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Teams Live Event capacity limit extension MC698896
· Published Dec 16, 2023
Microsoft had previously instituted temporary
capacity increases for Teams live events that were set to expire on December
31, 2023. This included increasing the Live Event capacity from 10,000
attendees to up to 20,000 attendees, increasing the concurrency limit from 15
to 50 simultaneous events, and increasing the Live Event duration from 4 hours
to 16 hours. To ensure administrators have adequate time to train their user
base, we are extending the timeline for these capacity limit increases for
Teams Live Events to now expire on June 30, 2024.
Until June 30, 2024, you will be able to run Teams Live Events of
up to 20,000 attendees, have up to 50 of these Live Events run simultaneously,
and have your Live Events run for up to 16 hours.
Teams Live Events support in New Teams MC698876
· Published Dec 16, 2023
As communicated in MC686187, after March 31,
2024, any classic Teams users that haven't updated to new Teams, will be automatically
updated to new Teams. New Teams will support Teams
Live Events until its scheduled retirement on September 30th, 2024. Customers
using Teams Live Events within new Teams should not expect any changes to the
Attendee & Presenter experiences within new Teams. Teams Live Events
Producers and Organizers, which currently cannot use new Teams, will have their
capabilities brought to new Teams.
Users will notice the change to the organizer
experience as soon as the middle of January 2024. The Producer experience will
be brought to new Teams by late March, 2024. After which, Teams Live Events
will be fully supported in new Teams until the retirement of the Teams Live
Events experience on September 30th, 2024.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Preview
and Playback in Teams Chat and Channels MC649917
· Published Jul 19, 2023 · Last updated Dec 15, 2023
Updated December 15, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Users can preview and play Stream videos
directly in Teams Chat and Channel without having to open them in a browser and
going to Stream.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 127596
We will begin rolling out in late July 2023 and
expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously
mid-December).
(Updated) Custom Backgrounds for
Announcement Posts in Channels MC680348
· Published Oct 10, 2023
Updated December 15, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to
create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI
power of Microsoft Designer. This release of Custom Backgrounds for
Announcement Posts will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web
for Channels 2.0 in English – US markets only. In line with current
announcement behavior, Mobile will only support the consumption of custom
backgrounds. Feature is disabled for EDU tenants while the team implements a
policy setting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 123501
Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-October
and expect to complete by late October. - Complete
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-October and expect to complete by late October. - Complete
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early November and expect to complete by mid-November. - Complete
GCC/GCC High/DoD: We will begin rolling out in
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.
(Updated) IntelliFrame experiences on new
Teams app and Recognition expansion MC695502
· Published Dec 4, 2023 · Last updated Dec 15, 2023
Updated December 15, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This is a two-part update, with:
- IntelliFrame experiences availability on new Teams app for Desktop,
- Expanding recognition support to cover scenarios such as meeting
invite forwarding and Teams meeting nudge among others (Please See below
for details)
- IntelliFrame experiences from Edge cameras like Yealink
Smartvision 60 are currently available on Teams Desktop platform. With
this update, we want to announce the availability of IntelliFrame on New
Teams app.
- Recognition expansion: This update applies to both existing and
new Teams desktop app. Previously recognition was only supported when an
organizer invited the meeting room with Intelligent camera connected.
With this update, we are able to support the following scenarios.
i.
Meeting forward (both one time and recurring
meetings)
ii.
Teams nudge (using Roster>add participant)
iii.
Join by meeting ID (Using MTR to join a meeting
by ID)
- Also, under "Recognition" feature, we heard our users and
renamed unrecognized users from "Guest" to
"Participant". Moving forward, with this update anyone who is
unrecognized will see their name label as "Participant."
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 161427
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
(Updated) 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 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Update for December 14, 2023: The Microsoft
Teams change will now be completed by the end of January instead of
early December as previously communicated. Additionally, an issue was discovered
with managing this change using GPO and Intune, with a fix planned to deploy
with the change by the end of January. To manage this change prior to the fix
deploying, please use the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 (formerly the
Office Cloud Policy Service).
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.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting chat
invitations from unmanaged users MC689496
· Published Nov 14, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 January 2024
(previously late December).
(Updated) Custom Backgrounds for
Announcement Posts in Channels MC687791
· Published Nov 6, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to
create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI
power of Microsoft Designer. As part of the advanced Teams Premium
capabilities, users will have access to DALL-E, a text to image generator,
which they can use for their backgrounds. This release of Custom Backgrounds
for Announcement Posts will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and
Web for Channels 2.0 in English – US markets only. In line with current
announcement behavior, Mobile will only support the consumption of custom
backgrounds. Feature is disabled for EDU tenants while the team implements a
policy setting.
Note: Non-US tenants may notice a temporary
loss in the ability to upload an image. For tenants who do not have access to
Designer, the ability to upload image will be made available again in early
2024, while the team works on Designer support for more languages.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 183785
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early November and expect to complete by mid-November 2023.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late November and expect to complete by mid-January 2024 (previously
early December).
(Updated) Simplified Compose Experience for
Teams MC686919
· Published Nov 3, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.
Teams Compose is the heart of collaboration,
where all Teams messages flow each month. It's also the gateway to a wealth of
features, from Copilot to Files, Loops, Video, and Platform Apps.
While Teams' capabilities have grown by leaps
and bounds, the compose experience has remained largely unchanged. This update
addresses usability, scalability, and information density challenges. We've
simplified the compose experience, enhancing usability for various rich
authoring scenarios, establishing scalable patterns for all compose actions,
and optimizing it for your everyday needs. Get ready to enjoy a more seamless
and efficient collaboration experience! This is for the new Teams experience
only.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 123486
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early-December 2023 and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-February 2024 and expect to complete by early March 2024.
GCC: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024
and expect to complete by late March 2024.
GCCH: We will begin rolling out early April
2024 and expect to complete by mid-April 2024.
DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2023
and expect to complete by late April 2024.
(Updated) Bring-Your-Own-Device IT Admin
Experience in Teams Pro Management Portal MC680963
· Published Oct 12, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) rooms are
identified as rooms with no MTR (Microsoft Teams Rooms) but equipped with other
peripherals such as camera, microphone.
In Teams Pro Management Portal, IT admins will
finally have the capability to manage and track these specific BYOD rooms. They
will get a comprehensive overview of their BYOD rooms and devices activities.
With this new addition, they will gain valuable insights into how these spaces
are being utilized and enabling them to make data driven decisions.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 161728
We will begin rolling out in late January 2024
(previously late November) and expect to complete rollout by early February
2024 (previously early December).
(Updated) Out-of-box Controlled-content meeting
template MC678852
· Published Oct 2, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
content with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
We are launching an out-of-the box template for
meetings with external participants. The controlled content access template has
preset defaults for meeting options to provide tight controls over lobby
bypass, who can present, allowing chat across meeting lifecycle/in-meeting, and
who can record.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 91286
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
mid-October and complete by late October 2023.
GCC: We will begin rolling out early November
and complete by mid-November 2023.
GCC High: We will begin rolling out
mid-November 2023 (previously early October) and complete by late November
2023 (previously mid-October).
DoD: We will begin rolling out late
November 2023 (previously mid-November) and complete by early December 2023
(previously late November).
New Meeting Option and Meeting Policy
"Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat" MC698134
· Published Dec 14, 2023
"Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting
chat" is a new meeting option that gives the meeting organizer the option
to disable copying and sharing features on meeting chat messages for
participants to reduce the risk of data leak. Once this restriction is enabled,
meeting chat participants will not be able to copy chat messages using menu
options or keyboard shortcuts, or forward or share messages to Outlook. There
is also a new Meeting Policy setting in Teams admin center for admin to control
whether users can see or use this feature in the Meeting Options page. Admins
can also set the default value for this meeting option in Meeting Templates
that they create. This meeting capability can also be configured within a
sensitivity label policy: Configure
Teams meetings with protection for highly sensitive data.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 186675
Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-December
2023 and expect to complete within a few days.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete within a few days.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
Azure Protected Voicemails on Teams Mobile App MC698132
· Published Dec 14, 2023
Teams mobile users will now have a link to
their Azure protected voicemails from the Teams mobile App. Users will get notification
for the voicemail on the Teams App and can open the attached link to access the
voicemail on the web browser.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 186553
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.
Control your activity notifications from the
activity card MC698129
· Published Dec 14, 2023
Users will be able to control what shows in
their activity feed by clicking on the ellipsis from the activity card, helping
them to stay on top of the information that matters most to them.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 186571
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out by
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2024.
Update Microsoft Teams client applications to
most up-to-date version by March 2024 MC698127
· Published Dec 14, 2023
Microsoft Teams is governed by the Modern
Lifecycle Policy and requires users to stay on the most up-to-date version
of the client application. Automatic updates ensure that users have the latest
capabilities, performance and security enhancements, and service reliability.
Microsoft is constantly investing into
innovations and improvements for more effective, reliable, and secure
communication infrastructure. The latest improvements for chat messaging
scenarios are enhancing the resiliency of message delivery in Microsoft Teams.
By the end of March 2024, Microsoft will stop supporting the
legacy services infrastructure for chat messaging.
Agenda View Refresh in Teams Mobile MC698125
· Published Dec 14, 2023
Teams calendar on mobile devices displays the
live status of a meeting with avatars of the participants who are in the call,
whether the meeting is being recorded and the duration of the meeting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 98328
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Discover Feed in Channels
MC698124
· Published Dec 14, 2023
We are bringing users a personalized channel
feed from people and topics users care about. Instead of going through each
channel listed to catch up on what's happening in the org, users can come to Discover
Feed in Teams to catch up quickly on relevant channel conversations.
Users can see why a specific channel post is
being shown in their feed and they can also customize their feed preferences by
selecting "Do not show post from X person/channel". Users can
also give direct feedback if a post seen on the feed is useful to them or not.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 187084
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2024 and expect to complete the rollout in February 2024
Announcing External Access Analytics for
Microsoft Teams MC698123
· Published Dec 14, 2023
We are excited to announce that we are rolling
out a new report in the Teams Admin Center that will provide basic analytics
for external access. This report will allow admins to view information about
external access.
The external access analytics report will be
available soon in the Teams Admin Center under Analytics & reports >
Usage reports. We hope that this report will provide admins with more
visibility and control over external access in their tenant and enable them to
make informed decisions about cross-tenant collaboration.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 188534
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late January 2024 and expect to complete by early February 2024.
Promote channel creation MC697808
· Published Dec 13, 2023
Today, our experience focusses on letting users
create team at the top level, with channel creation as a per team level option.
Looking at the user behavior here, users end up creating more teams, where it
could have been channels within teams, leading to team proliferation and difficulty
in managing teams. To address this, we are looking to promote channel creation.
For users to collaborate effectively, they need
to set-up the right collaboration space. Channels being the main hub of
collaboration, we made it easier for users to create channels. With the channel
creation option elevated to the top, users can now create the appropriate
collab space by picking between team or channel. They will be able to host the
channel into a team of their choosing.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 163363
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January and expect to complete by late January 2024.
Simplified team creation MC697434
· Published Dec 12, 2023
Today, users go through multiple steps,
selecting between options while creating teams. However, most users are
inclined towards setting up their team from scratch and as private. Hence, we
defaulted to a simpler experience, yet giving users the rich options of
creating a team from a template or group and selecting privacy/sensitivity of
the team. It is a simple by default, power on demand experience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 163364
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2024.
GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out
late February 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2024.
Affected Teams behavior in Chrome due to
privacy sandboxing MC697433
· Published Dec 12, 2023
Starting in January, Chrome will begin
gradually rolling out privacy
sandboxing in the web to 1% of their users, with general rollout happening
in late 2024. This will impact some Teams experiences in Chrome. The
recommendation is to use the Teams desktop client if you are part of the
rollout cohort.
Starting in January 2024 and continuing through
the remainder of 2024.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and
Stickers Unified in One Picker MC674737
· Published Sep 11, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs,
and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 84023
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in
early December 2023 (previously late November) and expect to complete
rollout by mid-December 2023 (previously early December).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in
mid-February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete rollout
by late February 2024 (previously early February).
Gov Clouds: We will begin rolling out in late
February 2024 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete rollout by
late May 2024 (previously late January).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams Voice isolation
MC690921
· Published Nov 17, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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
early February 2024 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by
mid-February 2024.
Standard Release (if applicable): We will begin
rolling out late February 2024 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete
by early March 2024 (previously late February).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Archive channels
MC696576
· Published Dec 7, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
For a paused or completed project where owners
want to preserve channel content, but no longer want to keep the channel
active, they can archive channels now!
Archiving channels will be available for Teams
users. You, as a channel owner or administrator can archive a channel you own.
By archiving the channel, it will not be available in your and channel members
teams and channels list anymore and no more actions will be allowed on the
channel like messaging, reacting, commenting, editing etc. In case, you want,
you can unarchive the channel as well, by going to manage teams > channels.
Team members can hoist the channel in their left rail even after archival.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 123769
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete by
mid-February 2024 (previously early January).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late
February 2024 (previously late January).
(Updated) The Room Remote feature for
desktop MC499441
· Published Jan 20, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
The Room Remote feature enables touchless
meetings by allowing users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from
their Desktop/PC with Teams client.
This feature was first launched on Mobile and
will now be available on your Desktop device formfactor.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 95482
Rollout to commercial tenants is expected to
start mid-January 2024 and will complete early February 2024 (previously
mid-December). GCCH and DoD will be announced in a separate message at a later
date.
(Updated) Power Automate app changing name
to "Workflows" within Microsoft Teams MC671824
· Published Aug 29, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
To provide a unified workflow experience within
Microsoft Teams we will be merging the existing Workflows app with the Power
Automate app. With this merger the Power Automate app will be changing its name
to "Workflows".
There will be no change to user experience
within the app. Users will still be able to manage all their flows within the
app along with browsing workflow templates or creating a new flow from scratch.
Whether you have existing workflows in the Power Automate app or the Workflows
app your workflows will persist in the new unified app. Users will still be
able to configure new workflows through the various app entry points (tab, bot,
message extension, message action, personal app).
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 131294
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by
mid-October 2023 (previously late September).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-October 2023 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early
November 2023 (previously early October).
GCC Release: We will begin rolling out early
November and expect to complete by mid-January 2024 (previously
mid-December 2023).
(Updated) Co-organizer experience updates in
Teams Webinars and Townhalls MC688109
· Published Nov 8, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Scheduling, setting up, and managing an event
is not a simple task. Which is why we allow co-organizer to be added to the
event so they can work alongside or on behalf of the organizer. So far
co-organizers were able to set up event theming, manage registration, meeting
options, view reports and more but were not able to edit event details like
title, date/time, description, event group; nor publish or cancel event. Now
they can! Co-organizer can edit event details, publish, and cancel the event
like the organizer can. So once the co-organizer is added they will have full
parity of experience as organizer and control/manage/edit event.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 168524
Targeted release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2024 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by
mid-February 2024 (previously late January).
Standard release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.
(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows-
All-in-one experience MC679733
· Published Oct 7, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
With update 4.19 coming in November, Teams
Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as
the Surface Hub 3.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 170740
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early November 2023 and expect to complete by mid-December 2023
(previously late November).
(Updated) One Time Passcode (OTP) for
simplified setup of Teams Rooms on Windows MC679731
· Published Oct 7, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
With Teams Rooms on Windows update 4.19 coming
in November, we are introducing a new and simplified way to setup Teams Room on
Windows. During the first boot experience, the user will be presented with an
option to enter a one-time passcode (OTP) to automatically fetch the resource
account credentials and sign into Teams Rooms. The users will need a pro
license to utilize this feature and provision the OTPs on the Teams Rooms Pro
Management Portal.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 170745
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early November and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously
late November).
(Updated) Workflows within Microsoft Teams
chats menu MC683929
· Published Oct 25, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows
powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for chats.
To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best
workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure
workflows for chats. From the list of chats users will be able to go into the
overflow menu for a specific chat (...) and select "Workflows". Here
they will see a list of workflow templates specific to chats within Teams.
Users can then configure these templates to their needs and deploy them to the
chat.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 180364
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-November and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously
late November).
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional
manager-controlled privacy settings in Shifts MC683659
· Published Oct 23, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 and complete
by mid-January 2024.
(Updated) Device Management Changes for
Microsoft Teams Android Devices MC665936
· Published Aug 8, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.
Earlier
this year, the new Microsoft device ecosystem platform built on the Android
Open-Source Project (AOSP) was announced delivering state-of-the art
security, reliability, and manageability with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Teams
Android devices will be migrating to this platform. The first step in the
migration is a firmware update to Microsoft Teams Android devices in 2024. The
firmware update will move devices from Android device administrator to Android
AOSP management.
TAP will begin in Q1 of 2024.
Eligible Microsoft Teams Android devices will
initially receive a manual firmware update in Teams Admin Center so IT admins
can manually verify the migration on select devices.
Eventually, the firmware update for migration
will be scheduled as an automatic firmware update in Teams Admin Center. This
automatic firmware update can be deferred for up to 90 days from first
availability.
(Updated) Collaborative Notes in Channel
Meetings MC690924
· Published Nov 17, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 Commercial.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 167330
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early February 2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete by
mid-February 2024 (previously late January).
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-February 2024. and expect to complete by early March 2024.
(Updated) Stream App in Microsoft Teams will
be updated to Stream (on SharePoint) MC686279
· Published Oct 31, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We are transitioning the Stream experience in
the desktop client of Microsoft Teams from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on
SharePoint). Once transitioned the Stream app in Microsoft Teams will display
only Stream (on SharePoint) content--it will no longer display Stream (Classic)
content. The new Stream (on SharePoint) app in Teams will feature similar
content and features as found on the Stream start page.
The Stream app is currently accessible across
multiple touchpoints on Teams, including the Stream app on Teams left rail,
Stream on Teams message extension, and the Stream Tab on Chats/Channels. You
can find the app by tapping the three dots on the Teams left rail and then
search for Stream. As a first step, Stream app on Teams left rail will be
updated to Stream (on Sharepoint). This updated version of Stream app will
allow users to access the Stream start page within Teams, and quickly find and
watch videos without switching apps. Users will have the option to pin the
Stream app on the side panel for more convenient access in the future.
In the coming months, we will also transition
the Stream app for Teams web and Teams mobile.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early November 2023 and expect to complete by mid-December 2023
(previously mid-November).
(Updated) End-to-end encrypted Meetings -
200 participants (Premium) MC679525
· Published Oct 5, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for patience.
For meetings that require heightened
confidentiality, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is an extra layer of security
that encrypts data at its origin and decrypts it at its destination. Only
audio, video, and video-based screen sharing is end-to-end encrypted. Apps,
avatars, reactions, chat, and Q&A are not end-to-end encrypted.
We had launched end-to-end encryption (E2EE)
for meetings with 50 participants in February 2023. We are increasing the
meeting size to 200 participants. We support:
- One can schedule an end-to-end encrypted meeting from desktop
(Windows and Mac) and mobile (iOS or Android).
- To join an end-to-end encrypted meeting
- One can join an end-to-end encrypted meeting from desktop (Windows
or Mac) or mobile (iOS or Android) or Teams Room Device (Windows or
Surface Hub).
- For the 200-participant meeting, the first person joining should
be from desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile (iOS or Android).
- All other platforms are blocked from joining an end-to-end
encrypted meeting.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
late October and expect to complete by early November.
GCC Release: We will begin rolling out late
October and expect to complete by early November.
GCCH Release: We will begin rolling out early
November and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously
mid-November).
DoD Release: We will begin rolling out late
November and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously early
December).
Simpler and quicker creation of teams and
channels MC686596
· Published Nov 1, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
Collaborate more easily by creating teams and
channels simpler and faster - a simple by default, power when needed
experience!
Currently, our team and channel creation
processes have several steps and are focused on letting users create team at
the top level, with channel creation as an option for each team.
We are making the team create experience
simpler by default, but still giving users the advanced options of creating a
team from a template or group and choosing the privacy/ sensitivity of the team
if they want. To help users create channels within these teams, we are putting "create
channel" option at the top. They will be able to host the channel into a
default team or a team they select.
Users can now create the right collab space by
choosing between team or channel. Overall, users can now set up the right teams
or channels from the + button, without having to go to different places or
follow multiple steps.
This change is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID: 163363
and 163364
Preview: We will begin rolling out
mid-November 2023.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
late November 2023.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
early December and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.
(Updated) Meeting Protection Support for
Teams Rooms on Android MC675503
· Published Sep 16, 2023 · Last updated Dec 11, 2023
Updated December 11, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below as well as the content. Thank you for your patience.
The latest version of Teams Rooms on Android
Update 3 (2023) includes the meeting protection support - End-to-end Encryption
for meetings and Sensitivity labels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 161423
We will begin rolling out in early February
2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete rollout by
mid-February 2024 (previously mid-January).
Viva Engage Network Analytics MC698826
· Published Dec 16, 2023
Network analytics is coming to Viva Engage! In
mid-January, admins and corporate communicators will be able to monitor
organization-wide engagement via the network analytics dashboard. Additionally,
a new control will be available on your Viva Engage admin dashboard in the
Analytics and AI section that will enable you to activate summarization and
theme extraction for your network with Microsoft Responsible AI protections, to
assist users as they access network-wide data about employee engagement on the
platform.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 168623
Standard Release: Network analytics is planned
to be generally available in mid-January 2024, but the summarization
component will remain in preview until Spring 2024.
(Updated) Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage
Domain Migration Update MC679739
· Published Oct 7, 2023 · Last updated Dec 15, 2023
Updated December 15, 2023: The email sender
domain will not start in January 2024 as previously announced. We will send a
new notice via message center with 30-days notice before we start changing the
email sender domain later in 2024.
If you took action to change or update your
email configuration based on the previous communication then that should remain
largely valid. We encourage you to review changes when any updated notice is
received.
As previously communicated in MC561701 (May
2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our
web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may
impact you differently.
Changes to our web domain are currently not
anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we
will notify you.
This message is associated with Microsoft
Roadmap ID 180352
Web domain change: Rollout will begin in early
January 2024 and is expected to be complete by early February 2024.
Email domain change: Rollout will begin in
early January 2024 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2024.
Rename Topic Center site address from
SharePoint Admin Center MC698424
· Published Dec 14, 2023
You can now rename the Topic Center site
address from SharePoint Admin Center. You will use the same flow that you do
now for changing the site address. You can also use the PowerShell,
Start-SPOSiteRename to make the change. Previously, the site address update
could only be completed by making a request to Microsoft Support.
We will begin rolling out early December 2023
and expect to complete by early January 2024.
(Updated) REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization
Control Migration MC681885
· Published Oct 16, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 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 mid-January 2024 (previously early December).
(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Share an Update
(Broadcast) Feature for Viva Goals MC664865
· Published Aug 3, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
With the new "Share an Update"
feature, users can share updates about their goals and dashboards with their
teams or selected audience directly from Viva Goals. Updates are sent to users
via email.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 148471
Standard: will begin rolling out in mid-January
2024 (previously mid-December) and expect to complete rollout by
mid-February 2024 (previously mid-January).
(Updated) Send Viva Goals email
notifications from your own domain MC696864
· Published Dec 8, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Email notifications from within Microsoft 365
are sent to users in various ways. Today, Viva Goals sends email notifications
such as digest emails and sharing notifications from msft-viva-noreply@microsoft.com.
Over the coming months, changes are coming for email senders. When users share
goals from Viva Goals, these emails will be sent from the user. Emails such as
digest emails that are generated by Viva Goals will support being sent from
your domain if you have opted in to send email notifications from your domain
in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap IDs 148471,
117479
Support for this will be added in phases.
Standard Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-January 2024 (previously mid-December) and expect to complete by
mid-April 2024 (previously late March).
(Updated) New designs for post types in Viva
Engage MC696569
· Published Dec 7, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
Starting in December 2023, Viva Engage
customers will see a refreshed design for question, praise, and poll post
types.
The new design for post types in Viva Engage
simplifies the user experience, putting more emphasis on content. The
streamlined approach will be available in all endpoints—web, SharePoint, mobile
apps, interactive Outlook emails, and the Engage apps in Outlook and Teams.
No functionality or data will be lost because
of this change. The new designs are a refreshed user experience to help
maintain a modern, content-first look and feel in Viva Engage.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 190366.
Standard release: We’ll begin to rollout the
change in December 2023. All customers are expected to have the new designs
by the end of March 2024.
(Updated) General Availability of Viva
Topics for Yammer MC494737
· Published Jan 5, 2023 · Last updated Dec 14, 2023
Updated December 13, 2023: We have updated the
rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.
We are announcing the General Availability of
Viva Topics for our Yammer customers.
The General Availability of Viva Topics for
Yammer experiences enables us to leverage a more robust and secure
infrastructure for Topics. It also enables organizations to use these Topics
outside of Yammer (for example, Topics can be tagged in Teams chats or in
Outlook messages).
If you would like to learn more about the
benefits of Viva Topics, click here.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 72184
Standard Release: We began rolling out in late
March (previously early May) and expect to complete by late January 2024.
New experiences for video and images in Viva
Engage are coming to you in 2024! MC697807
· Published Dec 13, 2023
As a Viva Engage customer you will enjoy the
new video and image experiences as soon as they reach general availability
early in 2024—no action needed.
We will begin rolling out in mid-January 2024
and expect to complete by early March 2024.
The rollout will start with customers currently
enrolled in the public preview of stories before rolling out to all customers.
If you wish to opt-out from this update
to the stories public preview, you can do so from your Viva Engage admin
settings before January 15th, 2024.
Viva Insights Feature Admin Controls:
Reflection MC697806
· Published Dec 13, 2023
We have added new capabilities for admins in
Viva Insights: Admins can disable the Reflection feature for their tenant,
individual users, or AAD groups and M365 Groups.
These changes will start to roll out in
December 2023 and will be available worldwide by early February 2024.
Expanded reactions in Viva Engage MC697805
· Published Dec 13, 2023
Viva Engage reactions help users participate in
conversations. Reactions remain one of the most-used engagement features across
customer networks. We’re offering a wider set of reactions in the product, like
other M365 apps, to help everyone express themselves.
The new set adds 24 new icons to the existing
six for a total of 30 reactions in Viva Engage. The current six reactions
(like, love, laugh, celebrate, thank, sad) will see new additions, including
icons to show laughter, support, checkmark confirmation, excitement, and more.
All expanded reactions support the user’s
chosen skin tone for added inclusivity and remain compliant with accessibility
standards.
All modern clients, including the browser,
mobile, Outlook, SharePoint (incl. Embed), and Teams Engage experiences will be
updated to use the new reaction set. Classic Engage (Yammer) experiences will
not see the updated icon set, however the new icons are mapped to the old icons
to ensure reaction counts remain the same.
Conversation analytics will show the updated
reaction set and counts in post roll ups.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 178015
Standard Release: All networks will begin to
see the expanded reaction set and new iconography starting in January 2024
and complete by March 2024.
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