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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 39 - 2024 (September 23 - September 29)

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 39 of 2024, September 23 – September 29.

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

 

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

Field Advisories:

 

Community:

 

 

M365 Message Center :

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: "WatermarkWithDisplayNameAndIP" retires in October 2024 from Teams meeting policy MC899939 Published Sep 28, 2024

We will retire the Microsoft PowerShell command value WatermarkWithDisplayNameAndIP for WatermarkForAnonymousUsers for the Microsoft Teams meeting policy on October 27, 2024. We will continue to support the values WatermarkWithDisplayName (the default value) and JoinWithAudioOnly.

 

Planned maintenance for all certified and supported Teams Android Devices to Company Portal version MC898390 Published Sep 26, 2024

If your organization does not use Teams Android Devices you can safely disregard this message.

Planned Maintenance: Automatic updates for all certified and supported Teams Android Devices to Company Portal version 5.0.6152.0.

Upcoming Microsoft Infrastructure changes will impact Teams Android Devices running older and out of support firmware and applications. Teams Android Devices (Teams Rooms on Android, Teams Phone, Teams Display, and Teams Panel devices) running Company Portal applications older than 5.0.6061.0 may sign out or be unstable starting July 1, 2025. We recommend ensuring your devices are on 5.0.6152.0 as soon as possible as that is the latest supported version to ensure stability.

Please review your existing Teams Android devices and ensure they are on the latest supported and available firmware and application versions. In Teams Admin Center > Teams Devices you can export your current device inventory using the Excel icon for each device type, this export includes a column for Company Portal version. If you find devices not on 5.0.6152.0, please update your Teams Android devices to the latest available firmware in Teams Admin Center, you can review manual and automatic update options as explained in this link.

Since this Company Portal update is critical to ensure your devices stability, Microsoft will begin accelerated automatic firmware and company portal app only updates to ensure latest release for devices not currently running the latest release.

These auto-updates will start rolling out mid-October 2024 and will continue until late December 2024.

 

Stay current with your OS to keep your Microsoft Teams desktop client supported MC898394 Published Sep 26, 2024

Microsoft Teams is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy, the Teams desktop client needs to be under a supported OS version. This is to ensure that users have the latest updates, capabilities, performance enhancements, security features, and service compatibility.

On new Teams, users on OS versions that are not supported will receive in-app notifications to encourage them to update their device to a supported OS version. A version that is too far out of date will become incompatible with the service and the Desktop client will be blocked until the OS is updated.

Windows OSes support dates and lifecycle policy are documented in Product and Service lifecycle page. For example, OSes such as Windows LTSC and OSes under Long Term Serving Channel (LTSC), are not supported as they follow the Fixed lifecycle policy.

MacOS typically receives support for three years following its release, with the end of support coinciding with the launch of the third subsequent major macOS version. For example, once macOS 15 is released, macOS 12 will no longer be supported.

This will be shown on the new Teams client starting on October 15th, 2024. Note, users on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments are currently excluded.

 

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

We are excited to announce two new features in the Teams Store that will help users discover and adopt apps in Microsoft Teams. These enhancements are designed to streamline how users find and engage with apps in Teams. This message applies to Teams on the web and Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: UDP Signaling Ports configuration change MC898392 Published Sep 26, 2024

Coming soon: To enhance the efficiency of Microsoft Teams, we will implement a significant update to the UDP signaling ports used for Calling and Meetings.

Before this rollout, Teams uses UDP Source Ports 49152-65535 for Calling and Meetings signaling API Calls. This includes functionality such as mute/unmute, hold, adding participants, and reactions.

After this rollout, Teams will transition UDP signaling from source ports 49152-65535 to 50070-50089, maintaining the destination UDP port 3478. This change aims to reduce the number of ports used and enable you to apply Quality of Service (QoS) DSCP markers to this traffic.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests MC898391 Published Sep 26, 2024

Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Microsoft Edge for Business web browser will soon experience performance improvements. They will be able to join meetings faster.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Add location to your presence signal MC896703 Published Sep 24, 2024

In Microsoft Teams, you can add a location to your presence signal to indicate when you’re in the office or a particular office building using Microsoft Places building lookup.

For more information, see Set your work location in Microsoft Teams.

You can view the work location of other people in your organization from several places in Teams.

  • View location from a profile card.
  • View location from a one-on-one chat.
  • View location from a group chat and see who is also nearby.

For more information, see View other people's work location.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users will exclusively control their voice and face data exports MC892049 Published Sep 17, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of all your teams and channels page MC887377 Published Sep 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Rooms on Windows MC818885 Published Jul 18, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Embed support for Teams town hall MC889534 Published Sep 13, 2024

(Updated) Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls MC688109 Published Nov 8, 2023

(Updated) Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams: Update on new Microsoft Lists rollout MC891238 Published Sep 16, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: External presenters can join on mobile MC862236 Published Aug 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: New native Microsoft-defined camera controls in camera settings MC856755 Published Aug 9, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in Town Hall MC715693 Published Feb 14, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: A Teams Room can be a Breakout Room participant MC810407 Published Jul 11, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows MC814577 Published Jul 16, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Video tile re-sizing based on people count for Teams Rooms on Windows MC814587 Published Jul 16, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Proximity Join via ultrasound MC808162 Published Jul 3, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Chat contextual info and Search MC803293 Published Jun 19, 2024

(Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) MC705760 Published Jan 10, 2024

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to notifications for followed topics MC899176 Published Sep 26, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: This feature will allow users to subscribe to receive notifications after following Viva Engage topics. Users will receive an Engage notification on the bell icon on the left side of Viva Engage when a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to, or the topic is added to an existing post.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395940.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Design ideas in Viva Amplify MC884007 Published Sep 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Pulse admins can share links to Pulse templates MC891237 Published Sep 16, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Learning: Learner Completion Record bulk export MC806522 Published Jun 28, 2024

 

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Mattias Kressmark


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