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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 17 of 2023, April 24 – April 30.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- From
Copilot in Microsoft Viva to the new Intune Suite—here’s what’s new in
Microsoft 365
- Introducing
cloud.microsoft: a unified domain for Microsoft 365 apps and services
- Phone
Link for iOS is now rolling out to all Windows 11 customers
- Microsoft
says its new version of Teams is twice as fast
Field Advisories:
- What’s
new for security in the new Microsoft Teams?
- Cloud
Policy service adds the ability to apply policies to everyone
- Join
Azure Communication Services at Microsoft 365 Conference in Las Vegas,
Nevada
- Now
in public preview: Spatial audio in Teams meetings
- Reed
innovates with Microsoft Surface & Teams Phone to improve working life
Community:
- Take
Microsoft Teams to the next level
- Converting
Teams Wikis to OneNote
- A
Quick and Nasty Way to Measure Number Ranges
M365 Message Center :
- Teams :
Microsoft Teams: Install apps based on user
activity with Auto install approved apps (AAA) MC548106
· Published 28 apr. 2023
We are expanding the audience for this Message
center post as we are getting ready to roll this change to the audience who saw
the post originally, and after that to the rest of our customers per the
schedule below. The product name has also changed from Zero-touch app install
to Auto install approved apps.
Microsoft Teams Auto install approved apps
(AAA) uses activity from your users to install and surface apps that admins
have already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable AAA to help users
naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within
Microsoft Teams. Specifically, when a user signs into specific SaaS apps using
Azure AD (e.g. in web browser), the app will be installed for that user on
Teams.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 100385
AAA provides the right apps to the right users
at the right time. Admins and users benefit from:
- App governance is respected: there is an admin control to turn
ON/OFF, launched as default OFF. Installs will not happen for blocked apps
and users.
- Last-mile delivery: admins have done the hard part of deciding
which apps/users to allow. AAA simply helps roll out these apps to the
right users.
- Cross-platform convenience: users can easily access the same apps
they are currently using on other platforms, now in Teams.
- Discovery: many users are not aware their apps are available on
Teams - AAA brings it to them without manually searching in the app store.
- License maximization: maximize the value of SaaS licenses by having
the same app available on multiple platforms.
In the Teams admin center, there is also a new App permissions section in every app's detail page that lists the app permissions. This is the same app permissions shown in the Teams client app store for every app today, now available for admins to conveniently view. This may assist you as you review the apps supported by AAA.
Customers who previously received this Message center post will begin receiving this feature early May 2023 and we expect to complete by mid-May 2023.
New customers who are receiving this Message
center post will begin receiving this feature mid-May 2023 and we expect to
complete by early June 2023.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read
for Activity Feed MC543386
· Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Users can triage their activity feed more
efficiently using the new ‘Mark all as read’ feature. With just one click,
users can mark all unread activities as read.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 102238
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
mid-May and expect to complete rollout by late May.
(Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the
profile card in Teams MC494734
· Published 5 jan. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 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.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 109526.
We will begin rolling out this feature in late
May (previously late April) and expect to complete the rollout in late June
(previously early May).
(Updated) Intelligent Meeting Recap in
Microsoft 365 Feed MC543390
· Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We are announcing Intelligent Meeting Recap
functionality in Microsoft 365 Feed for both Teams Premium users and users
without Teams Premium.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 122529
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early May (previously mid-April).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-May (previously late April).
(Updated) Live Captions Usability
Improvement in Teams Meetings MC538737
· Published 8 apr. 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
The new Caption Settings pane now allows better
discovery and easier navigation. Users have the ability to customize the size
and color of their font as well as the height and position of the caption
window with the option to scroll to review captions of what has been said, up
to one minute ago.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 107782.
Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late
May (previously early May) and expect to complete by early June
(previously mid-May).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-June (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June
(previously early June).
GCC-High and DoD: We will begin rolling out
mid-July (previously late June) and expect to complete by early August
(previously late July).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change Call Queue
and Auto Attendant Greetings and Announcements by Authorized Users MC527929
· Published 15 mars 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Changing business conditions often require
adjustments to call queue/auto attendant greetings and announcements. However,
it can be difficult to identify the right Teams admin to make these changes,
and addressing high request volumes can be time-consuming for the responsible
admins. With the introduction of user managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams Phone,
authorized users (as identified by Teams tenant admins) can change greetings
and announcements for their respective call queues and auto attendant directly
from the user’s Teams settings, in the “Calls” settings. To implement this
capability, tenant admins must select permissible greetings/announcement
changes for a voice policy, and then authorize specific users in the Teams
Admin Center.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 116739
Preview: We will begin rolling out in mid-April
(previously late March) and expect to complete rollout by early May
(previously early April).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
early May (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by early
July (previously early June).
Introducing New Look for Teams Admin Center MC546938
· Published 26 apr. 2023
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide the
best possible experience for our IT administrators, we're excited to launch a
vibrant new look and feel to the Teams Admin Center. This is a significant
improvement over the previous version, delivering several key enhancements that
we believe will greatly benefit Teams administrators.
Rollout has begun and is expected to be complete
by early May.
Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937
· Published 26 apr. 2023
The official Viva Topics app in Teams is
rolling out to external customers.
Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams
as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as
a first party "Microsoft-built" app. This means the app is available
in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading
required. Users in your tenant can either easily 'add' the app, like other
Microsoft-built or Viva apps, or the Teams admins can select to have the Topics
app pre-installed for users.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 118592
Preview: We will begin rolling out late April
and expect to complete by late April.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late April and expect to complete by mid-May.
(Updated) My Activity retirement in Teams
desktop and web clients MC450203
· Published 26 okt. 2022 · Last updated 26 apr. 2023
Updated April 26, 2023: We have updated the
timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
As announced in MC411679 (August '22) we are
retiring "My Activity" feature within the Activity app from Microsoft
Teams desktop and web clients.
Activity will now support only activities
directed to you (the option to view activities initiated by you will be
retired), where we will continue to invest our development resources.
We will begin rolling this out mid-March
(previously late February) and expect to complete by late June
(previously late March).
Improvements to 'People I Invite' Meeting Lobby
Policy MC546448
· Published 25 apr. 2023
Currently in a Teams Meeting, you may update
the lobby policy of a meeting to 'People I invite' but cannot include
distribution lists as part of the Invited Users. With this new update, you will
be able to add a Distribution List to the Invite list and allow those users who
are part of that distribution to bypass the lobby if the Lobby policy is set to
'People I Invite.'
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 93585
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-May and expect to complete by late May.
Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Search Experience on Teams App Store MC546446
· Published 25 apr. 2023
We're improving the search experience on the
Teams App Store, designed to enhance app discoverability by extending search
capabilities to include short and long descriptions, category names, and
support for minor typing errors.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 122521
Rollout
is expected to begin in early May and is expected to be complete by late
June.
Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams
Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users MC546444
· Published 25 apr. 2023
We will soon be releasing a feature for
Microsoft Teams users that will allow your meeting participants to join from
some non-Teams applications or devices, depending on your guest join settings
when you send a Microsoft Teams meeting invite. These participants will join as
guests and all of the guest settings applied by your organization will apply
for these guest participants.
Benefits:
Your users, associates, and customers can join
Teams meetings from non-Teams devices through certified CVI providers. If you
allow guests to join your Teams meetings through a browser, your guests will
also be able to join through supporting CVI providers.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 120855
We will begin rollout in mid-May and expect
rollout to be complete by late May.
(Updated) User's policies details page
enhancements MC543382
· Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023
Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional details. Thank you for your patience.
The user's policy details page in Microsoft
Teams admin center provides admins with the ability to manage policies for
individual users. However, the current experience falls short in meeting
critical needs, such as presenting a comprehensive view of all policies
assigned to a user and a policy assignment view to understand how a policy is
applied to the user.
To address these concerns, the new user details
policy page offers an enhanced experience that enables admins to view all
effective policies for a user, along with a clear policy assignment hierarchy
view. With this new functionality, admins can easily troubleshoot any
problematic policy assignments, ensuring that policies are correctly assigned,
and their users' experiences are optimal.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early May 2023 and expect to complete by late May 2023.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams for Mobile: Chat
Details Update MC537952
· Published 6 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023
Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We are updating the chat details experience for
Teams Mobile Group Chats, One on One Chats, and Self Chats.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 114938
Targeted Release (Preview): We will begin
rolling out in mid-April and expect to complete rollout by mid-May.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
mid-May (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June
(previously mid-May).
GCC, GCC-H, DoD: We will begin rolling out in
late June (previously late May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-July
(previously early June).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent
Meeting Recap (Premium) MC537956
· Published 6 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023
Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated this
message with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
Users with a Teams Premium license will now be
able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams,
which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the
meeting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 122529
Targeted Release (Preview): We will begin
rolling out early May (previously late April) and expect to complete by early
May.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-May and expect to complete by late May.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic
lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking MC501981
· Published 25 jan. 2023 · Last updated 25 apr. 2023
Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Teams will soon have a feature that will alert
attendees in meetings that have raised their hands and already had their
questions addressed to automatically lower their hand. This will allow meeting
organizers the opportunity to focus on unanswered questions.
This release will be rolling out only to
Microsoft Teams Desktop users.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 90022.
Public Preview will roll out in mid-February
(previously early February).
Rolling out to Production will begin in
mid-March and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late
March).
GCC will begin rolling out in late April
(previously late March) and complete by early May (previously early
April).
GCC-H will begin rolling out in late May
(previously late April) and complete by early June (previously early
May).
DoD will begin rolling out in early June
(previously early May) and complete by mid-June (previously mid-May).
- Microsoft
365/Viva :
(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights Powershell
Tenant Controls MC534309
· Published 28 mars 2023 · Last updated 27 apr. 2023
Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Admin controls to view and update Tenant’s
default Microsoft Viva Insights settings using PowerShell.
These
changes will start to roll out in Preview in early May (previously February)
and will be available worldwide by mid-June (previously mid-April).
Microsoft Viva: Auto-Categorization Coming
to Meeting Category Insights in Viva Insights MC546939
· Published 26 apr. 2023
Meeting category insights in the Viva Insights
app helps Viva Insights licensed users understand how they are allocating their
time across meeting categories. Today, the feature uses the categories manually
assigned by users in Outlook and Teams. In an upcoming update, meeting category
insights will begin automatically categorizing meetings for users based on
meeting size, cadence, and number of people in the meetings. Categories
include:
- Long meetings – More than 1 hour long and 0-8 invitees
- Large meetings – At least 9 invitees and at most 1 hour long
- Large and long meetings – At least 9 invitees and more than 1 hour
long
- Recurring meetings – Meeting series with multiple instances
- 1:1 meetings – Include 1 other participant
These categories can help users identify
meetings that are expensive in terms of time spent, participants included, or
both. Using these insights, users can assess whether meetings that fall under
this category are a valuable use of time and resources as a step towards doing
more with less.
Categorizations will show up in Viva Insights
only and will not reflect in Outlook or Teams calendar.
With this update, users who are not currently
categorizing in Outlook or Teams will be able to access meeting category
insights and begin developing an understanding of how their meeting time is
being spent. Users who are already categorizing will receive additional
insights about their meeting time allocation according to well-known meeting attributes.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 117396
We will begin rolling out in early May 2023 and
complete rollout by late May 2023.
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