Microsoft has introduced that it plans a large UI (person interface) overhaul for Microsoft 365 (M365) and Copilot in January 2025. The corporate knowledgeable in regards to the adjustments on its Microsoft 365 Message Heart portal. Microsoft says the UI replace is being executed to raised “help future AI-first experiences.”

First, we now have the Microsoft 365 app UI updates, through which the tech large has highlighted the listing of adjustments it’s making to the applying. You may learn them under to get a tough psychological picture of the brand new app:

• The app will now not have a prime header. As an alternative, instruments like person profile, settings, and suggestions will transfer to the underside left toolbar. The suggestions button shall be out there below the ‘Settings and extra’ part within the backside left toolbar.
• The search field will now be introduced on the Homepage for customers to seek out all their content material throughout a number of file sorts and storage areas. Notice: There is no such thing as a change to the search expertise—solely the position of the characteristic.
• All of the apps on the left software bar are aligned to the highest and the AI wealthy experiences like Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Copilot Pages shall be introduced collectively to determine correlation.
• The group brand, beforehand displayed within the prime header below the Group theme, will now not be seen within the app. Notice: This alteration doesn’t have an effect on different Microsoft 365 apps the place the group brand will nonetheless seem within the header.
• The ‘Again’ button on the Home windows Microsoft 365 Copilot app is not going to be out there. Customers will nonetheless be capable to use the left AppBar to navigate between pages.
• The ‘My Day’ characteristic is being faraway from the app expertise, and customers will now not see the button to launch the calendar and to-do on the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Notice: This alteration doesn’t have an effect on different Microsoft 365 apps the place My Day characteristic is out there.
• The ‘Assist me create’ characteristic shall be retired from the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Launched in February 2024, ‘Assist me create’ was targeted on serving to customers go from their said intent to doc creation utilizing an LLM. With Microsoft 365 Copilot app turning into the vacation spot for Copilot, we shall be bringing AI powered doc creation into Copilot tab. Customers will be capable to brainstorm concepts and draft new content material primarily based on a storyboard or a script to an agenda or an govt abstract from Copilot Chat.

Following that, Microsoft has additionally outlined all of the adjustments it’s making to Copilot. For instance, the app identify adjustments from “Microsoft 365” to “Microsoft 365 Copilot”. The brand new icon, which debuted at Ignite 2024, can be being launched:

Microsoft expects the adjustments to roll out in mid-January subsequent yr. The above adjustments have been printed below M365 Message Heart message IDs MC958905 and MC958903, respectively. Please word {that a} Microsoft 365 Copilot already exists, which is an AI assistant meant to enhance individuals’s productiveness when utilizing Workplace apps.

Other than these, Microsoft additionally detailed the 4 new sections the Copilot web page on the M365 Admin Heart could have. These 4 sections, Overview, Well being, Uncover, and Settings, will assist customers perceive, establish and monitor varied features of the characteristic:

The Copilot web page within the Microsoft 365 admin heart … will quickly characteristic 4 sections: Overview, Well being, Uncover, and Settings.

Overview will present key metrics and insights together with energetic person price, AI help rating, Copilot-assisted hours, and person sentiment.

Well being will consolidate Copilot-specific well being insights corresponding to system replace standing for Microsoft 365 apps, distribution of gadgets with diagnostic information, Copilot-specific message heart posts, and recognized energetic points.

Uncover will mean you can discover Copilot capabilities, perceive person eligibility necessities, and entry curated sources. These sources will cowl compliance requirements, adoption steering, the Copilot immediate library, and extra. It’s also possible to buy Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses right here.

Settings will supply important controls to configure Microsoft 365 Copilot to fulfill your group’s wants and navigate to different key management surfaces together with agent administration and information safety and compliance settings.

The above replace was printed below M365 Message Heart ID 472918.