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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 47 - 2024 (November 18 - November 24)

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 47 of 2024, November 18 – November 24. We can call this one the “Ignite edition”. 

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

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Links to Microsoft Lists, Lists items, and Lists forms will display richer details such as title and path when shared in Teams chats and channels. This new feature will enhance collaboration by making it easier for users to recognize specific List link types, in addition to viewing the title and path. This message applies to Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 419812.

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 early February 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams admin center: Manage external access policies for users in your organization MC938541 Published Nov 20, 2024

Coming soon: Manage External access policies for users in your organization using Microsoft Teams admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 423476.

The new external access policy management page allows admins to easily view, add, edit, and remove external access policies for users within their organization, all through the Teams admin center UI. Previously, these actions could only be performed using PowerShell commands, but now they are also accessible directly in the Teams admin center.

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

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

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

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

 

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

Before this rollout, users with a Microsoft 365 license can use the Planner tab in Microsoft Teams to create and add existing basic plans and lists to standard channels in Teams. With this update, these users will be able to use built-in templates in the Planner tab in Teams to create plans. If users have licenses for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Project, they can also create and add existing premium plans to Planner tabs. Plans added to Teams channels with the existing Planner tab will continue to work after the rollout and will not be affected by the rollout. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464175.

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

 

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

If your organization does not have frontline workers, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams, we will expand the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities. This message applies to Teams for web, Windows, and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422812.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Creating an avatar from a photo will soon be GA MC937922 Published Nov 19, 2024

In Microsoft Teams, users will soon be able to customize their digital avatar by uploading a photo. After the photo avatar is set up, this avatar can be used in Teams meetings and Mesh immersive spaces.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Explicit Consent for recording and transcription in group calls and Meet Now MC93791 Published Nov 19, 2024

The Microsoft Teams Explicit Consent meeting policy is expanding to support group calls and Meet Now. When applied to a user, this policy will ensure that any recording/transcription initiated by that user in a group call or Meet Now will prompt all participants to provide consent for their media to be included in the recording and transcription. Participants cannot share audio, video, or screenshare/content-share until consent is given.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Watermark for anonymous meeting join MC918575 Published Oct 25, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Mesh: Support for audio when sharing screens in Microsoft Teams immersive events MC932489 Published Nov 13, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment defaulting to 'On' MC892646 Published Sep 19, 2024

(Updated) Improved search for content around people MC918573 Published Oct 25, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization MC888879 Published Sep 12, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Bidirectional Support for Teams Live Interpretation MC816179 Published Jul 17, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies MC795355 Published May 23, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users can take control during screensharing on the web MC915486 Published Oct 21, 2024

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva: New support documentation structure for Workday and Microsoft Viva Learning MC939929 Published Nov 22, 2024

Note: If your organization is not using the Workday and Microsoft Viva Learning integration, you can safely ignore this message.

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva: We will update the structure of the setup support documentation for Workday and Microsoft Viva Learning. The documentation will be divided into modules for better readability. We are not changing the content.

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

 

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

Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191.

General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

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

Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. EDU tenants are not included in this rollout until further notice.

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Community analytics update MC938647 Published Nov 20, 2024

Coming soon: Updates to community analytics features for Microsoft Viva Engage. After this rollout, users will be able to keep up with their community's activities in real time. We have added additional data ranges to support periods of 7 days, 28 days, 90 days, and 365 days. We have also added a new top conversations table that displays the conversations with the most engagement in the community and new Q&A engagement metrics, including an overview of most popular questions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168626.

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

 

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

We are pleased to announce the general availability of data export for Microsoft Viva Glint and Microsoft Viva Insights within the Microsoft Advanced Insights application. Analysts can now use the existing Glint and organizational insights Power BI template to run queries, and, with this new functionality, results can be downloaded as a CSV file. The existing feature allows users to view results as an embedded Power BI.

Please note that CSV downloads will only be available for surveys with raw data export enabled by the Glint admin during the survey setup. For more details, please see this information about confidentiality.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 423485.

General Availability (Worldwide): This feature will roll out at the end of December 2024.

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

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