Strategic Business Architecture at Ribbon
- Microsoft Teams Rooms – How to Choose Beyond the Specs with Simon Dudley, independent consultant
Interviews at UCX London 2025
- Andy Whiteside, VP of Sales at Numonix, on capturing recordings for AI data insights and line of business use cases
- A tour of the 4 quadrant AudioCodes stand – Teams Devices, Voca Contact Center, Live Platform and Meeting Insights
- MDEP and Android 13, Presenter mode, dual Centers and Google Meet in public for the first time with MVP Graham Walsh at Neat
MC1096218 - Copilot Chat Free Can Engage with Open Office Document
MC1156360 - Unified Copilot Chat for Teams, Chats, Channels, Calling, and Meetings
Agents in Teams channels (Public Preview)
Expanding Model Choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot
MC1158765 - Microsoft 365 Copilot Researcher And Microsoft Copilot Studio: Expanding Model Choice
Microsoft 365 Premium - Bring your Consumer Copilot to Work
MC1163766 - Require Explicit Consent for Recording and Transcription in Teams 1:1 Calls
MC1140178 - Prevent Screen Capture (Premium)
MC1130609 - New Saved Items Experience
Operator Connect Comparison Report
Changes to Microsoft 365 Teams pricing and packaging (November 1, 2025)
New Pricing Deltas:
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