OneDrive updates focus on AI, access control, and compliance

OneDrive updates focus on AI, access control, and compliance
Microsoft’s OneDrive updates expand Copilot-driven intelligence to summarize files, generate new documents from stored content, and surface key insights via Ask Copilot in File Explorer and semantic search. The release also improves accessibility and governance with mobile OCR, Markdown support, OneDrive Sync public preview for up to 1 million items, file-level archiving, and enhanced sharing and admin controls. #OneDrive #Copilot

Keypoints

  • Copilot features in OneDrive and SharePoint now support summarization, question answering, content generation, and visual insight extraction.
  • An Ask Copilot option in File Explorer and semantic search previews let users find and draft content directly from their desktop experience.
  • Markdown support, PDF explanations, mobile OCR on iOS/Android, and iPad offline search improve content accessibility and reuse.
  • OneDrive Sync enters public preview to handle up to 1 million items with specific Windows and hardware requirements and a policy to set custom sync root names.
  • Governance and collaboration tools include file-level archiving preview, expiring “People in your organization” links, transfer ownership features, and improved sharing controls, plus macOS and iOS client enhancements.

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