Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 8 - 2025 (February 17 - February 23)

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 2025, February 17 – February 23.

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

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

• Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing
• Introducing Majorana 1

Field Advisories:

• Streamline meeting management with Copilot
• Leave a Teams work or school organization
• Clipchamp: Elevating work communication with seamless video creation in Copilot
• Getting the most from the Copilot Prompt Gallery
• Revolutionizing IT administration for small and medium sized businesses
• Enhanced data control while submitting Microsoft 365 Copilot feedback

Community:

• Auto Attendant and Call Queue Backup and Bulk Provisioning Tools
• Dataverse for Teams: What It Is and When to Choose It
• Brand Impersonation Protection for Teams Chat
• What's the point of a Microsoft 365 group?

Coming Events:

• Improving customer engagement with the Queues app for Microsoft Teams  Tue, Feb 25, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT+1, Online event
• Smart workplace: Teams Phone
• Play, Learn, and Connect: Level Up with AI Community Learning Program (Beta)!

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications in Teams for the web MC1013461 Published Feb 21, 2025

Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to personalize the placement of notifications on their screens. Users will be able to choose from four options (bottom right, top right, bottom left, or top left) to make notifications more convenient and less disruptive, enhancing both focus and productivity. This message applies to Teams for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480720.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Updates to the Teams system tray icon and menu MC1011152 Published Feb 20, 2025

We are improving the Microsoft Teams app icon and menu in the Microsoft Windows system tray (taskbar notification area) for ease of use and to reduce the number of steps to perform routine tasks.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Updated permissions section in the Microsoft Teams app details page MC1011151 Published Feb 20, 2025

A revamped Permissions section in the Microsoft Teams app details page will be available. This gives the user a better understanding of their data that the app can access. It's broken down into categories, which makes it easier to consume all the permissions. There is now an Expand All button that allows the user to consume all the permissions at once.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Ratings and reviews for apps within outlook.com and office.com MC1011150 Published Feb 20, 2025

Within Microsoft Teams, apps that are found in outlook.com and office.com will show ratings and reviews in the app store listing page and the details page.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to town hall and webinar invitations MC1009932 Published Feb 19, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers and schedulers will be able to add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to Teams town hall and webinar meeting invitations. With CVI coordinates in invitations, non-Teams users—such as external customers or partners—can easily join town hall and webinar meetings using a third-party teleconferencing device. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams on the web.

CVI is a Microsoft Qualified third-party solution that enables third-party SIP and H.323 video room devices (VTCs) to join Microsoft Teams meetings. As an admin, you can set CVI for your org. Learn more: Manage and set up Cloud Video Interop for Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476487.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organizer emails MC1009930 Published Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft Teams Events invite emails will be separated based on the role of the participant. Event organizers will get an email explaining the specific roles of participants in the event. Similarly, each presenter will get a separate calendar invite, allowing the organizers of town halls to maintain separate invites for attendees.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476488.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Join town halls using dial-in options and join codes available in email invites MC1009929 Published Feb 19, 2025

Presenters and attendees can now join Microsoft Teams town halls using dial-in options and join codes that are available in email invites.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476489.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: User setting to optimize battery life in older Bluetooth headsets for the Walkie Talkie app for Android  MC1009927 Published Feb 19, 2025

NOTE: If your organization does not support Android devices, you can safely ignore this message. Coming soon for the Walkie Talkie app in Microsoft Teams: New user Connection Settings for Headset microphones that are designed to optimize battery life for older Bluetooth headsets.

This message applies to Teams on Android only.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476733.

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

 

Microsoft Teams admin center highlights additional security and compliance information available for apps MC1009926 Published Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft Teams admin center has brought security and compliance information directly into the Teams admin center app detail pages. In the security and compliance tab, users can find information on an app's security and compliance posture to help them make more informed decisions about which apps they choose to trust. Information may include things such as assessments for data security, vulnerability scanning, Service Organization Controls (SOC), Payment Card Industry (PCI), and more. Furthermore, admins will now have the ability to view the count of apps that have completed the Microsoft 365 Certification or the publisher attestation portion of the Microsoft 365 app compliance program. Admins who may not have explored these new experiences will be notified within the Teams admin center upon the release of this feature.

This feature will bring a notification to Teams admin center that helps inform and direct admins via a click-through experience from the Teams admin center dashboard into the manage apps page. There, they will be given a quick tutorial on the fastest way to access the security and compliance info for an app. In the Manage apps page, they will also find a new tile that gives a live count of the number of Teams apps that have completed the Microsoft 365 Certification or Publisher attestation.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features MC993226 Published Jan 31, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default MC973519 Published Jan 7, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage storyline will be integrated in Teams MC969448 Published Dec 31, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules MC974351 Published Jan 8, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals MC950888 Published Dec 6, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone MC718553 Published Feb 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: New skin tone settings and reactions MC809602 Published Jul 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership MC883199 Published Sep 4, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests MC894581 Published Sep 21, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests MC898391 Published Sep 26, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees MC952893 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars MC971031 Published Jan 3, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps MC967240 Published Dec 27, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels MC998511 Published Feb 6, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen MC1006624 Published Feb 15, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Edge links on MacOS will seamlessly open MC910981 Published Oct 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars MC971032 Published Jan 3, 2025

(Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment MC950880 Published Dec 6, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Entra: New built-in Viva Glint Tenant Administrator role MC1011149 Published Feb 20, 2025

We are excited to announce the upcoming Viva Glint Tenant Administrator role for Microsoft Viva Glint in Microsoft Entra. With this role, admins will have dedicated permissions to manage Viva Glint-related settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center, without requiring the elevated privileges of Global Admin or User Admin roles. This role is essential for users who need to read and configure Viva Glint settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center, assign Viva Glint service admins, and create or manage Microsoft Azure support tickets.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479414.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Insights: New “Brokers of Information flow” insights category available for Change Management template MC1009934 Published Feb 19, 2025

As part of the Microsoft Viva Insights Change Management template, a third insights category will soon be available, focused on highlighting employee groups deemed to be “Brokers of information flow.” Groups identified as top information brokers serve as key disseminators of information throughout the employee network. The experience associated with the third insights category will surface the groups that are deemed as “central hubs” dictating information flow. However, while they might be an important communication channel, these groups could also cause collaboration barriers, since a significant proportion of information flows through these groups.

By identifying these groups, this new insight category can help business leaders see where there might be potential barriers to communication flow within their company.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update MC679739 Published Oct 7, 2023

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions design in Viva Engage MC892641 Published Sep 18, 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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Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 7 - 2025 (February 10 - February 16)

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 7 of 2025, February 10 – February 16.

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

 

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

• Streamline call quality and reliability operations with Teams best practice configurations dashboard

Field Advisories:

• Research Drop: Understanding and Encouraging Effective Manager Behaviors
• Azure Communication Services Technical Documentation Table of Contents Update
• Discover the Total Economic Impact of Microsoft 365 E3
• Microsoft 365 Copilot for Stock Technical Analysis
• Increase Your Productivity with Copilot on OneNote Web and OneNote in Teams
• Try the new flow for Together mode in Teams meetings

Community:

• Whats new in Teams Calling Meetings Devices
• Whats new in Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Comparing File Collaboration and Search Features: SharePoint vs. Microsoft Teams

Coming Events:

• Microsoft Teams Devices Partner Showcase - Cisco, Tue, Feb 18, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM GMT+1, Online event
• Teams Phone CommUnity Connection - February 20,  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM GMT+1, Online event
• Smart workplace: Teams Phone

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen MC1006624 Published Feb 15, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: We will add a control to the meeting presenter toolbar so presenters can more easily access the meeting chat while sharing a window or a screen.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467445.

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

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

Microsoft Teams: Wired headset support for the Walkie Talkie app for iOS MC1006623 Published Feb 15, 2025

If your organization does not support iOS, you can safely ignore this message.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We will introduce support for wired headsets in the Walkie Talkie app for iOS, enhancing communication flexibility and convenience. After this rollout, users can use generic wired headsets with a play/pause button in toggle-to-talk mode, for hands-free operation with one tap. Also, specialized push-to-talk (PTT) headsets will be supported in conventional push-to-talk mode.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476734.

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

Microsoft Teams: Custom meeting branding - support multiple meeting themes per customization policy MC1005517 Published Feb 14, 2025

Support for multiple brand themes (an extension to Microsoft Teams Premium branding capability) provides organizations greater flexibility to express their unique visual brand identity across different types of meetings while maintaining consistency with branding standards.

Admins can now create and assign multiple brands to a customization policy in the Teams admin center. This will allow meeting organizers who are assigned a customization policy to select from different meeting brand options when scheduling their meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468868.

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

 

Microsoft Teams Customer Office Hours: Get help from the product team on deploying Teams for your frontline workers MC1002406 Published Feb 11, 2025

Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can safely ignore this message.

We are pleased to announce new weekly Microsoft Teams Frontline Customer Office Hours: A dedicated time for you to engage directly with the product team to support Teams deployments for your frontline workers.

Objective: This initiative aims to enhance live customer engagement and satisfaction by:

Addressing deployment-related questions in real time

Providing direct support to ensure smooth and successful rollouts

Gathering customer feedback to improve frontline worker deployment features

When are Customer Office Hours

The Teams Frontline Customer Office Hours takes place every Wednesday from 9:00-9:30am PT.

What Do Office Hours Cover?

Customer Q&A: Get answers to questions about deploying teams at scale for your frontline workers and overall deployment best practices.

Follow-ups: We will capture unresolved issues and address them after the meeting.

Feedback collection: Share your thoughts on recently released deployment features.

Launch Timeline: Teams Frontline Customer Office hours launched on January 22, 2025.

How to join: Join the Teams meeting with https://aka.ms/TeamsFrontlineCustomerOfficeHours

 

Microsoft Teams: New Search feature in channel posts MC1002405 Published Feb 11, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new experience to search within Channel Posts. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and web.

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

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

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

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hiding inactive channels MC804771 Published Jun 24, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and Takeover MC999443 Published Feb 7, 2025

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices MC952881 Published Dec 10, 2024

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

Microsoft Teams: Additional work information in people search results MC985484 Published Jan 22, 2025

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Learning: New Spell check feature MC1005516 Published Feb 14, 2025

Microsoft Viva Learning Search will soon detect and correct spelling errors in user queries, using the corrected query to perform searches and return relevant results. Users can choose to override Spell check and search with their original query.

This feature is available in all languages that Viva Learning supports and is available to customers with licenses for Viva Learning or Viva Learning Premium.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 162943.

General Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva: Feature Access Management will support the AI admin role MC1005508 Published Feb 14, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva: Feature Access Management for Copilot features will support the AI administrator role. As communicated in MC985479 Microsoft 365 admin center: AI administrator role authorization to manage Copilot settings (published January 22, 2025), the AI administrator role is a newly introduced role for AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot administration that enables admins to manage Microsoft Copilot efficiently without requiring extensive Global admin permissions.

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

 

SharePoint Online: Enhancements to the Text web part MC1004412 Published Feb 12, 2025

The Text web part in SharePoint Online allows users to add normal text, tables, and paragraphs to a SharePoint site page. It provides various formatting options such as bullets, styles, indentations, links, and highlighting. To use the Text web part, go to edit mode, select the circled plus (+) icon, choose Text from the web part toolbox, and enter your desired text in the Text field.

In the updated Text web part, similar themed features are grouped together for better customer experience and usability.

The updated text web part will be available in SharePoint and Viva Amplify.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394278.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): This feature update rolled out early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Glint: Use Feature Access Management in Viva for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Glint MC1004409 Published Feb 12, 2025

We are excited to announce that we will add the Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Glint feature to Feature Access Management in Viva. This will allow global admins and AI admins to control the rollout and availability of Copilot in Viva Glint.

Copilot in Viva Glint is enabled for all users in Viva Feature Access Management by default. If users have access at the Feature Access Management in Viva level, you will also need to grant access in the Viva Glint product as it is disabled for all users by default in Viva Glint.

Subscription plans of Viva suite or Viva Glint are required for using Microsoft Viva Glint.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 478655.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer MC939925 Published Nov 22, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access MC922625 Published Oct 31, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Multi-pin Conversations Carousel is now available MC973512 Published Jan 7, 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

 

 

Disclaimer :

If others are interested to receive these “Friends of” messages directly from me, they can always share their contact details with me.

Or if you/they no longer want to receive these “Friends of” emails, just reply per email and I will remove you from this “Friends of” DL

 

Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark

Disclaimer :

The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 6 - 2025 (February 3 - February 9)

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 6 of 2025, February 3 – February 9.

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

 

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

• The new calendar in Microsoft Teams now generally available
• Azure Communication Services - January 2025 Feature Updates
• What’s new in Microsoft Intune: January 2025
• Microsoft Lists forms: What's New

Field Advisories:

• Enhancing Teams video quality with Super Resolution
• Five ways Microsoft Teams has transformed Microsoft
• New and Improved Community Analytics in Viva Engage
• New tools make it easier to build with Azure Communication Services
• Spread the love this Valentine’s Day with Designer and Copilot
• How real-world businesses are transforming with AI – with 50 new stories
• MDEP at ISE 2025
• Enhancements to Planner in Microsoft Teams channels

Community:

• Cloud8 What's new with Teams Phone Mobile
• Teams Phone - January Digest
• ISE 2025 Barcelona: Live AMA – Behind the Scenes with Ilya Bukshteyn
• Empowering.Cloud Community Update – February 2025
• New 5-part SharePoint learning series
• The Hidden Cost of Free: Why SMBs Should Rethink Using WhatsApp vs. Microsoft Teams for Business Communication

Coming Events:

• Teams Phone CommUnity Connection - February 20,  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM GMT+1, Online event
• Smart workplace: Teams Phone

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Teams: Post and reply as "Organizer" in Q&A MC1000272 Published Feb 7, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Organizers for town halls, webinars, and meetings will be able to post and reply to questions using the title “Organizer” in the Q&A experience, instead of their names. This feature allows organizers to present a unified and official voice when responding to attendee questions.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475856.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis MC1000269 Published Feb 7, 2025

Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, :smile: will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345.

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

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

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

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

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

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

General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams Events: Attendees and presenters no longer receive an email when an attendee list is updated MC999446 Published Feb 7, 2025

For Microsoft Teams town halls and webinars, presenters and attendees will no longer receive an updated email every time a presenter is added or removed or when incremental changes are made to the participants list for the event.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and Takeover MC999443 Published Feb 7, 2025

For Microsoft Teams, in the Queues app, authorized users will be able to enter into a monitoring session for private coaching. They can listen to customer calls, whisper to the agents for private messages, and barge into or takeover the call. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473884.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels MC998511 Published Feb 6, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to share a file from a Chat conversation, a Chat Shared tab, or a channel post to 1:1 chats, group chats, or channels with fewer clicks. When files are shared, their permissions are maintained, ensuring that recipients have the appropriate access rights. Users can include a message with the shared file and @mention recipients.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475852.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.

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

 

Windows 10 End of Support for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows MC997581 Published Feb 5, 2025

Support ends soon for Window 10 on October 14, 2025, and devices will no longer receive security and feature updates. Upgrade your Teams Rooms on Windows devices now to Windows 11 for a smooth transition and get the latest productivity, security, and management features.

This will happen: October 14, 2025

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels MC973493 Published Jan 7, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Record a video and share in channels MC947832 Published Dec 3, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment will default to "On" (configure now) MC912707 Published Oct 17, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Live chat for small businesses MC974364 Published Jan 8, 2025

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

(Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies MC688930 Published Nov 11, 2023

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva: Tenant-wide notification settings moving to Viva Engage Admin center MC998509 Published Feb 6, 2025

We are modernizing the existing admin notification settings in Viva Engage to make admin notification settings and configuration more user-friendly and intuitive within Viva Engage. Previously, the tenant-wide notifications settings for admin configuration opened in legacy web pages. With this update, these notification settings will now appear under Viva Engage Admin center > Tenant settings.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472925.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: New user-created cards MC998508 Published Feb 6, 2025

Employees will soon be able to create their own link cards that connect to other tools and destinations on the Microsoft Viva Connections dashboard.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472021.

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage on the web: New way to access to "Delegate management" feature MC997579 Published Feb 5, 2025

Before this rollout, users accessed the Delegate management feature for Microsoft Viva Engage on the web and Viva Engage in Microsoft Teams from different locations: The gear icon in Viva Engage on the web and the three-dot overflow menu in Teams. After this rollout, users can access the Delegate management feature in Viva Engage on the web from the three-dot overflow menu next to their profile picture, just like they do in Viva Engage in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

General Availability (Worldwide): Available now (since mid-January 2025).

 

Microsoft Viva Learning: Archive learning objects in My Learning sections MC997578 Published Feb 5, 2025

In Microsoft Viva learning, users can archive learning objects shown in the My Learning > In-progress section and in the My Learning > Recommendations section of their courses. Users can access the Archive button under the vertical ellipsis (…) on the course tile.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections MC973514 Published Jan 7, 2025

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

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access MC922625 Published Oct 31, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data MC937159 Published Nov 19, 2024

 

 

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