Microsoft Teams: Facilitator proactively detects and resolves knowledge gaps in meetings

Microsoft Teams introduces a Facilitator feature with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) that detects knowledge gaps during meetings, performs web searches, and posts answers in chat to improve productivity. It requires manual enabling, supports standard meetings, and includes admin controls for configuration and compliance. What and Why We are introducing a new Microsoft Teams Facilitator capability that proactively detects and resolves knowledge gaps during meetings. Facilitator can identify when participants ask questions or express uncertainty and retrieve and share relevant answers using web search in the meeting chat. This enhancement helps improve meeting productivity by reducing interruptions and enabling teams to stay focused on goals while accessing needed information. If a participant asks a factual question and no one responds, Facilitator can provide an answer directly in the meeting chat. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 558341. Rollout Schedule Targeted Release: Beginning early July 2026 and expected to complete late July 2026 General Availability (Worldwide): Beginning early August 2026 and expected to complete late August 2026 Impact on Your Organization Who is affected Users in Microsoft Teams meetings where Facilitator is enabled with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) Platforms/Services Microsoft Teams (meetings) Microsoft 365 Copilot What will happen Facilitator will monitor meeting conversations in real time to detect implicit or explicit information needs. When a knowledge gap is identified, Facilitator performs a web search and posts a response in the meeting chat:  View image in new tab Responses are infrequent in practice and typically occur less than once per meeting. Responses are limited to questions relevant to the meeting discussion based on agenda signals and conversational context. Facilitator must be manually added to the meeting and is not enabled by default. A user with a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license must enable Facilitator for the meeting. Other participants do not need to be licensed to receive responses. Admins can disable Facilitator at the tenant level. The feature depends on the Copilot web search setting. If web search is disabled, responses are not generated. Users can stop the behavior at any time by removing Facilitator from the meeting. The feature is […]

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