Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 10 - 2024 (March 4 - March 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 10 of 2024, March 4 – March 10.

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

Announcement!

March 5-7 Microsoft hosted the Teams Phone Summit with two sessions per day, and now you can watch all the six recordings in the comfort of your own home:

• Teams Phone Summit - Teams Phone Roadmap
• Teams Phone Summit - Exploring AI Innovation in Teams Phone with Copilot and Teams Premium
• Teams Phone Summit - Using Intune when Deploying Teams Phone Devices
• Teams Phone Summit - Teams Reporting and Analytics
• Teams Phone Summit - Adoption Change Management with Teams Phone Deployment
• Teams Phone Summit - Teams Phone Devices for your Organization

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

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Field Advisories:

• Control your frontline managers permissions in Microsoft Shifts
• Your path to value with Copilot for Microsoft 365
• Microsoft’s AI Access Principles: Our commitments to promote innovation and competition in the new AI economy
• Data residency in the AI era: New capabilities to manage your data
• Windows Photos gets Generative erase, and recent AI editing features now available on Arm64 devices and Windows 10
• Frontline workers get a better experience from Microsoft and Samsung

Community:

• Teams Real Simple with Pictures: More value with Duplicate Webinars, Unique Join Links, Email Reminders and Hiding Attendee Names
• How to send inline image in MS team message using power automate?
• New Teams Bulk Install Script

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft SharePoint eSignature: Creators and recipients can view, track, and sign requests in Approvals app in Teams MC729720 Published Mar 9, 2024

Note: This feature is visible to all customers but only usable by those in the US at this time.

This rollout will allow users who have set up SharePoint eSignature in their tenant to track eSignature requests in the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams. Users will be notified about new requests, will be updated about ongoing requests, and will be able to initiate signing the document all within their flow of work in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 385012.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by mid-June 2024.

 

Voicemail: Automatic activation of out of office (OOF) greetings based on OOF Calendar events to be retired MC727450 Published Mar 7, 2024

Today, end users have three options for voicemail OOF greetings activation:

• All the time
• When I have an Outlook auto reply
• When I have an Out of Office calendar event (to be retired)

The voicemail feature that automatically activates an out-of-office greeting based on an out-of-office event in Outlook calendar will be retired.

This decision is driven by Microsoft commitment to strengthen customer data protection. In addition, retiring this feature will help reduce costs, as it has a significant environmental footprint and relatively low usage.

We will be rolling out this change beginning in early June 2024 and expect to complete by early August 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting Options categorization MC726124 Published Mar 6, 202

Meeting Options are a group of settings that organizers and co-organizers set on a per-meeting basis. We are introducing categories within Meeting Options to provide increased clarity within the information architecture of available options and help organizers and co-organizers configure their meetings according to their needs. The categories are available throughout the meeting lifecycle in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 168523

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

Standard Release (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by late-May 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams Events eDiscovery and legal hold support via Microsoft Purview for compliance needs MC726123 Published Mar 6, 2024

Microsoft Teams webinar and townhall eDiscovery and legal hold were supported by Microsoft SharePoint. With this update, event and registration data will be available via Substrate Content Domain, and users will be able to use Microsoft Purview as their compliance tool for eDiscovery and legal hold.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381950

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

 

Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive for Business transcript files MC726122 Published Mar 6, 2024

With this new feature, Microsoft Teams meeting transcript files will be saved in Microsoft OneDrive for Business for transcription-only meetings. Users will be able to view, download, and delete transcript files from one place (OneDrive for Business) instead of two places (OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Exchange Online).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 365720

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Multi-instance app customization support for Teams apps MC726120 Published Mar 6, 2024

The Microsoft Teams admin center will support multi-instance app customization and management. This feature update allows IT admins to create multiple customized versions of the same customizable Teams app, catering to the diverse needs of different groups or departments within an organization. Admins can customize app icons, names, descriptions, and so on to meet specific requirements. This enhancement makes it easier to tailor Teams to the unique identities and needs of various organizational segments.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 178355

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

 

Automatic application updates for new Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows devices MC726114 Published Mar 6, 2024

In the quest to deliver low-friction deployment and proactive management for Microsoft Teams Rooms, we are rolling out a new feature: the Microsoft Teams Rooms for Windows app will automatically check for and install new application updates and Windows updates during the initial setup, ensuring devices are protected and up to date on day one.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120405.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2024 and expect to complete by late April 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-In Update in Outlook MC724122 Published Mar 5, 2024

As part of the transition to New Teams, the Teams Meeting Add-in in Outlook will not be updated with features for Classic Teams moving forward. This will happen: March 31, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

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

(Updated) Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls MC688109 Published Nov 8, 2023

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Global reader role for Teams devices in Teams admin center MC711015 Published Jan 29, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access work, school, and personal accounts in a single desktop app MC719659 Published Feb 27, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: Dark mode support on Microsoft Teams MC726116 Published Mar 6, 2024

Microsoft Viva Connections will now respect dark mode on both Microsoft Teams Desktop and mobile devices.

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

 

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse Admin Led Trial MC724830 Published Mar 5, 2024

The Microsoft Viva Pulse Admin Led Trial is now available in the Microsoft Admin Center. This trial was previously promo code protected. However, going forward, all Viva Pulse admins can discover the trial in the Microsoft Admin Center and set up the trial for their organization. Admin trials offer 25 users in your organization access to Viva Pulse for 30 days.

Worldwide: The Viva Pulse Admin Led Trial will be live in the Microsoft Admin Center in mid-March 2024.

 

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

• Microsoft Teams Channel on YouTube
• Staying on top of Office 365 Updates
• What's new in Microsoft Teams
• What's new in Microsoft Teams devices - Office Support
• Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) - Release Notes
• Microsoft Teams content updates
• TechCommunity Teams Blog
• Teams Community Blog
• TechCommunity Microsoft 365 Blog
• TechCommunity Viva Blog
• Microsoft Teams Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community
• https://aka.ms/TeamsFeedback
• Microsoft 365 Roadmap
• Microsoft 365 Message Center (M365 Admin rights)
• Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes
• Track your message center tasks in Planner

 

 

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