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Sunday, September 1, 2024

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 35 - 2024 (August 26 - September 1)

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 35 of 2024, August 26 – September 1.

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

 

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

Field Advisories:

 

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Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Teams copy/paste of messages does not include timestamp and message author name MC878422 Published Aug 30, 2024

Many users have voiced frustrations over copying messages in Teams, particularly the inclusion of metadata like names and timestamps. Customer feedback has been clear, signaling that this feature was adding more noise than value to user workflow.

We are rolling out the change that copied messages are only showing the message content moving forward.

  • Streamlined Experience: Most users simply want to copy and paste messages without the extra clutter. Removing names and timestamps from copied content helps maintain focus and reduces unnecessary noise.
  • Better Alternatives for Specific Needs: For those who need to forward messages or extract conversations, we recommend using the Forward feature for message transfer between chats, and the Teams Export API for conversation extraction. These tools are more robust and prevent manipulation of message content.

General Availability (Worldwide): Available now and we apologize for not communicating prior to the rollout occurring.

 

Microsoft Teams: Streamlined process for installing Teams apps MC877316 Published Aug 29, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: A streamlined installation process to simplify how users add an app to Teams. This update aims to reduce friction and improve user engagement with apps by offering a more intuitive process from discovery to use. We've reduced the number of steps it takes for a user to install an app and start using it in chats, channels, and meetings. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and on the web.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 and expect to complete by early September 2024.

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

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024.

 

Microsoft Teams Phones: New routing for US emergency calls made by common area phones MC875073 Published Aug 27, 2024

We are contacting you because your organization is using Microsoft Teams Phone with phone numbers that are associated with statically assigned emergency locations. We are changing the routing for Microsoft Teams calls made by common area phones to emergency services in the United States. As a result of this change, calls to emergency services made by common area phones will be routed directly to the appropriate Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) instead of first being screened by a national call center to determine the location.

General Availability (Production): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.

 

CAPTCHA Verification for Anonymous Meeting Participants MC875061 Published Aug 27, 2024

Microsoft Teams tenants will soon be able to enable verification for anonymous meeting participants via CAPTCHA. This release of CAPTCHA Verification for Anonymous Meeting Participants will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide additional security against malicious bot and third-party app joins.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Ability to rename General channel MC814583 Published Jul 16, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Disable attendee emails for town halls and webinars MC783217 Published Apr 22, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms: Enhanced cross-platform meetings via SIP join MC810411 Published Jul 11, 2024

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft classic Viva Engage: Inline PDF viewing in external networks and non-connected communities retires Sept 30 MC876292 Published Aug 28, 2024

Starting September 30, 2024, classic Microsoft Viva Engage users in external networks and communities not connected to Microsoft 365 groups will need to download PDFs attached to Viva Engage threads to view them.

 

Sensitive meetings to be excluded from Viva Insights metrics MC876291 Published Aug 28, 2024

End-users of Outlook have the ability to set a meeting to have a ‘Private’ or ‘Confidential’ sensitivity level in order to protect the information of a meeting they consider sensitive. To ensure that these meetings cannot be analyzed, Viva Insights would remove these meetings from metric computation.

We will begin rolling this out in mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.

 

Microsoft Viva Connections: Manage your organization's brand in the new Brand center MC876287 Published Aug 28, 2024

We’re introducing new branding and management capabilities that you can use to improve consistency across your sites and pages.

Our new SharePoint brand center will create a centralized branding management application that will empower your brand managers or designated users to empower site owners to create and manage the brand assets needed to customize SharePoint and Viva Connections. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374861.

Public Preview: Available now. We began rolling out in early April 2024 and completed late June 2024.

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva: Introducing custom fonts for Viva Connections Desktop MC876286 Published Aug 28, 2024

The new Microsoft SharePoint brand center is now available in Preview and will soon be GA. The new SharePoint brand center includes custom fonts to express your organization's brand and creative expression in your Viva Connections Desktop experiences. Once the SharePoint brand center has been enabled in your organization, you will unlock the power of custom fonts within SharePoint and Viva Connections.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374866.

Public Preview: Available now. We began rolling out in early April 2024 and completed late June 2024.

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva: Create themes for SharePoint and Viva Connections in brand center MC876281 Published Aug 28, 2024

We’re bringing a new theme creation experience into the Microsoft SharePoint Brand center, allowing you to easily create and manage themes for your sites and related experiences.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374871.

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva: Required approval for Viva Amplify MC873749 Published Aug 26, 2024

Like Lists and libraries, Viva Amplify campaigns can contain sensitive information, such as marketing campaign budgets or human resources initiatives. The Required approval feature brings compliance, accountability, and workflows to Lightweight Approvals in Viva Amplify. Whether you require multiple levels of approvals or approvals from a single decision maker, the new Required approval feature in Viva Amplify empowers communicators to customize the process to suit their approval workflow and ensure every piece of content undergoes a thorough review process before it is published.

The Required approval button is present under the Advanced settings of the Campaign settings experience, which can be accessed in any given campaign’s header section. When the Required approval setting is enabled, all newly created publications will be required to go through the approval process before content can be published.

This is an optional setting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409233.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

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Mattias Kressmark


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