For example, it can find an existing agenda from the meeting invite or create its own based on meeting goals set out at the start of discussion. It will also allocate time for each topic to keep the meeting on track, Microsoft said. Participants can then ask the agent to make changes to the timeline, adding or removing topics — useful if you don’t want the AI assistant dictating the entire flow of a discussion.
Once a meeting has started, the Facilitator takes notes that can be edited by all participants, as well as answer questions pertaining to the meeting or more general queries that require information pulled from the web. It can detect when participants mention the need for a new document and offer to create it on their behalf, as well as generating a first draft on the desired topic.
The agent will also capture any tasks mentioned during the meeting and assign them to a coworker, thanks to an integration with a Project Manager agent in the Planner app for Teams. Again, it will be possible to edit and reassign these tasks by interacting with the agent. Tasks can then be managed in the Planner app.
