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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 34 - 2023 (August 21 - August 27)

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 34 of 2023, August 21 – August 27.

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

 

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

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(Updated) Near Real-Time Calendar Sync and Updates in Teams Mobile Calendar MC669743 · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Last updated Aug 26, 2023

Updated August 25, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Mobile users will soon be able to see near real time updates of their calendar meeting invites when created, updated, forwarded or deleted.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 138326

We will begin rollout in in late August 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early September 2023.

 

(Updated) Teams Android Devices: Updates to the Report an Issue Feature MC670440 · Published Aug 24, 2023 · Last updated Aug 25, 2023

Updated August 25, 2023: We have identified that this did not go to the correct audience. We will be removing this message and posting a new message to the correct audience. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Report an issue on Teams Android devices will be temporarily unavailable while we improve the feedback workflow and deliver new feedback mechanisms that will give IT admins control and even better functionality to support their organizations in a future app update. 

This feature will become temporarily unavailable starting late August 2023.

 

Microsoft Teams: Improved Shared Line Experience MC670443 · Published Aug 24, 2023

Teams calling allows users (delegators) to share lines with other users (delegates). Shared line appearance lets a user choose a delegate to answer or handle calls on their behalf.

We are launching a simplified experience for users who have set up call delegation which will be available on the Teams mobile app. Mobile users now have a Shared Line Appearance tab on the calls app. The new UI will allow delegates to easily view the different delegator lines they manage and their own delegates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123753

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

 

Teams Premium Trial MC670435 · Published Aug 24, 2023

Beginning rollout in late September, users in your organization will be able to initiate a self-service trial of Microsoft Teams Premium using their Azure Active Directory (AAD) credentials with no requirement to input payment information, while providing complete visibility and control to their Microsoft 365 admin. Self-servicing allows end users to start the 60-day trial and generate signals on utilization for IT to identify users that would benefit from a Teams Premium license. These trial licenses are separate from your existing Teams Premium licenses.

Note: These trial capabilities will be available worldwide. Trials are not available for Government customers.

Beginning late September 2023

 

(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations MC579612 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Aug 24, 2023

Updated August 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With privacy and security restrictions, we have implemented a user-level IT admin policy for admins to choose whether some or all users in the company can use Collaborative Annotations. Currently, there is a way to turn Annotations ON or OFF through cmdlet Set-SPOTenant-IsWBFluidEnabled, this will also influence Whiteboard.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 92502

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Attach Cloud Files in Chat and Channel from Teams Mobile MC579610 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Aug 24, 2023

Updated August 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing the capability to upload files from OneDrive from Teams Mobile chat and channel for iOS and Android. Additionally, users will be able to view Recent files and attach the most used files upfront from the Recent section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 98321 and 98327

We will begin rolling out in late June 2023 and expect rollout to be complete by early September 2023 (previously mid-August).

 

Workflows replacing Connectors within Microsoft Teams channels menu MC670029 · Published Aug 23, 2023

Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu.

To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for channels. From the list of channels users will be able to go into the overflow menu for a specific channel (...) and select "Workflows". Here they will see a list of workflow templates specific to channels within Teams. Users can then configure these templates to their needs and deploy them to the channel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 131293

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August and expect to complete by mid-September.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-September and expect to complete by late September.

 

(Updated) Deploy new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 apps MC661241 · Published Jul 27, 2023

Updated August 23, 2023: The opt-out control is now available. Thank you for your patience.

Starting in September 2023, we will begin including new Microsoft Teams as part of the new and existing installations of Microsoft 365 apps for Windows depending on the schedule provided in this post. Currently, users can install the new Teams by using the Try the new Teams toggle switch in classic Teams or having administrators bulk deploy directly to the computers in their organization. Read MC533687 and MC617066 for details for earlier announcements for new Teams.

Administrators can exclude installing new Teams from their Microsoft 365 apps deployment if they don't wish to have new Teams included in the installation.

This announcement includes details about the upcoming changes for rolling out the new Teams desktop app with Microsoft 365 apps and details on managing opt-outs. This change is beginning currently for Microsoft 365 Apps for Windows.

We will begin by including the new Teams app as part of new and existing Microsoft 365 app installations on Windows depending on your office update channel and license Type. You will continue to have the classic Teams app included in the installation as well.

Administrators will be able to manage opt-out from this deployment if they do not wish to have new Teams included in the installation. More details in the section below.

 

Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link MC669480 · Published Aug 21, 2023

The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.

By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126334.

This change to use Edge to open web links from Teams chats follows a similar, previously announced change in the Outlook for Windows app. Customers impacted by this change in Outlook were notified via MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092.

Admin controls are available as detailed below.

Read more about how we’re optimizing the experience between Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge:

Notes:

  • This change does not affect a device’s default browser setting in Windows.
  • This only affects commercial users signed into Teams with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts.
  • The policy described in the following section configures which browser is used to open web links for both Teams (chat) and the Outlook for Windows app (email), or, if you did not receive an Outlook for Windows app Message center notification, this policy will only apply to Teams (chat).

When will this affect your organization:

Timing:

  • Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows: This change will start rolling out late September.
    • Outlook for Windows: Roll out in progress. If this change affects your users, you will have received either MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092, and can refer to them for specific timing.
      • Note: Depending on your Outlook for Windows update channel, you may experience the change in Teams first.

 

Microsoft Teams: Proactive Monitoring of Meeting Quality Using Real-time Telemetry (Premium) MC669479 · Published Aug 21, 2023

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center allows admins to view their users' meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing. Currently, the troubleshooting process for admins is manual and requires continuous admin involvement. The admin or engineer must search for a user, access their call history, identify ongoing meetings or live events they are participating in, and then search for the specific information needed to troubleshoot issues. However, with the introduction of Proactive Monitoring Notifications for In-Progress meetings, admins can efficiently monitor multiple meetings simultaneously for important users in their organization. This functionality enables admins to monitor audio, video, and app-sharing experiences based on various parameters and receive alerts if there are any issues with a user's meeting experience.

This feature is part of the Teams premium add-on SKU. All admins will see the feature within the Teams admin center, but for users to be configured and enabled for monitoring notifications they are required to have a Teams Premium license assigned for this feature to work.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 135667

Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

 

Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update MC669477 · Published Aug 21, 2023

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS).

Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars for Teams experience.

Rollout for the service plan will begin in late August and is expected to be complete by September. Rollout for the hardware requirements is expected to be complete by end of September.

 

 

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Viva Goals: Roll-Up Expected Progress From Child Key Results to Parent MC669742 · Published Aug 22, 2023

Currently in Viva Goals, while you can set up phased targets (ability to shape the expected progress curve) at the level of the child key result, the targets do not roll up to the parent key result or objective. This has caused confusion to both the child and the parent objective owners resulting in incorrect progress and status calculations and incorrect depictions of the expected progress values in the progress graphs.

With this release, if the child key result has phased targets, then the targets are rolled up from the children to the parent. If there is more than one key result, then the expected progress is rolled up based on the contribution of the key result to the parent.

If in case, the parent objective owner decides to set up targets at the level of the parent, then those targets override the rolled-up targets.

Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

 

(Updated) Viva Goals: Export OKRs to Powerpoint MC668254 · Published Aug 16, 2023 · Last updated Aug 22, 2023

Updated August 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva Goals is introducing the option to export OKRs to PowerPoint in various templates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117483

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Use of Viva Topics in Viva Engage Grants Visibility of Topic Names MC661222 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Aug 22, 2023

Updated August 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank  you for your patience.

In January, we announced the General Availability of Viva Topics in Viva Engage (Yammer) to customers. As part of the Viva Engage topics transition to Viva Topics, posts in Viva Engage (conversations, questions, polls, announcements, storyline posts) will be considered as Viva Topic resources. As a result, all users with access to posts in Viva Engage will be able to see the topic names applied to those posts in Engage as well as in other Viva Topics experiences in Microsoft 365 (e.g., Topic cards and pages).

Migrating Viva Engage to use Viva Topics supports a consistent topics experience in Microsoft 365 and allows for community-sourced knowledge to be accessible across an organization. For organizations not using premium Viva Topics experiences, the use of topics in Viva Engage will appear the same before and after topic migration. For organizations using Viva Topics, you will gain the premium benefits, such as topic cards in Yammer (Viva Engage), Viva topic pages, and centralized topic management.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 148465

Rollout will begin in mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and will continue to roll out to all Viva Engage networks by late September 2023.

Viva Pulse Admin Experience: Add a Link to Internal Policies MC669478 · Published Aug 21, 2023
The Viva Pulse Admin experience will soon have a new admin capability called, ‘Add a link to internal policies’. Currently in the customization set up, survey authors will see a general disclaimer message saying, “Important. Your organization may have policies governing appropriate survey questions for employees. Please ensure you have consulted any such policies before proceeding.” With the new ‘Add a link to internal policies’ feature, you can add a link to your organization’s internal policies in the policy reminder messaging in the Viva Pulse Customization set up. 
Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to be complete by late September 2023.

 

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