Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 49 - 2022 (December 5 - December 11)

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 49 of 2022, December 5 - December 11.

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

Announcement:
The Microsoft Teams "Optimize Required" IP Range have changed.

Previous range 13.107.64.0/18, 52.112.0.0/14, 52.120.0.0/14

New Range: 13.107.64.0/18, 52.112.0.0/14, 52.122.0.0/15

Ports: 3478-3481 UDP

(Not super urgent to update firewalls since the 52.122.0.0/15 network was included in 52.120.0.0/14)

 

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

• Communities in Microsoft Teams: Connect, collaborate, and share (Teams for Life)
• Adobe Acrobat streamlines the PDF experience in Microsoft Teams

Field Advisories:

• Creation and visual collaboration tool in your pocket - Microsoft Whiteboard mobile apps
• Modern Work Superheroes | December News You Can Use
• 5 ways Microsoft Viva helps businesses save time and money
• Frontline workers using shared devices can now use Edge and Yammer apps on Android alongside Teams
• Microsoft To Do now supports auto population of tasks due today in the My Day list!
• Now in public preview: Paging on Video Gallery in Meetings
• Start reducing your organization’s Shadow IT risk in 3 steps

Community:

• Create a culture where people and business can thrive with Microsoft Viva Insights
• Want to see end of life dates for, well, anything?
• Error: Set-CsPhoneNumberAssignment — Update failed for user

M365 Message Center :

 

• Teams :

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats MC466199 · Published Nov 12, 2022 · Last updated Dec 10, 2022

Updated December 09, 2022: Due to an issue with admin controls in TAC that we are actively working on fixing, please refer to the PowerShell documentation to control the setting for enabling or disabling delete chat capability. Link: Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy

Users will be able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user, other people in the chat and conversation history are not impacted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90723

We will begin rolling out in early December and expect to complete rollout by mid-December.

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting Toolbar Usability Improvements MC482567 · Published Dec 10, 2022

The updated Microsoft Teams meeting toolbar makes navigating meetings and discovering new features and capabilities easier than ever, including the ability to seamlessly switch between views and menu options.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102065

Preview: We will begin rolling out in early January.

GA and GCC: We will begin rolling out in mid-January and expect to complete rollout by late February.

GCC-H and DoD: We will begin rolling out in early February and expect to complete rollout by late March.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Calendar Now Includes Scheduling Form Pop-Outs MC440117 · Published Sep 28, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We will be releasing a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will now enable users to pop out the scheduling form as a separate window.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99197

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

 

(Updated) Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users MC392295 · Published Jun 14, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91142

Standard: early June through mid-July 2022

GCC: late July through mid-August 2022

GCC High: late August through late November 2022 (previously early September 2022)

DoD: mid-September through late January 2023 (previously early December 2022)

 

Microsoft Teams Support for Co-organizer to Manage Breakout Rooms MC481829 · Published Dec 8, 2022

The Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms feature enables co-organizers to create, manage and move between Breakout Rooms like meeting organizers. We will be updating this feature for co-organizers to have the ability to:

• Create rooms
• Configure room settings, including appointing additional Breakout Room managers
• Assign participants
• Add/Remove rooms
• Open/Close rooms
• Send announcements
• Rename/Delete rooms

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 105014

Preview: We will begin rollout in early-December and expect to complete rollout by mid December.

Standard Release: We will begin rollout in mid-January and expect to complete rollout by end January.

Government Clouds: We will begin rolling out in early March and expect to complete rollout by mid-March.

 

(Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop MC400565 · Published Jul 14, 2022 · Last updated Dec 7, 2022

Updated December 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Suggested Replies are now available in group chats on Teams Desktop, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95618

Standard: Early September 2022

GCC: Early September 2022

GCC-High: Mid-January 2023 (previously early October 2022)

DoD: Late February 2023 (previously early November 2022)

 

Add people to a group chat from compose box via @ mention MC481196 · Published Dec 6, 2022

Teams Chat is for fast-paced communication, and we want to ensure nothing gets in the way. Pull in via @mention provides a short cut to the add-dialog saving you time from realizing the person isn’t already in the chat and navigating (2-clicks) to the add-dialog manually.  Users can now add someone to a group chat directly from the compose box via @ mention.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97736

We will begin rolling this out in early December and the rollout will complete late December 2022.

 

Microsoft Teams Rooms Companion Device Experience enhancement - Optimize video gallery for in-room participants MC480719 · Published Dec 6, 2022

When joining a meeting in a Microsoft Teams Rooms with a personal laptop running Microsoft Teams, the video galleries on both the Microsoft Teams Room and laptops will be optimized to display only remote attendees and will not display the room video or other in-room attendees' videos on the room gallery or the personal laptop. (Proximity Join with Microsoft Teams Rooms is required).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96212.

This feature will begin to roll out in Teams desktop client (Windows/MacOS) in early December and complete in late December.

 

(Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide MC452198 · Published Oct 28, 2022 · Last updated Dec 5, 2022

December 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 reach GA by early January (previously early December).

 

Manage Enhanced Teams Apps for the Microsoft 365 App (formerly Office.com) from the Microsoft 365 Admin Center MC480320 · Published Dec 5, 2022

In April 2022, Microsoft announced the Preview of Enhanced Teams Apps for developers to extend personal apps and message extensions to other parts of Microsoft 365, like Office and Outlook.

Previously, admins in the targeted release program were managing their Enhanced Teams Apps for the Microsoft 365 App (formerly known as Office.com) via the Teams Admin Center. We’re moving this experience to Integrated Apps on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Teams Admin Center will continue to remain the surface for managing apps on Teams clients.

Users enrolled in the Targeted release program will have access to this feature, starting mid-December 2022. This feature will begin rolling out to Standard release customers at the end of January 2023 and expect to complete by late February 2023.

 

 

• Microsoft 365/Viva :

 

Viva Connections Toolbox displaying store apps MC482569 · Published Dec 10, 2022

In the current Viva Connections environment: for users to acquire more Cards to their Dashboard, they need use the “Add an app” under Settings and Dashboard Edit Page, but it does not include Viva Connections Apps provided by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This is a major blocker of ISVs acquisition engine. We need to provide better entry points for users to discover and add ISV Cards.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100249

We will start rolling out to production in early of January 2023. We expect the rollout to be complete at the end of January 2023.

 

New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179 · Published Dec 9, 2022

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023.

Beginning in mid-December and expect to complete by late December.

 

(Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights MC313659 · Published Jan 12, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.

Targeted release starting in early March (previously late January).

Standard Release will begin rolling out in late October (previously late September) and we expect the rollout to be complete by late January 2023 (previously late November 2022).

 

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

• Microsoft Teams Channel on YouTube
• Staying on top of Office 365 Updates
• What's new in Microsoft Teams
• What's new in Microsoft Teams devices - Office Support
• Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) - Release Notes
• Microsoft Teams content updates
• TechCommunity Teams Blog
• Teams Community Blog
• TechCommunity Microsoft 365 Blog
• TechCommunity Viva Blog
• Microsoft Teams Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community
• https://aka.ms/TeamsFeedback
• Microsoft 365 Roadmap
• Microsoft 365 Message Center (M365 Admin rights)
• Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes
• Track your message center tasks in Planner

 

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