Kressmark Unified Communications: Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 46 - 2023 (November 13

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 46 of 2023, November 13 – November 19.

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 :

Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings MC690924 · Published Nov 17, 2023

In parallel to legacy Wiki-based Meeting Notes in channel meetings, Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks) in channel meetings. These capabilities are now integrated into the end-to-end meeting experience in Teams, Loop, Planner, To Do, and OneDrive for Business.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167330

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2024. and expect to complete by early March 2024.

Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user experience. MC690922 · Published Nov 17, 2023

Microsoft Teams is making updates to in-call user experience on the mobile App. The Transfer, Share and Hold options will now be on the call stage. These updates will make it easier for users to access calling capabilities, redesigning user experience during calls.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 141204

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

Microsoft Teams Voice isolation MC690921 · Published Nov 17, 2023

With "Voice isolation", you can enjoy clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. This feature uses AI to filter out all background noise, including other people's voices. By leveraging your voice profile, this advance noise suppression capability ensures only the user’s voice is transmitted. Whether you are in a busy office, a noisy cafe, or a crowded airport, you can communicate with confidence and clarity. "Voice isolation" is powered by our advanced deep learning, speech services, and audio processing technology, and it shows our dedication to solving user problems with AI and enhancing audio quality and experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 125387

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2024.

Standard Release (if applicable): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.

New Shared display mode for BYOD meeting rooms MC690920 · Published Nov 17, 2023

The new Shared display mode provides users the ability to extend their Teams meeting via a pop-out view-only version of the stage onto the TV screen in BYOD meeting rooms. This mode ensures the meeting content is always extended to the front of the room for others to see. This gives the host of the room the peace of mind their desktop is for their viewing only, giving them the flexibility to multi-task or work privately on their host desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 184363

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late January 2024 and expect to complete by early February 2024.

Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses in device store MC690612 · Published Nov 17, 2023

Teams certified devices enable equitable meetings and calling across spaces with inclusive, familiar, and high-quality audio and video, optimized for your organizational needs. Currently, the device store in the Microsoft Teams admin center enables IT admins to browse and purchase Teams certified devices. This feature update will enable global administrators to discover, try, and buy Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses from the device store in the Teams admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 180902

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

App name change for the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Planner MC690607 · Published Nov 17, 2023

We are updating the app name for the “Tasks by Planner and To Do” app in Microsoft Teams to “Planner” – all existing app functionality will remain the same.

This change is rolling out now and will take immediate effect.

Announcing the general availability of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome MC690598 · Published Nov 17, 2023

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome.

How this will benefit your organization:

Our goal for the new Teams web app is bring a near-identical experience to our new Teams desktop app. Both the new Teams web client and desktop clients share the same underlying infrastructure built to improve load times, improve channel and chat switches, and reduce memory usage.
Visit this page to learn more about what’s currently available, known issues, and the overall schedule for new Teams.
Note: Not all customer segments (Education) will receive this update at this time.

New Teams on web begins rolling out today.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional manager-controlled privacy settings in Shifts MC683659 · Published Oct 23, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.

We are thrilled to announce exciting product enhancements on frontline managers-controlled privacy settings for frontline workers.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 152119

We will roll out in November 2023.

(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475 · Published Sep 16, 2022 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams locations. When the user opens files from shared libraries, these libraries will show up in the form of a list which will encourage users to save and open files to these libraries with ease. This helps deliver a more consistent, coherent storage location experience across M365 apps. This new backstage experience won’t show up in Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive but does include storage locations from OneDrive and Teams (sites/channels) which are stored on SharePoint.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2023 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July 2023 (previously late May).

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: On-Demand Recording Feature in Webinars MC661825 · Published Jul 28, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Organizers can soon publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to their attendees, in which they will receive a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on their event page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123052

We will begin rolling out in late September 2023 (previously late August) and expect to complete rollout by late November 2023 (previously late October).

(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations MC579612 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With privacy and security restrictions, we have implemented a user-level IT admin policy for admins to choose whether some or all users in the company can use Collaborative Annotations. Currently, there is a way to turn Annotations ON or OFF through cmdlet Set-SPOTenant-IsWBFluidEnabled, this will also influence Whiteboard.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 92502

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update MC602596 · Published Jun 22, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 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 complete for GCC and Worldwide. GCC High is expected to complete by end of March 2024.

Additional Teams Meeting Templates Added to Outlook Teams Add-In MC690180 · Published Nov 16, 2023

Virtual appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are Teams meeting templates that are accessible via the 'New meeting' dropdown menu in Teams Calendar App. We are now expanding how you can access these meeting templates by adding them to the meeting templates menu in the Outlook Windows client in the Teams Meeting Add-In. When in Outlook Calendar, select the dropdown menu next to the Teams meeting Add-In button to see the list of meeting templates now available. When a meeting template has been selected, the Teams App will open via a deeplink and directly open the meeting template scheduling form.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181621

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.

Together mode and content share layout improvement MC689501 · Published Nov 14, 2023

With the new layout, Together mode will be displayed under the shared content. The users will be able to see the participants in Together mode and shared content simultaneously in a completely new way. Full Together mode experience is available including raised hands, reactions and name labels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181615

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early January and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.

GCC-H and DoD: We will begin rolling out late January and expect to complete by late February 2024.

Microsoft Teams: Meeting chat invitations from unmanaged users MC689496 · Published Nov 14, 2023

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

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

Microsoft 365/Viva :

Observer role is being retired in Viva Goals MC690604 · Published Nov 17, 2023

In an effort to simplify the access and permissions landscape in Viva Goals, we will be retiring the 'Observer' role from Viva Goals.

We will be rolling out this change in mid-December 2023.

(Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration MC677516 · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience.

The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365 Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility.

These changes are expected to be completed by mid-December 2023 (previously early November).

(Updated) REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration MC681885 · Published Oct 16, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

These changes are rolling out and expected to be completed by early December 2023 (previously early November).

(Updated) Viva Pulse – Teams Chat Notifications MC677515 · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In addition to the currently enabled email notifications, Viva Pulse will begin to send notifications through Teams Chat. Users will only receive Teams Chat notifications if they have the Viva Pulse Teams app installed. As the admin, you can either 1) install the Viva Pulse Teams app on users in your tenant through a Teams app setup policy or 2) please encourage users to visit the Teams app store to download the Viva Pulse Teams app to ensure users can receive the Teams Chat notifications.

Through the Viva Pulse chatbot, Teams Chat notifications will be sent for the following scenarios:

Welcome message when:

the tenant admin installs the Viva Pulse app on users in the tenant and
the user installs the Viva Pulse app from the Teams app store.

The feedback author creates a Pulse request.
The feedback author shares a Pulse report.
The feedback author’s Pulse is closed.

In early October, when feedback providers receive the Teams Chat notification to respond to Pulses, they will be directed to the Viva Pulse Teams app to provide feedback. By the end of October, with the implementation of inline response, feedback providers will be able to directly respond to Pulses in the Teams Chat notification without needing to visit the Viva Pulse Teams app to provide feedback.

These changes will begin to roll out by mid-October 2023 and complete roll out by the early December 2023 (previously early November 2023).

Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 MC690182 · Published Nov 16, 2023

Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 is a new capability that will be available worldwide for use with your Microsoft 365 Subscription. This new capability allows you to upload organizational data from HR information systems via .csv file to power a variety of capabilities and features across Viva and Microsoft 365. Apps and features like Viva Amplify, Viva Insights, People card, etc. rely on Organizational data to power high value capabilities and new scenarios. Tenants will be able to power Viva Amplify reporting, new displays on employees People cards, and more personalized experiences in Viva and in Microsoft 365

We will begin rolling out in late November 2023 and expect to complete by early January 2024.

Updating Admin settings for paused Microsoft Viva Briefing emails MC690172 · Published Nov 15, 2023

Based on customer feedback, early this year we paused Viva Briefing emails as part of a larger initiative to improve the overall Viva user experience. (MC486289 December '22).

The setting, “Let people in your organization receive Briefing email,” has been accessible in the Microsoft 365 admin center under Org settings, despite the fact that the Briefing emails are paused.

To eliminate confusion and align with the Briefing email pause, this Admin setting will be hidden.

We will roll out this change starting late November 2023 and expect to complete early December 2023.

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