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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 13 of 2025, March 24 – March 30.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
- Streamline
collaboration with the Teams Track at the Microsoft 365 Community
Conference
- Introducing
Copilot Control System
- Microsoft
365 Copilot Achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Certification
Field
Advisories:
- Learning
Series: Azure Communication Services Fundamentals
- Unlocking
knowledge through intelligence: Lessons learned using SharePoint agents at
Microsoft
Community:
- Microsoft
365 Insider's Guide to the Microsoft 365 Community Conference
- Microsoft
Moves 63,000 UK Home Office Users to Teams Phone in Just 8 Days
- Comprehensive
Guide to Integrating PowerApps with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Lists
- Communication and
Collaboration in the era of AI | Microsoft keynote, Enterprise Connect
2025
Coming Events:
- Unlock
the Power: Navigating Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Tue, Apr 01, 5:00 PM -
6:00 PM GMT+2, Online event
- Teams
Phone CommUnity Connection - April, Thu, Apr 17, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM GMT+2,
Online event
- Upcoming
webinars for Microsoft 365 Copilot customers (April 9 - 30)
M365 Message Center :
- Microsoft
Teams – new message center posts:
Microsoft Teams
Rooms on Android: New local pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) controls MC1043473
Published Mar 29, 2025
Microsoft Teams
Rooms on Android will soon support local pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) controls.
This message is
associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482189.
General
Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect
to complete by early May 2025.
General
Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect
to complete by early June 2025.
Microsoft Teams:
Standard and Basic licensed Teams rooms on Windows in the Teams admin center
portal MC1041960
Published Mar 26, 2025
We will be
transitioning all Teams Rooms on Windows devices, irrespective of their
licenses, to the Teams Rooms Pro management portal to meet users' needs for a
one-stop destination to configure, monitor, and manage Teams rooms devices.
This change delivers a unified device management and admin portal experience.
Users currently
using the Teams admin center (TAC) will have device management functionalities
within the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. Teams Rooms on Windows devices
will not be available in Teams admin center after June 1, 2025.
This message is
associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482539.
General
Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out May 1, 2025,
and expect to complete in early May 2025.
Microsoft Teams:
New calendar feature in opt-out experience MC1041464
Published Mar 26, 2025
The new
Microsoft Teams calendar combines rich productivity features and the latest
innovations, like Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Places, to help users
collaborate seamlessly from anywhere. The new calendar is designed to be
familiar and reliable, as it’s one unified calendar that works across new
Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, Places, and Teams. With this update,
users will see the "New calendar" toggle at the top right of the
calendar app in Teams. New calendar is on by default, and users can toggle it
off to return to the classic calendar.
Targeted
Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete
by late April 2025.
General
Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect
to complete by late May 2025.
Microsoft Teams
for iOS/Android: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and more MC1041451
Published Mar 26, 2025
This message
applies to Microsoft Teams for iOS/Android.
Microsoft is
updating its policies regarding the sharing of user location data to enhance
privacy, improve data security, and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory
standards. To enhance transparency and user control, Teams will introduce a new
location consent experience that gives users the choice of when and how Teams
can use their location data specifically, the
SSID (service set identifier) and the BSSID (basic service set identifier).
General
Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect
to complete by mid-April 2025.
General
Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect
to complete by early May 2025.
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced spell checking
will support multiple languages MC1040545
Published Mar 24, 2025
Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Enhanced spell
checking with multi-language support. This feature will help users communicate
more effectively with fewer spelling errors.
This message applies to Teams on Windows
desktop and Teams on Mac desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 470600.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will
begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025.
General Availability (GCC High): We will begin
rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025.
General Availability (DoD): We will begin
rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025.
- Microsoft
Teams – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Teams
admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies MC68893
Published Nov 11, 2023
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card MC917748
Published Oct 24, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app MC800503
Published Jun 10, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Embed support for Teams town hall MC889534
Published Sep 13, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent event recap in town halls and webinars (Premium) MC948983
Published Dec 5, 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: Wired headset support for the Walkie Talkie app for iOS MC1006623
Published Feb 15, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Third-party chat and meeting keyboard shortcut support MC992216
Published Jan 30, 2025
(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: Join town halls using dial-in options and join codes available
in email invites MC1009929
Published Feb 19, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to town hall and
webinar invitations MC1009932
Published Feb 19, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and
Co-organizer emails MC1009930
Published Feb 19, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards MC956699
Published Dec 13, 2024
Microsoft 365
and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and
the Microsoft 365 app MC796790
Published May 29, 2024
Microsoft Teams:
Updated Microsoft Viva Engage Communities app for Teams Mobile MC1023485
Published Mar 5, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet to allow federation with specific
trial tenant domains MC994289
Published Jan 31, 2025
(Updated)
Discover agents in Microsoft Copilot iOS/Android MC1019988
Published Feb 28, 2025
Windows 10 End
of Support for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows MC997581
Published Feb 5, 2025
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership MC883199
Published Sep 4, 2024
(Updated)
Microsoft Teams: Ratings and reviews for apps within outlook.com and office.com
MC1011150
Published Feb 20, 2025
Microsoft Teams:
Share Teams apps and agents from their profile or the Teams side panel MC1037767
Published Mar 20, 2025
- Microsoft
Viva – new message center posts:
Viva Pulse –
Admin Export all tenant and report data from Pulse MC1041966
Published Mar 26, 2025
Previously there
was no way for admins to be able to export out data from Pulse. Now, admins
will be able to export out all tenant and report data from Pulse to a .csv. An
admin can only have one export job active at a time.
This change is
associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 407636
General
Availability (Worldwide): These changes will roll out by late March 2025
Microsoft Viva
Pulse: Admins can configure access to Pulse templates for Microsoft 365 Copilot
licensed users MC1041957
Published Mar 26, 2025
As communicated
in MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365
Copilot subscription (December 2024), Microsoft Viva Pulse authors can use new
templates specific to Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness, Adoption, and Impact to measure
employee sentiment around their organization's Copilot adoption. These
templates will be available as part of your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription
as well. Based on the customer feedback, this rollout introduces the ability
for admins to configure who in their tenant will have access to this feature.
A Microsoft 365
Copilot license is required to use this feature.
This message
applies to Pulse for Windows desktop, Pulse for Mac desktop, Pulse for the web,
and Pulse for iOS/Android.
General
Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out late March 2025 and expect to
complete by mid-April 2025.
(Updated)
Microsoft Viva Engage: New Communications Dashboard MC1041122
Published Mar 25, 2025
Updated March
26, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your
patience.
Coming soon for
Microsoft Viva Engage: We are excited to announce the launch of the new
Communications Dashboard designed to inform and accelerate execution across the
communications lifecycle. The dashboard is accessible to corporate
communicators, network admins and higher-level roles from the left panel in
Engage.
This message is
associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 478656.
This message
applies to:
- Engage app on the desktop (as a
progressive web app)
- Engage app in Microsoft Outlook
(new Outlook for Windows desktop, Outlook for the web, and new Outlook for
Mac desktop)
- Engage app in Microsoft Teams
(Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web)
General
Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect
to complete by late June 2025.
Microsoft Viva
Learning: Surfaces will be personalized according to user skills/interests MC1041459
Published Mar 26, 2025
Viva Learning
surfaces will be personalized based on user-selected skills and inferred skills
derived from the user's role and activity within Microsoft Graph. This ensures
that the learning content is tailored to each user's unique needs and
professional context.
This message is
associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479751.
Public Preview:
We began rolling out in mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March
2025.
General
Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early April 2025 and expect
to complete by mid-April 2025.
Microsoft Viva
Glint: Some language codes will retire from translation services MC1041428
Published Mar 26, 2025
Effective with
Release 83 (April 10, 2025), we will update some language localizations and
codes in Microsoft Viva Glint to better reflect current standards and improve
the user experience.
A subscription
plan for Microsoft Viva Suite or Viva Glint are required for using Viva Glint.
General
Availability (Worldwide): This change will be implemented April 10, 2025.
- Microsoft
Viva – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning -
Semantic search support for in-app Searches MC1036565
Published Mar 19, 2025
(Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify: New
"average time spent per user" graph in reporting MC1025211
Published Mar 7, 2025
(Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365
subscription: Org Explorer MC939925
Published Nov 22, 2024
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- 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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