Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 37 - 2023 (September 11 - September 17)

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 37 of 2023, September 11 – September 17.

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

 

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

• Telia is introducing Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile in Denmark (article in Danish)

Field Advisories:

• All About Microsoft Teams webinars: Technical walkthrough and live Q&A sessions from Teams Engineers
• Viva People Science Industry Trends: Technology
• Azure Communication Services September 2023 Feature Updates
• Microsoft recognized as a Leader in 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service

Community:

• How to Pin a Phone Number to the Teams Side Rail
• August Community video briefings on Empowering.Cloud
• Coming soon to Microsoft Teams webinars: unique join links for external presenters
• Microsoft Launches Unified Picker for Teams Fun Graphics

 

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• Teams :

 

Meeting Protection Support and Improved View Switcher for Teams Rooms on Android MC675503 · Published Sep 16, 2023

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Android Update 3 (2023) includes new in-meeting experiences including:

Improved view switcher and front of room display controls

Meeting protection support - End-to-end Encryption for meetings and Sensitivity labels

We will begin rolling out in late November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late December 2023.

 

Teams Panels Recognized and Visible in Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal MC675500 · Published Sep 16, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Teams Panels will soon appear and be supported in the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Panels will start to appear under the Rooms and Inventory pages. The device health signals and management functionality will be similar to what is offered on Teams Rooms on Android devices.

Rollout is expected to start in late October 2023 and is expected to be complete by late November 2023.

 

Microsoft Teams: Extended Real-time Telemetry Retention Up To Seven Days MC675498 · Published Sep 16, 2023

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center (TAC) allows IT admins to view their users' meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing.

In the current public preview, Real-time telemetry is only stored for users when administrators explicitly subscribe (go to user's meeting history and click on specific meeting) to it during ongoing meetings. This prevents admins from troubleshooting the issue if the meeting is already over and telemetry is not captured explicitly.

However, with this new update, Real-time telemetry will be captured and stored by default for all users with Teams premium licenses, even if admins do not explicitly subscribe to it in the Teams admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 141108

Rollout will begin in late October 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-November 2023.

 

(Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. MC554158 · Published May 12, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550

Standard: We will begin rolling this out in early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late September)

GCC: We will begin rolling this out in mid-October 2023 (previously late September) and complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late August).

GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in late October 2023 (previously late August) and complete rollout by early November 2023 (previously early September).

DoD: We will begin rolling this out in mid-November 2023 (previously mid-September) and complete rollout by early December 2023 (previously early October).

 

(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations MC579612 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With privacy and security restrictions, we have implemented a user-level IT admin policy for admins to choose whether some or all users in the company can use Collaborative Annotations. Currently, there is a way to turn Annotations ON or OFF through cmdlet Set-SPOTenant-IsWBFluidEnabled, this will also influence Whiteboard.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 92502

We will begin rolling out in early August 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late September).

 

(Updated) Click Through Collaborative Annotations Layer in Teams Meetings MC611685 · Published Jun 27, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We are postponing the rollout of this feature at this time, and it will only be available in the new Teams experience. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are rolling out an enhancement to the current Collaborative Annotations experience whereby screen sharers can click through the annotations layer and interact with underlying content without stopping the existing annotation session. After a sharer initiates annotations from their presenter toolbar, sharers will be able to interact with their background to edit their content by default.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 127900.

We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

 

(Updated) Join third-party meetings from Teams MC661228 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When a third-party meeting is created from Outlook or OWA, participants of the meeting will now be able to Join the meeting directly from Microsoft Teams. The participants will see "Join" button on the Teams calendar events card and in the meeting details page. On clicking the Join button, the link will route the users to the browser or the third-party application to join the meeting. This experience will be available on both mobile and desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 138139

We will begin rolling out mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and expect to complete by mid-October 2023 (previously early September).

 

(Updated) Channel meeting invitation | Allow organizer to send a channel meeting invite to everyone in team MC661224 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Channel meeting invitations will now allow channel meeting organizers the ability to share invites on personal calendars of all channel members.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 142405

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and expect completion by late October 2023 (previously late September).

 

(Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See People in Teams Rooms MC642265 · Published Jul 14, 2023 · Last updated Sep 15, 2023

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Cloud IntelliFrame is a new experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room more easily, which will help improve collaboration in hybrid meetings. It creates equity in hybrid meetings as everyone can be seen and heard.

Cloud IntelliFrame will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows with Pro license and can be viewed on Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows & Mac) with any license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 130219.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out to commercial tenants in mid-August and expect to complete rollout by late September 2023 (previously early September).

GCC and GCCH will begin rollout by mid-August.

This experience is not available for DoD.

 

Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events MC675281 · Published Sep 14, 2023

Organizers can set up events and effortlessly add external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to directly enter the event, eliminating the need for organizers to manually admit them from the event lobby or modify their event role during the session. This creates a hassle-free event experience for organizers and presenters!

External Presenters are considered people outside of your organization, including guests (AAD/B2B/non-AAD), federated, unfederated, and anonymous users (non-AAD).

This feature is available for webinars only. This is not a Teams Premium feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123149

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late October and expect to complete by early November.

GCC: We will begin rolling out late October and expect to complete by early November.

 

Teams Network Assessment Tool Urgent Update Required MC675276 · Published Sep 14, 2023

Note: If your organization is not using the Teams Network Assessment Tool you can safely disregard this message.

An update has been released for the Teams Network Assessment Tool on September 7th, 2023 (Version 1.5.0.0).

This update is required in order for the tool to continue working with full functionality. Older versions of the tool previous to version 1.4.0.1 will stop working on October 2nd, 2023.

The following functionality will continue to work after this date:

• Perform connectivity checks.
• /infraconnectivitytest Perform HTTP stack infra tests.
• /interfaces Dumps the list of the interfaces found.

However, the quality check functionality (/qualitycheck switch in the tool) will no longer function.

For the quality check functionality to work you must update the Teams Network Assessment Tool by October 2nd, 2023.

The quality checks will fail with the following errors:

• ERROR: Call setup failed – Failed to establish connection with local relay.
• ERROR: Check that the relay is configured correctly in your config file.
• ERROR: Recommend running the connectivity checker for more details.

It is recommended you update your Teams Network Assessment tool as soon as possible to avoid any unexpected failures. The update is available at Microsoft Downloads at the following link: Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool - download.

 

Collaborative notes on Teams mobile MC674980 · Published Sep 12, 2023

Users can now view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks on Teams for iOS and Android, similarly with what users can do on Teams for desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 128652

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early October and expect to complete by late October.

 

Teams Calendar: Near real-time sync calendar sync with Outlook Calendar MC674979 · Published Sep 12, 2023

With this update, any Calendar updates you make in outlook will be available in near-real time on Teams Calendar (Desktop/Web). This keeps your calendar across Outlook and Teams always in sync with each other.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 138248

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-September and plan to finish rollout by mid-October.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Attach Cloud Files in Chat and Channel from Teams Mobile MC579610 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing the capability to upload files from OneDrive from Teams Mobile chat and channel for iOS and Android. Additionally, users will be able to view Recent files and attach the most used files upfront from the Recent section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 98321 and 98327

We will begin rolling out in late June 2023 and expect rollout to be complete by early October 2023 (previously early September).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings MC523053 · Published Mar 3, 2023 · Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is going to support an Explicit Recording Consent meeting policy. When the policy is applied, the Teams meeting window will request explicit consent of all participants to be recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user’s audio, video, and screenshare/consent-share won’t be captured in the meeting recording.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107781

Standard and GCC: We will begin rolling out in late March and expect to complete rollout by mid-April. - Complete

GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in late May (previously late April) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously early May). - Complete

DoD: We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2023 (previously early August) and expect to complete rollout by late September 2023 (previously mid-September).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: App Suggestions by Task in In-Context Stores MC561700 · Published May 26, 2023 · Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users think about which tasks they need to complete, such as creating a survey, inside Microsoft Teams. Soon, app suggestions will be organized by tasks that the apps support as opposed to conventional categories (productivity, project management). As a result, the new categorization will reduce the amount of time users need to spend learning about these apps – helping them to work more effectively.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122527

Standard: Rollout will begin in early November 2023 (previously mid-August) and is expected to be complete by late November 2023 (previously early August).

GCC: Rollout will begin in early November 2023 (previously mid-August) and is expected to be complete by late November 2023 (previously early August).

GCC High: Rollout will begin in early January 2024 (previously early August) and is expected to be complete by mid-January 2024 (previously late August).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Channels Experience MC550081 · Published May 3, 2023 · Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new channels experience in Microsoft Teams has been built with an intuitive design that allows teams to focus and stay on tasks, bring everyone up to speed, and actively engage in real-time. The following features will be rolling out: 

• The compose box and recent posts will appear at the top of the page. It'll now be much easier to start a new post, keep up with the latest conversations and participate - giving users the confidence that they’ve not missed anything. 
• Every post is now a true conversation that users can focus on. Users can navigate to a conversation view that makes the discussion more engaging and synchronous, just like a chat. Users can also pop out the post, keep an eye on the discussion, while continuing to work on other topics.
• A streamlined information pane will include all the important contextual information like channel’s members and pinned posts so new team members can quickly on-board and for all members to find the information they need, right in the channel.
• Pin posts to make it easy for everyone to know what’s important in the channel and quickly reference it.
• Simplified badging is making it easier for users to understand when there are new unread activities in teams. In addition, the simplified design helps users focus on the specific channels which requires the most attention, like channels in which the user was @mentioned.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91683

Targeted Release: Started rolling out in May and is expected to complete in late August 2023 (previously early July). Complete

Standard and GCC: We will begin rollout in early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously mid-August).

GCC-H: We will begin rollout in late October 2023 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete rollout by mid-November 2023 (previously mid-September).

DoD: We will begin rolling out in early November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-November 2023.

 

(Updated) Suggested Files in 1:1 Chats MC513664 · Published Feb 10, 2023 · Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Updated September 12, 2023: We apologize for the delay on providing an update for this release. We have updated the rollout timeline below for Standard release. Additionally, we won't be moving forward with rolling this out to Government organizations at this time. Thank you for your patience.

As an extension of Suggested Replies in 1:1 chats, you can now easily save time when you need to send a file in a chat by tapping on a "Share file" suggestion.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95065

Standard Release: We will begin rolling this out late November 2023 (previously early July) and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.

Government Clouds: We will not be rolling this feature out at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

 

Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker MC674737 · Published Sep 11, 2023

Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early October 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late November 2023.

Gov Clouds: We will begin rolling out in early December 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024.

USSec/USNat: We will begin rolling out in early February 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late February 2024.

 

Default admin password for Android devices in Teams admin center MC674690 · Published Sep 11, 2023

We are introducing a change in the way default admin passwords are managed in the configuration profiles for Android based Teams devices in Teams admin center.

Starting mid-September, 2023, we will no longer display the value of the default admin password set in the configuration profiles. This change is designed to further enhance the device security.

Note: If your organization does not utilize Android based Teams devices you can safely disregard this message.

 

 

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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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Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 36 - 2023 (September 4 - September 10)

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 36 of 2023, September 4 – September 10.

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

Announcement:

This is my 53rd newsletter going out to all of you 1600 subscribers. Thank you all for subscribing! And thank you all for the encouraging and kind words you sent me. The previous 52 letters have contained some 711 links to articles on the news, field and community around Microsoft Teams. Please send me any feedback and improvement ideas you may have, and do not forget to tell your friends at the bar and the library about this newsletter.

 

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

• Microsoft files new AI-powered smart backpack patent. It can hear you and see what you see
• Teams Phone Mobile is now live in the UK with British Telecom

Field Advisories:

• How Microsoft Teams apps can help improve wellbeing at work
• End of support for connecting to Skype for Business server in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
• Microsoft Intune ending support for Android device administrator on devices with GMS in August 2024
• Now in Public preview & Targeted release: Live translated transcript for Teams Premium users
• SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: August 2023
• Live translated transcript for Teams Premium users

Community:

• Microsoft Teams AI Fast Start complete webinar
• How to use Intelligent Recap in Microsoft Teams Premium
• Video: Intune and Conditional Access Setup for Microsoft Teams Devices
• Here’s How to Update Your Windows Teams Rooms MTR Passwords Remotely
• Teams Real Simple with Pictures: Deploying Microsoft Entra Internet Access in Preparation for Teams
• SIP & H.323 Calling with Microsoft Teams Rooms
• Do More With Less With Teams SIP Gateway

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Teams :

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Preview and Playback in Teams Chat and Channels MC649917 · Published Jul 19, 2023 · Last updated Sep 7, 2023

Updated September 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can preview and play Stream videos directly in Teams Chat and Channel without having to open them in a browser and going to Stream.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 127596

We will begin rolling out in late July 2023 and is expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late August).

 

Microsoft Graph APIs for Delete Thread MC673983 · Published Sep 6, 2023

We are pleased to announce the release of the Delete Thread API. This release will allow Tenant Admins to delete 1:1 chat threads, meeting chat threads, and group chat threads as well as restore them via PowerShell scripts.

Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to be complete by late September 2023.

 

(Updated) New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording MC600733 · Published Jun 21, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

New org-wide application permissions and RSC application permissions have been introduced to allow apps to access meeting recordings for a specific meeting. Resource specific consent (RSC) permissions, specifically enables admins to authorize users to provide consent to apps, so they get specific access to a Teams meeting’s recordings to which it is installed to, rather than providing them access across the entire tenant.

This message is specifically associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95787

Graph Beta We will begin rolling out in late August 2023 (previously late July) and expect to complete by mid-September 2023 (previously early August).

Standard Release: We will begin rollout in mid-November 2023 (previously late September) and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously mid-October).

 

(Updated) Graph API for Teams Meetings Transcripts MC400569 · Published Jul 14, 2022 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

New org-wide application permissions and RSC application permissions have been introduced to make sure that apps can access meeting transcripts for a specific meeting. Resource specific consent (RSC) permissions, specifically enables admins to authorize users to provide consent to apps, so they get specific access to a Teams meeting’s transcripts to which it is installed to, rather than providing them access across the entire tenant.

This message is specifically associated with post-meeting transcripts access for apps - Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 95788 that allows authorized apps to access Teams Meetings transcripts once the meeting is over.

We will begin rolling this out in early October 2023 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete late October 2023 (previously early September).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Proactive Monitoring of Meeting Quality Using Real-time Telemetry (Premium) MC669479 · Published Aug 21, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center allows admins to view their users' meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing. Currently, the troubleshooting process for admins is manual and requires continuous admin involvement. The admin or engineer must search for a user, access their call history, identify ongoing meetings or live events they are participating in, and then search for the specific information needed to troubleshoot issues. However, with the introduction of Proactive Monitoring Notifications for In-Progress meetings, admins can efficiently monitor multiple meetings simultaneously for important users in their organization. This functionality enables admins to monitor audio, video, and app-sharing experiences based on various parameters and receive alerts if there are any issues with a user's meeting experience.

This feature is part of the Teams premium add-on SKU. All admins will see the feature within the Teams admin center, but for users to be configured and enabled for monitoring notifications they are required to have a Teams Premium license assigned for this feature to work.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 135667

Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-September 2023 (previously early September).

 

(Updated) Call delegation feature enhancements MC649047 · Published Jul 17, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional resource information.

Call delegation feature enhancements -

Delivering a more tailored experience for delegates and delegators with a refreshed, simplified UI in the Calls app, and the ability for delegates and delegators to join active calls, if permitted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123753

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August and expect to complete by late September for Teams Desktop and Teams Phone devices.

 

(Updated) Power Automate app changing name to "Workflows" within Microsoft Teams MC671824 · Published Aug 29, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To provide a unified workflow experience within Microsoft Teams we will be merging the existing Workflows app with the Power Automate app. With this merger the Power Automate app will be changing its name to "Workflows".

There will be no change to user experience within the app. Users will still be able to manage all their flows within the app along with browsing workflow templates or creating a new flow from scratch. Whether you have existing workflows in the Power Automate app or the Workflows app your workflows will persist in the new unified app. Users will still be able to configure new workflows through the various app entry points (tab, bot, message extension, message action, personal app).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 131294

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-October 2023 (previously late September).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2023 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early November 2023 (previously early October).

GCC Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by early November 2023.

 

(Updated) Workflows replacing Connectors within Microsoft Teams channels menu MC670029 · Published Aug 23, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu.

To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for channels. From the list of channels users will be able to go into the overflow menu for a specific channel (...) and select "Workflows". Here they will see a list of workflow templates specific to channels within Teams. Users can then configure these templates to their needs and deploy them to the channel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 131293

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2023 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late October 2023 (previously mid-September).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-November 2023 (previously late September).

 

(Updated) Channel meeting invitation | Allow organizer to send a channel meeting invite to everyone in team MC661224 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Channel meeting invitations will now allow channel meeting organizers the ability to share invites on personal calendars of all channel members.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 142405

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and expect completion by late September 2023 (previously mid-September).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Default for Tag Management to include Team Members MC668258 · Published Aug 16, 2023 · Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Updated September 6, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are updating Microsoft Default setting to Team Owners and Members for Teams Tag Management settings in Teams Admin Center.

If you have already explicitly made a selection to your Tag Management settings your tenant will not be affected by this change.

If you have not made changes to Tag Management settings, Microsoft Default settings will apply for your tenant. Microsoft Default settings currently map to "Team Owners" value but this update will change it to "Team Owners and Members".

As Admin, please set tag management settings to reflect tenant-level preference. Select “Team Owners” to keep tag management limited to Team Owners, or select “Team owners and members” to allow all team members to create and edit tags.

In Teams client, users will still see the same options as they do today: "Team Owners" and "Team owners and members".

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88318

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2023 and expect to complete by early September 2023 (previously late August).

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2023 and expect to complete by mid-September 2023 (previously early September).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2023 and expect to complete by mid-September 2023 (previously early September).

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(Updated) Announcements in Viva Connections MC663637 · Published Aug 1, 2023 · Last updated Sep 7, 2023

Updated September 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Announcements allows you to create and share time-sensitive messages in Viva Connections. You can set up, manage, and schedule announcements from your organization’s SharePoint home site or the Viva Connections app in Teams desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152481

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late September 2023 (previously mid-September).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early October 2023 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late October 2023.

 

Microsoft Viva: Verified Topics Badges MC673980 · Published Sep 6, 2023

With this update, editors can mark published topics as Verified in Microsoft Viva and add a specific group of SMEs as editors to the topic. Verification helps readers identify topics with added reliability. Topics that are Verified are identified by a special badge and indicate the content is reviewed for accuracy and are regularly updated by assigned editors. Assigned editors will be informed of being added to the topic via an email.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118239

Preview: Rollout has begun and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

 

Microsoft Viva: Answers in Viva - AI Topic Suggestions MC673711 · Published Sep 5, 2023

With the help of AI topic extraction, we can offer suggested topics based on the user's question. Our AI topic extraction recommends up to 3 topics to add to one's question based on what they wrote. These can be existing Viva topics or newly generated ones that the user can create and add. The user still must select and add our AI suggested topic since they do not automatically get attached to the question. The user can also still search and add their own topic and choose not to use our AI suggested topics.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164856

We will begin rolling out in early October 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023.

 

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
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