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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 17 - 2025 (April 21 - April 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 17 of 2025, April 21 – April 27.

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

 

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

Field Advisories:

Community:

Coming Events:


M365 Message Center :

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Join as attendees in Microsoft events from Teams Rooms on Windows MC1062452 Published Apr 25, 2025

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows can now join Microsoft events (webinars, town halls, structured meetings) as attendees. You can attend directly from the invited Teams Room with the same features that attendees have for all events. This is available only in Teams Rooms Pro.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484125.

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

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Town hall concurrent attendee to increase to 100,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license MC1061726 Published Apr 24, 2025

Organizers of town hall instances can now reach a wider audience in a single event with an expansion to a maximum of 100,000 simultaneous attendees. This increase serves as a significant jump from the previous attendee cap of 50,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The quality and stability of town halls up to this new limit will remain constant, providing high-quality and reliable content for participants. For events with more than 20,000 concurrent attendees, some interactivity features are disabled for all attendees, including chat for attendees and reactions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484124.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New DVR (digital video recording) capabilities for town halls on iOS and Android MC1061725 Published Apr 24, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams for iOS/Android: New DVR (digital video recording) functionality for users who attend town halls.

This feature is available for town hall instances from all organizers, regardless of the license assigned to the organizer.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486694.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams Premium: Moderator-governed meetings for information barrier compliance MC1061104 Published Apr 24, 2025

Coming soon: A new moderated meeting template for organizers with a Microsoft Teams Premium license and tenants that are enabled for Information Barriers (IB) will enable secure collaboration between users separated by information barriers (also known as ethical walls) under strict compliance oversight. With this capability, meetings involving participants from restricted groups can proceed only when a designated meeting moderator—assigned by the compliance department—is present. Meeting attendees must wait in the lobby until the moderator joins the meeting. Attendees can chat during the meeting only when the meeting moderator is present. If the last moderator leaves the meeting, the meeting automatically ends. These features ensure real-time compliance monitoring and maintain regulatory integrity during sensitive cross-barrier interactions.

Organizers must have a Teams Premium license and the tenant must be enabled for Information Barriers. Attendees can have a Microsoft Teams license (not premium).

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486833.

NOTE: To successfully use this feature, you must configure IB v2 for your tenant. To schedule a meeting in which a user invites people from conflicting barriers, the meeting organizer will need a Teams Premium license.

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out end of June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Expanded and enhanced peripheral auto-association support for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) spaces MC1059673 Published Apr 21, 2025

Additional room and desk peripherals, including docking stations and webcams, are supported in BYOD spaces (including bookable desks), enabling users to seamlessly connect and utilize audio and video peripherals for a better experience. If the space is licensed, admins get an expanded view and insightful reports for peripherals associated with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) spaces in the Pro Management portal.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486693.

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

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

 

Action required: Classic Microsoft Teams end of availability starts July 1, 2025 MC1059667 Published Apr 21, 2025

Starting July 1, 2025, classic Microsoft Teams on Mac and Windows desktops will be unavailable to use as mentioned in End of availability for classic Teams client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. To avoid any business continuity issues, you must upgrade to new Teams or use Teams on the web at https://teams.microsoft.com.

How this will affect your organization:

Starting July 1, 2025, classic Teams users will be blocked from using classic Teams. Users will not be able to dismiss the blocking message or use the classic Teams desktop app.

 

Microsoft Teams: Easily call in a presenter from the roster for town halls and webinars MC1059676 Published Apr 21, 2025

This feature provides the ability for organizers and presenters to quickly add a missing presenter to an ongoing Teams town hall, webinar, or structured meeting even if the missing presenter was not originally included in the event scheduling form. If the organizer or presenter realizes they've forgotten to add someone as a presenter, they can easily call them in directly from the participant roster. From the roster, organizers can choose whether to call them in as a presenter or attendee even if they are not already attending the session as an attendee. Organizers and presenters can only promote someone as a presenter if they are already in the session. With just a few clicks, the missing presenter is instantly promoted to presenter status, allowing them to join the green room, share content, control the presentation, or interact with the meeting participants.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485812.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Pop out live captions and Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings MC1059675 Published Apr 21, 2025

We’re introducing the ability to pop out live captions (including live translated captions) and Real-Time Text (RTT) in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls. This new functionality gives users more flexibility and control over how they view text-based communication during meetings, supporting both accessibility and multitasking needs.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484113.

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

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings and calls MC1059674 Published Apr 21, 2025

We’re introducing Real-Time Text (RTT) support in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls, available on both desktop and mobile platforms. RTT is an accessible communication method that transmits text character by character as it is typed, enabling more immediate and responsive text-based conversations. This enhancement supports inclusivity by providing an alternative communication channel for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, neurodiverse, or have speech-related disabilities.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484119.

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

General Availability (Worldwide, 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 early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting option suggestions in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows MC1059668 Published Apr 21, 2025

Coming soon: The Microsoft Teams Meeting add-in in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop will suggest meeting options to meeting organizers based on meeting details, helping organizers easily schedule meetings with optimized settings from the scheduling form.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487858.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings and calls for Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet MC1059664 Published Apr 21, 2025

We’re introducing Real-Time Text (RTT) support in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls, available on both desktop and mobile platforms for Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet. RTT is an accessible communication method that transmits text character by character as it is typed, enabling more immediate and responsive text-based conversations. This enhancement supports inclusivity by providing an alternative communication channel for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, neurodiverse, or have speech-related disabilities.

General Availability: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025.

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Native Bluetooth call controls using hands-free protocol for multiple peripheral devices MC993227 Published Jan 31, 2025

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced captions for Teams Rooms on Windows MC960811 Published Dec 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Live transcription for Teams Rooms on Windows MC960809 Published Dec 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Slide Control for PowerPoint presenters MC1052166 Published Apr 10, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions MC1019312 Published Feb 28, 2025

(Updated) Provide a meaningful name to the first channel of the team MC1048628 Published Apr 4, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Premium: Ultra-low latency (ULL) attendee experience for town halls MC1056268 Published Apr 15, 2025

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Goals: Optional in-product retirement announcement banner MC1062449 Published Apr 25, 2025

As communicated in MC949603 / Important Update: Viva Goals Retirement Announcement (published December 2024), Microsoft Viva Goals will retire on December 31, 2025. To support this retirement, you can enable a dismissable in-product banner in late April 2025 that informs all users in your tenant about the Viva Goals retirement date.

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Report conversations feature in new admin center MC1061721 Published Apr 24, 2025

Coming soon: The Report conversations feature configuration will soon be available in the new Microsoft Engage admin center, moved from the legacy Microsoft Yammer admin center. This feature allows admins to set up a reporting mechanism for Engage conversations in their network. There are no functional changes with this release to the new Microsoft Engage admin center. This rollout will not affect or change the user experience for end-users looking to report conversations.

This message applies to Viva Engage for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486831.

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

 

Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Glint: Viva Glint admin can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role MC1061107 Published Apr 24, 2025

Coming soon: The Microsoft Viva Glint admin can enable the Microsoft Copilot feature control for the Company admin user role in the Viva Glint survey Program Setup. Admins can enable the control in the Reporting tab of the Program Summary setup.

A license for Viva Glint, Microsoft Viva Suite, or Microsoft Viva Workforce Analytics and Employee Feedback is required to access this feature.

This message applies to Glint for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489219.

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

 

Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available starting in May MC1060842 Published Apr 23, 2025

People Skills is an intelligent data layer in Microsoft 365 Copilot that infers skills derived from user activity mapped to a customizable built-in skill taxonomy, enhancing Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365, and Viva experiences with contextualized information about the people in your organization. For employees, People Skills empowers them to discover, connect, and learn about others in the organization while leaders gain visibility into talent landscape strengths, gaps, and opportunities. Learn more in our General Availability announcement.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485726

General Availability (Worldwide): we will begin rolling out in late May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025.

 

New Service Plan: People Skills (Foundation) MC1060845 Published Apr 23, 2025

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 Copilot or Viva license: People Skills (Foundations). A new service plan, People Skills (Advanced), will be added to your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license. This service plan enables you to set up People Skills, an AI-powered service that delivers personalized skills-based experiences across Microsoft 365. Using advanced inferencing, it helps organizations identify skill gaps and promote upskilling. With People Skills, individuals can easily share a current view of their skills and more easily connect with others. People Skills data enriches people-based experiences in Microsoft 365 Copilot and in the Microsoft 365 profile card and editor. Review MC1060842 to learn more about People Skills in our General Availability announcement.

We will begin rolling late May 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Pulse: Customize and display your internal usage guidelines for authors and responders MC1060460 Published Apr 23, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Pulse: Organizations will be able to provide their employees with customized internal usage guidelines for all survey authors and respondents (according to your company policies), in addition to existing default Pulse privacy guidance.

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

Viva Pulse is available for users with a license for Microsoft Viva Suite, Viva Workplace Analytics and Employee Feedback, or for tenants who are using a Pulse admin-led trial. Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license may also be able to access Viva Pulse, if admins have enabled access using their Copilot subscription.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488105.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Analytics data retention will be 18 months instead of 24 months MC1059672 Published Apr 21, 2025

Before this rollout, Microsoft Viva Engage customers had access to 24 months of data, which displayed as year-over-year deltas in Engage analytics dashboards.

To strengthen privacy posture and data minimization, Viva Engage will no longer retain personal data in service-related data used for Viva Engage analytics or diagnostic purposes for longer than 18 months. After this rollout, we will remove any year-over-year analysis surfaced in Viva Engage analytics.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Microsoft Copilot Studio agents report (Preview) for the advanced insights app MC1034590 Published Mar 18, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Pulse: New Delegation feature MC1053652 Published Apr 11, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Learning: "AI & Copilot Resources" provider will be available to all Viva Learning users MC1038681 Published Mar 21, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: New Communications Dashboard MC1041122 Published Mar 25, 2025

 

 

 

 

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 16 - 2025 (April 14 - April 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 16 of 2025, April 14 – April 20.

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

 

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

Field Advisories:

Community:

Coming Events:


M365 Message Center :

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Classic Microsoft Teams: The option to open files in Teams will retire MC1058266 Published Apr 19, 2025

We will retire the option to open a file in classic Microsoft Teams starting April 15, 2025, and ending April 30, 2025. Instead, we recommend opening the file in the appropriate app (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint) in the desktop or web, where we will continue to invest our development resources. This retirement is to address certain security vulnerabilities that surfaced recently with classic Teams. NOTE: This retirement will not affect file open options for the new version of Microsoft Teams.

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

This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Consider notifying your users about this change and updating relevant internal documentation.

 

Microsoft Teams: Bi-directional calendar syncing between Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams MC1058265 Published Apr 19, 2025

Businesses using Google Workspace for email and calendaring can now enable bidirectional syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app in Teams. This improved sync ensures that events created in either platform are seamlessly reflected in both, reducing missed meetings and simplifying scheduling.

Previously, calendar forwarding only handled new incoming invites. The updated sync now supports all calendar invites, including incoming, outgoing, existing, and new events.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488093.

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in early May 2025 and is expected to complete by late May 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Preview changes before making them visible to attendees with "Manage what attendees see" MC1058259 Published Apr 18, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new Manage what attendees see feature will help organizers and presenters deliver polished town hall events by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants brought on screen. The new feature allows assigned organizers and presenters to preview changes before applying them all at once.

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 487431.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Specify who can manage the screen in town halls MC1058258 Published Apr 18, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new town hall meeting option called Who has control of production tools allows organizers to designate who can manage the screen during the event. Assigned individuals will be able to start the event, control what attendees see, and end the event, for a smoother, more organized experience.

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 487432.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: We will retire SMS invitations from Teams to external partners MC1057714 Published Apr 18, 2025

Effective May 17, 2025, we will retire the option for users to invite external partners to Microsoft Teams by sending an SMS to their phone number to join Teams and continue the conversation. We are retiring this feature to provide a more consistent experience. Organizations can continue to use emails to invite partners outside of their organizations for external teamwork.

Alternatively, customers can sign up for a two-way SMS calling plan to continue inviting external partners to Teams by sending an SMS to their phone number.

This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change, update relevant documentation as appropriate, and share alternatives for users to invite external partners to Teams.

 

Microsoft Teams: Use OS-level animation settings instead of Teams-level animation settings MC1056991 Published Apr 16, 2025

We have removed the Animation setting in Microsoft Teams. Instead, users can configure animations at the operating system (OS) level. If users disable animations in Microsoft Windows or macOS, Teams will honor that preference. This means users no longer need a separate setting in Teams to control animations. We will not reinstate the Teams-level animation control. Moving forward, Teams will rely entirely on the OS setting for animation preferences.

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

General Availability (Worldwide): Available now.

 

Microsoft Teams: Streamlined unified Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) for Teams device management MC1056977 Published Apr 16, 2025

We are releasing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) enhancements in the Teams Rooms Pro management portal (PMP). As part of our ongoing efforts to improve device management across portals, we will be extending PMP's RBAC to support additional Entra built-in roles currently available in the Teams admin center (TAC). This transition aims to provide a seamless experience for admins managing Teams Rooms devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485760.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Detect sensitive content shared in meetings MC1056976 Published Apr 16, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams Premium: A new tenant-level feature called Detect sensitive content during screen sharing that will be on by default to proactively analyze onscreen content and alert meeting organizers, co-organizers, and presenter to any risk of exposure. This feature helps you build a shield of trust and security around your organization. When this feature is on at the tenant level, meeting organizers and co-organizers will still need to enable the feature at the meeting level. Admins can disable the feature at the tenant level if desired.

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

A Teams Premium license is required to use this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487433.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: town hall organizers, co-organizers, presenters can join the event to preview as attendee MC1056269 Published Apr 15, 2025

Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective.

This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams Premium: Ultra-low latency (ULL) attendee experience for town halls MC1056268 Published Apr 15, 2025

Before this rollout, Microsoft Teams town hall attendees typically watch the presentation with a 20-30 second delay. After this rollout, with ultra-low latency (ULL), attendees will be able to view and participate in a town hall at a much lower latency than before, ensuring they are in sync with content being shared by presenters and organizers.

This feature is available for town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license. This feature will only be available for tenants who use the Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) or who do not have an eCDN provider.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486535.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: Improvements to controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot MC1055552 Published Apr 15, 2025

Coming soon: Improvements to the controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot and transcripts in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC). This rollout aims to reduce complexity and prevent conflicting states for those controls, to help provide a smoother experience for admins and users. This rollout will help prevent issues such as Copilot requiring a transcript when Transcript is Off, resulting in error messages for users that cannot be resolved.

The feature described in this message is available to all admins in the TAC, but error messages only occur for Teams users who also have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: The "Code snippets" feature for chats and channels will retire MC1055554 Published Apr 15, 2025

We will retire the code snippets feature for chats and channels from Microsoft Teams starting May 30, 2025 and ending June 16, 2025. We made this decision to streamline our development efforts and enhance the overall user experience by focusing on code blocks, which are faster and more efficient, allowing users (mainly developers) to create, edit, and share code directly in the compose box without needing a title. Code blocks offer almost all the features of code snippets, except for line numbers. We will be adding line numbers to code blocks in the coming months. Also, code blocks will soon be viewable on mobile devices, ensuring that users can access and collaborate on code from anywhere.

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

Users will no longer be able to create code snippets after the feature retires, but all previously sent code snippets will remain accessible in Teams. Users will not be able to create new code snippets after May 30, 2025.

This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change, update relevant documentation as appropriate, and share the code blocks alternative.

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

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

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

(Updated) Transitioning from user's OneDrive to SharePoint for Whiteboards created in Teams Channels MC1024395 Published Mar 5, 2025

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Facilitator agent real-time notes in meetings MC1017117 Published Feb 26, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: In channels, the "Shared" tab (formerly the "Files" tab) will have new capabilities MC1025217 Published Mar 7, 2025

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

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Join town halls using dial-in options and join codes MC1009929 Published Feb 19, 2025

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

Microsoft Teams: Create new channels faster from the "New items" menu at top of the list of chats and channels MC1053645 Published Apr 11, 2025

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: New Folder card in Dashboard MC1056267 Published Apr 15, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Connections: A new Folder card in the Connections card gallery will provide users with a quick view of the document library files on the dashboard.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 408536.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Learning: Surfaces will be personalized according to user skills/interests MC1041459 Published Mar 26, 2025

 

 

 

 

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

 

 

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.

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