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Sunday, October 30, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 43 - 2022 (October 24 - October 30)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 43 of 2022, October 24 – October 30.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

 

 Field Advisories:


Community:

 

M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide MC452198 · Published Oct 28, 2022

When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.

There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:

  • Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu
  • Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)
  • Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide
  • Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device
  • Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758

This feature will start rolling out in mid-November and reach GA by early December.

 

Users Can Upload Documents from OneDrive for Business in E-sign in Approvals MC450847 · Published Oct 27, 2022

Users will now be able to upload documents from OneDrive for Business when creating an e-signature request in E-sign in Approvals. We apologize for the delay in communication and any inconveniences caused.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99971

This began rolling out in early October and is expected to complete rollout by late October.

 

Sign Language View MC450498 · Published Oct 26, 2022

We are introducing a new Sign Language experience in Teams Meetings to help meeting participants who use sign language to prioritize interpreters and other sign language users so that they remain visible in in a static, central location on the meeting stage, with higher video quality. Specific sign language users inside the organization that you work with regularly – such as regular interpreters – can be prioritized across all meetings by adding them to a prioritized signer list under Settings > Accessibility in the Teams app. Sign language view is a personal, user-level setting, and is visible only for those who have turned it on. It will not be shown to the rest of the meeting participants. The feature is presently available only on Teams Desktop.  

Sign Language View addresses three key concerns raised by Deaf/hard of hearing users: 

  • It keeps interpreters and other signers in a static location, unaffected by the dynamic placement of other videos as people enter and exit a meeting.
  • It simplifies the meeting join process by providing settings for sign language and captioning that persist across all meetings.
  • It keeps interpreters and other signers visible and prioritized even when content is shared. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99452.

Preview: We will begin rolling out early November.

Production, GCC: We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by mid-December.

GCC-H, DoD: We will begin rolling out January.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional Filters in Approvals MC449930 · Published Oct 25, 2022 · Last updated Oct 26, 2022

Updated October 26, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams approval list within the personal app will include additional filters to filter your approval list such as key word search and other options such as Approved.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92486

Preview: We will begin rolling out early October and expect to complete by mid-November 2022 (previously mid-October 2022).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late November 2022 (previously late October 2022).

 

My Activity retirement in Teams desktop and web clients MC450203 · Published Oct 26, 2022

As announced in MC411679 (August '22) we are retiring "My Activity" feature within the Activity app from Microsoft Teams desktop and web clients.

Activity will now support only activities directed to you (the option to view activities initiated by you will be retired), where we will continue to invest our development resources.

We will begin rolling this out mid-November and expect to complete by early December.

 

Support PSTN attendees in meetings to join Breakout Rooms MC450186 · Published Oct 26, 2022

This Breakout Rooms feature enables PSTN participants to be assigned and join breakout rooms. PSTN participants includes dial-in users, dial-out users, and call-me users.

Scenarios supported in this version:

  • PSTN participants can be assigned to breakout rooms (manually or automatically)
  • PSTN participants can join breakout rooms and hear an announcement.
  • PSTN participants can join back to the main room and hear an announcement after breakout rooms are closed. (manually closed or timer ends)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100297.

Preview: We will begin rolling late October and expect to complete by early November.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid November and expect to complete by late November.

 

(Updated) Video Clips in Teams Chat MC427757 · Published Sep 8, 2022 · Last updated Oct 25, 2022

Updated October 25, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Video Clips are a new way of working and connecting with coworkers using short video in Teams. Users can capture, send, and playback video messages in Chat on all Teams endpoints. Recording limited to 1min across all platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97158

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-September and complete by late September.

GA: We will begin rolling out late September and complete by end of November (previously early October).

 

Additional API Capabilities for Tasks in Teams and Planner MC449931 · Published Oct 25, 2022

We're introducing new application permissions capabilities for the Microsoft Planner APIs. This includes two sets of enhancements that will make it easier to work with tasks in your organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101153

We expect roll out to public preview in mid-November and expect to complete rollout by late November.

 

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 New Viva admin experience in M365 Admin Center MC452213 · Published Oct 28, 2022

The Viva collections experience now has a brand-new look where you can configure licenses, roles, and access individual app configuration pages. Admins will be able to deploy Viva from a common place within the Microsoft 365 admin center and find guidance on how best to configure their tenants.

Viva is now discoverable via search making it easier than ever to discover Viva apps within the Microsoft 365 admin center. Admins can also navigate to the experience via the setup tab, and then click on the Viva collection. From the new Viva suite setup page, you can see details about the Viva apps in your tenant, including plan type and the admins assigned with permissions to manage a specific app. Now it’s easier than ever to see who from your organization will help in the deployment journey for Viva

From the Viva suite page admins can navigate to an individual app page where they can follow a guided dashboard that helps admins set up and configure the first steps. Upon completing the steps in the guided dashboard, admins can let the app admin take over management of the app.

When admins feel the need to make any changes to their app setup page, they can return to the experience which provides the ability to edit your app’s configuration. Finally improved documentation and videos make it easy for anyone technical or nontechnical to set up and run Viva like a seasoned pro. This experience will begin rolling in a targeted release and arrive to all customers within the next couple months. Get started with the new experience here and learn how to configure your Viva experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93435

Preview: We have started rolling this out and expect to complete by late November.

GA: This will begin rolling out late November and complete late December.

 

 

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The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.

 

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Saturday, October 22, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 42 - 2022 (October 17 - October 23)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 42 of 2022, October 17 – October 23.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

 What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

 

Field Advisories:


Community:

 

M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

 Microsoft Teams zero-install link unfurling MC447686 · Published Oct 19, 2022

With zero-install link unfurling, any time an app link is shared in Teams, it can be anonymously unfurled to showcase its value and skills right in the flow of conversation to show upfront user value. Your users can use this information and choose to install and use the app right in the flow of conversation.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98723

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid October and expect to complete by early November.

 

New Teams Powered Encoder events MC447685 · Published Oct 19, 2022

Create highly-polished events, featuring live streams, screen overlays, and more. The new RTMP-In encoder for Teams Live Events will also allow your Teams Live Events to have all the features and external encoder support that Microsoft Stream offered for Teams Live Events. In addition, we will support public events, in addition to organization-wide events

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84960

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2022 and expect to complete by late October 2022.

 

(Updated) Get Adobe PDF experience in Microsoft Teams MC415187 · Published Aug 18, 2022 · Last updated Oct 17, 2022

Updated October 17, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Now you can set Adobe Acrobat as the default app to view and edit PDF files in the Microsoft Teams. Once done, all PDF files from the chat, channel, and files app will open directly in the Acrobat app within Teams. Your end-users don't need an Adobe Acrobat subscription or an Adobe ID to view, search, comment and annotate PDF files. However, to Create, Organize, Combine, or Export a PDF, the tenant users will need an Adobe Acrobat subscription.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95128

Public Preview: This is now available in public preview.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2022 (previously early October 2022) and expect to complete by late November 2022 (previously late October 2022).

 

(Updated) New Fluent Emoji style coming to Teams emojis and reactions MC333941 · Published Feb 17, 2022 · Last updated Oct 17, 2022

Updated October 17, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This update will have Teams joining Microsoft 365 and Windows in updating all emojis and reactions to the new Microsoft Fluent emoji style, bringing users a more vibrant and expressive emoji experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88277

We will begin rolling this out in late February and expect to complete rollout by mid-November (previously late September).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Browser Screen Pop for Incoming PSTN Calls MC445202 · Published Oct 11, 2022 · Last updated Oct 17, 2022

Updated October 17, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

An automatic browser screen will now launch for users when an incoming PSTN call is accepted in Microsoft Teams. The browser screen will display relevant information to the user (CRM data, case data, etc.).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98054

WW and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early November and expect rollout to be completed by late November.

GCCH and DoD: We will begin rolling out in December.

 

 

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Meeting Category Trends and Details in the Viva Insights App in Teams and Meeting Category Insights Card in Digest Email MC434658 · Published Sep 19, 2022 · Last updated Oct 21, 2022

Updated October 21, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Categories in Outlook and Teams allow users to easily tag, label, and group calendar events. In the Viva Insights app in Teams, using meeting category insights in the Effective meetings tab, users can see a percentage breakdown of how they are distributing their time across their categories.

An upcoming update to this feature will allow users to:

See how their meeting time distribution has changed over the last 3 months, the last 4 weeks, and the next 4 weeks under meeting trends

View the list of meetings in each category, with details including meeting name, total time spent, duration of each instance, and cadence, under meeting details

We are also releasing a new card in the Digest email from Microsoft Viva that summarizes their meeting category insights. In this card, users will be able to see up to 3 categories in which they have spent the most time over the last 4 weeks. This card will show the percentage of time each category contributed to the user’s total meeting time in the last 4 weeks, as well as how that percentage has changed from the previous 4 weeks. The explore more button provides an easy way to navigate to meeting category insights in the Viva Insights app, where users can explore percentage breakdown, trends, and details.

These features will be available for users who have a Viva Insights subscription.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98164

We will begin rolling out in early November (previously mid-October) and expect to complete rollout by early January (previously late October).

 

New praise compose experience in Teams and praise trends in Viva Insights MC448356 · Published Oct 21, 2022

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

The praise composer and praise card design will be updated for all Teams users. The praise composer - accessible through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Viva Insights app in Teams - is being refreshed to replace praise badges with emojis, introduce the ability to select gradient backgrounds. Additionally, in the Viva Insights app in Teams, praise trends are being introduced, privately surfacing analytics such as counts of praise sent and received, your top fans and top praises received.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101161

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early November and expect to complete by early December.

 

New home experience for Viva Connections desktop MC447338 · Published Oct 17, 2022

A new desktop experience is being released for Viva Connections that’s easier and faster to set up and optimizes content to deliver a modern employee experience. The new Viva Connections desktop design serves as a new home experience option that centers essential job tasks, personalized content, easy access to other Viva experiences, and better aligns with the mobile experience.

It uses existing assets from your organization’s home site and Viva Connection’s Dashboard, Feed, and Resources. If your organization already has Viva Connections set up, you’ll have the option to choose to keep the existing desktop experiences that features the home site or to use the new home experience. Learn more about the new Viva Connections home experience.

Key points:

  • If you’ve already set up Viva Connections, existing content will pre-populate the new home experience.
  • If you haven’t set up Viva Connections yet, the default experience includes starter cards on the Dashboard but otherwise doesn’t impact the current mobile experience.
  • When the new home experience becomes available, there will be an option to select the default landing experience if your organization already has a home site.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99917

The new home experience will become available to Targeted release customers soon. More details about the release schedule will be shared in a MC post in the near future.

The new home experience will become generally available in 2023.

 

 

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Mattias Kressmark


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The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.

 


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Saturday, October 15, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 41 - 2022 (October 10 - October 16)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 41 of 2022, October 10 – October 16.

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Announcement :

Let's call this letter the "Ignite edition", catch all the recordings here:

https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home

And save the date for the next Microsoft Ignite, November 15 – 16, 2023

https://register.igniteinfo.microsoft.com/

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

 

Field Advisories:


Community:

 

M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

Transcription for Calls on Microsoft Teams for Android MC446130 · Published Oct 14, 2022

Transcription for 1:1 calls and group calls will be available on the Microsoft Teams app for Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98510.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late-October and expect to complete rollout by early-November.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Group Chat Invitations From Unmanaged Users MC428514 · Published Sep 9, 2022 · Last updated Oct 14, 2022

Updated October 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When using external access for Microsoft Teams, users receiving a group chat invitation from an unmanaged Teams user will be prompted with the option to acknowledge or leave the group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95051

We will begin rolling this feature out in early November (previously early October) and expect to complete rollout by early December (previously early November).


Announcing Payments in Microsoft Teams MC445767 · Published Oct 13, 2022
The Payments app in the Microsoft Teams app store will help you to get paid by customers for appointments, classes, or events hosted on Teams. The Payments app is free to use with your Teams or M365 subscription as a tool for small businesses – or businesses of any size – looking to grow their revenue. At launch, the app will only be supported for businesses registered in the United States and Canada.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97165
The app will be available in the Microsoft Teams app store in November 2022 as a Public Preview.

Teams admin center: View users and groups assigned to a policy MC445744 · Published Oct 13, 2022

The Microsoft Teams admin center provides an ability to admins to view the list of users and groups that are assigned to a policy. This capability will help admins to better manage policies and get an understanding of which policies are in use and are assigned to whom all.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97253

This feature shall be available in Oct 2022 for all Microsoft Teams licensees.  

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2022 and expect to complete by late October 2022.

 

Announcing Microsoft Teams Premium MC445406 · Published Oct 12, 2022

Today, we are excited to announce Microsoft Teams Premium. Built on the familiar, all-in-one collaboration experience of Microsoft Teams, this new offering makes every meeting from 1:1s to large meetings, to virtual appointments to webinars more personalized, intelligent, and secure. Unlike the disconnected experience and costs of multiple point products or add-ons, with Teams Premium you get advanced meeting solutions you need for just one low price.

As part of the Teams Premium announcement, these existing features will move to Teams Premium when it becomes available in February.

  • Live Translated captions
  • Custom Together mode scenes
  • Timeline markers in Teams meetings recordings (join/leave meetings)
  • Virtual Appointments:
    • SMS notifications
    • Organizational analytics in Admin Center
    • Scheduled queue view

These features will continue to be usable in Teams until Teams Premium becomes generally available in February.  We will share more details prior to Teams Premium public preview in December. Learn more about Teams Premium here: Introducing Microsoft Teams Premium, the better way to meet.

 

(Updated) Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users MC392295 · Published Jun 14, 2022 · Last updated Oct 12, 2022

Updated October 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Financial institutions consider chat messages as a form of data exfiltration, so it's imperative for IT admins to gain flexibility and control over chat access for anonymous or unauthenticated users. The latter may be expected to join Teams meetings, but they should be restricted from seeing and accessing any type of electronic communication on chat. This feature provides additional security by only disabling chat write access for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams meetings through a link, so it must be used in conjunction with disabled meeting chat policy applied to financial advisors to remain compliant.

his message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91142

Standard: early June through mid-July

GCC: late July through mid-August

GCC High: late August through late November (previously early September)

DoD: mid-September through early December (previously late September)

 

Microsoft Teams: Browser Screen Pop for Incoming PSTN Calls MC445202 · Published Oct 11, 2022

An automatic browser screen will now launch for users when an incoming PSTN call is accepted in Microsoft Teams. The browser screen will display relevant information to the user (CRM data, case data, etc.).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98054

WW and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early November and expect rollout to be completed by late November.

GCCH and DoD: We will begin rolling out in December.


(Updated) Collaborative Annotations on Presenter Shared Screen MC383876 · Published May 23, 2022 · Last updated Oct 11, 2022
Updated October 11, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.
Collaborative Annotation helps you collaborate with others while screen sharing in Teams meetings. For example, if you want to ask for feedback on a design or if you’re working with a group on a project, Collaborative Annotation helps you get work done faster and with more voices included.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86732
Standard: begin rollout in mid-June and expect to complete rollout by late June. – Complete
GCC: begin rollout in early August (previously late July) and expect to complete rollout in late August (previously early August).
GCC-High: begin rollout in late September (previously late August) and expect to complete rollout by late October (previously early October).
DoD: begin rollout in late January (previously late October) and expect to complete rollout in late February (previously early November).

 

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Focus Mode in Viva Insights Teams App MC446135 · Published Oct 14, 2022

The focus time experience in Microsoft Teams is being enhanced for users with Viva Insights subscriptions. Users that have booked time through focus plan will receive a notification as their focus time nears. Upon clicking the notification, the user will enter a new focus mode experience. Focus mode will allow users to set a timer to balance short bursts of productivity with breaks, manage their task list, and tap into mindfulness exercises during their breaks.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100977

Rollout will start in mid-October and is expected to be completed by early November.

 

Viva Insights will stop processing Window 10 or 11 Activity history MC445740 · Published Oct 13, 2022

Viva Insights will stop processing Windows 10 or 11 application activity history data to compute personal insights such as time spent in documents even if both users and organization's IT administrator opt users in.

Viva Insights will continue to process data from these sources to offer data-driven, privacy-protected personal insights:

  • Exchange Online email and calendar data,
  • chat and call signals from Skype for Business and from Teams

Viva Insights will continue to store and process this data inside each employee’s Exchange Online mailbox.

We will be rolling out this change in early November and expect to complete by late November.

 

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

 

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If others are interested to receive these “Friends of” messages directly from me, they can always share their contact details with me.

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Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark


Disclaimer :

The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.

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