Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 3 - 2025 (January 13 - January 19)

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 2025, January 13 – January 19.

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

 

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

• New Unified Contacts in Microsoft Teams and Outlook, now generally available
• Copilot for all: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Field Advisories:

• Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations
• Customize the location of notifications in Teams
• Introducing Community Experts in Viva Engage
• Introducing Viva Engage Masterclass: Your Guide to the Viva Engage Essentials
• Research Drop: Understanding Voluntary Turnover Through Employee Sentiment
• Enabling agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
• Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family
• How Microsoft Viva became a business transformation engine at Microsoft
• The Great Microsoft 365 Copilot Journey: Empower Your Team with Copilot
• Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit

Community:

• Experts Live promotes the exchange of ideas through worldwide, in-person events
• What's New in Teams Calling, Meeting and Devices - December edition
• Copilot AI + iOS Action Button: Set It Up and Start Talking!
• What is a Microsoft Teams Room?
• New Unified Contacts Released for Outlook and Microsoft Teams
• Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams for Phishing and Malware Attacks

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: App Management Unification Impact report MC982569 Published Jan 18, 2025

We are introducing the App Management Unification Impact report, a new tool that offers administrators a comprehensive preview of changes to app and tenant settings before the implementation of the unified management of Microsoft Teams apps (MC796790). This report brings awareness to the expected changes, enabling admins to adjust settings in Teams admin center or Microsoft 365 admin center before unification is applied. The report is available only in tenants that have migrated to Microsoft App Centric management (MC688930).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Updates to iPad Calendar week views MC982564 Published Jan 18, 2025

Note: If your organization does not support iPads, you can safely ignore this message.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams for iOS: Updates to the week views in the iPad Calendar.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Manage Teams Premium from a single place in the Teams admin center MC981630 Published Jan 16, 2025

We’re excited to introduce a new feature that allows admins to discover, monitor, and manage Microsoft Teams Premium on a single page in the Teams admin center (TAC). This enhancement aims to streamline the admin experience and offer top-tier management for Teams Premium.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out end of January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Updates to make meeting transcripts more accurate and reliable MC981629 Published Jan 16, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Updates to make meeting transcripts more accurate and reliable. These improvements will also enhance the quality of live captions in Teams, Microsoft Copilot in Teams, and intelligent meeting recap for Microsoft Teams Premium users and users with a Copilot license, ensuring more accurate outputs and enhancing the overall experience of each feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471426.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: New file path in Microsoft SharePoint for email attachments MC981626 Published Jan 16, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: As part of our ongoing security improvements, we are updating the storage path for attachments sent from any email client using the Send an email to a channel in Microsoft Teams feature in Teams.

(Note: An admin needs to turn on this feature in the Teams admin center > Teams settings > Email integration > Users can send emails to a channel email address)

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for iOS/Android.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We rolled out in mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025

 

Microsoft Teams: Allow presenters to moderate Q&A MC980799 Published Jan 16, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Organizers of town halls and webinars will be able to select and assign presenters to also moderate the Q&A, allowing them to manage and publish questions asked during the event. This feature lets organizers make changes to the group of moderators at any time (before or during the event), and it is available to all users organizing a town hall or webinar.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469492.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams on iOS: New meeting interface and navigate messages hands-free in CarPlay MC979827 Published Jan 15, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams for iOS: Stay connected on the move with updated support for Apple CarPlay. Teams in CarPlay now includes the ability to use Siri to respond to notifications, send messages to your chats and channels, join Teams meetings, and safely engage in discussions with quick actions like Raise hand.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470998.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Live Event scheduling is now available in the new Teams client MC979511 Published Jan 14, 2025

Teams Live Event scheduling is now natively available in the new Teams client. Previously, event organizers were redirected to a web-based scheduling flow, which has now been brought into the New Teams client. This allows organizers to create, edit, and manage event resources all within the newest Teams experience. This is available across desktop, Mac, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Cloud Video Interop (CVI).

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Large Events: End Session for Attendees and Return Presenters to Green Room MC978932 Published Jan 14, 2025

Organizers and presenters can now end the session with this new "End Event" button for town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. After selecting this button, attendees will see a message on stage stating that the session has concluded, and presenters will return to the Green Room.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470432

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

General Availability (GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: New reply and reaction notifications in Microsoft Teams MC978923 Published Jan 14, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: Users will have a new way to engage with the Viva Engage app in Microsoft Teams through new notifications in the Teams Activity feed. This message applies to Teams for the web, Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for iOS/Android.

After this rollout, users with the Engage app installed can be notified in Teams for replies and reactions to their community posts. This new feature helps large organizations stay connected and informed of news, updates, and safety while in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 474126.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: iPad Multi-window support MC975308 Published Jan 9, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards MC956699 Published Dec 13, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: The new streamlined Chat and Channels experience MC920179 Published Oct 28, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies MC795355 Published May 23, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Rooms on Windows MC818885 Published Jul 18, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Resize Teams windows MC947051 Published Dec 2, 2024

Update to Get-CsDialPlan, Get-CsOnlineUser, and Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlet in the Teams PowerShell Module MC950879 Published Dec 6, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings MC953756 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience MC937952 Published Nov 20, 2024

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription MC781595 Published Apr 19, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions MC809602 Published Jul 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses MC918562 Published Oct 25, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced confidentiality in voicemail greetings MC974356 Published Jan 8, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Auto Attendant helps callers reach the correct person MC950895 Published Dec 6, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: New recommended comments feature MC982552 Published Jan 18, 2025

Coming soon: New recommended comments marked as Relevant for you in some conversations in the home feed of the Microsoft Viva Engage web experience. This feature is designed help users find relevant, meaningful responses in large discussion threads.

The recommended comments feature is available to all users with an Engage license and is not a premium feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420338.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name MC979826 Published Jan 15, 2025

We are renaming the Viva Connections app to Connections. This change is intended to ensure the app name fits better within Microsoft Teams, preventing it from being truncated.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections on the SharePoint app bar MC952886 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Multiple Yammer Networks Within Single Tenant No Longer Supported (1:Many Mode) MC454504 Published Oct 31, 2022

(Updated) Viva Engage: Verified Answers MC976828 Published Jan 11, 2025

 

 

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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