Kressmark Unified Communications: Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 3 - 2024 (January 15

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 3 of 2024, January 15 - January 21.

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Microsoft Teams: External call routing settings MC708501 · Published Jan 20, 2024

End users will now be able to change their external call routing settings directly from the Teams app, allowing them to decide how incoming PSTN calls are routed. Calls can be redirected based on existing unanswered call settings or sent to voicemail. This new capability provides more flexibility for handling customer communications.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 372120

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

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

GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out late March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024.

Changes to the Website tab in the new Teams client. MC708500 · Published Jan 20, 2024

Starting April 2024, Microsoft Teams will be retiring the ability to load websites inside the new Teams client when using the Website tab. These website links will open in a new browser tab instead. This is to better align with emerging best practices in web security and privacy while also improving the reliability of websites opened through this feature.

Please note that EDU tenants will not be impacted as we are still researching options on how to best provide a non-disruptive way to access websites for students and educators at a later date.

We will begin rolling out this change in early April 2024.

Microsoft Teams: Allow meeting participants to create Collaborative notes MC708499 · Published Jan 20, 2024

Currently, only Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can create Collaborative notes before and after meetings. We are rolling out enhanced Collaborative notes that allow any meeting invitee to create notes before, during, and after the meeting. This enhancement helps to improve collaboration and efficiency and provides a seamless teamwork experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374515.

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

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

(Updated) Teams Live Event capacity limit extension MC698896 · Published Dec 16, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: Customers in Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet can safely disregard this message. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Microsoft had previously instituted temporary capacity increases for Teams live events that were set to expire on December 31, 2023. This included increasing the Live Event capacity from 10,000 attendees to up to 20,000 attendees, increasing the concurrency limit from 15 to 50 simultaneous events, and increasing the Live Event duration from 4 hours to 16 hours. To ensure administrators have adequate time to train their user base, we are extending the timeline for these capacity limit increases for Teams Live Events to now expire on June 30, 2024.

Until June 30, 2024, you will be able to run Teams Live Events of up to 20,000 attendees, have up to 50 of these Live Events run simultaneously, and have your Live Events run for up to 16 hours.

(Updated) Stream App in Microsoft Teams will be updated to Stream (on SharePoint) MC686279 · Published Oct 31, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: Customers in Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet can safely disregard this message. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We are transitioning the Stream experience in the desktop client of Microsoft Teams from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint). Once transitioned the Stream app in Microsoft Teams will display only Stream (on SharePoint) content--it will no longer display Stream (Classic) content. The new Stream (on SharePoint) app in Teams will feature similar content and features as found on the Stream start page.

The Stream app is currently accessible across multiple touchpoints on Teams, including the Stream app on Teams left rail, Stream on Teams message extension, and the Stream Tab on Chats/Channels. You can find the app by tapping the three dots on the Teams left rail and then search for Stream. As a first step, Stream app on Teams left rail will be updated to Stream (on Sharepoint). This updated version of Stream app will allow users to access the Stream start page within Teams, and quickly find and watch videos without switching apps. Users will have the option to pin the Stream app on the side panel for more convenient access in the future.

In the coming months, we will also transition the Stream app for Teams web and Teams mobile.

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

(Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes MC694130 · Published Nov 29, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

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.

Note: The user will have access to notes if notes were created after the user was nudged. If notes pre-existed, then the user must request access.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167328

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update MC602596 · Published Jun 22, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Note: In order to use this feature, make sure Teams Panels is on 1449/1.0.97.2023080401 or higher. iOS mobile phones will need to be on 5.15.0 or higher, and Android mobile phones will need to be on 1416/1.0.0.2023153001 or higher.

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 starting roll out at the end of January 2024 and is expected to complete by the end of February 2024.

(Updated) Admins can select the domain to use for Teams Email Service MC705761 · Published Jan 10, 2024 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Admins will now have the functionality to select the domain to use to send emails to their users via Teams Email Service

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375694

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

GCC: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 and expect to complete by mid-May 2024.

GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 and expect to complete by mid-May 2024.

(Updated) Simplified team creation MC697434 · Published Dec 12, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Today, users go through multiple steps, selecting between options while creating teams. However, most users are inclined towards setting up their team from scratch and as private. Hence, we defaulted to a simpler experience, yet giving users the rich options of creating a team from a template or group and selecting privacy/sensitivity of the team. It is a simple by default, power on demand experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 163364

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-February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.

GCC: We will begin rolling out in early March 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2024.

GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out late March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024.

(Updated) Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings MC699715 · Published Dec 19, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: Known issue: Mac users may experience an issue where changes to device selection in the Mac operating system are not reflected in Teams. A temporary workaround is available by manually selecting the desired device within Teams using the audio and video flyouts or panels. This issue will be fully resolved by early February.

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 late January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2024.

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

(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475 · Published Sep 16, 2022 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for the delayed communication. 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 January 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by late February 2024 (previously late November).

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

Microsoft Teams: Tags will be supported in Private Channels MC707674 · Published Jan 17, 2024

Tags will now be supported in private channels in Microsoft Teams. Users can now use tags to @ mention groups of people in private channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 373545

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.

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

Tags in Shared Channels for Microsoft Teams MC707670 · Published Jan 17, 2024

Tags will now be supported in shared channels in Microsoft Teams. Users can now use tags to @ mention groups of people in shared channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 373555

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

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

Microsoft Teams: Block users from joining externally hosted Teams meetings MC707664 · Published Jan 17, 2024

This feature enables tenant admins to control whether some users in their organizations can join any externally hosted Microsoft Teams meetings. When these regulated users are signed in on their Teams clients, their ability to join an externally hosted meeting will be limited based on the policy configuration. This capability can be used by the tenant admins to protect potential data exfiltration from specific user groups within their organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 187230

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

Microsoft Teams: Chat/Channel Copilot will Preserve Side Pane Preferences MC707663 · Published Jan 17, 2024

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels will soon preserve your side pane preferences for a specific chat thread while the Microsoft Teams app is running. This means that if you open Copilot in one group chat, it will remain open when you return to that chat thread. This feature will be available on desktop and web.

Standard Release: We will roll out this feature to commercial tenants in early-February 2024 and expect it to be completed by mid-February 2024.

Microsoft Teams device store MC707657 · Published Jan 17, 2024

With Teams device store inside Microsoft Teams, customers can easily discover and purchase certified Teams devices for personal or shared use cases - headsets, web cameras, desk phones, Teams Rooms and more. The store features a wide array of Teams certified audio and video devices to accommodate any space be it at home, office, or during transit. Explore devices in categories, use search or filters to find desired device, and purchase all through the familiar Microsoft Teams interface. This release is limited to customers in US and Canada, and with user licenses less than or equal to three hundred.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169201

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

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

Teams admin center (TAC) Header Search now supports Emergency Addresses MC707655 · Published Jan 17, 2024

We're excited to announce that the Header Search feature in Teams admin center will now be supporting Emergency Addresses.

The Header Search feature now supports a wide range of entities, including Teams, Users, Policies, Settings, Documentation, Emergency Addresses and more. This means you'll be able to quickly search for relevant information across these entities within the Teams admin center.

We will begin rolling this out in mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.

Microsoft Teams: Private and shared channels links MC707648 · Published Jan 17, 2024

In Microsoft Teams, we are extending support for channel links to include both private and shared channels. Once released, members of private and shared channels will be able to get links to a private or shared channel or channel post to share with other Teams users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 325325

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft 365/Viva :

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Modern All Company for non-native mode networks MC708077 · Published Jan 18, 2024 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Most Microsoft Viva All Company communities in tenants and networks that are not yet in native mode networks will be automatically migrated to the modern All Company experience. This means that All Company will have all the new community experiences and features. This change will only affect a few Engage networks. Most networks already have the modern All Company experience.

The All Company for non-native mode networks will be automatically migrated to the modern experience. This adds new features to All Company such as community customizations, cover photos, and custom naming. Find out more about the benefits here.

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

(Updated) Viva Engage Network Analytics MC698826 · Published Dec 16, 2023 · Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Network analytics is coming to Viva Engage! In mid-January, admins and corporate communicators will be able to monitor organization-wide engagement via the network analytics dashboard. Additionally, a new control will be available on your Viva Engage admin dashboard in the Analytics and AI section that will enable you to activate summarization and theme extraction for your network with Microsoft Responsible AI protections, to assist users as they access network-wide data about employee engagement on the platform.

Note: This feature is available only to customers with a Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications and Communities license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168623

Standard Release: Network analytics is planned to be generally available in mid-February 2024 (previously mid-January), but the summarization component will remain in preview until Spring 2024.

Microsoft Viva Engage: New feature to limit moving of conversations across communities MC708076 · Published Jan 18, 2024

Starting in January 2024, Microsoft Viva Engage customers will see a new setting to prevent users from moving conversations into a community.

Community or Engage admins may want to limit the movement of conversations between communities in the network. The new limit move conversation feature helps with that goal. When applied, users cannot move conversations into a community. All users can move conversations out of a community. Regardless of setting status, admins retain the ability to move a conversation anywhere in the network.

The limit move conversation feature is a toggle on a community’s Settings page. The toggle is available per community. Community admins can use the toggle for communities they manage. Engage admins can adjust the setting in any community.

This feature is only available in the community settings in the Viva Engage web/desktop experience and in Outlook and Teams apps. Mobile apps and the Classic Engage (Yammer) experiences will not see this new setting.

Networks will begin to see the limit move conversation feature in community settings starting January 2024. Full rollout will complete by the end of March 2024.

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