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a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that
have been published in Week 46 of 2023, November 13 – November 19.
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Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings MC690924
· Published Nov 17, 2023
In parallel to legacy Wiki-based Meeting Notes
in channel meetings, Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide
tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re
improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you
discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks)
in channel meetings. These capabilities are now integrated into the end-to-end
meeting experience in Teams, Loop, Planner, To Do, and OneDrive for Business.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 167330
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-February 2024. and expect to complete by early March 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user
experience. MC690922
· Published Nov 17, 2023
Microsoft Teams is making updates to in-call
user experience on the mobile App. The Transfer, Share and Hold options will
now be on the call stage. These updates will make it easier for users to access
calling capabilities, redesigning user experience during calls.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 141204
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early December 2023 and expect to complete by late December 2023.
Microsoft Teams Voice isolation MC690921
· Published Nov 17, 2023
With "Voice isolation", you can enjoy
clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. This
feature uses AI to filter out all background noise, including other people's
voices. By leveraging your voice profile, this advance noise suppression
capability ensures only the user’s voice is transmitted. Whether you are in a
busy office, a noisy cafe, or a crowded airport, you can communicate with
confidence and clarity. "Voice isolation" is powered by our advanced
deep learning, speech services, and audio processing technology, and it shows
our dedication to solving user problems with AI and enhancing audio quality and
experience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 125387
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2024.
Standard Release (if applicable): We will begin
rolling out mid-February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.
New Shared display mode for BYOD meeting rooms MC690920
· Published Nov 17, 2023
The new Shared display mode provides users the
ability to extend their Teams meeting via a pop-out view-only version of the
stage onto the TV screen in BYOD meeting rooms. This mode ensures the meeting
content is always extended to the front of the room for others to see. This
gives the host of the room the peace of mind their desktop is for their viewing
only, giving them the flexibility to multi-task or work privately on their host
desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 184363
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2024 and expect to complete by early February 2024.
Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses in device
store MC690612
· Published Nov 17, 2023
Teams certified devices enable equitable
meetings and calling across spaces with inclusive, familiar, and high-quality
audio and video, optimized for your organizational needs. Currently, the device
store in the Microsoft Teams admin center enables IT admins to browse and
purchase Teams certified devices. This feature update will enable global
administrators to discover, try, and buy Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses
from the device store in the Teams admin center.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 180902
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
late November and expect to complete the rollout by early December.
App name change for the Tasks by Planner and To
Do app in Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Planner MC690607
· Published Nov 17, 2023
We are updating the app name for the “Tasks by
Planner and To Do” app in Microsoft Teams to “Planner” – all existing app
functionality will remain the same.
This change is rolling out now and will
take immediate effect.
Announcing the general availability of new
Teams on web for Edge and Chrome MC690598
· Published Nov 17, 2023
Today, we’re announcing the general availability
of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome.
How this will benefit your organization:
- Our goal for the new Teams web app is bring a near-identical
experience to our new Teams desktop app. Both the new Teams web client and
desktop clients share the same underlying infrastructure built to improve
load times, improve channel and chat switches, and reduce memory usage.
- Visit this page to learn more about what’s currently available,
known issues, and the overall schedule for new Teams.
- Note: Not all customer segments (Education) will receive this
update at this time.
New Teams on web begins rolling out today.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional
manager-controlled privacy settings in Shifts MC683659
· Published Oct 23, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional information.
We are thrilled to announce exciting product
enhancements on frontline managers-controlled privacy settings for frontline
workers.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 152119
We will roll out in November 2023.
(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint
Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475
· Published Sep 16, 2022 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 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 2023 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July
2023 (previously late May).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late July 2023 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by late November
2023 (previously late October).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: On-Demand
Recording Feature in Webinars MC661825
· Published Jul 28, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers can soon publish the recording of
their webinars and automatically send an update to their attendees, in which
they will receive a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on their event
page.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 123052
We will begin rolling out in late September
2023 (previously late August) and expect to complete rollout by late
November 2023 (previously late October).
(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative
Annotations MC579612
· Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 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 August 2023
and expect to complete rollout by early December 2023 (previously late
October 2023).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update MC602596
· Published Jun 22, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
With this update, Teams Panels will support
reserving a room using a QR code. This feature lets Microsoft Teams users book
a room for meetings now, in the future, or add the room to an existing meeting
by scanning a QR code on the scheduling panel and using the Teams app on their
Android or iOS mobile phones.
All Teams Panels will have a QR code shown in
the top left of the home screen. Panels users can either schedule a new meeting
with the room pre-populated for them or easily see the room’s availability for
their meetings and book the room with one click.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 129366
Rollout is complete for GCC and Worldwide. GCC High is expected to
complete by end of March 2024.
Additional Teams Meeting Templates Added to
Outlook Teams Add-In
MC690180
· Published Nov 16, 2023
Virtual appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are
Teams meeting templates that are accessible via the 'New meeting' dropdown menu
in Teams Calendar App. We are now expanding how you can access these meeting
templates by adding them to the meeting templates menu in the Outlook Windows
client in the Teams Meeting Add-In. When in Outlook Calendar, select the
dropdown menu next to the Teams meeting Add-In button to see the list of
meeting templates now available. When a meeting template has been selected, the
Teams App will open via a deeplink and directly open the meeting template
scheduling form.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 181621
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early December and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.
Together mode and content share layout
improvement MC689501
· Published Nov 14, 2023
With the new layout, Together mode will be
displayed under the shared content. The users will be able to see the
participants in Together mode and shared content simultaneously in a completely
new way. Full Together mode experience is available including raised hands,
reactions and name labels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 181615
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early December and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early January and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.
GCC-H and DoD: We will begin rolling out late
January and expect to complete by late February 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Meeting chat invitations
from unmanaged users MC689496
· Published Nov 14, 2023
When using external access for Teams, users
receiving a meeting chat invitation from an unmanaged Teams user will be
prompted with the option to acknowledge or leave the meeting chat.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early December 2023 and expect to complete by late December 2023.
Observer role is being retired in Viva Goals MC690604
· Published Nov 17, 2023
In an effort to simplify the access and
permissions landscape in Viva Goals, we will be retiring the 'Observer' role
from Viva Goals.
We will be rolling out this change in
mid-December 2023.
(Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control
Migration MC677516
· Published Sep 26, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience.
The customization control in the Viva Pulse
Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access
management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides
admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey
authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing
stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can
configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365
Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility.
These changes are expected to be completed
by mid-December 2023 (previously early November).
(Updated) REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization
Control Migration MC681885
· Published Oct 16, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
The customization control in the Viva Pulse
Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access
management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides
admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey
authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing
stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can
configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365
Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility.
These changes are rolling out and expected
to be completed by early December 2023 (previously early November).
(Updated) Viva Pulse – Teams Chat
Notifications MC677515
· Published Sep 26, 2023 · Last updated Nov 16, 2023
Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
In addition to the currently enabled email
notifications, Viva Pulse will begin to send notifications through Teams Chat.
Users will only receive Teams Chat notifications if they have the Viva Pulse
Teams app installed. As the admin, you can either 1) install the Viva Pulse
Teams app on users in your tenant through a Teams app setup policy or 2) please
encourage users to visit the Teams app store to download the Viva Pulse Teams
app to ensure users can receive the Teams Chat notifications.
Through the Viva Pulse chatbot, Teams Chat
notifications will be sent for the following scenarios:
- Welcome message when:
- the tenant admin installs the Viva Pulse app on users in the
tenant and
- the user installs the Viva Pulse app from the Teams app store.
- The feedback author creates a Pulse request.
- The feedback author shares a Pulse report.
- The feedback author’s Pulse is closed.
In early October, when feedback providers
receive the Teams Chat notification to respond to Pulses, they will be directed
to the Viva Pulse Teams app to provide feedback. By the end of October, with
the implementation of inline response, feedback providers will be able to
directly respond to Pulses in the Teams Chat notification without needing to visit
the Viva Pulse Teams app to provide feedback.
These changes will begin to roll out by
mid-October 2023 and complete roll out by the early December 2023
(previously early November 2023).
Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 MC690182
· Published Nov 16, 2023
Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 is a new
capability that will be available worldwide for use with your Microsoft 365
Subscription. This new capability allows you to upload organizational data from
HR information systems via .csv file to power a variety of capabilities and
features across Viva and Microsoft 365. Apps and features like Viva Amplify,
Viva Insights, People card, etc. rely on Organizational data to power high
value capabilities and new scenarios. Tenants will be able to power Viva
Amplify reporting, new displays on employees People cards, and more
personalized experiences in Viva and in Microsoft 365
We will begin rolling out in late November 2023
and expect to complete by early January 2024.
Updating Admin settings for paused Microsoft
Viva Briefing emails
MC690172
· Published Nov 15, 2023
Based on customer feedback, early this year we
paused Viva Briefing emails as part of a larger initiative to improve the
overall Viva user experience. (MC486289 December '22).
The setting, “Let people in your organization
receive Briefing email,” has been accessible in the Microsoft 365 admin center
under Org settings, despite the fact that the Briefing emails are paused.
To eliminate confusion and align with the
Briefing email pause, this Admin setting will be hidden.
We will roll out this change starting late
November 2023 and expect to complete early December 2023.
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