MC1165054 – M365 Change Digest

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Copilot (Microsoft 365) adds Context IQ, letting users search and insert Teams channels into prompts; rollout starts early December 2025, enabled by default, no admin action needed.

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RoadmapIds

429645

Summary

Microsoft 365 Copilot will integrate Context IQ to allow users to search and insert Teams channels in prompts, enhancing response relevance. Rollout begins December 2025, enabled by default, affecting all Copilot users with channel access. No admin action required; user notification and documentation updates recommended.

Platforms

Web

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Updated November 24, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction:]

Microsoft is enhancing Copilot (Microsoft 365) with Context IQ (CIQ), a set of AI capabilities that allows users to search for, select, and insert relevant enterprise or personal data directly into their prompts or conversations. When writing Copilot prompts in the chat box, users will be able to use Context IQ to search for and select Teams channels. This helps ground prompts in contextually relevant data, improving the accuracy and usefulness of Copilot responses.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 429645.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins early December 2025 (previously late November) and is expected to complete by early January 2026 (previously early December 2025).

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: All users of Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) with access to Teams channels.

What will happen:

Users will begin seeing their recent Teams channels in Context IQ (only the channels they have access to) when writing Copilot prompts:

user settings

This feature is enabled by default.
Only channels the user has access to will be surfaced.
No impact to tenant admins or existing configurations.

[What you can do to prepare:]

No admin action is required before or after rollout. However, you may want to:

Notify users about this change.
Update internal documentation if you reference Copilot or Context IQ capabilities

Learn more: Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat | Microsoft Support

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

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