Collaboration and productivity

OpenAI’s Data agent could investigate company data and build shareable interactive dashboards. Access controls and source trails needed to follow analysis and action through the workflow.

Power BI reports and semantic models became grounding in Copilot Chat and Cowork. Shared chats, synced notebooks and Planner status connected analysis with collaboration.

Copilot Notebooks and Cowork gained more ways to share project context. Agent metrics and cost controls expanded in the admin centre.

Copilot administrators gained central controls for consumption-based cost. Purview controls extended to Cowork, and agent metrics could connect with organisational context.

Federated connectors could retrieve live SaaS data through MCP. Copilot Notebooks gathered project context while Word and Teams gained collaboration features.

Microsoft published April news for manufacturing, Power Platform, Planner and Power BI. Together, the releases show how automation and analytics can support field work when project accountability, data quality and human control are clear.

Planner expanded AI assistance to basic plans and announced Project Web App changes, while Power BI published its March update. Project teams received both new tools and concrete deadlines to manage.

From manual processes to efficient self-service: Kartverket has received a modern customer portal that makes it easier to order maps and geodata.

Planner began rolling out a new interface, goals view and task chat on 23 February, while Power BI published its monthly update the next day. The changes connect project follow-up, collaboration and analytics more closely.

Microsoft published January updates for Power BI and Power Platform and described new Teams features. The changes give analytics and collaboration teams more tools for insight, usage measurement and shared work context.

Anthropic, OpenAI and Block place agent projects under the Linux Foundation. Microsoft also announces Field Service integration changes. Both developments make long-term maintenance part of automation planning.

Expanded customer-service timeout rules and easier sharing of Field Service schedule boards address everyday handoffs. The updates concern who follows up, and when.