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Saturday, December 24, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 51 - 2022 (December 19 - December 25)

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 51 of 2022, December 19 - December 25.

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

 

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

Field Advisories:

Community:

 

M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

(Updated) View Video Recordings and Attendance Reports Inside LMS MC408689 · Published Aug 2, 2022 · Last updated Dec 22, 2022

Updated December 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Microsoft Teams Meeting LTI app has now enabled users the access to meeting video recordings and attendance reports directly inside their LMS. The feature will be available to use in all of the LMS' that are incorporating the Teams Meeting LTI app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96402

We will begin rolling out in early January 2023 (previously early December 2022) and expect to complete rollout by late January 2023 (previously mid-December 2022).

 

Virtual Appointment as a new Teams Meeting Template MC488588 · Published Dec 20, 2022

A new Teams Meeting Template, Virtual Appointment, will be added as a new template type accessible from the 'New meeting' dropdown menu in the Teams Calendar. This is a free experience that brings enhanced business-to-consumer meeting features into the lightweight and familiar Teams scheduling experience. When meeting with someone from outside of your organization, the Virtual Appointment meeting can be used to ensure the person you are meeting with has a seamless experience with the meeting from start to finish - all without having to learn new tools or leave the standard scheduling flow.

Users can use the Virtual Appointment template instead of a standard Teams meeting for meetings with external users. They can select the meeting type, fill out the tailored scheduling form, including external guests and meeting details, and then send the meeting. The external guests invited will receive a customized meeting invitation that includes key appointment details and a quick-join button, which allows users to join the meeting from anywhere - without downloading Teams - and enter a pre-appointment waiting room before the meeting begins. This provides a familiar experience to internal users and makes external user join a seamless experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100705

We will begin rolling out early February 2023 and expect to complete by late February 2023.

 

  • Microsoft 365/Viva :

Microsoft Viva: Meeting Prep Inline Suggestions Coming to Outlook with Viva Insights MC489163 · Published Dec 20, 2022

A new inline suggestion in Outlook is being released with Microsoft Viva Insights to support booking meeting preparation time. The book prep time suggestion will enable Viva Insights users to set time aside to review related documents, complete tasks or take on any other preparation steps before the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109590

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

 

Sharing a copy of praise in Viva Insights app in Teams and Teams Messaging Extension MC489162 · Published Dec 20, 2022

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

With the upcoming updates, users with Viva Insights subscriptions will have the ability to share a copy of praise they send. Shared recipients will be notified via Teams and can see praise details in the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 106122

We will begin rolling out in January 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early February 2023.

 

(Updated) New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179 · Published Dec 9, 2022 · Last updated Dec 19, 2022

Updated December 19, 2022: We have updated the content below to provide more information. Thank you for your feedback.

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023. We are now assigning the new service plans to the corresponding SKUs to get ready for the release.

Beginning in mid-December 2022 and expect to complete by late December 2022.


 

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Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark


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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.

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 50 - 2022 (December 12 - December 18)

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 50 of 2022, December 12 - December 18.

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

 

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

 Field Advisories:

Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :


(Updated) Microsoft Teams Detailed Call History Feature Update MC439275 · Published Sep 26, 2022 · Last updated Dec 15, 2022

Updated December 15, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users will now get a more comprehensive view into whether calls were transferred or forwarded in Microsoft Teams' call history.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98455

General Availability: We will begin rollout in mid-October (previously late September) and expect rollout to be completed by late October (previously mid-October).

Government Clouds: Rollout will begin in late October and is expected to be completed by mid-January 2023 (previously early December).

 

Fixing timestamp format in Teams meeting Transcripts files MC485792 · Published Dec 15, 2022

We will be rolling out a fix to update the timestamp format in .docx and .vtt Teams meeting transcript files to follow the WebVTT timestamp standard. More specifically, the current timestamp, for example, 0:0:0.0 --> 0:0:1.890, will be updated to 00:00:0.0 --> 00:00:1.890 after this fix gets rolled out.

Note: If your organization does not have a dependency on the timestamp of .docx or .vtt transcript files you can safely disregard this message.

We will begin rolling this out in mid-January and expect to complete by the end of January.

 

Microsoft Teams: Mention Everyone in chat MC485628 · Published Dec 15, 2022

Similar to how users mention individuals in chat, users will now have the option for “Everyone” within their options for mentions. After typing @, users will see the same people results they see today, but a new option, “Everyone” will be available. By selecting Everyone and sending the message, a notification will be sent to all users in the group chat based on their selected notification settings. Users can adjust how they are notified within their Teams notification settings.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101573

We will begin rolling out in late January and expect to complete rollout to desktop, iOS and Android in late February 2023.

 

General availability - Receive all chats messages in all scopes MC485096 · Published Dec 14, 2022

The resource-specific consent (RSC) permissions model for receiving all message, originally developed for Microsoft Teams Graph APIs, is being extended to bot scenarios. This feature was available for the channel scope and now is being extended to chat scope.  With RSC, conversation owners can consent for a bot to receive all user messages in standard channels and chats without being @mentioned.

This change is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 100883

Available now

 

(Updated) Graph API for Teams Meetings Transcripts MC400569 · Published Jul 14, 2022 · Last updated Dec 13, 2022

Updated December 13, 2022: 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.

This API will be published to beta in end of July 2022 and to GA in late February (previously mid-January 2023)

 

(Updated) Export feature in Teams Admin Center MC337332 · Published Feb 28, 2022 · Last updated Dec 12, 2022

Updated December 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams admin center is adding support for downloading the data from the list pages like teams list page, members list page, channels list page and users list page. The downloaded data will be in the form of a CSV file. Admins can click on the “Export” icon placed on the table headers in these pages to generate the data and download the CSV from the downloads section in the header of the Teams admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85704

We will begin rolling this out in early March and expect to complete the rollout by late January (previously late November).

 

  • Microsoft 365/Viva :

 

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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.

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 49 - 2022 (December 5 - December 11)

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 49 of 2022, December 5 - December 11.

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


Announcement:
The Microsoft Teams "Optimize Required" IP Range have changed.

Previous range 13.107.64.0/18, 52.112.0.0/14, 52.120.0.0/14

New Range: 13.107.64.0/18, 52.112.0.0/14, 52.122.0.0/15

Ports: 3478-3481 UDP

(Not super urgent to update firewalls since the 52.122.0.0/15 network was included in 52.120.0.0/14)

 

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

Field Advisories:

Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats MC466199 · Published Nov 12, 2022 · Last updated Dec 10, 2022

Updated December 09, 2022: Due to an issue with admin controls in TAC that we are actively working on fixing, please refer to the PowerShell documentation to control the setting for enabling or disabling delete chat capability. Link: Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy

Users will be able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user, other people in the chat and conversation history are not impacted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90723

We will begin rolling out in early December and expect to complete rollout by mid-December.

 

Microsoft Teams: Meeting Toolbar Usability Improvements MC482567 · Published Dec 10, 2022

The updated Microsoft Teams meeting toolbar makes navigating meetings and discovering new features and capabilities easier than ever, including the ability to seamlessly switch between views and menu options.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102065

Preview: We will begin rolling out in early January.

GA and GCC: We will begin rolling out in mid-January and expect to complete rollout by late February.

GCC-H and DoD: We will begin rolling out in early February and expect to complete rollout by late March.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Calendar Now Includes Scheduling Form Pop-Outs MC440117 · Published Sep 28, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We will be releasing a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will now enable users to pop out the scheduling form as a separate window.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99197

We will begin rolling out in mid-October and expect rollout to be completed by mid-January (previously late November).

 

(Updated) Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users MC392295 · Published Jun 14, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Financial institutions consider chat messages as a form of data exfiltration, so it's imperative for IT admins to gain flexibility and control over chat access for anonymous or unauthenticated users. The latter may be expected to join Teams meetings, but they should be restricted from seeing and accessing any type of electronic communication on chat. This feature provides additional security by only disabling chat write access for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams meetings through a link, so it must be used in conjunction with disabled meeting chat policy applied to financial advisors to remain compliant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91142

Standard: early June through mid-July 2022

GCC: late July through mid-August 2022

GCC High: late August through late November 2022 (previously early September 2022)

DoD: mid-September through late January 2023 (previously early December 2022)

 

Microsoft Teams Support for Co-organizer to Manage Breakout Rooms MC481829 · Published Dec 8, 2022

The Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms feature enables co-organizers to create, manage and move between Breakout Rooms like meeting organizers. We will be updating this feature for co-organizers to have the ability to:

  • Create rooms
  • Configure room settings, including appointing additional Breakout Room managers
  • Assign participants
  • Add/Remove rooms
  • Open/Close rooms
  • Send announcements
  • Rename/Delete rooms

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 105014

Preview: We will begin rollout in early-December and expect to complete rollout by mid December.

Standard Release: We will begin rollout in mid-January and expect to complete rollout by end January.

Government Clouds: We will begin rolling out in early March and expect to complete rollout by mid-March.

 

(Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop MC400565 · Published Jul 14, 2022 · Last updated Dec 7, 2022

Updated December 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Suggested Replies are now available in group chats on Teams Desktop, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95618

Standard: Early September 2022

GCC: Early September 2022

GCC-High: Mid-January 2023 (previously early October 2022)

DoD: Late February 2023 (previously early November 2022)

 

Add people to a group chat from compose box via @ mention MC481196 · Published Dec 6, 2022

Teams Chat is for fast-paced communication, and we want to ensure nothing gets in the way. Pull in via @mention provides a short cut to the add-dialog saving you time from realizing the person isn’t already in the chat and navigating (2-clicks) to the add-dialog manually.  Users can now add someone to a group chat directly from the compose box via @ mention.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97736

We will begin rolling this out in early December and the rollout will complete late December 2022.

 

Microsoft Teams Rooms Companion Device Experience enhancement - Optimize video gallery for in-room participants MC480719 · Published Dec 6, 2022

When joining a meeting in a Microsoft Teams Rooms with a personal laptop running Microsoft Teams, the video galleries on both the Microsoft Teams Room and laptops will be optimized to display only remote attendees and will not display the room video or other in-room attendees' videos on the room gallery or the personal laptop. (Proximity Join with Microsoft Teams Rooms is required).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96212.

This feature will begin to roll out in Teams desktop client (Windows/MacOS) in early December and complete in late December.

 

(Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide MC452198 · Published Oct 28, 2022 · Last updated Dec 5, 2022

December 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.

There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:

  • Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu
  • Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)
  • Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide
  • Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device
  • Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758

This feature will reach GA by early January (previously early December).

 

Manage Enhanced Teams Apps for the Microsoft 365 App (formerly Office.com) from the Microsoft 365 Admin Center MC480320 · Published Dec 5, 2022

In April 2022, Microsoft announced the Preview of Enhanced Teams Apps for developers to extend personal apps and message extensions to other parts of Microsoft 365, like Office and Outlook.

Previously, admins in the targeted release program were managing their Enhanced Teams Apps for the Microsoft 365 App (formerly known as Office.com) via the Teams Admin Center. We’re moving this experience to Integrated Apps on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Teams Admin Center will continue to remain the surface for managing apps on Teams clients.

Users enrolled in the Targeted release program will have access to this feature, starting mid-December 2022. This feature will begin rolling out to Standard release customers at the end of January 2023 and expect to complete by late February 2023.

 

 

  • Microsoft 365/Viva :

 

Viva Connections Toolbox displaying store apps MC482569 · Published Dec 10, 2022

In the current Viva Connections environment: for users to acquire more Cards to their Dashboard, they need use the “Add an app” under Settings and Dashboard Edit Page, but it does not include Viva Connections Apps provided by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This is a major blocker of ISVs acquisition engine. We need to provide better entry points for users to discover and add ISV Cards.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100249

We will start rolling out to production in early of January 2023. We expect the rollout to be complete at the end of January 2023.

 

New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179 · Published Dec 9, 2022

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023.

Beginning in mid-December and expect to complete by late December.

 

(Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights MC313659 · Published Jan 12, 2022 · Last updated Dec 8, 2022

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.

Targeted release starting in early March (previously late January).

Standard Release will begin rolling out in late October (previously late September) and we expect the rollout to be complete by late January 2023 (previously late November 2022).

 

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.