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2 July 2026

UI changes

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Assistant controls (favourite, edit/info, and share) now live on the left, above your threads.
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Collapse the threads sidebar for more space.
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When you’re in a thread, the back button takes you back to where you were, instead of sending you back to the Home page.
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The top navigation bar now stays visible, even when you’re in a thread.
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New features & enhancements

Set the size and quality for generated images. Learn more
Image input (max 10) supported on Azure plans
New prompt button options
Microsoft 365 tools now support reading SharePoint lists
Create and use Forms to collect structured information from users
Use Drive Sync to keep assistant files up to date from SharePoint automatically. Admin guide

8 May 2026

Added dedicated assign/unassign user tool to Microsoft Planner integration.
Usage analytics enhancements

4 May 2026

New features

Support for GPT-5.5
Microsoft Planner integration
Download a thread as markdown, for reuse or reference
Support for .vtt files as attachments and assistant files - making it easier to work with transcript content
New admin features for model management
Token consumption metrics for admins
Context usage indicator - allowing users to see how much of the conversation’s available context window has been used

Enhancements

Thread sharing via universal share links
Image generation improvements: support for OpenAI’s new gpt-image-2. This improves compatibility with the latest image generation capabilities and includes updates for image sizing, preview rendering, and loading behaviour. (Note: not currently available on Azure plans)

27 March 2026

New features

Jobs\n
- Run tasks in the background and track their progress - no need to hang around waiting for a thread to complete.
- Set up recurring scheduled jobs to automate regular work
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Batch processing tools\n
- Use batch processing tools to run the same task across multiple files or MCP outputs efficiently, helping you save time and manage file-based work at scale. Learn more.
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M365 MCP e-mail features\n
- Including drafting emails and replies to emails in Outlook and email to self. Learn more.
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Enhancements

Available tools shown when a user switches model - so you can see at a glance if a model doesn't support code interpreter, for example.

Beta feature

cURL Executor MCP Server - lets an assistant send HTTP requests to approved external endpoints, for lightweight integrations such as:

calling a webhook
sending data to an external system
querying a REST API
triggering an automation flow

14 March 2026

New model

Model support for GPT 5.4 variants (not on Azure). Learn more about GPT 5.4 capabilities

Enhancements

Scroll fix: scroll while the AI is working, allowing you to review prior responses in a thread

New admin features

Tool to help you migrate assistants to new models - go to Configuration > Migrate Models in the Admin menu
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Access profiles - control who can use specific MCP server(s) by assigning them to access profiles - go to Management > Access Profiles in the Admin menu
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Beta features

Scheduling jobs - to run an assistant on a schedule. Combine this with 'email-to-self' (see M365 below) to get the outputs sent to you - e.g, daily planner e-mail, weekly analytics review, etc
Multi-file batch processing
M365 tools - enhanced capabilities across M365 apps including better handling for Excel spreadsheets, e-mail attachments, and 'e-mail-to-self' capability

16 December 2025

New capabilities

Model support for GPT 5.2 variants (not on Azure)
Assistant certification - assistant authors can submit an assistant for review. Approved assistants are badged as certified. This is designed to help users easily identify reliable, reviewed assistants.
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Enhancements

Assistant thread message timestamp includes the model used, e.g. -
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Handling added for files with uppercase file extensions (e.g. .PDF rather than .pdf)
Threads using code interpreter no longer experience \"container expiry\" errors

27 November 2025

New capabilities

Connectors and MCP support - connect to external data sources and tools, for extra capabilities. This needs to be enabled by your admin.
New sharing capabilities and improved sharing process for threads. Share assistants and threads with groups as well as individuals.
Model support for GPT 5.1 variants
Paste or drop images into chat, and they are displayed inline rather than as attachments

New admin features

Admin menu reorganised to make it easier to find things across fewer tabs
When admin approval is required for sharing, e-mail notifications are automatically sent to admins

New views

Threads view allows you to see and search all of your threads, including those shared with you. You can also pin, share, rename and delete threads from this view

Other enhancements

Timestamp added to messages in a thread
Improved error messages
Dark theme enhancements
Better handling for large files - also addresses intermittent performance impacts of attempted large file uploads

30 September 2025

New capabilities

Keep track of changes to your system prompts

New admin features

Push an assistant or set of assistants to users' home pages
Analytics dashboard shows usage by assistant, user, event and date/time

New views

In the Library, see all assistants that have been shared with you

10 September 2025

New capabilities

\uD83C\uDFA8 Image generation (not available when using your own Azure OpenAI service)

\uD83E\uDDD0 Code interpreter tool - for solving more complex problems, in domains like data analysis, coding and maths

\uD83D\uDCC8 Upload .xlsx, .csv and .xml files as message attachments in a conversation

Models

Access to more models, including gpt-5
Ability to change models used by assistants on Azure plans

Web search has changed

Web search is now one of the tools available by default to all assistants. You can turn it off on an assistant you own, if you do not want that assistant to use web search. You may also find it a bit faster.

Other enhancements

When file search is used, the assistant shows files that have been searched above its answer.

When using a reasoning model, reasoning steps are shown in a box above the answer.

21 July 2025

New Assistants view for administrators - search for and view all assistants in one place, and transfer ownership

Specify a default assistant to appear on new users' home screens

Allow a user to see all the assistants they have created in the Mine tab in Library

July 2025

WYSIWYG editor for system prompts make it even easier to make your own assistant. You can still use markdown if that's your preference \uD83D\uDE42

Admin functions - new settings

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Make the advanced options an 'admin only feature’ if you want
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Admins can reassign assistant ownership or take over assistants - useful if someone leaves
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Admin option to turn on ‘requesting sharing’. This is if you want admins to approve sharing of assistants rather than people be able to share themselves.
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Option to list all unlisted assistants in the library
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Other enhancements

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Warn when deleting a shared assistant
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Detect and warn when uploading protected (i.e. encrypted) documents
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Add search by author to library search
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Clearer, persistent warning for memory enabled assistants
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Favourite an assistant from the home screen
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June 2025

Library - a new tab that lists assistants you have access to and allows you to favourite them or add them to your home screen
Web search - toggle on to allow your assistant to search the web to help formulate responses
Assistant memory - allows an assistant to access all conversations with that assistant (across all users). Learn more about sharing sensitive information.
New thread options:
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Drag-and-drop to quickly add files or images to a thread
Date awareness - Assistants are now aware of today's date

April 2025

Web crawler - connect your assistant to selected web sources, for accurate, relevant and referenced responses based on your website content.

March 2025

API support, enabling SharePoint connection and other advanced use:\n
- File Sync API - In addition to uploading assistant files manually you can now use the sync API. This enables connecting to SharePoint/Teams files using PowerAutomate to connect to Theta Assist
- Messages API - You can now integrate an assistant into external programs/systems, sending text messages and receiving responses generated by your assistant.
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Larger files. Can now upload files up to 250MB.
Theta Assist admins can set the default system prompt that is used for new assistants
Default assistant on install - a default assistant is created for new installs to enable immediate use.

February 2025

Theta Assist is now available as a Microsoft Teams app.
Theta Assist is now available in the Azure Marketplace.
Template capability added, allowing you to automate and standardise the creation of compliant and on-brand documents.

December 2024

Added shared access to assistants.\n
- Share edit and view access with specific people. Can still share access with everyone to use as well.
- This enables shared ownership of shared assistants. So if change is required more than one person can make the change.
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Added thread (conversation) sharing:\n
- Can now share a thread with specific people or everyone - useful to 'share your working'
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UX improvements\n
- Search for an assistant
- Favourite an assistant - which pins it first in your list
- Can show just your favourites
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Image support\n
- Upload images files. This can make use of GTP-4o's image abilities like describing the image and even recognising and transcribing handwriting
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Output as CSV\n
- Assistants can now generate CSV that you can then save. You need to add an instruction to your prompt to enable this: \"If asked to output csv include the language as ```csv\"
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Web page support\n
- Theta Assist can now fetch content from a web page (in addition to files)
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Default language support\n
- The master prompt for new assistants has been updated to use the country of the customer as a guide.
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Administration\n
- A new admin page has been created to change settings and maintain administrators
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