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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 25 - 2023 (June 19 - June 25)

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 25 of 2023, June 19 – June 25.

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

 

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  • Teams :

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Channels Experience MC550081 · Published May 3, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new channels experience in Microsoft Teams has been built with an intuitive design that allows teams to focus and stay on tasks, bring everyone up to speed, and actively engage in real-time. The following features will be rolling out: 

  • The compose box and recent posts will appear at the top of the page. It'll now be much easier to start a new post, keep up with the latest conversations and participate - giving users the confidence that they’ve not missed anything. 
  • Every post is now a true conversation that users can focus on. Users can navigate to a conversation view that makes the discussion more engaging and synchronous, just like a chat. Users can also pop out the post, keep an eye on the discussion, while continuing to work on other topics.
  • A streamlined information pane will include all the important contextual information like channel’s members and pinned posts so new team members can quickly on-board and for all members to find the information they need, right in the channel.
  • Pin posts to make it easy for everyone to know what’s important in the channel and quickly reference it.
  • Simplified badging is making it easier for users to understand when there are new unread activities in teams. In addition, the simplified design helps users focus on the specific channels which requires the most attention, like channels in which the user was @mentioned.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91683

Targeted Release: Started rolling out in May and is expected to complete in early July.

GA and GCC: We will begin rollout in late July (previously early June) and expect to complete rollout by early August (previously mid-June).

GCC-H and DoD: We will begin rollout in early August (previously mid-July) and expect to complete rollout by late August (previously late July).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams for Mobile: Chat Details Update MC537952 · Published Apr 6, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 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 and Preview: We will begin rolling out in mid-June (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by late June (previously mid-May).

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

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

 

(Updated) PDF Tools app retirement MC584834 · Published Jun 12, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your feedback.

We will be retiring the PDF Tools app from Teams, Office and Outlook store by mid-July, 2023.

Please note that this doesn't take away the ability to open PDFs on Teams, Outlook and other existing apps or convert to PDFs on the Word, Excel or PowerPoint apps. No use case outside of the app's usage will be impacted by this change.

Mid-July, 2023

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Default Meeting Layout Controls for Teams Rooms on Android MC552782 · Published May 10, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android IT admins can choose the default meeting layout. When a meeting begins, room users will see the default meeting layout. They can switch to other views using the view switcher during a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 121663

We will begin rolling out in late-June (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late-July (previously mid-July).

Note: There can be a delay between when features are released by Microsoft and when they become available on a device make and model. If an update isn't available on your device, check with your device manufacturer for information on the availability timeline.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: A new default home screen and enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms on Windows MC556772 · Published May 17, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.17 update includes new and improved home screen features, including: 

New default home screen experience with modern UI update

Enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms Pro users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124774

Roll out begins late-June and is expected to be completed by late July.

 

(Updated) Microsoft EHR Connector: Auto updating public keys for EHR connector enabled virtual visits MC574383 · Published Jun 6, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature update will allow Microsoft Teams EHR Connector to automatically supply Epic EHR systems with customer specific public keys for OAuth2 authentication during EHR Connector meeting launches. This differs from the pre-existing workflow where public keys were manually uploaded into Epic. By automating this process, the feature provides reliability and security improvements by allowing more frequent automated rotation of certificates by avoiding manual steps in the rotation process.

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-June and expect to complete in late June. The preview period will be until late July.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late July (previously early July) and expect to complete by early August (previously late July).

 

Microsoft Teams: New App Sharing Experience MC602604 · Published Jun 22, 2023

We are introducing a new app sharing feature in Microsoft Teams, enabling users to share apps directly from the app details dialog to a chat, group chat, or channel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122536

Rollout has begun and is expected to be complete by late June.

 

Export API Support for Teams Control Messages MC602600 · Published Jun 22, 2023

Control Messages are system generated messages on Microsoft Teams when an activity or event occurs. For example, User A added User B to a chat and shared all chat history. Export API, an information archiving solution for Teams, goes beyond the user-generated Teams message and provides support to archive Teams control messages. As part of this release, Export API will support member add and member remove messages in the context of Teams, chats, and channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122517

We will begin rollout in late June and expect rollout to be complete by early July.

 

Microsoft Teams Panels Update MC602596 · Published Jun 22, 2023

With this update, Teams Panels will support reserving a room using a QR code. This feature lets Microsoft Teams users book a room for meetings now, in the future, or add the room to an existing meeting by scanning a QR code on the scheduling panel and using the Teams app on their Android or iOS mobile phones.

All Teams Panels will have a QR code shown in the top left of the home screen. Panels users can either schedule a new meeting with the room pre-populated for them or easily see the room’s availability for their meetings and book the room with one click.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 129366

Rollout is expected to begin in early August and is expected to be complete by early September.

 

(Updated) Suggested Files in 1:1 Chats MC513664 · Published Feb 10, 2023 · Last updated Jun 22, 2023

Updated June 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As an extension of Suggested Replies in 1:1 chats, you can now easily save time when you need to send a file in a chat by tapping on a "Share file" suggestion.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95065

Standard Release: We will begin rolling this out early July (previously early April).

GCC: We will begin rolling this out early August (previously early July).

GCC-High: We will begin rolling this out early September (previously early August).

DoD: We will begin rolling this out early September (previously early June).

 

New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording MC600733 · Published Jun 21, 2023

New org-wide application permissions and RSC application permissions have been introduced to allow apps to access meeting recordings for a specific meeting. Resource specific consent (RSC) permissions, specifically enables admins to authorize users to provide consent to apps, so they get specific access to a Teams meeting’s recordings to which it is installed to, rather than providing them access across the entire tenant.

This message is specifically associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95787

Graph Beta We will begin rolling out in early July and expect to complete by mid-July.

Standard Release: We will begin rollout in late August and expect to complete by mid-September.

 

Header search: Now Generally Available in Teams admin center MC600723 · Published Jun 21, 2023

We're excited to announce that the Header Search feature in Teams admin center will be Generally available starting from 6/30/2023! This update brings significant enhancements to the search experience, making it simpler than ever to find what you're looking for.

We will begin rolling this out to the Teams Admin Center in late June and will complete the roll out by mid-July 2023.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office empowers end users to report suspicious messages in Microsoft Teams MC567478 · Published Jun 2, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

Soon the ability for Microsoft Teams users to report messages within Teams as security risk will be turned on by default. Security risk messages could include ones that contain phishing or spam or malicious content, such as phishing URL or malware file, spam content. To learn how end users can report, see User reported message settings in Microsoft Teams.

NOTE: This only applies to Microsoft for Defender Plan 2 customers or Microsoft E5/ Office E5 customers.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100160

Starting in early June Teams admins will be able to control if users can report security messages within Teams Admin Center. We expect this to be completed for all tenants by mid-June 2023.

 

(Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937 · Published Apr 26, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 early July (previously mid-June).

 

(Updated) Signaling Epic when guest drops out from initial lobby. MC550530 · Published May 4, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With this update Microsoft EHR connector will be able to track each individual disconnect when a guest leaves the initial lobby after joining a Microsoft Teams EHR Connector virtual visit via Teams. Until now the disconnect signal was not being sent to Epic to show a guest has left the meeting from initial Lobby. This was only happening in v1.1 or v1.2 of the Microsoft Teams EHR Connector.

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat MC554156 · Published May 12, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.

Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one location with advanced capabilities to track wait times, live status of a meeting, and more. Scheduling administrators and staff conducting virtual appointments can monitor incoming requests and process them appropriately.

Two-way lobby chat in queue view will provide a seamless client experience with an interactive waiting room that allows facilitators to send waiting room messages to customers prior to the meeting. For example, a client in the waiting room can receive messages from the facilitator or other staff schedulers such as, “Last appointment is running long. Be with you in 5 mins.” The client can respond directly in chat so they can stay connected and ask any questions as needed. Two-way lobby chat is currently supported only for meetings joined from a mobile browser. Desktop browser is currently not supported.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122395

Standard Release: We will begin rolling in July (previously June) and complete by September (previously July).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Files app in Teams MC528955 · Published Mar 16, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Securely store, organize, and collaborate on all your files anytime, from anywhere and across all of your devices with the new files app experience in Teams. The new files app brings a modern experience to all of your content from your chats, channels or meetings including any location from OneDrive or SharePoint.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97677

Preview: We will complete rollout by late March.

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

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

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

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block Anonymous Users' Meeting Chat Read Access in Addition to Current Write Access MC552789 · Published May 10, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block anonymous users from accessing the chat in internally hosted meetings by disabling their read access on top of the existing disabled write access. This release of Microsoft Teams updated meeting chat setting will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an additional way for tenants to manage external users' chat access in meetings hosted by internal users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123974

GA: We will begin rollout in mid-June and expect to complete rollout by late June.

GCC: We will begin roll out in early July and expect to complete rollout by mid-July.

GCCH: We will begin rollout in late July and expect to complete rollout by early August.

DoD: We will begin rollout in early August and expect to complete rollout by mid-August.

 

(Updated) Updated companion mode for Android meetings MC567504 · Published Jun 2, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature allows you to add your Android device to an ongoing meeting, making it easy to chat, react, share, and more.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109606

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2023 and expect to complete by early July 2023 (previously mid-June).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read for Activity Feed MC543386 · Published Apr 19, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 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-June (previously early June) and expect to complete rollout by late June (previously mid-June).

 

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(Updated) Answers in Viva Information Panel MC565146 · Published May 31, 2023 · Last updated Jun 24, 2023

Updated June 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Next month, more enhancements for Answers in Viva will be available for Microsoft Viva customers. Admins will see a new information panel appear in the right column of the Answers tab within the Viva Engage app in Microsoft Teams, and on Yammer.com.

Answers is a conversational experience for asking questions and connecting people to answers that lives within Viva Engage. The new information panel in Answers helps you provide bespoke guidance to your employees to support their use of Answers in your organization. This feature is only visible to administrators until the content is saved and published, then all licensed users of Answers will be able to see the information panel. Consider publishing getting started guidance, key contacts and links to help your employees get the most out of their experience using Answers.

Note: Answers in Viva is available to licensed Viva Suite customers and/or licensed Viva Topics customers. For Answers to be enabled, customer tenants will need to be in Native Mode and require Yammer topics being migrated to Viva Topics.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124945

Standard Release: We will be rolling out this feature in late June (previously early June) and complete in late July (previously late June).

 

New Viva Connections Analytics Experience Coming Soon MC598641 · Published Jun 20, 2023

We are pleased to announce the next set of features for Viva Connections usage analytics. The analytics experience now includes a full page dashboard view that will help organizations better understand user engagement by being able to visualize the metrics. The analytics dashboard will be available through both the Viva Connections desktop experience in Teams and through a SharePoint home site if your organization has one. Additionally, this release also includes engagement metrics for individual dashboard cards which will enable a more in-depth view of popular cards and those with less engagement.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124918

Rollout will begin in late June and is expected to be complete by mid-July.

 

(Updated) Answers-focused view in Viva Engage MC565144 · Published May 31, 2023 · Last updated Jun 20, 2023

Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Next month, more enhancements for Answers in Viva will be available for Microsoft Viva customers. A new Answers-focused view will be rolling out for organizations with limited Viva Engage communities to help focus their Viva Engage experience on asking and answers questions.

Answers is a conversational experience for asking questions and connecting people to answers that lives within Viva Engage. Organizations with two or fewer active Viva Engage communities will gain the ability for a global admin to hide Viva Engage experiences other than Answers. This helps organizations get the most out of the knowledge sharing capabilities of Answers in Viva, even if they aren’t ready to get started more broadly with Viva Engage. This control is only available to global administrators within the Viva Engage admin center. Once enabled, employees will no longer be able to navigate to other areas of Viva Engage such as Communities, Storylines or Leadership corner.

Note: Answers in Viva is available to licensed Viva Suite customers and/or licensed Viva Topics customers. For Answers to be enabled, customer tenants will need to be in Native Mode and require Yammer topics being migrated to Viva Topics.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124946

Standard Release: We will be rolling out this feature in late June (previously early June) and complete rolling out late July (previously late June).

 

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