Kressmark Unified Communications: Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 17 - 2023 (April 24

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 17 of 2023, April 24 – April 30.

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

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Microsoft Teams: Install apps based on user activity with Auto install approved apps (AAA) MC548106 · Published 28 apr. 2023

We are expanding the audience for this Message center post as we are getting ready to roll this change to the audience who saw the post originally, and after that to the rest of our customers per the schedule below. The product name has also changed from Zero-touch app install to Auto install approved apps.

Microsoft Teams Auto install approved apps (AAA) uses activity from your users to install and surface apps that admins have already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable AAA to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams. Specifically, when a user signs into specific SaaS apps using Azure AD (e.g. in web browser), the app will be installed for that user on Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100385

AAA provides the right apps to the right users at the right time. Admins and users benefit from:

App governance is respected: there is an admin control to turn ON/OFF, launched as default OFF. Installs will not happen for blocked apps and users.
Last-mile delivery: admins have done the hard part of deciding which apps/users to allow. AAA simply helps roll out these apps to the right users.
Cross-platform convenience: users can easily access the same apps they are currently using on other platforms, now in Teams.
Discovery: many users are not aware their apps are available on Teams - AAA brings it to them without manually searching in the app store.
License maximization: maximize the value of SaaS licenses by having the same app available on multiple platforms.

In the Teams admin center, there is also a new App permissions section in every app's detail page that lists the app permissions. This is the same app permissions shown in the Teams client app store for every app today, now available for admins to conveniently view. This may assist you as you review the apps supported by AAA.

Customers who previously received this Message center post will begin receiving this feature early May 2023 and we expect to complete by mid-May 2023.

New customers who are receiving this Message center post will begin receiving this feature mid-May 2023 and we expect to complete by early June 2023.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read for Activity Feed MC543386 · Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can triage their activity feed more efficiently using the new ‘Mark all as read’ feature. With just one click, users can mark all unread activities as read.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102238

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-May and expect to complete rollout by late May.

(Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the profile card in Teams MC494734 · Published 5 jan. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Beginning in March, users in your organization will be able to use expanded views of the profile card in Teams. The expanded view is already available in Outlook and includes more information, like an overview of the profile, contact information, organizational chart, and LinkedIn tab.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109526.

We will begin rolling out this feature in late May (previously late April) and expect to complete the rollout in late June (previously early May).

(Updated) Intelligent Meeting Recap in Microsoft 365 Feed MC543390 · Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are announcing Intelligent Meeting Recap functionality in Microsoft 365 Feed for both Teams Premium users and users without Teams Premium.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May (previously mid-April).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May (previously late April).

(Updated) Live Captions Usability Improvement in Teams Meetings MC538737 · Published 8 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The new Caption Settings pane now allows better discovery and easier navigation. Users have the ability to customize the size and color of their font as well as the height and position of the caption window with the option to scroll to review captions of what has been said, up to one minute ago.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107782.

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late May (previously early May) and expect to complete by early June (previously mid-May).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-June (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June (previously early June).

GCC-High and DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-July (previously late June) and expect to complete by early August (previously late July).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change Call Queue and Auto Attendant Greetings and Announcements by Authorized Users MC527929 · Published 15 mars 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Changing business conditions often require adjustments to call queue/auto attendant greetings and announcements. However, it can be difficult to identify the right Teams admin to make these changes, and addressing high request volumes can be time-consuming for the responsible admins. With the introduction of user managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams Phone, authorized users (as identified by Teams tenant admins) can change greetings and announcements for their respective call queues and auto attendant directly from the user’s Teams settings, in the “Calls” settings. To implement this capability, tenant admins must select permissible greetings/announcement changes for a voice policy, and then authorize specific users in the Teams Admin Center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 116739

Preview: We will begin rolling out in mid-April (previously late March) and expect to complete rollout by early May (previously early April).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early May (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by early July (previously early June).

Introducing New Look for Teams Admin Center MC546938 · Published 26 apr. 2023

As part of our ongoing efforts to provide the best possible experience for our IT administrators, we're excited to launch a vibrant new look and feel to the Teams Admin Center. This is a significant improvement over the previous version, delivering several key enhancements that we believe will greatly benefit Teams administrators.

Rollout has begun and is expected to be complete by early May.

Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937 · Published 26 apr. 2023

The official Viva Topics app in Teams is rolling out to external customers.

Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as a first party "Microsoft-built" app. This means the app is available in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading required. Users in your tenant can either easily 'add' the app, like other Microsoft-built or Viva apps, or the Teams admins can select to have the Topics app pre-installed for users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118592

Preview: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by late April.

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

(Updated) My Activity retirement in Teams desktop and web clients MC450203 · Published 26 okt. 2022 · Last updated 26 apr. 2023

Updated April 26, 2023: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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-March (previously late February) and expect to complete by late June (previously late March).

Improvements to 'People I Invite' Meeting Lobby Policy MC546448 · Published 25 apr. 2023

Currently in a Teams Meeting, you may update the lobby policy of a meeting to 'People I invite' but cannot include distribution lists as part of the Invited Users. With this new update, you will be able to add a Distribution List to the Invite list and allow those users who are part of that distribution to bypass the lobby if the Lobby policy is set to 'People I Invite.'

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93585

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

Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Search Experience on Teams App Store MC546446 · Published 25 apr. 2023

We're improving the search experience on the Teams App Store, designed to enhance app discoverability by extending search capabilities to include short and long descriptions, category names, and support for minor typing errors.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122521

Rollout is expected to begin in early May and is expected to be complete by late June.

Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users MC546444 · Published 25 apr. 2023

We will soon be releasing a feature for Microsoft Teams users that will allow your meeting participants to join from some non-Teams applications or devices, depending on your guest join settings when you send a Microsoft Teams meeting invite. These participants will join as guests and all of the guest settings applied by your organization will apply for these guest participants.

Benefits:

Your users, associates, and customers can join Teams meetings from non-Teams devices through certified CVI providers. If you allow guests to join your Teams meetings through a browser, your guests will also be able to join through supporting CVI providers.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120855

We will begin rollout in mid-May and expect rollout to be complete by late May.

(Updated) User's policies details page enhancements MC543382 · Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023

Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional details. Thank you for your patience.

The user's policy details page in Microsoft Teams admin center provides admins with the ability to manage policies for individual users. However, the current experience falls short in meeting critical needs, such as presenting a comprehensive view of all policies assigned to a user and a policy assignment view to understand how a policy is applied to the user.

To address these concerns, the new user details policy page offers an enhanced experience that enables admins to view all effective policies for a user, along with a clear policy assignment hierarchy view. With this new functionality, admins can easily troubleshoot any problematic policy assignments, ensuring that policies are correctly assigned, and their users' experiences are optimal.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2023 and expect to complete by late May 2023.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams for Mobile: Chat Details Update MC537952 · Published 6 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023

Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are updating the chat details experience for Teams Mobile Group Chats, One on One Chats, and Self Chats.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 114938

Targeted Release (Preview): We will begin rolling out in mid-April and expect to complete rollout by mid-May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-May (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously mid-May).

GCC, GCC-H, DoD: We will begin rolling out in late June (previously late May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-July (previously early June).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) MC537956 · Published 6 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023

Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated this message with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529

Targeted Release (Preview): We will begin rolling out early May (previously late April) and expect to complete by early May.

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking MC501981 · Published 25 jan. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023

Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams will soon have a feature that will alert attendees in meetings that have raised their hands and already had their questions addressed to automatically lower their hand. This will allow meeting organizers the opportunity to focus on unanswered questions.

This release will be rolling out only to Microsoft Teams Desktop users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90022.

Public Preview will roll out in mid-February (previously early February).

Rolling out to Production will begin in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late March).

GCC will begin rolling out in late April (previously late March) and complete by early May (previously early April).

GCC-H will begin rolling out in late May (previously late April) and complete by early June (previously early May).

DoD will begin rolling out in early June (previously early May) and complete by mid-June (previously mid-May).

Microsoft 365/Viva :

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights Powershell Tenant Controls MC534309 · Published 28 mars 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023

Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Admin controls to view and update Tenant’s default Microsoft Viva Insights settings using PowerShell.

These changes will start to roll out in Preview in early May (previously February) and will be available worldwide by mid-June (previously mid-April).

Microsoft Viva: Auto-Categorization Coming to Meeting Category Insights in Viva Insights MC546939 · Published 26 apr. 2023

Meeting category insights in the Viva Insights app helps Viva Insights licensed users understand how they are allocating their time across meeting categories. Today, the feature uses the categories manually assigned by users in Outlook and Teams. In an upcoming update, meeting category insights will begin automatically categorizing meetings for users based on meeting size, cadence, and number of people in the meetings. Categories include:

Long meetings – More than 1 hour long and 0-8 invitees
Large meetings – At least 9 invitees and at most 1 hour long
Large and long meetings – At least 9 invitees and more than 1 hour long
Recurring meetings – Meeting series with multiple instances
1:1 meetings – Include 1 other participant

These categories can help users identify meetings that are expensive in terms of time spent, participants included, or both. Using these insights, users can assess whether meetings that fall under this category are a valuable use of time and resources as a step towards doing more with less.

Categorizations will show up in Viva Insights only and will not reflect in Outlook or Teams calendar.

With this update, users who are not currently categorizing in Outlook or Teams will be able to access meeting category insights and begin developing an understanding of how their meeting time is being spent. Users who are already categorizing will receive additional insights about their meeting time allocation according to well-known meeting attributes.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117396

We will begin rolling out in early May 2023 and complete rollout by late May 2023.

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