UFIT opted everyone out of the Cortana Daily Briefing emails at the end of April 2021. You will need to manually turn them on to begin receiving them again.
Office 365 users at UF have recently began receiving daily Cortana emails. Where did these emails come from, what do they do and how can you disable them? Let’s find out!
Cortana is Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) that acts as a personal productivity assistant in Windows 10 and Office 365. In Office 365 it attempts to find ways for you to save time and focus on what matters. After Cortana builds some information about you it starts to send a Daily Briefing email so you can stay in control of your calendar and be more intentional with your work day. It is able to learn when you work and suggests reminders, tasks, and, even, breaks.
Cortana is data driven, the more data it has the better it can predict your needs and schedule. If you are not receiving the Daily Briefing emails, it is likely that Cortana does not have enough data to send them. You may also not be subscribed.
If you do not want to receive Cortana emails, look in the footer of the Daily Briefing email, there you will find an “unsubscribe” button. It is safe to click this button.
To verify or change your subscription, login to https://cortana.office.com/ while logged into your Office 365 account using your UF identity.
- Briefing email overview (Microsoft Docs)
- Frequently asked questions about the Cortana Briefing email (Microsoft Docs)