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Saturday, December 23, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 51 - 2023 (December 18 - December 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 51 of 2023, December 18 – December 24.

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

 

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams MC687207 · Published Nov 3, 2023 · Last updated Dec 22, 2023

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

The Files app accessed from the left side of the Teams desktop client will be updated with the new OneDrive app experience, bringing performance improvements, more views, and the latest features of OneDrive to both classic and new Teams. All existing features of the Files app will also be available via this new OneDrive app experience. For more details, please visit the blog page.

As part of this change, Files app on left side of the new Teams desktop client will also become OneDrive app. There is no change in the name of Files app in either classic Teams desktop client or Teams mobile client.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 145798

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late November 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-December).

 

(Updated) Collaborative notes on Teams mobile MC674980 · Published Sep 12, 2023 · Last updated Dec 22, 2023

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

Users can now view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks on Teams for iOS and Android, similarly with what users can do on Teams for desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 128652

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early October and expect to complete by late January 2024 (previously mid-December).

 

Immersive spaces available for General Availability MC700933 · Published Dec 22, 2023

We are making building relationships easier by bringing the power of Mesh into the place where people work every day—Microsoft Teams. With just one click, you can now easily transform your virtual meeting into a fun 3D experience with immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161720

Preview: This rolled out in October 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early January 2024 and will be completed by late January 2024.

 

Breaking Security Change: Ability to chat with bots based on custom app policy MC699716 · Published Dec 19, 2023

On January 31st, 2024, the ability to chat with bots that are not connected to a Microsoft Teams app (e.g. Azure and PVA bots that are not published as an app) will be blocked for users who are not assigned to an app setup policy which allows uploading custom apps.

January 31, 2024

 

Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings MC699715 · Published Dec 19, 2023

Audio and Video flyouts in Teams enable users to efficiently manage their audio and video settings during meetings. These features are easily accessible, allowing users to control their devices and adjust key audio and video features quickly and effortlessly, without needing to navigate through multiple layers of settings.

Users can access this feature in 3 ways:

During a meeting, you can access the audio flyout and video flyout by clicking the split button with a downward arrow right next to 'camera' and 'microphone' in the meeting toolbar.

From both the audio and video flyouts, you can access audio settings and video settings, which open as panels on the right side of the calling window. You can access these settings by clicking 'more video options' and 'more audio options' at the bottom of the flyout to open the side panel.

Users can also access 'audio settings' and 'video effects and settings' by clicking the 'more' menu in the meeting toolbar:

Audio settings: “More” menu > Audio settings

Video effects and settings: “More” menu > “Video effects and settings”

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 187098

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

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

 

(Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes MC694130 · Published Nov 29, 2023 · Last updated Dec 18, 2023

Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below. Thank you for your feedback.

With the launch of Collaborative Notes, we’re also improving the shareable link type that is created by Collaborative Notes to help make meetings more effective and secure. The new Collaborative Notes file will now support a Specific people link which offers more controlled access than People in your organization link. This change will automatically align the Collaborative Notes file link type with customer's default setup. Customers who previously had Collaborative Notes disabled due to lack of People in your organization link support can now enable and use the feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167328

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

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

 

(Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings MC686281 · Published Oct 31, 2023 · Last updated Dec 18, 2023

Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.

We are introducing a revamped version of the gallery in Teams meetings and calls. The new gallery will be the default view when users join their meetings, so that they can use it without the need of taking an action.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118467

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late January 2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete by early February 2024 (previously mid-January).

Production and GCC: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2024 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2024 (previously late January).

GCC High: We will begin rolling late February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete by early March 2024 (previously early February).

DoD: We will begin rolling out late February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete by early March 2024 (previously early February).

 

(Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See People in Teams Rooms MC642265 · Published Jul 14, 2023 · Last updated Dec 18, 2023

Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Cloud IntelliFrame is a new 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 will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows with Pro license and can be viewed on Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows & Mac) with any license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 130219.

Standard Release and GCC: We will begin rolling out to commercial tenants in mid-August and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-November).

GCC High will begin rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-November).

 

 

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(Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration MC677516 · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Last updated Dec 22, 2023

Updated December 22, 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-January 2024 (previously mid-December).

 

Viva Learning enables tagging content with interests and export content metadata MC700931 · Published Dec 22, 2023

We are excited to announce that Viva Learning now enables admins to tag content with interests to enhance recommendations and search relevance and also enables admins to export content metadata for offline review and analysis of the tags on content.

Note: If you organization is not using Viva Learning you can safely disregard this message.

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

 

Updates to adding topics to posts in Viva Engage MC700930 · Published Dec 22, 2023

New developments to adding topics to posts within Answers in Viva are being extended to all topic experiences in Viva Engage (Yammer). Adding topics to posts helps improve the visibility, engagement, and organization of content.

These updates will help employees select a topic by providing more topics to choose from, coaching tips, and additional room for supporting topic information. Questions will also have the topics field open by default to help encourage the use of topics on questions and drive higher likelihood of a response.

For this rollout, only Viva Engage tenants migrated to Topics in Viva will see these updates. Topics in Viva Engage are available for all Viva Engage users with or without a Topics license. Individuals licensed for Topics in Viva will gain premium benefits, such as access to topic cards when hovering over a topic, access to topic pages, access to AI mined topics, and use of the premium topic management experiences.

Note: If you organization is not using Viva Engage you can safely disregard this message.

Why is this change happening?

Answers in Viva is expanding to Viva Engage communities. To align experiences for Viva Engage users and to extend the value of new developments to a wider audience, we are extending updates to topic picking to all networks that have been migrated to use Topics in Viva.

Last year, we announced the General Availability of Topics for Viva Engage. In support of this change, topic migrations began for Viva Engage networks in Native mode and will continue until all Viva Engage networks have migrated to use Topics in Viva. The migration to Topics in Viva creates a consolidated set of topics for use across Microsoft 365 and helps capture and share knowledge from all experiences using Viva Topics.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374596

Standard Release: Updated topic picking experiences will begin rolling out in January 2024 and will continue to roll out to all Viva Engage networks in Native mode that have been migrated to use Topics in Viva.

 

Viva Engage: Answers in Communities MC700929 · Published Dec 22, 2023

Answers in Microsoft Viva lets people learn from each other by asking and answering questions. Now, if you have a premium license, you can use Answers in your Viva Engage communities. This new feature lets you:

  • See related questions to avoid duplicates and save time.
  • Ask questions with separate title and details for easy scanning.
  • Earn badges for answering questions in communities.
  • Track question activity in communities with Answers Analytics and Global Answers Analytics.
  • Reach more people with your questions through Answers feeds and digests.

Note: If you organization is not using Viva Engage you can safely disregard this message.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152480

Standard Release: This feature will start rolling out in mid-January 2024 and is expected to complete in late March 2024.

 

Reminder: Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer Live Events (Formerly Yammer live events) MC699713 · Published Dec 19, 2023

This is an important message for customers who use Stream to host live events in Viva Engage (formerly Yammer).

We're reminding you that Stream live events will be retired on Jan 31, 2024. Microsoft Teams live events, with encoder support is your new platform to host and run live events.

This message was originally sent on February 9, 2023, and then on August 30, 2023, in the Message Center post MC513603 titled “Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer live events”.

Teams live events with encoder support is the replacement service to Stream live events. Teams live events allow you to create, host and produce live events with the same functionality that you get with Stream. It also supports Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) input, which lets you create highly polished events that feature combined live streams, screen overlays, on-screen data and more.

You will be able to use Stream live events in Viva Engage until January 31, 2024, and after that live events must be produced using Teams live events. In January 2023, the Stream options to produce live events will be removed from Viva Engage.

Just like with Stream live events, there are two ways in which you can use Teams live events to produce events in Viva Engage:

Microsoft Teams QuickStart: Use the Microsoft Teams desktop client to produce your event, generally used in producing simple events.

Microsoft Teams external app or device: Use this to produce large-scale events, such an executive town hall, where a single stream from a media mixer is broadcast to an audience.

Once the live event is completed, the video, if recorded, is stored in the SharePoint library of the community where the event was produced.

The Stream live events options will be removed from your tenant on January 31, 2024.

Viva Engage Community Managers will only be able to create live events only using the new Teams options. The Stream live events options will be removed.

 

 

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