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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 40 of 2024, September 30 – October 6.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- What’s
New in Microsoft Teams | September 2024
- What's
New In Microsoft 365 Copilot | September 2024
- An
AI companion for everyone
- Office
2024 for consumers available October 1
- Microsoft
recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as
a Service for the second year in a row
- What's
new in Viva Insights
Field Advisories:
- Using
Copilot in Excel to analyze text insights
- We
are removing Feed on Microsoft 365 (Office)
- Improved
Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint for Windows and Mac
- Queues app for
Microsoft Teams service agent experience
Community:
- Teams
Admin Units for device management
- The
Benefits of the latest Android OS on Microsoft Teams Rooms and Devices
- Custom
Timings in Viva Copilot reports
- Join
us October 8th for an exciting OneDrive Digital Event!
- Get
Microsoft Teams Meeting Attendance Report Through Graph API
M365 Message Center :
- Microsoft
Teams – new message center posts:
Microsoft Teams: Update to macOS keyboard
shortcuts MC903634
Published Oct 2, 2024
Teams is making updates to its macOS keyboard
shortcuts to follow macOS HIG policy.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
late October 2024 and expect to complete by the beginning of November 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out at the beginning of November 2024 and expect to complete by
mid-November 2024.
General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We
will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by
mid-December 2024.
Microsoft Places will be generally available in
Q4 CY24 MC901823
Published Sep 30, 2024
Microsoft Places, an AI-powered workplace app
for flexible work, will be generally available in Q4 CY24. Places
reimagines flexible work with AI by intelligently coordinating your hybrid team
to make the most of in-office days, modernizing how employees connect, and
optimizing space management with occupancy and utilization data.
There will be two new service plans for core
and premium features:
- Places core (PLACES_CORE)
- Places enhanced (Microsoft Places premium) (PLACES_ENHANCED)
As an existing customer, you will see an
additional service plan as part of your Office 365 subscription: Places core.
This service plan includes all core features such as setting up and updating
location plans, viewing collaborators’ location plans, accessing peek card
experiences, scheduling in person meetings, managing hybrid RSVP, and workplace
presence related capabilities.
If you have Teams Premium, you will have Places
enhanced premium features like Places Finder, intelligent booking, Places
Explorer, Places Space Analytics, and auto-release policies.
We will be backfilling these service plans into
the following SKUs below.
List of SKUs for Places core:
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Microsoft 365 or Office 365 E1, E3, E5
- Microsoft 365 or Office 365 F3
List of SKUs for additional Teams-specific
features in Places core:
- Microsoft Teams Essentials
- Microsoft Teams Enterprise
- Microsoft Teams EEA
List of SKUs for Places enhanced:
- Microsoft Teams Premium Introductory Pricing
We will begin rolling out both service plans in
mid- to late-November for all platforms. Once the Places core service plan is
deployed to your organization, core features will become available within your
Office 365 subscription with basic set up and onboarding buildings to Places directory.
Enhanced experiences will require additional deployment
planning.
- Microsoft
Teams – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows
from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668
Published Mar 21, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster
grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms MC892055
Published Sep 17, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location
updates on bookable desks MC808158
Published Jul 3, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing
improvements in chat MC886600
Published Sep 10, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app
on PC supports guest access for events MC888047
Published Sep 11, 2024
(Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available
in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows MC709270
Published Jan 23, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee
interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events MC888045
Published Sep 11, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of
all your teams and channels page MC887377
Published Sep 10, 2024
- Microsoft
Viva – new message center posts:
Microsoft Viva Glint and Viva Insights
integration for sentiment and collaboration data MC904541
Published Oct 4, 2024
Coming soon: A new Glint and organizational
insights Power BI report in the Microsoft
Viva advanced insights app and in the Microsoft Viva Glint dashboard that
integrates Microsoft Viva Insights data with Viva Glint.
In the advanced insights app, analysts can use
the Power BI report template to connect sentiment data from Viva Glint with
collaboration data from Viva Insights. This will empower analysts to better
understand which behaviors might drive employee sentiment outcomes and take
actions to help improve employee sentiment and behavioral metrics.
On the Viva Glint dashboard, HR users can use
collaboration data from Viva Insights to filter and analyze Glint engagement
survey results. This will allow HR users to see how different workplace
patterns may impact employee engagement, so they can help leaders identify
impactful opportunities to improve the employee experience.
This integration will allow HR users and
analysts to combine sentiment and collaboration data in the advanced insights
app as well as Viva Glint into the rhythm of their business, to better
understand their employees' full work experience. Integrating Viva Glint
employee survey scores with Viva Insights data helps identify opportunities and
strengths to meet organizational goals.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 416075.
Public Preview: Available now.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024.
Microsoft Viva Insights: Business Leader role
removal MC903633
Published Oct 2, 2024
Microsoft Viva Insights leader experiences will
stop supporting the Business Leader role in January 2025.
Removing support for the Business Leader role
within Viva Insights allows for clearer deployment of roles and admin
management of roles. Manager, Analyst, and Delegate roles will remain in their
current state.
Learn more about roles
in Viva Insights.
The Viva Insights Business Leader role removal
will occur throughout January 2025.
Feature update: Remove live event
conversations from the community feed MC903630
Published Oct 2, 2024
Currently all conversations (questions &
discussions) posted in a community live event feed are automatically posted in
the community feed.
With this feature update, conversations will
remain restricted to the event feed only.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out this feature in early October 2024 and expect to complete by early
November 2024
- Microsoft
Viva – updated message center posts:
(Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections
on the web MC855689
Published Aug 8, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a
publication within a campaign MC868912
Published Aug 22, 2024
Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to
notifications for followed topics MC899176
Published Sep 26, 2024
For the latest information/updates you can always
check these resources :
- Microsoft Teams Channel on
YouTube
- Staying on top of Office 365
Updates
- What's new in Microsoft Teams
- What's new in Microsoft Teams devices
- Office Support
- Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR)
- Release Notes
- Microsoft Teams content
updates
- TechCommunity Teams Blog
- Teams Community Blog
- TechCommunity Microsoft 365 Blog
- TechCommunity Viva Blog
- Microsoft Teams Public
Preview - Microsoft Tech Community
- https://aka.ms/TeamsFeedback
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap
- Microsoft 365 Message Center (M365 Admin rights)
- Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes
- Track your message center tasks in Planner
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