Josh Cook | Microsoft MVP

BREAKING: Microsoft just dropped the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Copilot Studio. No more manual updates, no more endless maintenance—connect once, and your agents automatically stay fresh with real-time updates. With MCP, building agents just got easier: ⚡ Instant Action: Connect once, stay updated forever. MCP auto-syncs new features straight into your Copilot agents. 🌐 Marketplace Power: Plug into pre-built MCP connectors or craft your own. Your data, your rules, enterprise-grade security. 🚀 Customize & Extend: Full SDK support means zero limits. Build the integrations your business demands. Stop playing the manual-update game. This is automation without the babysitting. Microsoft just dropped Model Context Protocol in Copilot Studio. Go leverage it before someone else does.

Microsoft Planner custom templates are FINALLY rolling out!! 🔥 Turn a basic plan into a reusable template and share it with a Microsoft 365 Group. Carry over tasks, buckets, goals, labels, notes, checklists and attachment links. This was LONG overdue. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerbl…

@Dennis_Gaida Most of these can be done with M365 Copilot. Which is the 30$ license.

@FlowAltDelete I would love a little insights on pricing as a comparison to cowork. Typical task like summarize my day for me checking email, teams messages, planner tasks etc.

Microsoft Scout latest update added two built-in capabilities worth watching: - Microsoft To Do task management - Teams presence checks Scout can manage your tasks, then check who’s available, busy, away, or in a meeting. I’m already thinking of some ridiculous workflows for this.

@MichaelGannotti Nothing. In the org I build in prod lol

What's the biggest barrier to moving AI from pilot to production in your org?

@sama Shots fired

come for the best model, stay because we don’t treat you with contempt

Amazing!! If you haven’t tried Fable, here’s your chance!!

@Owuru_butu @MicrosoftLearn Same plan, just at a smaller scale

@MicrosoftLearn what about teams with like 3 people and a google sheet

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Microsoft Scout just got all three new GPT-5.6 models. >GPT-5.6 Luna >GPT-5.6 Sol >GPT-5.6 Terra All sitting inside the same model picker alongside Fable 5, Sonnet 5, Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro and MAI-Code-1-Flash. Scout's model lineup is getting absolutely ridiculous.

@Timur_Yessenov Fair concern. Lets see how this plays.

@FlowAltDelete Certification is a good start, but I’d watch one ugly detail: resubmission after behavior changes. If the tool descriptions or endpoint behavior can drift after review, the enterprise trust layer becomes mostly a badge.

Microsoft is building an AppSource-style trust layer for MCP servers. MCP server certification is now in preview. Partners can submit through Partner Center and publish certified tools across Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and other Microsoft agent experiences. MCPs becoming a real enterprise marketplace. Build once. Get certified. Put your tools in front of the entire Microsoft agent ecosystem. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…

@__spekulator__ YES!! This is very needed for MCPs. Glad to see this.

@FlowAltDelete certifying via partner center means a compliance team is now in the loop. that's the gate for enterprise adoption.

@usepairoa Great point. Trust is critical here.

@FlowAltDelete Certification answers whether an MCP can be trusted. The next question is who actually needs it now. Trust directories and private intent routing are complementary: one validates the tool, the other connects it to the right workflow, builder, or partner.

@RaoulDukeDegen Agreed!!

@FlowAltDelete this is huge for scaling agent tools across enterprise microsoft stacks

GPT-5.6 Reasoning just showed up inside the new Copilot Studio Designer. 👀 Select it as the reasoning model behind your agent. Work IQ. Skills. Tools. Knowledge. Now backed by GPT-5.6 Reasoning. Copilot Studio is moving FAST.

@MichalHajduch But Scout doesn’t pay it lol.

@FlowAltDelete Wow, can predict your invoice from MS? 😁😁😁

What is Microsoft Scout trying to tell me???

@tahir2944 Yea. To utilize all M365 Context (Work IQ) you will need a M365 Copilot license.

@FlowAltDelete Hi Josh, is it possible to leverage my professional past (all stored in my M365 tenant) to give personalised context to any posts I try to reflect on maybe Grok? But will be needing a premium copilot license right?

Look who it is

@Slav636 @SCavanna Same.. but IT is happy

@FlowAltDelete @SCavanna That’s a downer tbh

Hermoso y Limitado Yo lo uso y estoy sorprendido y muy satisfecho. Aclaración. Requiere licencia de Copilot M365 + github Copilot. (Usa github Copilot CLI).

@CalebBaskin Yes 🙌

@FlowAltDelete This would be great to fold into the general M365 MCP that outside tools can use too.

Microsoft Planner MCP just quietly showed up inside the new Copilot Studio designer. Agents working directly with Planner tasks, plans, assignments and updates is insanely useful. Microsoft keeps slipping serious capabilities into this designer.

@Slav636 @grok That’s pretty cool. Wonder how it compares to this.

@FlowAltDelete I often get @grok to summarise videos before opening, by URL. It works surprisingly well, snd helps a lot yo decide whether I should spend time watching.

Wow🤯 I got to try this!!