Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 44 - 2024 (October 28 - November 3)

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 44 of 2024, October 28 – November 3.

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

 

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

• What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2024
• What's New In Microsoft 365 Copilot | October 2024
• Introducing the new Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience
• Streamline collaboration with the new chat and channels experience in Microsoft Teams

Field Advisories:

• Get to know the Microsoft Teams new chat and channels experience
• Digital signage in Teams Rooms brings your messages to your meeting spaces
• New skin tone settings in Microsoft Teams
• New Copilot agents: Supercharge Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Announcing the General Availability of the Microsoft 365 Document Collaboration Partner Program
• How Copilots are helping customers and partners drive pragmatic innovation to achieve business results that matter
• Part 1 - Multichannel Notification System with Azure Communication Services and Azure Functions
• Part 2 - Multichannel notification system using Azure Communication Services and Azure Functions
• Azure Communication Services Ideas Board: Share your feedback with the product team
• SharePoint roadmap pitstop - October 2024
• Kickstarting Creative Brainstorms with Copilot in Whiteboard

Community:

• Microsoft Teams Accessibility Features for Everyone
• A new calendar experience is coming to Teams
• Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings
• Microsoft Teams to Offer Admins More Control Over Meeting Chat

 

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates with building details for BYOD rooms and bookable desks MC921116 Published Oct 29, 2024

With this rollout, we are delivering automatic location updates with building details on bookable desks and bring your own device (BYOD) rooms to make it easier for users to keep their workplace presence up to date and connect with others in the office.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422807.

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

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

 

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

Updated October 29, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’ve been listening to user feedback on the pace of work and the challenges of keeping up with conversations, managing messages scattered across different locations, and triaging quickly. To address this, we’ve streamlined the chats, teams, and channels experience to make it easier for users to stay on top of what matters most.

For more details and screenshots, refer to Microsoft Teams announces out a new chat and channels experience | Microsoft 365 Blog

This message applies to Teams on Windows desktops, Mac desktops, the web, and iOS and Android devices.

This message excludes Education tenants. We will send a future post with an update on the plan for Education tenants.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415249.

Updated October 29, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Public Preview / Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024.

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

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

 

Introducing Meeting Prep for Financial Services (Preview) MC920310 Published Oct 28, 2024

We announced the launch of Meeting Prep for Financial Services as public preview in Microsoft. We’re proud to be partnering with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to bring you this new app, designed to revolutionize how investment bankers prepare for meetings.

Preview: Available now

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

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins can disable the ability to send messages in meeting chat before and after a meeting MC920298 Published Oct 28, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams admin center: For the existing Meeting chat control, we will add two new options that allow admins to disable meeting chat before and after a meeting, In-meeting only for everyone and In-meeting only except anonymous users.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422808.

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

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

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

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

   

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Start/stop recording on Teams Rooms on Windows MC884009 Published Sep 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can turn off copying of captions, transcript and recap MC908115 Published Oct 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls MC913445 Published Oct 18, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced discovery of apps and one-click app installation across Teams MC888049 Published Sep 11, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Copilot 365 in Viva Glint will support the summarization of employee survey comments MC922629 Published Oct 31, 2024

Starting in November 2024, Microsoft Copilot 365 in Glint will support the summarization of employee survey comments. Copilot in Viva Glint is designed to answer questions about your survey comments, acting as your partner for all comment analysis. It can summarize comments, identify key themes, provide summaries by demographics and items, and highlight actions employees are requesting. A Viva Glint license is required to use this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 324079.

Public Preview: We began rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.

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

 

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

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Insights: Users will be able to request delegate access from a manager. This message applies to the Viva app on the web and the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

Before this rollout, Insights managers can assign delegate access to members of their organization. After this rollout, if a manager accepts the delegate access request, the requestor will have the same view of organizational insights as the manager does.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464174

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Mute conversations in feeds and digests MC922624 Published Oct 31, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: Network admins and corporate communicators will be able to use the new Mute conversations feature to remove individual conversation threads from the Home Feed and email digests.

This feature is part of Engage’s suite of new moderation and digital safety capabilities, following the release of View-only mode and Mute user for network in July-August 2024.

Muting applies to all Engage platforms: Engage on the web, the Engage app in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook, Engage apps for iOS and Android, and Microsoft SharePoint embeds. Network admins and corporate communicators may only mute from the Engage on the web and Teams and Outlook apps. The muted status will appear in all platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411583.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community MC921115 Published Oct 29, 2024

Coming soon to the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Microsoft 365 Copilot, admins will have access to new suggested content covering timely Copilot updates and best practices and the ability to easily upload documents and leverage AI to generate Q&A pairs using Answers Intelligent Importer.

What is the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Copilot?

Since general availability in August 2024 (referenced in MC7841560), network admins and corporate communicators can enable a new type of community specifically built to facilitate the rollout and adoption of Copilot in their organizations. This community can bring employees together in a community of practice where employees can ask questions, seek support from both their peers and IT admins, share best practices, and learn more from articles and quick tips on how best to use Copilot.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Top questions in your communities MC920301 Published Oct 28, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: A new Top questions feature to highlight the most-viewed questions in a community over the last 90 days. This feature helps community members quickly find the most relevant and popular questions. It is accessible to all community members in their respective communities.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422317.

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

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

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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 43 - 2024 (October 21 - October 27)

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 43 of 2024, October 21 – October 27.

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

 

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

• Queues app for Microsoft Teams now generally available
• More new languages supported in Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Satya Nadella: My annual letter: Relevance and reinvention

Field Advisories:

• New autonomous agents scale your team like never before
• Transform work with autonomous agents across your business processes
• Building a WhatsApp AI bot for customer support
• SharePoint content processing updates - translation and simple prebuilt models
• A Product Marketer’s Secret to Efficiency – How Copilot in Loop Elevates My Workflow
• Increase productivity with Copilot in OneNote for iPad and Mac for commercial customers
• Seamlessly switch between your Apple devices with Handoff support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Community:

• Queues App now Generally Available
• Teams Phone Digest September
• 7 Prompting Hacks to Make Copilot Your Ultimate Workday Sidekick
• How to Set Up Microsoft Teams for Project Management: A Step-by-Step Guide

 

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Watermark for anonymous meeting join MC918575 Published Oct 25, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Anonymous unauthenticated users will be able to join watermarked meetings and have access to all meeting content, including video. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on the web, Teams for Android/iOS, and Teams Rooms.

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

 

Improved search for content around people MC918573 Published Oct 25, 2024

You can now search for content related to specific people.  Start by typing the name of the relevant person in the search bar and select the filter to narrow down the search results and get relevant content suggestions

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421189

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

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

 

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

Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422261

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

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

 

Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app MC796790 Published May 29, 2024

Updated October 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline and the phasing below. Thank you for your patience.

In 2023, we introduced Microsoft Teams apps that are compatible with Microsoft Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App (manifest version v1.13 or higher). Before this rollout, admin changes made in the Integrated apps section of the Microsoft 365 admin center would only affect these Teams apps in Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app. Similarly, changes made in the Teams admin center would exclusively affect Teams. Starting in June 2024, we will roll out Unified App Management to streamline the management of these apps across Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App, so they are consistently available across all supported clients.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393931.

This rollout will happen in two major phases. Unified App Management can apply only to tenants that have migrated to app centric management in Teams admin center, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023).

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 (previously July 2024) and expect to complete mid-January 2025 (previously late November 2024). This phase applies to tenants with no modified settings in either the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) or the Teams admin center for organization-wide defaults, app deployment, app availability, or block/unblock. No merge rules apply to these tenants, but after this phase, any app management setting configured in either admin centers will apply to all relevant hosts.

Phase 2: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase is applicable to tenants with app settings that have differences between Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) and Teams admin center, and who have maintained a single app setup policy in Teams that has a modified Installed apps section.

 

Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card MC917748 Published Oct 24, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams: A name pronunciation feature on the profile card in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook. This new feature helps promote diversity by giving working colleagues relevant information about each other. Names are a crucial part of a person’s identity. The incorrect pronunciation of a person’s name can lead to anxiety and offense in some cases. Correctly pronouncing a person’s name helps to create an inclusive environment.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420329.

Pronunciation data is stored in each user's mailbox until the user deletes the recording. Learn more: Data Residency for Exchange Online - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn

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

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

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shifts Graph APIs in beta moved to production (v1.0) MC916866 Published Oct 23, 2024

Updated October 24, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Shifts Graph APIs will transition from beta to production. This change brings enhanced stability and reliability to the APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422813.

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users can take control during screensharing on the web MC915486 Published Oct 21, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams on the web: Users will be able to use the Take control feature during screensharing on the web, like they can in Teams for Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420327.

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

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

 

New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization MC916294 Published Oct 23, 2024

Improving interop between the new Microsoft Teams client and Skype for business

Currently when making or receiving a call in the new Microsoft Teams client while an existing Skype for Business (SfB) call is ongoing, the call in Skype for Business does not automatically go on hold. The reverse scenario has the same problem.

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

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

General Availability (GCC High):  early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024.

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

 

Eligible users can now signup for Teams Exploratory on MOBILE MC915487 Published Oct 21, 2024

Microsoft Teams Exploratory Trial will be available to eligible users on mobile devices

The Teams Exploratory trial license allows users in your organization to explore the full features of Microsoft Teams for free for up to 6 months, if they are eligible. This update brings mobile experience at par with Desktop wherein users trying to sign up for Exploratory on mobile devices will not receive errors.

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

   

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

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

Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app MC796790 Published May 29, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Places will be generally available in Q4 CY24 MC901823 Published Sep 30, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Auto-detect and pre-select room audio in BYOD meeting rooms MC892647 Published Sep 19, 2024

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Digital signage on Teams Rooms on Windows MC862235 Published Aug 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams apps and Microsoft Copilot extensions: New security and certification information MC889528 Published Sep 13, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms: Enhanced cross-platform meetings via SIP join MC810411 Published Jul 11, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app MC800503 Published Jun 10, 2024

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms MC814577 Published Jul 16, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Community settings for Community Resources and Files tab MC917752 Published Oct 24, 2024

Coming soon in Microsoft Viva Engage Communities: Community settings for the Community Resources module and the Files tab.

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

Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema MC917742 Published Oct 24, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): We will update the audit log schema to include parameters that uniquely identify both the user performing an action (actor) and the user/object affected by that action (target).

After this rollout:

The actor will be identified by their unique Microsoft Entra ID ObjectId, stored in the UserKey field.

The target will be identified by a new parameter TargetObjectId that will also store the target's Entra ID ObjectId.

To improve transparency on changes to admin roles and other key scenarios, a new ModifiedProperties parameter will capture both the old and new values of modified fields.

These new parameters will be available for users with an E3 license.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out end-November 2024 and expected to complete by late December 2024.

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Learning: Learner Completion Record bulk export MC806522 Published Jun 28, 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

 

 

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 42 - 2024 (October 14 - October 20)

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 42 of 2024, October 14 – October 20.

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

 

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

• Microsoft named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service for the sixth year in a row
• Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses—new study
• What's new in Microsoft Intune October 2024

Field Advisories:

 

• Prompt like a pro: Powering effective communication with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams Phone
• Branding your company's Teams meetings and calls with frosted glass effects
• Boost digital event engagement with Voting and Archiving in Teams Q&A
• Coming soon to Shifts: Create open shifts across locations
• End of Support for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Server 2019: T-12 Months
• Prepare now for key end of support moments in 2025
• Everything you should know about Visio 2016 and Visio 2019 end of support
• Favorite Microsoft 365 Copilot Prompts
• NOW ON DEMAND: "Create and share Copilot agents in SharePoint in a few clicks"
• Copilot in OneNote can help you work more intentionally

Community:

• Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile podcast hosted by Cloud Revolution
• 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant Highlights Microsoft as a Leader in Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)
• Microsoft Teams will introduce private moderators to deal with sensitive questions

 

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls MC913445 Published Oct 18, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap will be available for ad-hoc meetings and calls, like those started from Meet now or chat. After this rollout, Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users can browse a meeting recording by speakers and topics, as well as access AI-generated notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions after an ad-hoc meeting ends. This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411573.

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-November month 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: New collaborative environment in Microsoft Mesh MC913444 Published Oct 18, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: The Project Studio environment will be a beautiful new environment for immersive meetings in Teams and for Microsoft Mesh events, designed for synchronous teamwork and productivity, and optimized for small group collaboration. This message applies to Mesh events on Windows desktops, Mac desktops (for TAP users), and on Meta Quest headsets.

This message is associated with Roadmap ID: 412076

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

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

 

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

A new csTeamsAIPolicy policy for Microsoft Teams (available now via Microsoft PowerShell and taking effect in mid-January 2025) will give IT admins more control over voice and face enrollment settings, allowing organizations to manage these features based on their needs. After rollout, voice and face profile enrollment will be enabled by default, and users can benefit from voice isolation, speaker recognition, and attribution in meeting rooms, resulting in smarter meeting recaps and enhanced functionality for Microsoft 365 Copilot in meetings. To access Copilot features, a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Mac desktop.

NOTE: Microsoft doesn't use the voice and face profiles of users to train any models or for any other purposes other than providing the voice and face enrollment feature in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413708.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for preparation and to ensure a smooth transition. The policy takes effect starting in mid-January 2025 and is expected to be fully in effect by mid-January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Quality of Experience Report v5.0 for Microsoft Power BI MC912706 Published Oct 17, 2024

Version 5.0 of the Quality of Experience Report (QER) for the Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) in Microsoft Power BI has reached General Availability and is live on the Microsoft downloads website for tenant admins and IT pros to start using today.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Available now.

 

Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar MC912178 Published Oct 16, 2024

Before this rollout, in a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the organizer does not have the option to download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions does not display in the attendee captions or transcript.

After this rollout, in a town hall or webinar, the organizer can download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions will be displayed in both the attendee captions and transcripts.

The transcript can be downloaded in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops and Teams for the web. The 708 captions during the meeting will be displayed in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops, Teams for the web, and Teams for Android and iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417156.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New Event chat for Premium town halls MC911620 Published Oct 15, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Everyone including attendees will be able to chat with each other in a town hall. The new Event chat feature will be optimized to support a large number of messages and people chatting at one time. Event chat is available for town halls scheduled by organizers that have Teams Premium and can be configured through meeting options by the organizers who have scheduled the town hall. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418117.

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

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

 

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

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: When users or admins configure Microsoft Edge as the browser to open web links in Teams, then links in Teams chat will be open in Edge, and Edge launches in the profile that matches the authenticated profile. Users will benefit from a seamless browsing experience that integrates their identity and user data across Microsoft apps.&

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414521.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Brand impersonation protection for Teams Chat MC910976 Published Oct 14, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: A new feature to enhance the security in external collaboration. If your company allows external domains to contact your users in Teams, we will identify if an external user is impersonating a brand commonly targeted by phishing attacks during their initial contact with your user through Teams Chat. If we detect potential impersonation, we will show a high-risk alert to the user, notifying them to check for suspicious name/email and proceed with caution.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421190.

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

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

   

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can turn off copying of captions, transcript and recap MC908115 Published Oct 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status MC704035 Published Jan 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Office 365 Connectors feature retires starting August 15, 2024 MC808160 Published Jul 3, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Chat contextual info and Search MC803293 Published Jun 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms MC892055 Published Sep 17, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of all your teams and channels page MC887377 Published Sep 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app MC800503 Published Jun 10, 2024

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Streamlined process for installing Teams apps MC877316 Published Aug 29, 2024

(Updated) CAPTCHA Verification for Anonymous Meeting Participants MC875061 Published Aug 27, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption MC898393 Published Sep 26, 2024

(Updated) Classic Microsoft Teams: Uninstallation resuming for Windows only MC806095 Published Jun 27, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Page header enhancements MC913436 Published Oct 18, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: Enhancements to the page header for a more streamlined and optimized experience. The header will display more relevant content and highlight key actions, such as Join. Also, we have slightly reduced the size of the icon or avatar size to minimize overlap with background images, enhancing overall visibility and user interaction.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422731.

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

 

Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot in Microsoft Viva Amplify MC912180 Published Oct 16, 2024

We are launching Microsoft 365 Copilot in Microsoft Viva Amplify to enhance your authoring experience with AI. Copilot is available in the Campaign Brief authoring canvas and the Publication authoring canvas in Viva Amplify.

A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to use this new feature. If a customer has a Viva Amplify license through Microsoft Viva Suite, Microsoft Viva Communications and Communities, or another Viva license, the user can use Copilot in Viva Amplify. NOTE: A customer that has a Viva Amplify license but does not have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will not have access to Copilot on Microsoft SharePoint pages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411300.

General Availability (Worldwide): Available now.

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Pulse admins can manage Pulse notifications MC892053 Published Sep 17, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign MC868912 Published Aug 22, 2024

 

 

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• 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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