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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 8 - 2024 (February 19 - February 25)

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 8 of 2024, February 19 - February 25.

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

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

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  • Teams :

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap and meeting artifacts automatically shared in chat after meeting MC718761 · Published Feb 23, 2024

In Microsoft Teams, we are rolling out a new recap message in the meeting chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381121.

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

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early April 2024 and expect to complete by late April 2024.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Simplified sign in for iOS and Android devices MC718750 · Published Feb 23, 2024

Note: If your organization does not support mobile devices, you can ignore this message.

Microsoft Teams admins will now have the capability to make sign in faster for iOS and Android device users by prefilling domain names using app configuration policies. This change will especially benefit frontline workers who frequently sign in and out of a shared device.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383134.

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late March 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2024.

 

New Teams rollout schedule for Commercial and EDU customers MC718748 · Published Feb 23, 2024

This is an updated timeline for the rollout of the new Teams to Commercial and Education customers. The new Teams is available for all customers today and is being enabled in stages as defined below. Teams Admin Center policy controls will remain available until end of March 2024, at which point they will only apply to your VDI users if applicable. We have heard your feedback; if we are unable to update to new Teams by the end of March, users will be allowed to remain on classic Teams until classic Teams is no longer available. More updates on the end of availability will come in the next few weeks.

We recommend updating your organization to the latest version of the new Teams at your earliest convenience as all new feature development will only be available in new Teams. Comprehensive documentation is available here: End of availability for classic Teams client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

To help you execute and monitor your transition to new Teams, we have released a new usage report in Teams Admin Center that will show you usage of classic Teams vs new Teams within your tenant. Documentation is available here: Usage report for new Teams client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

Microsoft-controlled rollout. If your policy is set to Microsoft-controlled (default state), Microsoft will continue rolling out new Teams on your behalf. There is one final stage remaining for this rollout option:

New Teams Only: Beginning early April 2024, all remaining classic Teams users will be updated to new Teams and the toggle switch will be removed. If we are unable to update to new Teams, users will be allowed to remain on classic Teams until classic Teams is no longer available. See End of Availability section below for more information. After this completes, Microsoft will attempt to uninstall classic Teams just once on your behalf after a small delay of 14 days. If this uninstall is blocked for any reasons (e.g. by machine configuration, etc.) the uninstall will not be attempted again and you will need to remove classic Teams yourself if you want.

Admin-managed rollout. Admins may choose to control their new Teams rollout by setting the Teams update policy for their users (as described in: Upgrade to the new Teams client using policies - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn.) Admins may control the Teams update policy until end of March 2024.

Starting early April, 2024, Teams update policies you have applied in the past or policies you apply going forward in Teams Admin Center or with PowerShell will no longer be honored except for your VDI users, if applicable. When this change is complete, a Microsoft-controlled rollout will begin according to the following schedule.

New Teams becomes the default app: Beginning early April 2024, new Teams will become the default app for all Teams users. The toggle will still be available to users to switch back to classic Teams if needed.

New Teams Only: Beginning mid-May 2024, all remaining classic Teams users will be updated to new Teams and the toggle switch will be removed. If we are unable to update to new Teams, users will be allowed to remain on classic Teams until classic Teams is no longer available. See End of availability section below for more information. After this completes, Microsoft will attempt to uninstall classic Teams just once on your behalf after a small delay (currently 14 days, subject to change). If this uninstall is blocked for any reasons (e.g. by machine configuration, etc.) the uninstall will not be attempted again and you will need to remove classic Teams yourself if you want.

End of availability: We will release more information in the next few weeks around the end of availability for classic Teams. Based on your feedback, we will not block classic Teams users who do not meet the new Teams prerequisites or who experience other install failures until July 1, 2024, at the earliest to provide you more time to address these issues for your users and avoid disruption to your business.

(For more information on this update, see this document: Classic Teams users to be automatically updated to new Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn)

Standard Release (if applicable): The new Teams rollout is ongoing and will reach all users by July 2024, as detailed above.

 

Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone MC718553 · Published Feb 23, 2024

Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852

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

 

Configuration Change: SBC certificate Extended Key Usage (EKU) requires Client and Server Authentication MC718552 · Published Feb 23, 2024

Microsoft will be conducting a 24-hour test of its infrastructure. During this time, certificates will be required to include both Client and Server Authentication for their Extended Key Usage (EKU) extensions.

This will happen: March 5, 2024

 

Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows MC718250 · Published Feb 21, 2024

Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need in Microsoft Teams? You will now be able to describe in detail how you want your automation to work and receive a workflow to match your needs. All you need to do is select the Workflow builder button at the bottom of the create dialog in the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu.

Workflow builder will come to the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu first. Other entry points to Workflows will get this feature later.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382659.

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

GCC Release: We will begin rolling out end June 2024 and expect to be complete by early July 2024

 

The new Microsoft Planner app in Microsoft Teams MC718248 · Published Feb 21, 2024

The new Microsoft Planner is a single, unified work management experience. It brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, the power of Microsoft Project, and the intelligence of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 into a single, simple solution that spans from individual task management and frontline task management to enterprise and professional project management.

We are updating the existing Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams to the new Microsoft Planner app, which will maintain all existing app functionality and add new options and features to help users be more productive.

Learn more about the new Microsoft Planner announced at Microsoft Ignite 2023.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 186964.

The new app will start rolling out in late March 2024 and expect to complete by early May 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Use Apple AirPods to mute/unmute yourself MC718244 · Published Feb 21, 2024

Note: If your organization does not use macOS, you can ignore this message.

You will soon be able to mute or unmute yourself with Apple AirPods in Microsoft Teams on Macs running macOS Sonoma. The same functionality is already available on iPhones running iOS17.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383529.

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late March and expect to complete by late March.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat/Channel Copilot will Preserve Side Pane Preferences MC707663 · Published Jan 17, 2024 · Last updated Feb 21, 2024

Updated February 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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. 

Worldwide: We will roll out this feature to commercial tenants in early March 2024 (previously early-February) and expect it to be completed by mid-March 2024 (previously mid-February).

 

Microsoft Teams: Personalize group chats with avatars MC717970 · Published Feb 20, 2024

In Microsoft Teams, we are introducing custom avatars for group chats. Group chat members will be able to upload their own image or select a built-in image or emoji, to add a layer of inclusivity and expression to their chat as well as helping visually identity chats with similar titles or participants.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 119305.

Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2024.

 

Export functionality for External Domain Activity report in Microsoft Teams Admin Center MC717964 · Published Feb 20, 2024

In Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC), we are introducing a feature update to the export functionality for External Domain Activity reports.

Previously, this report was not exportable. Now, the report can be exported to .csv files where admins can view and manipulate the raw data so that they can show the data to other stakeholders in their organization, visualize the data, write scripts based on the data, and more.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382642

Standard Release: We expect rollout to begin and end in late March 2024.

 

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity labels to discover private teams and protect shared channels MC709659 · Published Jan 24, 2024 · Last updated Feb 19, 2024

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

In the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal, under Information Protection, we are introducing two new controls in the sensitivity label creation/edit process. These changes are designed to improve the controls around private team discoverability in Teams and to provide additional controls for the shared channels in Teams channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 165698 and 174575.

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out in late January 2024 (previously early February) and expect to be complete by early February 2024. - Complete

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late March 2024 (previously late February) and expect to be complete by mid-April 2024 (previously early March).

 

(Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams MC704955 · Published Jan 8, 2024 · Last updated Feb 19, 2024

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

You can now get the Calendar Notifications in Teams from the Activity Feed.

  • You will get calendar notifications in the Activity Feed for the below scenarios:
    • Meeting invite (including channel meetings you are explicitly invited to)
    • Meeting updates
    • Meeting cancellations
    • Meeting forwards (as an organizer)
  • When you get a calendar notification, you will see an unread notification in the Activity Feed pane or at the bell icon.
  • When you click on a notification, you will see the details of the meeting/event in the right pane.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 314355

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

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

 

 

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Retirement of Post by Email and Reply by Email in Viva Engage (Yammer) MC718760 · Published Feb 23, 2024

We would like to inform you of an upcoming change that affects how a subset of users post and reply to conversations via email. The ability to create a new post or reply to an existing post directly using email will be retired from Viva Engage starting on March 31st, 2024. Interactive emails in Outlook provide the richest way to stay engaged in Viva Engage conversations, polls, questions, and praise, without leaving the Outlook inbox.

Historically, users could create new posts in a Viva Engage community by sending an email to a specific email address for that community. Additionally, users can reply to an existing post via an email sent to that conversation. These flows will stop working. Users must instead utilize one of the options listed below for their scenario. 

If users attempt to post in a community or reply to an existing community post via email after the feature is disabled, they will receive an email notification explaining that the feature is no longer available. All other email related Engage features will remain unaffected. Community posts will still generate email notifications, and users will still be able to reply and react to posts using the Viva Engage Web, Mobile, Teams, and Outlook interactive email experiences. 

Retirement will begin in late March 2024 and is expected to complete by late May 2024. We will not be providing extensions for continued use of these retired features.

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Updates to conversation analytics MC718550 · Published Feb 23, 2024

New features are coming to conversation analytics in Microsoft Viva Engage! By the end of March, users will notice a new look for analytics on their posts. Conversation analytics will refresh faster with real-time updates, the expanded set of reactions will show in the reactions breakdown, and users will be able to filter activity across various time periods (7 days–12 months). These updates will be available to all customers with a Microsoft 365 license. Additional capabilities like sentiment analysis and more detailed engagement breakdowns will be available only to customers with a Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications and Communities license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168625.

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Glint: Use Microsoft 365 admin center to assign your organization's Viva Glint admins MC715420 · Published Feb 13, 2024 · Last updated Feb 21, 2024

Updated February 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

An organization’s Global Admin is set by default as the Microsoft Viva Glint Admin, but they likely are not the ones using the platform. They need the ability to assign the correct person as their organization’s Viva Glint Admin and remove themselves.

Viva Glint (Service) administrators can now be assigned through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC) in addition to being able to setup within the Viva Glint product. There will not be changes to existing user roles.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163984

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Enhanced goal sharing experience MC705348 · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Last updated Feb 21, 2024

Updated February 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Viva Goals will provide an enhanced experience to facilitate effortless sharing of goals and goals progress.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375220

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

 

(Updated) Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update MC679739 · Published Oct 7, 2023 · Last updated Feb 19, 2024

Updated February 19, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If you took action to change or update your email configuration based on the previous communication, then that should remain largely valid. We encourage you to review changes when any updated notice is received.

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 late March 2024 (previously early January) and is expected to be complete by early April 2024 (previously early February).

Email domain change: The email sender domain will not start in January 2024 as previously announced. We will send a new notice via message center with 30-days' notice before we start changing the email sender domain later in 2024.

 

(Updated) Non-Native and Hybrid Yammer Networks are being upgraded MC424414 · Published Sep 1, 2022 · Last updated Feb 19, 2024

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

Non-Native and Hybrid Yammer Networks will be upgraded to Native Mode to allow users, groups, and content to be compatible with and mapped to their counterparts in Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365. Native Mode also provides other benefits, such as the ability to host Live Events in every Yammer community and simplify file administration through SharePoint. Most critically, Native Mode supports eDiscovery through the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, allowing your organization to collaborate safely and securely within your Yammer network. 90% of Yammer networks are in Native Mode today, including our top 10 largest networks.

We will begin migrating networks on December 01, 2022, and continue the upgrades through late December 2024 (previously January). The process will begin with smaller networks. If you prefer to control the timing of your upgrade, you may initiate the process on your own at any time by visiting the Microsoft 365 Native Mode page within the Network Admin pages of Yammer.

 

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