Sorry, I think this was my fault 😂

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Steve Corey
March 30, 2025

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The slow news cycle in the Microsoft world in the last couple of weeks may have been due to MVP Summit, which ended this week. Many product groups (basically all of them) were preparing presentations to MVPs on all the upcoming features and initiatives. Now that MVP Summit is over, we get news and roadmap updates. So….my bad 😊

If it’s any consolation, I know what Microsoft is up to, and where products will be headed. While the information is under NDA (super-duper top secret) and I can’t discuss it, I can say progress is definitely not slowing down. SharePoint has an amazing team behind it and they’ll be delivering the features we need. I’m so excited and am already planning my content for this year as well as upcoming years.

It’s very safe to say that AI agents will play a major part in how we work, with both Microsoft as well as organizations creating their own agents to modernize processes and tasks.

I’m going to be covering more topics around agents, including using the first-party Microsoft-developed ones, but also how you can create these. It’s WAY easier than you think. In fact, even what Microsoft calls “Pro Code agents” is easy for non-developers. I’ll start introducing these concepts slowly, the way you’re used to from me, and let’s go from there. And none of them will use Power Platform development. At least not the agents I’ll be talking about. Copilot Studio has its place, for sure, but creating agents outside of that are equally as powerful and can also do things that the Copilot Studio ones can’t. It’s also easier to understand, in my opinion.

Let me know if you’ve got burning questions on how this stuff works. The first burning question I’ll cover is the whole “Copilot versus agents” thing, since many people are confused by that. Even I was at first, but it’s crystal clear, as I’ll explain in the video.

Don’t Worry. I’m not giving up on my SharePoint content by any means and won’t even slow down with it. SharePoint and agents definitely exist in the same world and work together to create solutions that will blow your mind.

By the way, my colleague and I won one of the SharePoint Hackathon categories!! You’ll find the news post about it below. I saw many of you in the live stream and it was SO COOL to see!! Thanks for embracing this great competition. I’m honored to have even come close to winning, much less actually win! Thank you for being there ❤️

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Steve

ROADMAP
SharePoint eSignature for Word

If you have eSignature (a pay-as-you-go feature) enabled in the M365 Admin Center, users will be able to initiate an eSignature request from within Microsoft Word. Pretty nice feature to keep users in the context of their work instead of having to navigate somewhere else. This is rolling out in May 2025. Link to roadmap

M365/SharePoint Agent Insights for SharePoint Administrators

This is a VERY good feature. A new feature is coming to SAM (SharePoint Advanced Mangement) that gives you reports on the Copilot agents deployed to M365. A must-have feature for governance. This begins rolling out in May 2025. Link to roadmap

Dashboard in Sites

This very generic sounding title is actually good. What this will do is give you a (Viva Connections) dashboard in every SharePoint site. I believe this will give you the ability to essentially deploy a custom Viva Connections dashboard without having to actually deploy Viva Connections. I’m already thinking through scenarios of how this will be useful for customers. This will begin rolling out in April! Link to roadmap

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Organization Assets Libraries (OALs) are increasingly more valuable in organizations. M365 Copilot is getting in on the action and will begin to leverage the assets in those libraries. If you aren’t using them yet, you need to catch up. You’re missing out on free extra value for your AI investments. Read more

Making custom lists and library look good doesn’t require 3rd party software. Use SharePoint’s little known advanced formatting to make your lists look impressive and powerful! Learn how to create unique and powerful lists and libraries that makes your boss’s jaw DROP. You don’t even need to be a developer!

SharePoint Page creation with Copilot is finally a thing! This article introduces you to how it works, tips and tricks, additional resources, and more.

I mentioned the Hackathon awhile back. The winners were announced in a live stream, but also in this blog post. You’ll never believe who won one of the categories. (Hint… it was ME!)

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