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Latest Release Highlights

Current feature guides with previous release highlights kept for reference

This page mirrors the curated in-app Latest Features experience for SimpleChat v0.250.001, keeps the v0.241.001-v0.241.007 feature set in Previous Release, and preserves v0.239.001 highlights in the archive below it.

Admin Setup and User View

Admins control whether Latest Features are visible from the Support menu and can choose which current-release cards are shared with end users. Use Admin Settings > General > User-Facing Latest Features to enable the destination, decide whether public guide links are shown, and curate individual feature announcements.

Annotated Admin Settings screenshot showing Support menu and user-facing Latest Features controls.

Users see the curated set from Support > Latest Features. The v0.250.001 feature guides below use placeholder screenshot filenames that can be replaced with final captures, while previous release guides keep the existing annotated screenshots where available.

Annotated user-facing Latest Features page showing current release cards.

Current release

SimpleChat 0.250.001 Latest Features

These guides map to the SimpleChat 0.250.001 feature set currently highlighted in the app for end users.

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Personalized Model and Agent Access

Model and agent access can now be assigned to specific users or groups, so different people can see the AI capabilities approved for their work.

Why It Matters

This matters because teams can make powerful AI tools available to the right people without turning every model or agent on for everyone.

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Improved Tabular Analysis

Tabular analysis for CSV and Excel files can now page through larger results, preserve sheet context, use related document evidence, and create clearer chart or export outputs.

Why It Matters

This matters because spreadsheet questions often need exact calculations, filtered rows, grouped results, and reusable exports rather than a short text summary.

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Custom Pages

Admins can publish trusted internal custom pages, giving users new in-app pages for local guidance, dashboards, forms, or lightweight tools.

Why It Matters

This matters because teams can tailor SimpleChat to local workflows without sending users to a separate unauthenticated site.

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Tableau Action

Users with access can ask SimpleChat to discover Tableau projects, workbooks, views, datasources, and workbook details from approved Tableau environments.

Why It Matters

This matters because users can find and reason about Tableau assets without manually switching between systems for every lookup.

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Personal and Group Workflows

Users can create or run personal and group workflows for repeatable document analysis, File Sync refreshes, per-document runs, and generated Office outputs.

Why It Matters

This matters because repeatable document work can move from one-off chat prompts into reusable personal or shared group automation.

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Voice-Assisted Form Inputs

Speech-to-text controls now appear in supported agent, group, public workspace, document metadata, tag, and instruction fields when speech input is enabled.

Why It Matters

This matters because many setup and metadata fields are easier to draft by voice, especially longer agent instructions or document descriptions.

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Microsoft 365 Actions

Microsoft Graph actions expand M365 support so approved users can work with mail, drafts, calendar details, and calendar invites from SimpleChat.

Why It Matters

This matters because common M365 tasks can become part of an agent-assisted workflow instead of requiring manual copying between apps.

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Workspace-Backed Chat Uploads and Paste Support

Chat uploads now behave more like workspace uploads, and users can paste or drag files and images directly into the chat input.

Why It Matters

This matters because users no longer need to decide whether chat or workspace upload is the right path before they start working with a file.

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Enhanced Document Intelligence

Enhanced extraction can capture richer PDF and image structure, including tables, layout, and selection marks, and users can reprocess eligible documents from workspaces.

Why It Matters

This matters because some documents need more than plain text extraction to answer accurately, especially forms, tables, scanned PDFs, and image-heavy files.

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File Sync for SMB and Azure Files

File Sync can bring SMB share and Azure Files content into workspaces, with reusable identities and workflow triggers for automated refreshes.

Why It Matters

This matters because workspace documents can stay closer to authoritative file shares instead of depending on repeated manual uploads.

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Faster Conversation Lists

Conversation lists now load in pages, improving startup performance for users with large chat histories.

Why It Matters

This matters because large conversation histories should not slow down everyday chat startup.

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Group File Sharing and Approvals

Users can share personal or group documents with groups, and receiving groups can approve shared files before they become searchable.

Why It Matters

This matters because collaboration often crosses workspace boundaries, but shared documents still need review and clear ownership.

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Profile, Stats, and Preferences

Profile now brings together stats, groups, public workspaces, feedback, safety items, preferences, and CSV exports in a clearer experience.

Why It Matters

This matters because users can understand their own activity and manage everyday preferences without needing an admin to change global settings.

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Databricks Action

Users with access can use approved Databricks actions to run governed read-only SQL against Azure Commercial Databricks workspaces.

Why It Matters

This matters because analytics data can be queried from SimpleChat without giving every user direct database tooling.

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Layered Message Masking

Users can now apply multiple selected-text masks to the same message, including shared personal and group conversations.

Why It Matters

This matters because users can hide multiple sensitive ranges in a message without losing control over previous masks.

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Visio and Outlook MSG File Support

Users can upload Visio `.vsdx` diagrams and Outlook `.msg` email files so more everyday work artifacts can become searchable knowledge.

Why It Matters

This matters because architecture diagrams, process diagrams, and email files often contain important context that should not be trapped outside workspace search.

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Assigned Knowledge for Agents

Agents can be bound to specific workspace sources, documents, and tags so they answer from the knowledge selected for their role.

Why It Matters

This matters because specialized agents can stay focused on the knowledge they were designed to use.

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Deep Research and Source Review

Deep Research and Source Review can inspect web evidence more deeply with bounded traversal, source citation seeding, load-more support, and optional model-assisted link planning.

Why It Matters

This matters because web-grounded answers are more useful when they are based on reviewed source pages instead of snippets alone.

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URL Access in Chat

Users can paste URLs into Chat and have SimpleChat treat them as source links or plain text depending on the workflow and admin policy.

Why It Matters

This matters because links are a natural way to bring external context into a chat, but they need bounded, policy-aware handling.

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Conversation Source Continuity

Chat can now reuse document and citation context from earlier turns, reducing the need to reselect the same documents throughout a conversation.

Why It Matters

This matters because multi-turn document conversations should remember the source trail you already built instead of making you start over every prompt.

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Generated Markdown, Word, and PowerPoint Files

Agents and workflows can now create reusable Markdown, Word, and PowerPoint outputs that users can inspect, download, or promote into workspaces.

Why It Matters

This matters because important results should become durable files when users need reports, decks, summaries, or workspace knowledge.

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Multi Inline Image Generation

Chat can now create multiple inline images from one request, and model responses can propose useful images during an answer for you to approve before generation.

Why It Matters

This matters because image creation can become part of the conversation flow without forcing users to send one image request at a time or accept unapproved generated media.

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Workspace Cards and Folder Views

Workspace documents can now be browsed in list, card, folder, and folder-plus-card views with improved multi-select and action behavior.

Why It Matters

This matters because large workspaces are easier to navigate when users can choose the browsing mode that fits the task.

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Assistant Follow-Up Actions

Assistant responses can now show suggested next-step buttons that stage the prompt and start a cancelable send countdown.

Why It Matters

This matters because useful assistant suggestions become one-click follow-up actions while users stay in control before sending.

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Model and Agent Avatars

Model endpoint icons and uploaded model images now make model-only responses easier to recognize, while agent avatars remain prioritized for agent replies.

Why It Matters

This matters because visual identity helps users understand whether a response came from a selected model or an agent.

Archive Previous Release Features The v0.241.001 through v0.241.007 guides remain available for reference. v0.241.001 - 0.241.007 Show highlights
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Guided Tutorials

Step-by-step walkthroughs help users discover core chat, workspace, and onboarding flows in context instead of hunting through the interface first.

Why It Matters

The fastest way to learn a new workflow is usually inside the workflow itself, with the right controls highlighted as you go.

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Background Chat

Long-running chat requests can finish after you leave the chat page, so larger prompts and uploads stop blocking the rest of your work.

Why It Matters

Long-running work no longer makes the app feel blocked while the assistant is still processing.

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GPT Selection

Visible model selection helps users match a task to the right tradeoff in speed, cost, and reasoning depth when multiple options are available.

Why It Matters

Different prompts often need different tradeoffs, so a clearer picker makes model choice practical instead of hidden.

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Tabular Analysis

CSV and spreadsheet workflows keep getting stronger for grounded exploration, filtering, and follow-up analysis against real rows and columns.

Why It Matters

Table-heavy questions are more useful when users can explore filters and follow-ups without losing provenance.

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Citation Improvements

Enhanced citations improve source traceability, document previews, and history-aware grounding so users can inspect where answers came from.

Why It Matters

Traceable answers are easier to trust, revisit, and defend in follow-up conversations.

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Document Versioning

Same-name uploads now behave like revisions, making it easier to keep document history visible instead of silently replacing useful versions.

Why It Matters

Revision-aware documents keep history available when teams need to compare or verify what changed.

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Summaries and Export

Conversation summaries and export actions keep expanding so users can package, review, and share useful chat outcomes more quickly.

Why It Matters

People reuse chat outcomes faster when they can summarize and package them for someone else without manual cleanup.

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Agent Operations

Agent creation, organization, and operational controls keep getting smoother for teams that rely on more advanced agent and action scenarios.

Why It Matters

Advanced agent setups are easier to adopt when browsing, defaults, and validation are clearer.

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AI Transparency

Thought and reasoning transparency options give users clearer feedback about what the assistant is doing while a response is being prepared.

Why It Matters

Visible processing cues reduce uncertainty while the system is working and make delays easier to interpret.

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Fact Memory

Profile-based memory now separates durable Instructions from recall-only Facts so the assistant can carry preferences and relevant context more cleanly.

Why It Matters

Separating durable preferences from recall-only facts keeps memory more relevant and less noisy over time.

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Deployment

Deployment guidance and diagnostics continue to improve so admins can roll out changes with less guesswork and better operational feedback.

Why It Matters

Rollouts are safer when guidance, settings, and diagnostics are easier to follow under pressure.

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Redis and Key Vault

Caching and secret-management guidance has expanded so production deployments can be configured more securely and more predictably.

Why It Matters

Secure caching and secret handling are easier to operationalize when the guidance is concrete instead of implicit.

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Send Feedback

End users can prepare structured bug reports and feature requests directly from the Support menu instead of sending unstructured notes.

Why It Matters

Structured feedback gives admins something actionable instead of vague complaints or one-line requests.

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Support Menu

Admins can expose Latest Features and Send Feedback through one predictable support surface so discovery and reporting live in the same place.

Why It Matters

A predictable support surface makes help, announcements, and feedback easier to discover and reuse.

Additional highlights from v0.241.001 - 0.241.007

  • Guided tutorials, background chat completion, and fact memory helped users onboard faster and carry useful context forward.
  • GPT selection, citation improvements, document versioning, and tabular analysis made core chat and document workflows more transparent.
  • Support Menu, Send Feedback, deployment guidance, and Redis/Key Vault setup improved the admin-to-user release communication loop.
Archive Archive Release Features The v0.239.001 release guides remain available for longer-term archive reference. v0.239.001 Show highlights
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Export Conversation

Users can export one or multiple conversations in JSON or Markdown through a guided wizard that handles packaging and download choices.

Why It Matters

Structured export makes it easier to archive, review, reuse, or share conversations outside the live chat UI.

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Retention Policy

Retention settings let admins and workspace owners control how long conversations and documents are kept before automatic cleanup runs.

Why It Matters

Retention controls make lifecycle management more predictable, auditable, and easier to explain across workspaces.

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Workspace Scope Lock

Workspace scope locking freezes the originating workspace selection after grounded search so follow-up questions do not accidentally cross data boundaries.

Why It Matters

Locking the originating scope prevents accidental cross-contamination when users continue a grounded conversation.

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Tags, Grid View, and Chat Filtering

Tag management, folder-style grid view, and chat filtering work together so users can organize large document sets and search them more intentionally.

Why It Matters

Tags and folder-style browsing turn large document collections into something people can navigate and filter quickly.

Additional highlights from v0.239.001

  • Owner-only group agent management lets admins restrict group agent and action edits to group owners.
  • Multi-workspace scope management expanded grounded chat across personal, group, and public sources.
  • Tag folders, grid view, and chat filtering shipped together as one broader workspace workflow upgrade.

Bug fixes kept for reference

  • Citation parsing fixes resolved edge cases where page range references failed to create the right clickable links.
  • Public workspace activation fixed a 403 path for non-owner users activating a public workspace for chat.