Kressmark Unified Communications: Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 40 - 2023 (October 2

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 40 of 2023, October 2 – October 8.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatic Updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams Devices MC679738 · Published Oct 7, 2023

Android-based Teams devices will start receiving automatic updates for Teams app, in addition to firmware.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163598

Rollout will begin in late October 2023 and is expected to be complete by early November 2023.

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows- All-in-one experience MC679733 · Published Oct 7, 2023

With update 4.19 coming in November, Teams Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as the Surface Hub 3.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170740

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

One Time Passcode (OTP) for simplified setup of Teams Rooms on Windows MC679731 · Published Oct 7, 2023

With Teams Rooms on Windows update 4.19 coming in November, we are introducing a new and simplified way to setup Teams Room on Windows. During the first boot experience, the user will be presented with an option to enter a one-time passcode (OTP) to automatically fetch the resource account credentials and sign into Teams Rooms. The users will need a pro license to utilize this feature and provision the OTPs on the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170745

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

End-to-end encrypted Meetings - 200 participants (Premium) MC679525 · Published Oct 5, 2023

For meetings that require heightened confidentiality, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is an extra layer of security that encrypts data at its origin and decrypts it at its destination. Only audio, video, and video-based screen sharing is end-to-end encrypted. Apps, avatars, reactions, chat, and Q&A are not end-to-end encrypted.

We had launched end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings with 50 participants in February 2023. We are increasing the meeting size to 200 participants. We support:

One can schedule an end-to-end encrypted meeting from desktop (Windows and Mac) and mobile (iOS or Android).
To join an end-to-end encrypted meeting
One can join an end-to-end encrypted meeting from desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile (iOS or Android) or Teams Room Device (Windows or Surface Hub).
For the 200-participant meeting, the first person joining should be from desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile (iOS or Android).
All other platforms are blocked from joining an end-to-end encrypted meeting.

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

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

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

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

(Updated) Teams Panels Recognized and Visible in Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal MC675500 · Published Sep 16, 2023 · Last updated Oct 5, 2023

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are pleased to announce that Teams Panels will soon appear and be supported in the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Panels will start to appear under the Rooms and Inventory pages. The device health signals, and management functionality will be similar to what is offered on Teams Rooms on Android devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164490.

Rollout is expected to start in early November 2023 (previously late October) and is expected to be complete by late November 2023.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update MC602596 · Published Jun 22, 2023 · Last updated Oct 5, 2023

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 late August 2023 (previously early August) and is expected to be complete by late October 2023 (previously late September).

Announcing the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac MC679451 · Published Oct 5, 2023

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac including education customers. We’re also beginning to roll out new Teams to public preview for our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and government cloud customers (GCC and GCC-High).

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap Id: 122540

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(Updated) Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link MC669480 · Published Aug 21, 2023 · Last updated Oct 4, 2023

Update for October 4, 2023: This Microsoft Teams change has started rolling out to Targeted Release. Standard commercial rollout will start in early November 2023 (previously late September) and is expected to be completed by late November.

The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.

By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126334.

This change to use Edge to open web links from Teams chats follows a similar, previously announced change in the Outlook for Windows app. Customers impacted by this change in Outlook were notified via MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092.

Admin controls are available as detailed below.

Read more about how we’re optimizing the experience between Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge:

Notes:

This change does not affect a device’s default browser setting in Windows.
This only affects commercial users signed into Teams with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts.
The policy described in the following section configures which browser is used to open web links for both Teams (chat) and the Outlook for Windows app (email), or, if you did not receive an Outlook for Windows app Message center notification, this policy will only apply to Teams (chat).

When will this affect your organization:

Timing:

Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows: Rolling out now to Targeted Release and will begin to rollout in early November and complete in late November for Standard Release.
Outlook for Windows: Roll out in progress. If this change affects your users, you will have received either MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092, and can refer to them for specific timing.
Note: Depending on your Outlook for Windows update channel, you may experience the change in Teams first.

Action:

Use the "Choose which browser opens web links" policy to configure which browser will be used to open web links and to set whether users will be able to make changes to which browser opens web links in both the Teams desktop app for Windows (chat) and the Outlook for Windows app (email).
If you did not receive a message center notification for the Outlook for Windows app (email), then the setting only applies to Teams (chat).
If you did receive a message center notification for the Outlook for Windows app (email), then the setting applies to both Teams (chat) and Outlook for Windows app (email). You will not be able to manage each app individually using this policy. If you’ve previously configured this policy for the Outlook for Windows app and wish to maintain that configuration, no action is required.

Note: There are no Microsoft 365 subscription restrictions in using this policy to configure which browser opens web links in Teams.

Use of the policy to manage the change in the Outlook for Windows app depends on your Microsoft 365 subscription. If you received the Outlook for Windows app Message center notification, please refer to MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092 for details on whether configuring this policy will apply.
If you have not configured the policy, or wish to change it, find the details below.

(Updated) Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update MC672518 · Published Aug 31, 2023 · Last updated Oct 4, 2023

Updated October 4, 2023: IT admins have been previously informed that there will be a new service plan in your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 licenses: MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS.

You may have also noticed that there is an additional service plan MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS that was published alongside the MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS service plan.

Here are the intended uses of the two service plans:

MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS – this service plan enables or disables Mesh Avatars for Teams.

MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS – this service plan is intended to differentiate any features that may be released separately between commercial and non-commercial customers due to different legal requirements

Please be mindful that there are currently no features in MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS at this time so there are no actions needed. We will let you know when any features are added to this service plan.

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You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS).

Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars for Teams experience.

Rollout for the service plan will begin in late September and is expected to be complete by October. Rollout for the hardware requirements is expected to be complete by end of September.

(Updated) New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording MC600733 · Published Jun 21, 2023 · Last updated Oct 3, 2023

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 late August 2023 (previously late July) and expect to complete by mid-September 2023 (previously early August).

Standard Release: We will begin rollout in early December 2023 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late December 2023 (previously mid-December).

(Updated) Video Closed Caption in PowerPoint Live MC513049 · Published Feb 9, 2023 · Last updated Oct 3, 2023

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Closed captions will soon be supported for embedded videos in PowerPoint Live for Teams. Video closed captions in PowerPoint Live will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web and will allow PowerPoint Live users to create accessible presentations that include video.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 114494

We will begin rolling out to PowerPoint Live users in early-March and expect to complete rollout by mid-March.

GCC, GCC-High and DoD: We have begun rolling out and will complete by late October 2023 (previously late September).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Choose Which Users to Notify When Publishing a Task List MC676300 · Published Sep 21, 2023

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The task publishing experience in Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to choose which users to notify when you publish or unpublish a task list. You'll soon have the ability to choose which members of teams receiving the tasks should get a notification in their Teams activity feed: all owners and members, owners only, or no one. Similarly, you will be able to choose who to notify when unpublishing a task list.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144248

Rollout will begin in mid-October 2023 (previously late September) and is expected to be complete by late October 2023.

Out-of-box Controlled-content meeting template (Premium) MC678852 · Published Oct 2, 2023

We are launching an out-of-the box template for meetings with external participants. The controlled content access template has preset defaults for meeting options to provide tight controls over lobby bypass, who can present, allowing chat across meeting lifecycle/in-meeting, and who can record.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91286

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-October and complete by late October 2023.

GCCHigh: We will begin rolling out early October and complete by mid-October 2023.

GCC: We will begin rolling out early November and complete by mid-November 2023.

DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-November and complete by late November 2023.

Cloud IntelliFrame available on the new Microsoft Teams experience MC678850 · Published Oct 2, 2023

Cloud IntelliFrame is an experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room more easily, which will help improve collaboration in hybrid meetings. It creates equity in hybrid meetings as everyone can be seen and heard.

Cloud IntelliFrame is now available on the new Microsoft Teams experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161428.

We will begin rolling out to Production tenants in mid-October.

GCC and GCCH will begin rollout by early November.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Channels Experience MC550081 · Published May 3, 2023 · Last updated Oct 2, 2023

Updated October 2, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. 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 bottom (previously top) of the channel by default. Users can configure channels to show new posts at the top via the more options ... menu the top of the channel. 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 late August 2023 (previously early July). Complete

Standard and GCC: We will begin rollout in early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously mid-August).

GCC-H: We will begin rollout in late October 2023 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete rollout by mid-November 2023 (previously mid-September).

DoD: We will begin rolling out in early November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-November 2023.

Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements in Shifts app MC678309 · Published Sep 29, 2023

We are thrilled to announce a series of exciting product enhancements in Shifts designed to empower frontline managers and workers to achieve more:

Graph API for Day Notes
People Count Display on Shift Calendar
Full Name Display
Last Filter View Saved
Shifts Notes in Day View
Manager Controlled Privacy Settings for Frontline Workers

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 146855

We will begin rolling out in early October 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late November 2023.

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Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update MC679739 · Published Oct 7, 2023

As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may impact you differently.

Changes to our web domain are currently not anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we will notify you.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 180352

Web domain change: Rollout will begin in early January 2024 and is expected to be complete by early February 2024.

Email domain change: Rollout will begin in early January 2024 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2024.

Microsoft Viva: Create Up To 50 Distinct Experiences in Viva Connections MC679734 · Published Oct 7, 2023

Customers with Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications & Communities licenses can currently create up to 10 Connections experiences. We will soon be enhancing that limit to 50 experiences. This will allow greater flexibility for large enterprise customers who are looking to create more than 10 (and up to 50) Connections experiences.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 174466

Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in mid-November 2023 and is expected to be complete by late November 2023.

Standard Release: Rollout will begin in early December 2023 and is expected to be complete by late December 2023.

(Updated) Automatic Transcription for Video Uploads to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com MC635989 · Published Jul 11, 2023 · Last updated Oct 5, 2023

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience.

Videos uploaded to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com will have transcriptions automatically generated shortly after upload. This feature will not be available for A1 and trial tenancies.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124932

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late July and expect to complete rollout by early December 2023 (previously late August).

Viva Engage AMA Events Enables Private AMA and Now Allows Multiple Hosts and Organizers MC677835 · Published Sep 27, 2023

Today Viva Engage AMAs only allow for AMA Events that are public and open to the entire organization, though they might only be promoted to specific groups of people they could be discovered and accessed by anyone in the organization. With this update, AMA Events will now allow you to make your event private and only accessible to a specific list of attendees. Additionally, we will also be releasing a way for you to add up to 10 hosts and organizers to help expand the types of events you can host and make moderation easier.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 174141

We will begin rolling out in late September 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early October 2023.

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