Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 50 - 2024 (December 9 - December 15)

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 50 of 2024, December 9 – December 15.

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

 

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

• Introducing External Camera Support for iPads in Microsoft Teams
• Introducing intelligent media quality classifiers in Microsoft Teams Call Quality Data (CQD) QER v5.0!
• New Teams optimization for VDI now Generally Available in Citrix environment
• New Microsoft Copilot Analytics Features Now Available – November/December 2024
• Released: CU8 for Skype for Business Server 2019

Field Advisories:

• What's Next for Accessibility in Microsoft Teams
• Viva Engage Audit log activities via Purview & the Office 365 Management Activity API
• We are retiring ‘Help me create’ feature from Microsoft 365 Web
• 8 Components of SharePoint Information Architecture
• The latest on AI at work: December 2024
• Improve learners’ literacy skills with AI-powered Reading Coach
• Take control during screen sharing in Teams for the web

Community:

• Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions
• Hands-On | November 2024 Updates
• Deploying Teams Rooms and Teams Phone in Finance

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards MC956699 Published Dec 13, 2024

We are introducing the ability to forward app cards. With the addition of app card forwarding, users now have a new way to share app cards across chats. To forward a message containing an app card, simply navigate to the More Actions menu of any message containing an app card and select forward. From here, the forward message dialog will populate, which provides users with a preview of the message being forwarded, including the app card.

Please note: Forwarding of bot cards is excluded from this release.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469506.

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings MC953756 Published Dec 10, 2024

After this rollout, Microsoft Teams meeting organizers will have a new meeting option to enable and require unverified (aka anonymous) participants joining meetings to verify their email addresses with a one-time password (OTP) verification code before joining the meeting. Tenant admins will have a new meeting policy to manage and control this setting in the Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418125.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Scheduling channel messages MC953752 Published Dec 10, 2024

A new feature allows you to schedule messages in Microsoft Teams channels. This feature will help you plan and manage your communications more effectively.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467447.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees MC952893 Published Dec 10, 2024

A new Microsoft Teams feature empowers moderators to respond discreetly to attendee questions during Teams events. This functionality ensures that responses to sensitive questions, personal inquiries, or follow-up discussions are not broadcast to the entire audience, allowing for a more tailored and respectful communication experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417158.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early January 2025 and expect to complete in late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: Non-disruptive device operations for Microsoft Teams devices MC952889 Published Dec 10, 2024

We are excited to announce a new capability in the Microsoft Teams admin center designed to ensure that device operations are non-disruptive for Android-based Teams devices.

This new feature allows software updates, restarts, and configuration updates to occur only when the device is idle (not busy), preventing any disruptions during meetings or calls. Device admins will now have the ability to manage these operations without affecting end-user experience, ensuring smoother and uninterrupted device usage.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418120.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes in meetings MC952888 Published Dec 10, 2024

Coming soon: Users will be able to pop out the side panes for Notes, Chat, and Microsoft Copilot panes in Microsoft Teams meetings

Note: The Copilot pane is only available in Worldwide environments with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421607.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices MC952881 Published Dec 10, 2024

The room audio auto-detect and pre-select feature for Microsoft Teams BYOD rooms (released October 2024) will soon activate the video component of composite audio-video peripherals as the selected camera in Teams. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktops and Teams for Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469496.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: Join and present in Microsoft events MC949966 Published Dec 6, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Extensibility for PSTN calls MC947831 Published Dec 3, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Auto release and check-in for Microsoft Places MC925999 Published Nov 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent event recap in town halls and webinars (Premium) MC948983 Published Dec 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status MC704035 Published Jan 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Office 365 Connectors feature retires starting August 15, 2024 MC808160 Published Jul 3, 2024

Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins can disable the ability to send messages in meeting chat before and after a meeting MC920298 Published Oct 28, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New DVR capabilities for town halls (desktop and web) MC932488 Published Nov 13, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Improved Microsoft Lists links in Teams chats and channels MC939930 Published Nov 22, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced discovery of apps and one-click app installation across Teams MC888049 Published Sep 11, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: Power Apps card MC956696 Published Dec 13, 2024

The Power Apps card for Viva Connections allows you to bring your power cards and applications onto the Viva Connections dashboard for quick access.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464999.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, DoD): We began rolling out in early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

 

Viva Engage: Designated experts in Communities MC956390 Published Dec 13, 2024

We are introducing the Community Expert feature in Microsoft Viva Engage to enhance the trust and utility of knowledge in your communities. Experts will be able to endorse accurate and credible answers and be recognized as community experts with a special label next to their name.

A community expert is a member of a community who is assigned or approved by a community admin to serve as a subject matter expert within a specific community. A community expert has special capabilities, such as marking the best answer, marking a verified answer (coming separately and soon after with the launch of Community Experts), and pinning posts. However, a community expert does not have the ability to manage members, assign roles, and so on like a community admin. Additionally, they are given a label strictly within that community that says “Community Expert.”

Note: Community expertise is determined by community admins within your organizations, not Microsoft. Microsoft does not have the ability to define a community expert in your organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 408164.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Connections on the SharePoint app bar MC952886 Published Dec 10, 2024

We are introducing a new entry point to Viva Connections from the SharePoint app bar, which will enhance the integration between the Intranet and Viva Connections.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468290.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema MC917742 Published Oct 24, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign MC868912 Published Aug 22, 2024

(Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer MC939925 Published Nov 22, 2024

 

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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Mattias Kressmark

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Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 49 - 2024 (December 2 - December 8)

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 49 of 2024, December 2 – December 8.

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

 

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

• Copilot Vision now in preview – a new way to browse

Field Advisories:

• Three new ways small and medium-sized businesses can purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Keep your presentations on brand with Copilot in PowerPoint
• Raising the bar: Updates to the Microsoft Store on Windows
• 6 AI trends you’ll see more of in 2025
• Enhancing manager insights and action at Derivco with Viva and Copilot
• Build your own real-time voice agent - Announcing preview of bidirectional audio streaming APIs
• Perform holiday card magic with the latest Microsoft Designer features

Community:

• San Francisco to host huge Microsoft conference Ignite for first time
• Anywhere365 Announces Acquisition of cloud communications provider Tendfor
• My Demo 365: Teams Phone – Shared Calling – Extension Dialing Support
• Learn how to use Microsoft Teams on mobile.
• Mastering Microsoft Teams: Tips to Boost Productivity and Collaboration

 

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Forwarding loop components MC950898 Published Dec 6, 2024

There is now the ability to forward loop components in Microsoft Teams. With the addition of loop component forwarding, users have a new way to share loop components across chats and channels. To forward a message containing a loop component, simply navigate to the more actions menu of any message containing a loop component and select forward. From there, the forward this message dialog will populate, which provides users with a preview of the message being forwarded, including the loop component. In this view, users will be able to give permissions to recipients of the loop component to ensure all recipients have access to the content.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469507.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Forward messages to and from channels MC950897 Published Dec 6, 2024

Coming soon in Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to forward posts and reply messages to and from channels. We designed this feature to reduce limitations on the type of content that can be forwarded in Teams, to enhance collaboration. This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469508.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Updated Auto Attendant helps callers reach the correct person MC950895 Published Dec 6, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams Phone: An updated Auto Attendant functionality that makes it easier for callers to reach the right person. Callers can select a callee by either pronouncing their name or entering it on the phone dial pad (dual tone multi-frequency or DTMF). This sometimes results in multiple matches returned by the search engine. After this rollout, you can also add the Office or Department after the name to avoid multiple matches.

For example:

"For John Smith - Help Desk, press 1"

"For John Smith - Sales, press 2"

General Availability (Worldwide): Available since late November 2024.

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out in late November 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals MC950888 Published Dec 6, 2024

In order to automate BYOD user experience (BYOD mode) for users in meeting rooms, the peripherals that users plug in must be associated to those rooms in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro management portal. The Pro management portal will soon use meeting room invite data to intelligently associate peripherals to rooms, automatically creating inventory relationships for you. The association logic relies on many unique users joining a meeting with a specific meeting room booked and the same peripheral plugged in, as identified by serial number and VIDPID. Auto association can also keep up with the times by re-associating a peripheral if it gets physically moved to another room.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469495.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment MC950880 Published Dec 6, 2024

To maintain the best performance and reliability of our service, we are updating the page size limit for the phone number retrieval API (Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment cmdlet) to a maximum of 1,000 numbers per query.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

 

Update to Get-CsDialPlan, Get-CsOnlineUser, and Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlet in the Teams PowerShell Module MC950879 Published Dec 6, 2024

There are important changes coming to a few Teams PowerShell cmdlets. Starting January 2025, we will be deprecating Get-CsDialPlan cmdlet. We will also be deprecating DialPlan attribute from Get-CsOnlineUser and LocationProfile attribute from Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlet. If you are using DialPlan or LocationProfile attribute found in these cmdlets, please stop using them.

 

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: Join and present in Microsoft events MC949966 Published Dec 6, 2024

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows devices will be able to join Microsoft events (webinars, town halls, structured meetings) when invited as presenters. You can present directly from the Teams Room, with features like green room access and stage control for organizers and presenters supported on both single and dual screens. Available for tenants with Teams Rooms Pro licenses.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381425.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution will be available in more meeting spaces MC949964 Published Dec 6, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Speakers recognition will recognize all speakers and attribute their speech in meeting transcripts, enabling intelligent recap and Microsoft 365 Copilot bring you own device in (BYOD) meetings that rely on participants' laptops, just as it has been available in Microsoft Teams Rooms. Voice recognition uses a unique voice profile for each participant. Users can easily and securely enroll voices in Teams Settings. The room host must have a Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot license to access this feature. This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417155.

Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in mid-December 2024 and is expected to complete by early January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in mid-January 2025 and is expected to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications MC949959 Published Dec 6, 2024

Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to personalize the placement of notifications on their screens. Users will be able to choose from four options: bottom right, top right, bottom left, or top left—to make notifications more convenient and less disruptive, enhancing both focus and productivity. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469491.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to be complete by mid-February 2025.

 

Teams admin center: Export the list of Managed apps MC949955 Published Dec 6, 2024

A new feature is now available on the Manage apps page in the Teams Admin Center allowing the export of managed apps. It allows for the download of app data in CSV format for reporting and management purposes.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents MC949004 Published Dec 5, 2024

Coming soon: Users can seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents in Microsoft Teams chats and channels. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to share apps and agents, but a Microsoft 365 Copilot is required to use apps and agents.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by early January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent event recap in town halls and webinars (Premium) MC948983 Published Dec 5, 2024

Coming soon: Intelligent recap for Microsoft Teams town halls and webinars, just like the intelligent recap for meetings. Event organizers, co-organizers, and presenters will be able to explore the meeting recording by speakers and topics and access AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions. A Teams Premium license or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. This message applies to Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 371588.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Record a video and share in channels MC947832 Published Dec 3, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to record video in Teams channels with the Record video clip option. Before this rollout, the Record video clip option only exists in Teams chat. After this rollout, users can record short clips to communicate with colleagues in Teams channels. Users can record clips of themselves, their screen, or audio only and send the clip as a new post or a reply in a channel. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383740.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Extensibility for PSTN calls MC947831 Published Dec 3, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Third-party application developers will be able to extend the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) calling experience with contextual information, making it possible for Teams users to have access to relevant data without leaving the call experience. This feature will make it possible for developers to bring additional context and workflow integration into calling experiences and make customer-facing professionals more efficient by having data from line of business applications readily available. This functionality is available for developers to integrate their applications and add new functionality to calls.

This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468280.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Users can automatically install and update the Network Device Interface (NDI) (Windows only) MC947054 Published Dec 2, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Users will no longer need to manually install and update the Network Device Interface (NDI). After this rollout, users will be able to turn on automatic installation and updates in Teams Settings. This improvement applies exclusively to Teams for Windows desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 429537.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams: Resize Teams windows MC947051 Published Dec 2, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to reduce the main Teams window, the chat window, and the meeting stage to 360px wide or 502px wide, compared to the current minimum supported dimensions of 720px wide, with no loss of functionality. We will bring this change to the rest of Teams when we release in General Availability.

Also, users can adjust the width of Teams side panels as desired.

This update enhances accessibility, creates new multitasking opportunities, supports efficient window management on Windows 11 and macOS desktops, and offers greater zooming capabilities for low-vision users when scrolling in one dimension.

This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop and Teams on Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470431.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025.

We will communicate the plan for General Availability in a future post.

 

 

• Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar MC912178 Published Oct 16, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions MC809602 Published Jul 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms MC892055 Published Sep 17, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership MC883199 Published Sep 4, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows MC718250 Published Feb 21, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window MC800496 Published Jun 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing MC767481 Published Apr 3, 2024

(Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams MC704955 Published Jan 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app MC937925 Published Nov 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption MC898393 Published Sep 26, 2024

(Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization MC916294 Published Oct 23, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews MC934727 Published Nov 15, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience MC937952 Published Nov 20, 2024

Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointment meeting template SMS notifications will soon support the Netherlands MC906486 Published Oct 7, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs MC772556 Published Apr 8, 2024

(Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date MC931401 Published Nov 12, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status MC704035 Published Jan 5, 2024

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Viva Engage reactions history data will soon be available in network-level data export. MC950877 Published Dec 6, 2024

Viva Engage reactions history data will soon be available in network-level data export.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out the changes in early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

 

Important Update: Viva Goals Retirement Announcement MC949603 Published Dec 5, 2024

Viva Goals will be retired on December 31, 2025. Microsoft will continue to maintain Viva Goals’ availability, accessibility and security through retirement. However, as of December 5, 2024, Microsoft will no longer invest in new feature development..

While Viva Goals is being retired, Microsoft remains fully committed to the Viva suite as a whole, continuing to innovate and deliver tools to help our customers drive meaningful business impact.

December 31, 2025

 

Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription MC948979 Published Dec 5, 2024

Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Viva Pulse capabilities will now be included with your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. This message applies to Pulse on Windows and Mac desktop, on the web, and on iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 407706.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

 

Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience MC947830 Published Dec 3, 2024

We’re excited to announce updates to the Microsoft Viva admin landing page and the Feature Access Management experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC).

Viva admin landing page | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024.

New user interface for Feature Access Management in the MAC | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

8 new Copilot feature metrics in Copilot dashboard and Viva Insights advanced insights, including Business Chat (web) MC947046 Published Dec 2, 2024

8 new Copilot feature metrics are now generally available in the Copilot Dashboard and Viva Insights Advanced insights. The new Copilot feature metrics being added, include:

• “Intelligent Recap” actions taken in Teams
• “Visualize as table” actions taken in Word
• “Chat (Copilot in Word)” prompts submitted in the in-app chat section in Word
• “Add content to presentation” actions taken using PowerPoint
• “Organize presentation” actions taken using PowerPoint
• “Chat (Copilot in PowerPoint)” prompts submitted in the in-app chat section in PowerPoint
• “Chat (Copilot in Excel)” prompts submitted in the in-app chat section in Excel
• “Business Chat (web)” prompts submitted. This feature is also known as “Copilot with Enterprise Data Protection” and the insights include prompts submitted through Edge and the Microsoft 365 app.

As part of this update the “Total actions taken” numbers will also be updated to reflect activity related to the Copilot features listed above. “Total number of active Copilot users” and “Percentage of active Copilot users” already included the features above, but will be impacted by the addition of Business Chat (web).

Starting in early Devember, 2024, anyone with access to the Copilot dashboard will be able to view these insights. Anyone with the Viva Insights analyst role will be able to query the usage information related to these features through Viva Insights Advanced Insights. Note that in Copilot dashboard, these metrics and insights only show up for measured employees with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Measured employees also need to be assigned a Viva Insights license for their data to be available in Viva Insights Advanced insights.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418379 and Roadmap ID 467249.

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

 

 

• Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data MC937159 Published Nov 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema MC917742 Published Oct 24, 2024

(Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer MC939925 Published Nov 22, 2024

 

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

 

 

Disclaimer :

If others are interested to receive these “Friends of” messages directly from me, they can always share their contact details with me.

Or if you/they no longer want to receive these “Friends of” emails, just reply per email and I will remove you from this “Friends of” DL

 

Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark

Disclaimer :

The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.