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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 8 of 2023, February 20 – February 26.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- Yammer
is evolving to Microsoft Viva Engage with new experiences rolling out
today
- The Total Economic Impact Of Microsoft
Teams Phone
Field Advisories:
- Simplifying
change management of Microsoft 365
- Answers
in Viva: Understanding Time Saved & People Helped
- Now
in public preview: Ultrasound Howling Detection in Teams Meetings
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- Teams
Real Simple with Pictures: Returning to Video Playlists with Teams, SPO,
Lists and Stream
- Microsoft Teams is getting big performance improvements next month
M365 Message Center :
- Teams :
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: User
Experience Update 1
2023 MC520319
· Published Feb 24, 2023
This update introduces several new features for
Teams Rooms on Android that improve the meeting join, content sharing, and
hybrid collaboration experiences.
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Roadmap ID 119621,
119620,
and 119622
Roll out to production starts early March 2023
and is expected to be completed by April. Note that there can be a delay
between when features are released by Microsoft and when they become available
on a device model and make. If an update isn't available on your device, check
with your device manufacturer for information on when it might become
available.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Simplified App
Update Experience MC503298
· Published Jan 26, 2023 · Last updated Feb 23, 2023
Updated February 23, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline and provided additional information. Thank you for your
patience.
Microsoft Teams now maintains an index of all
of the apps (and the corresponding versions) a user has consented to. Using
this index, an app is automatically updated in real time everywhere it is
installed for the user. After the user updates the app in any one context, the
updated version is available in all other installed contexts, without any other
user action.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 95676
Standard: We will begin rollout in mid-April
(previously late February) and expect rollout to be complete by mid-May
(previously mid-March).
GCC, GCC-H, DoD: We will begin rollout in
mid-May (previously mid-March) and expect rollout to be complete by mid-June
(previously mid-April).
(Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the
profile card in Teams MC494734
· Published Jan 5, 2023 · Last updated Feb 23, 2023
Updated February 23, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Beginning in March, users in your organization
will be able to use expanded views of the profile card in Teams. The expanded
view is already available in Outlook and includes more information, like an
overview of the profile, contact information, organizational chart, and
LinkedIn tab.
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Roadmap ID 109526.
We will begin rolling out this feature in early
March (previously February) and expect to complete the rollout in late April.
Introducing the Simplified Left Navigation
Feature in Teams Admin Center MC519241
· Published Feb 23, 2023
Teams Admin Center is now equipped with a new
feature to simplify the navigation process for IT administrators. The new
Simplified Left Navigation feature allows administrators to pin their preferred
menu options to the navigation panel, reducing clutter and streamlining the
process of finding the information they need. With the click of a button,
administrators can easily add or remove menu items from their pinned list, and
then view their customized navigation by clicking the "Show Pinned"
button.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 98394
Rollout will begin in mid-March and is expected
to be complete by late March.
(Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify
Slide MC452198
· Published Oct 28, 2022 · Last updated Feb 21, 2023
February 21, 2023: We have updated this message
to ensure visibility, the content below has not changed. 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 February
(previously early January).
(Updated) Pronouns on Profile Cards in
Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web MC515531
· Published Feb 15, 2023 · Last updated Feb 21, 2023
Updated February 21, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We’re adding a new feature to the profile card
in Microsoft 365. Users in your organization will soon be able to add pronouns
directly to their profile card in Outlook on the web and Teams. Pronouns are
the words we use to replace someone's name in a sentence, such as “he,” “she,”
or “they” in English.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 86382
and 115511
Targeted Release: Rollout will begin late
February.
GA: Rollout will begin in late March
(previously early March) and is expected to be complete by early April
(previously late March).
(Updated) Wiki retirement and the future of
note taking in Teams Channels MC496248
· Published Jan 11, 2023 · Last updated Feb 21, 2023
Updated February 17, 2023: Based on customer
feedback we have updated the content with FAQs. Thank you for your feedback.
We are announcing that Wiki's will be retired
from Teams. We are offering note taking capabilities through Teams Channels
powered by OneNote.
The following change will be rolled out starting
early March.
- Microsoft
365/Viva :
Viva Goals: Increased Functionality and
Terminology Change of Team Field MC520318
· Published Feb 24, 2023
Viva Goals currently has a field named “type”
while creating and filtering OKRs which designates where the OKR would be
created. The terminology is now changing from “type” to “teams.” In addition to
the name change, the functionality of the “teams” field will expand to include
additional context and faster search capability as OKR owners assign a team to an
OKR.
All OKRs created from the My OKRs page will now
be set to unassigned by default. OKRs being created from a specific team or
organization page will continue to have the current default of the selected
team or the organization.
OKRs can continue to be created at an
individual, team or at the organization level. An OKR can be co-owned by both a
team and the organization so that an OKR can serve not only as companywide
initiatives, but also team and organization initiatives.
Roll out will begin in late February and is
expected to be complete by early March.
Viva Goals Administrator role for IT admins MC519906
· Published Feb 23, 2023
Global Admins will now be able to assign a new
role called 'Viva Goals Administrator' to the IT admins who are tasked with
managing Viva Goals policy settings for the company.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
late February 2023 and expect to complete it by early March 2023
(Updated) New Service Plans for Microsoft
365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179
· Published Dec 9, 2022 · Last updated Feb 22, 2023
Updated February 21, 2023: We have updated this
message to ensure visibility to the appropriate audience.
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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