Microsoft 365 Copilot: Teams channels available in Context IQ prompts

Microsoft 365 Copilot will integrate Teams channels into Context IQ prompts, allowing users to search and insert relevant channel data when writing prompts. This feature, enabled by default, rolls out worldwide from mid to late October 2025, requiring no admin action but user notification is recommended. 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 mid-October 2025 and is expected to complete by late October 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:  View image in new tab 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. Message ID: MC1165054

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