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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 44 - 2024 (October 28 - November 3)

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 44 of 2024, October 28 – November 3.

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: Automatic location updates with building details for BYOD rooms and bookable desks MC921116 Published Oct 29, 2024

With this rollout, we are delivering automatic location updates with building details on bookable desks and bring your own device (BYOD) rooms to make it easier for users to keep their workplace presence up to date and connect with others in the office.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422807.

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

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

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: The new streamlined Chat and Channels experience MC920179 Published Oct 28, 2024

Updated October 29, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’ve been listening to user feedback on the pace of work and the challenges of keeping up with conversations, managing messages scattered across different locations, and triaging quickly. To address this, we’ve streamlined the chats, teams, and channels experience to make it easier for users to stay on top of what matters most.

For more details and screenshots, refer to Microsoft Teams announces out a new chat and channels experience | Microsoft 365 Blog

This message applies to Teams on Windows desktops, Mac desktops, the web, and iOS and Android devices.

This message excludes Education tenants. We will send a future post with an update on the plan for Education tenants.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415249.

Updated October 29, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

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

 

Introducing Meeting Prep for Financial Services (Preview) MC920310 Published Oct 28, 2024

We announced the launch of Meeting Prep for Financial Services as public preview in Microsoft. We’re proud to be partnering with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to bring you this new app, designed to revolutionize how investment bankers prepare for meetings.

Preview: Available now

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

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams admin center: For the existing Meeting chat control, we will add two new options that allow admins to disable meeting chat before and after a meeting, In-meeting only for everyone and In-meeting only except anonymous users.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422808.

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

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

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

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

   

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Start/stop recording on Teams Rooms on Windows MC884009 Published Sep 5, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can turn off copying of captions, transcript and recap MC908115 Published Oct 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls MC913445 Published Oct 18, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Rooms on Windows MC818885 Published Jul 18, 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 Copilot 365 in Viva Glint will support the summarization of employee survey comments MC922629 Published Oct 31, 2024

Starting in November 2024, Microsoft Copilot 365 in Glint will support the summarization of employee survey comments. Copilot in Viva Glint is designed to answer questions about your survey comments, acting as your partner for all comment analysis. It can summarize comments, identify key themes, provide summaries by demographics and items, and highlight actions employees are requesting. A Viva Glint license is required to use this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 324079.

Public Preview: We began rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access MC922625 Published Oct 31, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Insights: Users will be able to request delegate access from a manager. This message applies to the Viva app on the web and the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

Before this rollout, Insights managers can assign delegate access to members of their organization. After this rollout, if a manager accepts the delegate access request, the requestor will have the same view of organizational insights as the manager does.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464174

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

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Mute conversations in feeds and digests MC922624 Published Oct 31, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: Network admins and corporate communicators will be able to use the new Mute conversations feature to remove individual conversation threads from the Home Feed and email digests.

This feature is part of Engage’s suite of new moderation and digital safety capabilities, following the release of View-only mode and Mute user for network in July-August 2024.

Muting applies to all Engage platforms: Engage on the web, the Engage app in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook, Engage apps for iOS and Android, and Microsoft SharePoint embeds. Network admins and corporate communicators may only mute from the Engage on the web and Teams and Outlook apps. The muted status will appear in all platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411583.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community MC921115 Published Oct 29, 2024

Coming soon to the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Microsoft 365 Copilot, admins will have access to new suggested content covering timely Copilot updates and best practices and the ability to easily upload documents and leverage AI to generate Q&A pairs using Answers Intelligent Importer.

What is the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Copilot?

Since general availability in August 2024 (referenced in MC7841560), network admins and corporate communicators can enable a new type of community specifically built to facilitate the rollout and adoption of Copilot in their organizations. This community can bring employees together in a community of practice where employees can ask questions, seek support from both their peers and IT admins, share best practices, and learn more from articles and quick tips on how best to use Copilot.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Top questions in your communities MC920301 Published Oct 28, 2024

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: A new Top questions feature to highlight the most-viewed questions in a community over the last 90 days. This feature helps community members quickly find the most relevant and popular questions. It is accessible to all community members in their respective communities.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422317.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

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