Microsoft Unveils AI-Powered OneDrive Updates to Boost Productivity

Microsoft announced new AI-powered recommendations and interface changes coming to OneDrive, including a refreshed "OneDrive Home" experience.
The new OneDrive Home aims to help users find, access, and work with files faster, with features like AI recommendations, colored folders, and easier sharing.
Microsoft's Copilot experience is also coming to OneDrive to assist with search, highlighting documents, and suggesting next steps. This is expected by December for Copilot license holders.
Other new OneDrive features will leverage AI to identify people in photos and find files using natural language searches.
Additional OneDrive improvements are planned for opening files in desktop apps, working offline, and tighter integration with Microsoft 365 apps like Teams.

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Posted 10/3/2023, 6:32:00 PM