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Sunday, December 10, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 49 - 2023 (December 4 - December 10)

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 2023, December 4 – December 10.

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

 

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Immersive Spaces for Teams Service Plan Update MC696861 · Published Dec 8, 2023

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Immersive spaces in Teams.

Late January 2024: Service plan rollout will begin mid-January and is expected to be complete by end of January.

Late February 2024: The Mesh policy found in the M365 Apps Admin Center used to manage the Mesh app on Meta Quest VR devices, including the immersive spaces, will no longer be available. You can instead reference Set up immersive spaces for Teams | Microsoft Learn on how to manage immersive spaces using its service plan.

 

Microsoft Teams: Archive channels MC696576 · Published Dec 7, 2023

For a paused or completed project where owners want to preserve channel content, but no longer want to keep the channel active, they can archive channels now!

Archiving channels will be available for Teams users. You, as a channel owner or administrator can archive a channel you own. By archiving the channel, it will not be available in your and channel members teams and channels list anymore and no more actions will be allowed on the channel like messaging, reacting, commenting, editing etc. In case, you want, you can unarchive the channel as well, by going to manage teams > channels. Team members can hoist the channel in their left rail even after archival.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123769

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams - Configure Maintenance window on Teams admin center for Android-based Teams devices MC695747 · Published Dec 6, 2023

With this feature, Teams device administrators will be able to configure maintenance windows for their Android-based Teams devices. This includes Teams Phones, Displays, Panels, and Teams Rooms on Android. This maintenance window will be used to carry out any automatic operation on the device including automatic updates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163600

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early January 2024 and complete the rollout by late January 2024.

 

IntelliFrame experiences on new Teams app and Recognition expansion MC695502 · Published Dec 4, 2023

This is a two-part update, with:

  1. IntelliFrame experiences availability on new Teams app for Desktop,
  2. Expanding recognition support to cover scenarios such as meeting invite forwarding and Teams meeting nudge among others (Please See below for details)
    1. IntelliFrame experiences from Edge cameras like Yealink Smartvision 60 are currently available on Teams Desktop platform. With this update, we want to announce the availability of IntelliFrame on New Teams app.
    2. Recognition expansion: This update applies to both existing and new Teams desktop app. Previously recognition was only supported when an organizer invited the meeting room with Intelligent camera connected. With this update, we are able to support the following scenarios.

                                                               i.      Meeting forward (both one time and recurring meetings)

                                                             ii.      Teams nudge (using Roster>add participant)

                                                           iii.      Join by meeting ID (Using MTR to join a meeting by ID)

  1. Also, under "Recognition" feature, we heard our users and renamed unrecognized users from "Guest" to "Participant". Moving forward, with this update anyone who is unrecognized will see their name label as "Participant."

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161427

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

 

Improved Frontline Workers Availability Preferences MC695497 · Published Dec 4, 2023

We're excited to announce significant product upgrades focusing on enhanced FLW Availability Preferences.

Frontline workers often balance various personal commitments and specific work-time preferences. Through shifts, FLWs can establish availability preferences for calendar dates alongside recurring days. This feature streamlines shift assignments for frontline managers, who can seamlessly assign shifts by reviewing these availability preferences within the Shifts app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 156952

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

 

Enhanced User Request Management and Navigation in Teams Admin Center MC695496 · Published Dec 4, 2023

We are excited to share some upcoming updates to the user app request feature in the Teams Admin Center aimed at enhancing the request administration process. Here are the key changes:

  1. User Requests Tab: A new 'User Requests' tab is now available on the App Details page. It provides detailed information about each request, including the requester’s name, email, job title, and request date, allowing for more informed decisions about app approvals.
  2. Dashboard Widget: A widget on the main Teams Admin Center dashboard now shows the most requested apps, giving a clear view of user preferences and helping you prioritize app management tasks.
  3. Improved App Request Browsing: The 'Browse by app requests' filter has been added to the 'Manage apps' page, making it simpler to view app requests by demand.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early December 2023 and expect to complete by early February 2024.

 

Tasks in my area or department (a mobile Planner in Teams feature) MC695495 · Published Dec 4, 2023

In the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams, buckets are a common way to organize tasks into different areas of work.

The mobile experience for the Tasks app in Teams will soon be updated to make it easier to filter to a specific bucket or set of buckets so that you can focus on the tasks in your area. We expect this simple user experience change to provide greater focus and greater productivity, while maintaining the familiar look and feel throughout the Tasks app.

Note: This change is specific to the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Teams mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 135561

We will begin rollout in early December 2023 and complete by late December 2023.

 

Contact Unification across Outlook and Teams MC695487 · Published Dec 4, 2023

Today, users can see Outlook contacts created with their Entra ID (AAD) account in Teams, but contacts created in Teams are not available in Outlook. To provide a consistent experience we are making changes to allow Teams contacts, created with a user's Entra ID (AAD) account, to be visible in Outlook as well.

We will begin rolling out in mid-December 2023 and complete by late January 2024.

 

 

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Send Viva Goals email notifications from your own domain MC696864 · Published Dec 8, 2023

Email notifications from within Microsoft 365 are sent to users in various ways. Today, Viva Goals sends email notifications such as digest emails and sharing notifications from msft-viva-noreply@microsoft.com. Over the coming months, changes are coming for email senders. When users share goals from Viva Goals, these emails will be sent from the user. Emails such as digest emails that are generated by Viva Goals will support being sent from your domain if you have opted in to send email notifications from your domain in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 148471, 117479

Support for this will be added in phases.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-December 2023 and expect to complete by late March 2024.

 

Access and interact with goal progress directly within Outlook email MC696572 · Published Dec 7, 2023

Viva Goals will be giving users the ability to share links to goals as rich adaptive cards, including progress and status in Microsoft Outlook. Users get the context they need around goals they're working towards and can also update them in Microsoft Outlook without losing focus or clicking away from the message in Microsoft Outlook.

Users have already had this ability when they paste Viva Goals links in Microsoft Teams if the Viva Goals app for Microsoft Teams has been installed. With this change, the Microsoft Teams app for Viva Goals will be available on Outlook and Office.com, thus bringing this functionality to Outlook as well.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 165688

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in December 2023 and expect to complete in January 2024.

 

New designs for post types in Viva Engage MC696569 · Published Dec 7, 2023

Starting in December 2023, Viva Engage customers will see a refreshed design for question, praise, and poll post types.

The new design for post types in Viva Engage simplifies the user experience, putting more emphasis on content. The streamlined approach will be available in all endpoints—web, SharePoint, mobile apps, interactive Outlook emails, and the Engage apps in Outlook and Teams.

No functionality or data will be lost because of this change. The new designs are a refreshed user experience to help maintain a modern, content-first look and feel in Viva Engage.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 190366.

Standard release: We’ll begin to rollout the change in December 2023. All customers are expected to have the new designs by the end of March 2024.

 

Topics Usage and engagement analytics in Topic center MC696173 · Published Dec 7, 2023

Usage and engagement analytics in Topic center will be under a new analytics tab. To access these, navigate to the 'Analytics' tab of the Topic Center and go to "Usage and Engagement " metrics.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118768.

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

 

Viva Goals - A Default company-wide organization will be available by January 2024. MC695746 · Published Dec 6, 2023

A default company-wide organization will be available in Viva Goals to help users easily get started with Goals without going through the organization creation step. Viva Goals admins and IT admins will have control to change the default organization or turn it off.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 165683

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

 

Viva Goals - Roll out for Improved team settings experience MC695745 · Published Dec 6, 2023

As a part of this release Team owners will have a simplified team settings experience. In addition, Team owners will also have the ability to create custom time-periods by default. The organization owners will have the option in the organization admin page, to configure this custom time-period creation permissions for team owners.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 165682

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late December 2023 and expect to complete by late January 2024.

 

Topics Usage and engagement analytics in Microsoft 365 Admin center MC695743 · Published Dec 6, 2023

Usage and engagement analytics for admins will show up in Microsoft 365 Admin center. To access these, navigate to Microsoft 365 Admin center -> "Search & Intelligence" section on the left Nav, then select "Insights" on the Top Nav, and select "Viva Topics".

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 88699

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

 

 

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