Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 20 - 2023 (May 15 - May 21)

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 20 of 2023, May 15 – May 21.

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

 

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

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Field Advisories:

 

• 3 ways collaborative apps like Workday in Microsoft Teams boost engagement and productivity
• Create and customize your org charts using new capabilities in Visio for the web
• Helping Customers Fix Their Own Issues with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Now in public preview: New channels experience in Teams
• Now in public preview: Breakout rooms participant shuffle
• Now in public preview: Intelligent meeting recap (Premium)
• Microsoft Search: Connecting You to Knowledge and Expertise

Community:

• 5 New Community Microsoft Teams video briefings at Empowering.Cloud for May
• Making Loop Tasks Work Across Teams, Outlook, and Planner
• How to Migrate Teams Wikis to OneNote
• Enhance Teamwork with Microsoft Teams' New Feature: Collaborative Stageview

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Teams :

 

Upgrade to Microsoft Defender for Endpoints Plan 2 for Teams Rooms Pro customers MC557824 · Published 19 maj 2023

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.

 

Group Policy Assignment Support for Additional Policies in Teams Powershell Module MC557818 · Published 19 maj 2023

Microsoft is now extending group policy assignment support to additional policy types via Teams PowerShell Module (TPM). Admins can create new groups in Microsoft 365 admin center or can use existing groups to assign custom policies for various policy types in Teams PowerShell Module.

As your organization expands, your requirements become increasingly nuanced and multifaceted. A "one size fits all" approach is no longer tenable. Therefore, this capability will enable your organization to have different custom policies for various policy types assigned to user groups for specific needs. You will not have to rely on global (org-wide default) policies or direct policy assignments via manual user selections.

This new update will be available for policies mentioned in subsequent section by late May 2023 for all Microsoft Teams commercial licenses.

 

Follow up MC515531: Pronouns on Profile Cards in Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web MC557808 · Published 19 maj 2023

This is a follow up to MC515531 (February '23) as we continue working on rolling this out to all environments.

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. - Complete

Standard Release: Rollout will begin in late March. - Complete

GCC rollout is expected to start at the end of May.

GCCH rollout is expected to start in early June.

DoD rollout is expected to start in late June.

 

(Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams MC509577 · Published 31 jan. 2023 · Last updated 19 maj 2023

Updated May 19, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Visio will be available soon as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. Additionally, this change comes with a number of UX improvements to the Office ribbon in Teams to provide a decluttered experience consistent with Office for the Web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109596

App rollout has begun and is expected to be completed by mid-July 2023.

 

Group Policy Assignment Support to Additional Policy Types in Microsoft Teams admin center MC557241 · Published 18 maj 2023

Microsoft is extending group policy assignment support to additional policy types via Teams admin center. Admins can create new groups in Microsoft 365 admin center or can use existing groups to assign custom policies for various policy types in Teams admin center.

This capability will enable your organization to have different custom policies for various policy types assigned to user groups for specific needs and inherited through group memberships. You will not have to rely on global (org-wide default) policies or direct policy assignments via manual user selections.

• This new update will be available for Caller ID policy, Dial plans, Teams update policy in mid-May 2023 for all Microsoft Teams commercial licenses.
• This new update will be available for all other policies mentioned in subsequent section in early-June 2023 for all Microsoft Teams commercial licenses.

 

Track and pause firmware auto-updates for Teams devices from Teams admin center MC556779 · Published 17 maj 2023

We are introducing enhancements to firmware auto-updates for Android-based Teams devices in Teams admin center.

These enhancements -

• Make it easier to organize devices to manage rollout of new releases.
• Improve visibility into the update process - which devices are getting updated and when.
• Improve the regularity with which devices receive updates.
• Make the update process more robust by adding additional internal guardrails.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 119389

Standard Release: Rollout is currently underway and expected to complete by late May 2023.

 

Microsoft Teams: A new default home screen and an enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms on Windows MC556772 · Published 17 maj 2023

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.17 update includes new and improved home screen features, including: 

• New default home screen experience with modern UI update
• Enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms Pro users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124774

Roll out begins mid-June and is expected to be completed by late July.

 

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Stageview MC556150 · Published 16 maj 2023

Users can now open app content in a separate Teams window that’s been built for collaboration.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93769

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2023 and expect to complete by late June 2023.

 

A new experience to search within chat and channels. MC554158 · Published 12 maj 2023

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 mid-June 2023

GCC: We will begin rolling this out in late June 2023

GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in early July 2023

DoD: We will begin rolling this out in late July 2023

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read for Activity Feed MC543386 · Published 19 apr. 2023 · Last updated 16 maj 2023

Updated May 16, 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 early June (previously mid-May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously late May).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users MC546444 · Published 25 apr. 2023 · Last updated 16 maj 2023

Updated May 16, 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.

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 early June (previously mid-May) and expect rollout to be complete by late June (previously late May).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking MC501981 · Published 25 jan. 2023 · Last updated 16 maj 2023

Updated May 16, 2023: We have made the decision to postpone rolling out to DoD organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

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). - Complete

GCC will begin rolling out in late April (previously late March) and complete by early May (previously early April). - Complete

GCC-H will begin rolling out in late May (previously late April) and complete by early June (previously early May). - Complete

DoD has been cancelled and we will communicate when we are ready to proceed.

 

(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475 · Published 16 sep. 2022 · Last updated 16 maj 2023

Updated May 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams locations. When the user opens files from shared libraries, these libraries will show up in the form of a list which will encourage users to save and open files to these libraries with ease. This helps deliver a more consistent, coherent storage location experience across M365 apps. This new backstage experience won’t show up in Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive but does include storage locations from OneDrive and Teams (sites/channels) which are stored on SharePoint.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July (previously late May).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-September (previously late July).

 

New Microsoft Teams Continuous Web Logs Extend the Window for Troubleshooting MC555189 · Published 15 maj 2023

Debug log files are automatically produced by the Microsoft Teams client, which can aid in monitoring and troubleshooting Teams. Also known as “Web logs”, Debug logs have historically been constrained by a limited memory buffer. If not collected by the user immediately after an issue occurs, the “signature” of the issue may not be present in the Debug logs, making it more difficult to resolve recent and future issues.

This is being addressed with Continuous Web Logs (CWL). With CWL enabled, once the in-memory buffer reaches the limit, log lines will be saved to a file on user's machine extending the log capturing window up to one business day for an average user, providing a significantly larger window for troubleshooting.

CWL is available to all tenants, but currently disabled by default. Teams' admins are able to turn it on using either of these methods:

• Assigning TeamsMediaLoggingPolicy via PowerShell cmdlets
• Setting a Feature Flag enableContinuousWebClientLogging to True. This can be done with assistance from Microsoft. As a temp solution, {enableContinuousWebClientLogging: true} can be added to hooks.json locally for the user. This will override the ECS setting for the user and enable CWL.

Soon, Teams admins will have an additional option to enable CWL from the Teams admin center.

On June 1, 2023, CWL will become the default for Teams users with the following desktop system specifications:

• Intel Core i3 and Core i5 (generation 10 or higher), Core i7 and Core i9 (any generation) excluding the following series: U, Y, G1-G7, UE, UL, M, QM
• Intel Xeon
• AMD Ryzen 5, 7, 9 and TR models excluding U series
• Apple Silicon (all series of M1 and M2 chips)

Admins may use the methods listed above to enable CWL for Teams users with lesser system specifications. CWL will not be enabled by default for all machines to avoid the potential for user impact on lower-end devices.

 

• Microsoft 365/Viva :

 

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.

 

Yammer: Bulk Community Member Import for Viva Engage GA MC557820 · Published 19 maj 2023

As a Viva Engage community manager, one of the most important and time-consuming tasks is managing members, especially in large organizations where efficiency matters. If you’re a community manager for an Engage community in a Native Mode network, we are introducing a feature that will allow managers to bulk add multiple members to their community using a CSV file. This will help community managers establish their initial community membership, bring over members from another community, or migrate from another community platform. Community managers can add up to 20,000 members and the upload can take up to 24 hours to process.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103096

This feature will begin rollout in late May 2023 and will be fully rolled out by early June 2023.

 

Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals MC557815 · Published 19 maj 2023

We have maintenance planned for Viva Goals:

Starting 05/25/2023 5:30 AM UTC.

Ending 05/25/2023 6:00 AM UTC.

 

New Viva Goals Admin Experience MC557238 · Published 18 maj 2023

In May, we will begin rolling out a new admin experience for Viva Goals. This update is designed to create more consistency and clarity navigating the admin experience across the Viva suite. To access the experience, navigate to the setup tab in the left nav of the Microsoft 365 admin center, then click on Viva Collection -> Viva Goals.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May and will be complete rolling out in early June.

 

 

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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