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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 21 of 2023, May 22 – May 28.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- Microsoft Build
2023 Book of News
- Build
2023: Transforming customer experiences with automated, AI-assisted
communication
- Public
Preview for Network Provider Performance and Availability Reporting
- Azure Communications Services
at Microsoft Build
Field Advisories:
- Microsoft
Mesh: Transforming how people come together in the modern workplace
- Get
the right work done at the right time: Task automation for your frontline
with Microsoft Teams
- UPDATE!
Unblock Viva deployment and adoption in your organization
- Microsoft
Teams Virtual Appointment Extensibility with Azure Communication Services
- Frontline
workers using shared Android devices can use Outlook, Edge, Viva Engage,
and Power Apps
- Now
in Public preview & Targeted release: Customizing captions in Teams
meetings
Community:
- Avatar
etiquette: How Microsoft employees are using avatars for Microsoft Teams
in their meetings
- Teams Rooms Resource
Accounts 5: Using a wizard to simplify account creation
M365 Message Center :
- Teams :
Microsoft Teams: App Suggestions by Task in
In-Context Stores MC561700
· Published 26 maj 2023
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
GA: Rollout will begin in early June 2023 and
is expected to be complete by mid-June 2023.
GCC: Rollout will begin in mid-June 2023 and is
expected to be complete by late June 2023.
GCCH: Rollout will begin in mid-July 2023 and
is expected to be complete by late July 2023.
Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and
Location MC561188
· Published 26 maj 2023
Set your work location for the day in Microsoft
Teams so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote
collaboration.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 125375
Targeted Release and Preview: We have begun
rollout and expect to complete rollout by late May.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
early June and expect to complete rollout by early August.
Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access
in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins MC561186
· Published 26 maj 2023
Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to
block internal users from accessing chats when these users join meetings
organized on external non-trusted tenants, including cross-cloud join. This
release of Microsoft Teams' new meeting chat setting will be rolling out across
MS Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide a new way for tenants to
manage users' chat access in meetings hosted on external non-trusted tenants.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 123975
Targeted Release: We will begin rollout in
early July and expect to complete rollout by mid-July.
GA: We will begin rollout in mid-July and
expect to complete rollout by late July.
GCC: We will begin rollout in early August and
expect to complete rollout by mid-August.
GCCH: We will begin rollout in mid-August and
expect to complete rollout by late August.
DoD: We will begin rollout in mid-September and
expect to complete rollout by late September.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to
Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users MC546444
· Published 25 apr. 2023 · Last updated 25 maj 2023
Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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.
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 began rolling out in May and expect rollout
to be complete by late June (previously late May).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby
chat MC554156
· Published 12 maj 2023 · Last updated 25 maj 2023
Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
The Virtual Appointments app provides a central
hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables
a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.
Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a
premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower
employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in
one location with advanced capabilities to track wait times, live status of a
meeting, and more. Scheduling administrators and staff conducting virtual
appointments can monitor incoming requests and process them appropriately.
Two-way lobby chat in queue view will provide a
seamless client experience with an interactive waiting room that allows
facilitators to send waiting room messages to customers prior to the meeting.
For example, a client in the waiting room can receive messages from the
facilitator or other staff schedulers such as, “Last appointment is running
long. Be with you in 5 mins.” The client can respond directly in chat so they can
stay connected and ask any questions as needed. Two-way lobby chat is currently
supported only for meetings joined from a mobile browser. Desktop browser is
currently not supported.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 122395
Standard Release: We will begin rolling in May
2023 and complete by July (previously June).
(Updated) A new experience to search within
chat and channels. MC554158
· Published 12 maj 2023 · Last updated 25 maj 2023
Updated May 25, 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 June 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early July (previously
mid-June)
GCC: We will begin rolling this out in
mid-July (previously late June)
GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in
late July (previously early July)
DoD: We will begin rolling this out in
mid-August (previously late July)
(Updated) A new experience to search within
chat and channels. MC554158
· Published 12 maj 2023 · Last updated 25 maj 2023
Updated May 25, 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 June 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early July (previously
mid-June)
GCC: We will begin rolling this out in
mid-July (previously late June)
GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in
late July (previously early July)
DoD: We will begin rolling this out in
mid-August (previously late July)
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit
Recording Consent for Teams Meetings MC523053
· Published 3 mars 2023 · Last updated 25 maj 2023
Updated May 25, 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.
GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in late May
(previously late April) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously
early May).
DoD: We will begin rolling out in late June
(previously late May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-July (previously
early June).
IT Admin Webinar Usage Report in TAC with
Updates MC560732
· Published 24 maj 2023
Webinar usage reports will be available for IT
admins to view all webinars created by users in your tenant who are able to
create webinars (AllowWebinar set to ON). In addition to this new reports we
are enhancing IT admin experience with following updates:
Teams Admin Center UX to configure event policy
settings without using PowerShell
New event policy setting called
AllowedQuestionTypesInRegistrationForm to allow control of which registration
form question types can be used by the webinar users to add to webinar
registration page
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 124764
Standard Rollout: Rollout will begin in
mid-July 2023 and is expected to be complete by late July 2023.
GCC: Rollout will begin in late July 2023 and
is expected to be complete by early August 2023.
Microsoft Teams: Updating the Bookings app
to the Virtual Appointments app MC560731
· Published 24 maj 2023
Bookings is supported across multiple entry
points spanning Web, Teams and Outlook, however there is lack of parity in the feature
set across these entry points leading to an inconsistent user experience. This
fragmented experience has resulted in high DSAT for customers that has provided
feedback to Microsoft to unify and provide feature parity in Bookings across
all entry points.
The Bookings experience in Teams will soon be
updated to match the web version on https://book.ms,
ensuring consistent features across all endpoints. However, certain features
like Forms, Queuing & scheduler-initiated SMS reminders for appointments
will be available only on the new Virtual Appointments app on Teams.
With the Virtual Appointments app, we are
introducing an end-to-end B2C meetings solution that leverages Bookings as the
scheduling engine and includes advanced meetings features such as real time
meeting state update, chat with attendees in waiting room lobby via Queue view,
rich analytics to shows virtual appointment usage trends to drive business
outcomes such as no-shows.
With this change, the updated Bookings Teams
app will have feature parity and consistent user experience as Bookings web
app. Virtual Appointments app will be a superset of the current Bookings Teams
app experience embedded within the new app and will include advanced virtual
appointments features.
This feature is associated with Microsoft
Roadmap ID 120420
Rollout will begin in late June 2023 and is
expected to be complete by early July 2023.
(Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937
· Published 26 apr. 2023 · Last updated 23 maj 2023
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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-June (previously mid-May).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams support for
Targeted Release MC510331
· Published 2 feb. 2023 · Last updated 23 maj 2023
Updated May 23, 2023: We have decided not to
proceed with the “EA”, to indicate Early Adoption, on the profile picture
change and it will be rolled back for the initial users who received it. Thank
you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release
for commercial cloud customers.
With this support, users opted-in to Targeted
Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams
features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.
Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early
access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web,
Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online.
What is Targeted Release?
Targeted release allows early access to high
quality feature releases across Microsoft 365 apps and services, which
customers can opt-in to prepare for the upcoming changes before they roll out
to the rest of the organization.
Customers can choose to have a select set of
individuals, or the entire organization receives updates early via Targeted
Release.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 117577
We have decided not to proceed with this
change and will be rolling it back for those users who may have received it.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in
Teams meetings MC540153
· Published 11 apr. 2023 · Last updated 23 maj 2023
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams is pleased to announce an
upgraded audio experience in meetings: Spatial audio. Spatial audio brings a
next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a
wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. This new audio experience
spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the
Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense
of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when multiple
people are speaking together.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 107783
Targeted release: We will begin rolling out in
late April and expect to complete rollout by early May.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
late May and expect to complete rollout by mid-June.
GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in mid-July
and expect to complete rollout by late July.
DoD: We will begin rolling out in late August
and expect to complete rollout by early September.
(Updated) Upgrade to Microsoft Defender for
Endpoints Plan 2 for Teams Rooms Pro customers MC557824
· Published 19 maj 2023 · Last updated 22 maj 2023
Updated May 22, 2023: We have updated the
content to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.
The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows,
10.0.19044.2846, includes an upgrade to Microsoft Defender for Endpoints Plan 2
for Teams Rooms Pro customers.
Standard release will begin June 1.
GCC and GCC-High: rollout will begin July 1.
- Microsoft
365/Viva :
Enable Integrations for all Viva Goals
Organizations MC560719
· Published 24 maj 2023
Soon, any viva Goals integration(s) that would
be enabled by Tenant or Viva Goals Administrators, would be made available to
all Viva Goals Organization users without the need for the Viva Goals
Organization administrators to enable the new integration(s) for their
respective Viva Goals Organizations
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late May 2023 and expect to complete by mid-June 2023.
Microsoft Viva Connections News Notifications MC559932
· Published 24 maj 2023
Viva Connections is introducing mobile push
notifications for SharePoint news.
Notifications will be delivered to users via
the Teams app when Viva Connections is installed and when:
News is published to a SharePoint site a user
follows or visits frequently.
· Someone
comments on a News post the user authored.
· Someone has
‘Liked’ a News post the user authored.
· The user is @
mentioned in a comment on a news post.
· When opened,
notifications will take users directly to the news content in the Viva
Connections app.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 98112
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
early June and expect to complete rollout by mid-June.
Updates to Viva Connections desktop experience MC559930
· Published 23 maj 2023
To improve the experience for users, we are
making an update to the layout of the Viva Connections desktop experience. This
change applies to all customers using the default experience.
Rollout will begin in late May 2023 and will be
complete by early June 2023.
(Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937
· Published 26 apr. 2023 · Last updated 23 maj 2023
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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-June (previously mid-May).
Create a distinct experience in Viva
Connections for different audiences in the Microsoft 365 admin center MC557823
· Published 19 maj 2023
A new feature will be available soon for Viva
Connections that enables you to create and manage multiple Connections
experiences and home sites that are targeted to specific audiences for your
organization through the Microsoft 365 admin center. This feature is ideal for
subsidiaries and conglomerates that want to provide distinct, audience targeted
experiences with relevant and personalized information, resources, and apps to
their employees.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 99916,
117421
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling
out this feature by mid-June 2023.
Standard Release: We will complete rolling
out in late June 2023.
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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
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