#15 What the heck are Copilot Pages?

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Timestamps (Generated by AI)

00:02 – Welcome & Introduction

02:25 – Message Center Radar Joe highlights three Microsoft 365 announcements from the Message Center:

• MC1085569: Teams recording policy update — recordings now default to the meeting organizer’s OneDrive, streamlining record management.
• MC1060780: Copilot Chat now visible for unlicensed users across Office web apps.
• MC1041457: New usage report for Copilot Chat showing active users across Teams, Outlook, and Copilot.cloud.microsoft..

06:36 – Feature Deep Dive: Copilot Pages Joe explores Copilot Pages and their architecture. Key takeaways:

• A Copilot Page is technically a Loop Page, powered by the Microsoft Loop app.
• Pages begin as Copilot chats and become editable documents via the “Edit in Pages” button.
• These are stored as .loop files on OneDrive, inheriting full M365 governance like retention, sensitivity labels, and lifecycle policies.
• Under the hood, each page lives in a SharePoint Embedded container, which is essentially a lightweight SharePoint site.
• Admins can view, manage, and restore these containers, with reassignment workflows coming soon — crucial for maintaining ownership after users leave.

18:17 – Tip of the Week: Folder Ownership Mapping with Power Automate Joe shares a clever solution for a messy SharePoint migration:

• Users didn’t know who owned what folder.
• He built a Power Automate flow to get file properties, track editors, deduplicate with a union expression, and email requesters with appropriate contacts.
• He also used the item() expression to loop through results and automate notifications.

Thing of the week links

• Power Automate Item() Expression video example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC86gF_774I

• Bulb Digital Episode - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/josephbcole_m365-is-changing-heres-what-it-means-for-activity-7349507471398322176-5wZX?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAVnRisBMH96yvZL0kLlMFU2BE0wcYGEj_Y

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