Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 17 - 2024 (April 22 - April 28)

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 17 of 2024, April 22 – April 28.

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

 

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

• Microsoft Earnings Release FY24 Q3 - (1 million Teams Rooms, 20 million Teams Phone users)
• Teams Rooms on Windows version 5.0.111.0 is now available

Field Advisories:

• Multi-tenant organization capabilities now available in Microsoft 365
• Prompt Like a Pro: Get to decisions faster in Teams meetings with Microsoft Copilot
• AI: A game-changer for the employee experience
• Commercial preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 is now available

Community:

• Microsoft CommUnity Connection April 2024 - Teams Phone Mobile
• Teams Phone Summit - Shared Calling
• The Viva Guide to the Microsoft 365 Community Conference
• Join our Holistic Listening session at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference
• Microsoft at TechCon365 and PWRCON – Seattle, WA (June 3-7, 2024)
• Exciting Changes Ahead: Microsoft Teams Renaming Unveiled
• Next Gen Call Center built by Microsoft Teams | Queues app for agents & supervisors | Deep Dive Demo
• Activate the sensitivity label for Groups and Sites with Graph PowerShell
• Teams Meet Now Feature Gets a Makeover for Group Chats

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie will be integrated with Apple’s iOS Push-to-Talk feature MC787359 Published Apr 26, 2024

Microsoft Teams will enhance its Walkie Talkie feature on iOS by integrating with Apple's Push-to-Talk (PTT) framework, improving communication capabilities.

Teams Walkie Talkie on iOS will be integrated with Apple's Push-to-Talk framework to enhance communication and convenience of transmitting audio from anywhere on their phone, even when Teams is not in the foreground. It will enable audio transmission directly from the lock screen and comes with background runtime optimization for optimal performance while conserving battery life.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 388486

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by early May 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams (work or school) application on Windows will be renamed to Microsoft Teams MC786324 Published Apr 26, 2024

Starting in May 2024, important changes will affect Microsoft Teams for Microsoft Windows. Tenant admins should be aware of these changes. New Teams on Windows will be changing its name from “Microsoft Teams (work or school)” to “Microsoft Teams”.

The Microsoft Teams personal application on Windows 11 will also be renamed to “Microsoft Teams – personal” if installed on users’ devices. These changes are in preparation for the unified Microsoft Teams application update that will allow users to log in to the Microsoft Teams application with any account type – work, school, or personal. Learn more in MC719659 Microsoft Teams: Access work, school, and personal accounts in a single desktop app (February 2024).

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Auto Attendant will be integrated with main Address Book search MC785026 Published Apr 24, 2024

At Microsoft, we are committed to providing a consistent user experience across our products and protecting your data. As part of this commitment, we are integrating Auto Attendant search with the main Address Book search of Microsoft products. After this rollout, Auto Attendant Address Book search results will be aligned with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft product searches, and your tenant Address Book settings in Exchange will start to affect searches performed via Auto Attendant service.

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

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June month 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box MC785024 Published Apr 24, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New slash commands in the compose message box. These shortcuts help in composing messages, navigating in Teams, and tackling frequent tasks. This rollout applies to Teams on Desktop, Teams for the Web, and Teams for Mac.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120469.

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Disable attendee emails for town halls and webinars MC783217 Published Apr 22, 2024

Coming soon: In Microsoft Teams, we are releasing a toggle to disable attendee email notifications for town halls and webinars.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392826

General Availability (Worldwide): We will rollout late May 2024 and expect to complete late June 2024.

General Availability (GCC): We will rollout late-June 2024 and expect to complete late July 2024.

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows MC718250 Published Feb 21, 2024

(Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows MC709270 Published Jan 23, 2024

(Updated) Optimize for Video setting for screensharing MC715695 Published Feb 14, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668 Published Mar 21, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs MC772556 Published Apr 8, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams | Report a Problem integration with Pro Management portal MC746323 Published Mar 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Blind Transfers, call forwards and AA/CQ supported during outages MC759454 Published Mar 27, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting Chat shown by default in Gallery View with Teams Room MC752516 Published Mar 22, 2024

(Updated) Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings MC690924 Published Nov 17, 2023

(Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) MC705760 Published Jan 10, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in Town Hall MC715693 Published Feb 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit transcription consent to transcribe meetings MC764456 Published Apr 1, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share contact information of people in Microsoft Teams chat MC704192 Published Jan 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files MC726122 Published Mar 6, 2024

(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475 Published Sep 16, 2022

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting details displayed on pre-join screen MC746322 Published Mar 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pre-pin meeting apps for users MC748380 Published Mar 20, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker MC674737 Published Sep 11, 2023

(Updated) Simplified Compose Experience for Teams MC686919 Published Nov 3, 2023

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Learning: New content updates in Viva Learning and Copilot Academy MC786327 Published Apr 26, 2024

Microsoft Viva Learning: Microsoft Copilot Academy is adding more learning resources for its users. These resources will automatically be available to the users who have Copilot Academy.Microsoft Copilot Academy will soon be accessible in seven additional languages, in addition to English (United States). These languages include:

• French (France)
• German (Germany)
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese (Japan)
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Chinese (Simplified)

When users access the Copilot Academy in any of these supported languages, the platform will automatically load the appropriate language interface. Instructions for Admins: In order to enable/disable Copilot Academy, use the single toggle available in the Manage Academies page.Viva Learning is bringing new handpicked courses from across the web for you to discover within Viva Learning. These will be available out-of-box under External content provider, enabled by default.Learners can discover the new content under the External content provider carousel on the Home page. Instructions for Admins: In order to disable the External content provider, go to Admin tab in Viva Learning and use the single toggle available under the Manage providers section.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

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

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Enhanced goal sharing experience MC705348 Published Jan 9, 2024

(Updated) Answers in Viva content in Microsoft Search MC715700 Published Feb 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Learning: Disable LinkedIn Learning premium content MC740508 Published Mar 15, 2024

(Updated) Viva Learning | New language settings for admins and users MC740505 Published Mar 15, 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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