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Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 17 of 2024, April 22 – April 28.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- Microsoft Earnings Release FY24
Q3 - (1 million Teams Rooms, 20 million Teams Phone users)
- Teams Rooms on Windows version
5.0.111.0 is now available
Field Advisories:
- Multi-tenant
organization capabilities now available in Microsoft 365
- Prompt
Like a Pro: Get to decisions faster in Teams meetings with Microsoft
Copilot
- AI:
A game-changer for the employee experience
- Commercial
preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 is now available
Community:
- Microsoft CommUnity
Connection April 2024 - Teams Phone Mobile
- Teams Phone Summit -
Shared Calling
- The
Viva Guide to the Microsoft 365 Community Conference
- Join
our Holistic Listening session at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference
- Microsoft
at TechCon365 and PWRCON – Seattle, WA (June 3-7, 2024)
- Exciting
Changes Ahead: Microsoft Teams Renaming Unveiled
- Next Gen Call Center
built by Microsoft Teams | Queues app for agents & supervisors | Deep
Dive Demo
- Activate
the sensitivity label for Groups and Sites with Graph PowerShell
- Teams Meet
Now Feature Gets a Makeover for Group Chats
M365 Message Center :
- Microsoft
Teams – new message center posts:
Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie will be
integrated with Apple’s iOS Push-to-Talk feature MC787359
Published Apr 26, 2024
Microsoft Teams will enhance its Walkie Talkie
feature on iOS by integrating with Apple's Push-to-Talk (PTT) framework,
improving communication capabilities.
Teams Walkie Talkie on iOS will be integrated
with Apple's Push-to-Talk framework to enhance communication and convenience of
transmitting audio from anywhere on their phone, even when Teams is not in the
foreground. It will enable audio transmission directly from the lock screen and
comes with background runtime optimization for optimal performance while
conserving battery life.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 388486
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will
begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by early May 2024.
Microsoft Teams (work or school) application on
Windows will be renamed to Microsoft Teams MC786324 Published Apr 26, 2024
Starting in May 2024, important changes will
affect Microsoft Teams for Microsoft Windows. Tenant admins should be aware of
these changes. New Teams on Windows will be changing its name from “Microsoft
Teams (work or school)” to “Microsoft Teams”.
The Microsoft Teams personal application on
Windows 11 will also be renamed to “Microsoft Teams – personal” if installed on
users’ devices. These changes are in preparation for the unified Microsoft
Teams application update that will allow users to log in to the Microsoft Teams
application with any account type – work, school, or personal. Learn more in
MC719659 Microsoft Teams: Access work, school, and personal accounts in a
single desktop app (February 2024).
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early May 2024 and expect to complete by mid-May 2024.
General Availability: We will begin rolling out
mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by early June 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Auto Attendant will be
integrated with main Address Book search MC785026 Published Apr 24, 2024
At Microsoft, we are committed to providing a
consistent user experience across our products and protecting your data. As
part of this commitment, we are integrating Auto Attendant search with the main
Address Book search of Microsoft products. After this rollout, Auto Attendant
Address Book search results will be aligned with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft
Teams, and other Microsoft product searches, and your tenant Address Book
settings in Exchange will start to affect searches performed via Auto Attendant
service.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late May 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024.
General Availability (GCC High): We will begin
rolling out early June month 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands
in the compose box MC785024 Published Apr 24, 2024
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New slash
commands in the compose message box. These shortcuts help in composing
messages, navigating in Teams, and tackling frequent tasks. This rollout
applies to Teams on Desktop, Teams for the Web, and Teams for Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 120469.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late May 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH,
DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 and expect to complete by late
June 2024.
Microsoft Teams: Disable attendee emails for
town halls and webinars MC783217 Published Apr 22, 2024
Coming soon: In Microsoft Teams, we are
releasing a toggle to disable attendee email notifications for town halls and
webinars.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 392826
General Availability (Worldwide): We will
rollout late May 2024 and expect to complete late June 2024.
General Availability (GCC): We will rollout
late-June 2024 and expect to complete late July 2024.
- Microsoft
Teams – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to
design it in Teams Workflows MC718250
Published Feb 21, 2024
(Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available
in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows MC709270
Published Jan 23, 2024
(Updated) Optimize for Video setting for
screensharing MC715695
Published Feb 14, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access work, school,
and personal accounts in a single desktop app MC719659
Published Feb 27, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows
from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668
Published Mar 21, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs
MC772556
Published Apr 8, 2024
(Updated) Automatic application updates for new
Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows devices MC726114
Published Mar 6, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams | Report a Problem
integration with Pro Management portal MC746323
Published Mar 19, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Blind Transfers,
call forwards and AA/CQ supported during outages MC759454
Published Mar 27, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting Chat shown
by default in Gallery View with Teams Room MC752516
Published Mar 22, 2024
(Updated) Collaborative Notes in Channel
Meetings MC690924
Published Nov 17, 2023
(Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences
with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) MC705760
Published Jan 10, 2024
(Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See
People in Teams Rooms MC642265
Published Jul 14, 2023
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers
and presenters in Town Hall MC715693
Published Feb 14, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit
transcription consent to transcribe meetings MC764456
Published Apr 1, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share contact
information of people in Microsoft Teams chat MC704192
Published Jan 5, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and
delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files MC726122
Published Mar 6, 2024
(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint
Document Libraries in win32 backstage MC432475
Published Sep 16, 2022
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Global reader role
for Teams devices in Teams admin center MC711015
Published Jan 29, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting details
displayed on pre-join screen MC746322
Published Mar 19, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pre-pin meeting apps
for users MC748380
Published Mar 20, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and
Stickers Unified in One Picker MC674737
Published Sep 11, 2023
(Updated) Simplified Compose Experience for
Teams MC686919
Published Nov 3, 2023
- Microsoft
Viva – new message center posts:
Microsoft Viva Learning: New content updates
in Viva Learning and Copilot Academy MC786327
Published Apr 26, 2024
Microsoft Viva Learning: Microsoft Copilot
Academy is adding more learning resources for its users. These resources will
automatically be available to the users who have Copilot Academy.Microsoft
Copilot Academy will soon be accessible in seven additional languages, in
addition to English (United States). These languages include:
- French (France)
- German (Germany)
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese (Japan)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Chinese (Simplified)
When users access the Copilot Academy in any of
these supported languages, the platform will automatically load the appropriate
language interface. Instructions for Admins: In order to enable/disable Copilot
Academy, use the single toggle available in the Manage Academies page.Viva
Learning is bringing new handpicked courses from across the web for you to
discover within Viva Learning. These will be available out-of-box under
External content provider, enabled by default.Learners can discover the new
content under the External content provider carousel on the Home page.
Instructions for Admins: In order to disable the External content provider, go
to Admin tab in Viva Learning and use the single toggle available under the
Manage providers section.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late May 2024.
- Microsoft
Viva – updated message center posts:
(Updated)
Retirement of Post by Email and Reply by Email in Viva Engage (Yammer) MC718760
Published Feb 23, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Enhanced goal sharing experience MC705348
Published Jan 9, 2024
(Updated)
Answers in Viva content in Microsoft Search MC715700
Published Feb 14, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Viva Learning: Disable LinkedIn Learning premium content MC740508
Published Mar 15, 2024
(Updated)
Viva Learning | New language settings for admins and users MC740505
Published Mar 15, 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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