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Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 2 of 2025, January 6 – January 12.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
Field Advisories:
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- Windows
10 end of support for Teams Rooms on Windows
- 2024
Microsoft 365 Insider Blog Awards
- Microsoft
OneNote, a year in review: AI innovation and enhanced creativity
Community:
M365 Message Center :
- Microsoft
Teams – new message center posts:
Microsoft Teams: iPad Multi-window support
MC975308
Published Jan 9, 2025
Teams now supports multiple windows on iPad.
With this 'multi-window' feature, users can easily manage different Teams
windows side-by-side, increasing productivity and flexibility.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 467246.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH,
DoD): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by
late February 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service
level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app MC975306
Published Jan 9, 2025
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: In the Queues
app, we will include Service levelin the real-time metrics. Authorized users
will be able to review the Service level metric and adjust staffing
accordingly. This message applies to the Queues app for Microsoft Teams on
Windows desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 472023.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Live chat for small
businesses MC974364
Published Jan 8, 2025
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Live chat is a
new feature for small businesses to better engage with their customers on their
website.
This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop,
Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.
General Availability (US only): We will begin
rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.
General Availability (rest of the world): We
will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by late March
2025.
Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in
meetings MC974361
Published Jan 8, 2025
In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting,
participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of
the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not
affect a participant's original name on their People card.
This feature is available for participants
using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 122934.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will
begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.
General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will
begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced confidentiality in
voicemail greetings MC974356
Published Jan 8, 2025
Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We have
enhanced the privacy and security of voicemail greetings for calls.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High,
DoD): Available now.
Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and
archived teams in Shifts app schedules MC974351
Published Jan 8, 2025
Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft
Teams: An enhanced All schedules view with a new dropdown filter, enabling you
to easily switch between active and archived teams. This feature helps reduce
clutter, allowing managers and frontline workers to concentrate on the
schedules of active teams. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop and
Teams for Mac desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 422814.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy
by default MC973519
Published Jan 7, 2025
Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We are
updating our default policy settings for transcription for new tenants. Before
this rollout, the setting was off by default. After this rollout, the setting
will be on by default. This change applies to new global policies created for
new tenants. Existing policies in the Teams admin center will not be changed;
however, tenants that have not customized any part of their Teams meeting
policy will be impacted.
Tenants without customized policies: The new
default settings will apply, and these tenants will be impacted by this change.
Tenants with customized policies: Policies for
user-level assignments or group-level assignments will remain unchanged and
unaffected.
This change is designed to streamline the
adoption of transcription and enhance the use of all AI features. This change
will align transcription with the default policy for recording, which is also
enabled by default in Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams for
Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 468282.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.
Simplify UX flow to enable Together Mode MC973513
Published Jan 7, 2025
Together mode will get a new simplified flow
which will take the user from the beginning to the end through the steps of
setting up the scene, assigning the seats and applying for everyone in the call
in a transparent and easy-to-understand way.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 470427
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High,
DoD): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by
mid-March 2025.
Microsoft Teams: New "Tag
mentions" filter for the Activity feed MC973502
Published Jan 7, 2025
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will have
a new Tag mentions filter in the Activity feed to see their tag mentions in
their chat and channel messages. The existing @Mentions filter allows users to
catch up quickly on personal mentions.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 470598.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High,
DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by
late February 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to
standard channels MC973493
Published Jan 7, 2025
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop
workspace tab to standard channels enabling your team to brainstorm, co-create,
collect, and organize content—together in real time. Everyone in the Team will
have access to the Loop workspace, even as Team membership changes, and the
workspace will adhere to the governance, lifecycle, and compliance standards
set by the Microsoft 365 group backing the team. This message applies to Teams
on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams on the web.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 472022.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2025 and expect to complete in late January 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out February 2025 and expect to complete in late February 2025.
- Microsoft
Teams – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: The new streamlined
Chat and Channels experience MC920179
Published Oct 28, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs
MC772556
Published Apr 8, 2024
(Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment
MC950880
Published Dec 6, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forwarding loop
components MC950898
Published Dec 6, 2024
Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and
Notes panes in meetings MC952888
Published Dec 10, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows
from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668
Published Mar 21, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location
shifts in the Shifts app MC800503
Published Jun 10, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Brand impersonation
protection for Teams Chat MC910976
Published Oct 14, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Embed support for
Teams town hall MC889534
Published Sep 13, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Admin email support
for "Report a problem" on Teams Rooms on Android MC907108
Published Oct 8, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Net Promoter Score
survey on Teams Rooms on Android MC906501
Published Oct 7, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Swap screens on Teams
Rooms on Android MC908117
Published Oct 10, 2024
- Microsoft
Viva – new message center posts:
Viva Engage: Verified Answers MC976828
Published Jan 11, 2025
We are rolling out the Verified Answers feature
in Microsoft Viva Engage. This new functionality empowers community experts and
admins to mark answers on questions as "Verified" to provide a
reliable indicator of credible and trustworthy information.
Only assigned community experts and community
administrators have the ability to mark an answer as "Verified." This
ensures that the verification comes from users with recognized expertise and
authority within the community.
Key Benefits of Verified Answers:
- Enhanced credibility: With Verified Answers, users can confidently
rely on the accuracy of responses, knowing that they have been reviewed
and endorsed by designated experts.
- Streamlined knowledge sharing: Verified Answers are highlighted and
pinned at the top of discussion threads, making it easier for everyone in
the community to access key information quickly.
- Robust community engagement: This feature not only recognizes the
expertise within your community but also fosters a culture of trust and
thorough knowledge exchange.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 408165.
Preview: We will begin rolling out early
January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete in early March 2025.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Leadership feed
available in SharePoint web part MC976827
Published Jan 11, 2025
We have added a new source feed option in the Viva
Engage conversations web part, which is called the "leaders"
feed.
As a result of this change, your site admins
will be able to add the following Microsoft Viva Engage feeds to their
Microsoft SharePoint site via the conversations web part:
- Community feed
- User feed
- Topic feed
- Home feed
- (New) leaders feed.
If a site admin chooses to add the
"leaders" feed to their SharePoint site, the content the user sees
will be dependent on their license status.
- Users with either a Viva suite or Viva Employee Communications and
Communities license will see content from their leadership corner feed.
- Users without a Viva suite or Viva Employee Communications and
Communities license will see content from their home feed.
General Availability (Worldwide): This
feature has completed rollout.
This update is available by default.
SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections MC973514
Published Jan 7, 2025
Flexible sections are a new section type that allow
authors to build pages without a strict column structure. Web parts can be
dynamically resized and moved within flexible sections to create a fully
customized section. Flexible sections unlock an endless number of design
possibilities for sections.
With the introduction of flexible sections, we
have reimagined section templates that are located in the content pane toolbox.
The new section templates will be powered by both flexible and column-based
sections with example content. All sample content from these templates is
placed onto the canvas when a section template is applied.
The new flexible section type and section
templates will be available in SharePoint and Viva Amplify.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 395213.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
late-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.
General Availability (Production, GCC, GCC
High, DOD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete
by late April 2025.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Multi-pin Conversations
Carousel is now available MC973512
Published Jan 7, 2025
The Multi-pin Conversations Carousel is now
available for Microsoft Viva Engage.
The behavior of single pin remains the same;
two or more pins will enable the carousel. Posts will appear in the order of
the most recently pinned post first. Pinned conversations will remain in the
feed with a thumbtack icon on the corner to denote that it is a pinned
conversation.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.
- Microsoft
Viva – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Viva Learning: AI and Copilot
Resources Provider visibility MC962529
Published Dec 20, 2024
Microsoft Viva Engage: Private unlisted groups
in external networks will retire and be deleted in January 2025 MC867664
Published Aug 20, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights MC960821
Published Dec 19, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions
design in Viva Engage MC892641
Published Sep 18, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: New features
for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community MC971030
Published Jan 3, 2025
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- Microsoft Teams Channel on
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- 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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