"People and Copilot Agents" label in Microsoft Teams chats

Question

Hi,

We have noticed that in Teams chats with three or more people, in the top-right hand corner under "Open chat details", there is a label called "People and Copilot Agents" (under "In this chat").

No Copilot activity appears to be there in this section.

We would like to know why this label appears, and are there any Copilot implications that we must be aware of?

Thanks,

Nishanth Chakkere

Answer 1

Hi @Nishanth Chakkere

This label "People and Copilot Agents" is to help you understand who is currently in the chat, including the Copilot agent. Even if you don't see activity from Copilot, this label will still appear so that you know Copilot can be called upon in the chat.

You don't need to worry about Copilot's impact. Copilot for Chat allows you to ask questions about chat conversations in Teams. It will not actively interrupt your chat unless it is explicitly called upon or needs to provide assistance. You can use Copilot for Chat to quickly view highlights, action items, and decisions in a chat without scrolling through long threads.

Users can access Chat Copilot by opening the chat's right side pane and clicking the Copilot button. There may be some differences due to updates.

Alternatively, users can also leverage smart actions by clicking on suggestions such as 'Summarize what I've missed' to open Copilot.

Users can use the suggested prompts or write their own questions. Examples of prompts include asking for highlights from a certain period of time (last 1, 7 or 30 days), which decisions were made or which topics are still open for discussion.

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Answer 2

Hi All,

Good to see, how the M365 CoPilot Integration in MS Teams is is working.

We as a large, managed Government are not using M365 CoPilot so far.

• Why are these CoPilot Agents anyway visible here in MS Teams Chats?
• Our Legal & Compliance Department worries about that and wants to eliminate this.

Is this a bug to have CoPilot Agents in MS Teams Chats (we're not using M365 CoPilot) or are there any workarounds and/or Policies to customize MS Teams without M365 CoPilot Functionalities here...?

Thanks for any help & Support,

Martin