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Sunday, January 5, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 1 - 2025 (December 30 - January 5)

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 1 of 2025, December 30 – January 5.

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: SMS for calling plans MC971033 Published Jan 3, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We will roll out SMS chat in calling plans for customers in the United States and Canada. This capability would enable customers to send and receive SMS natively in Teams. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470999.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars MC971032 Published Jan 3, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New admin policies in the Teams admin center and Microsoft PowerShell that govern the recording behavior for town halls and webinars. Before this rollout, the same policies control the recording behavior for town halls, webinars, and meetings. After this rollout, separate recording policies for town halls and webinars will be available to more finely control event behavior. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473887.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars MC971031 Published Jan 3, 2025

Before this rollout, for a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the transcription behavior respects the current Teams meeting transcription policies. After this rollout, new transcription policies will be available for town halls and webinars to allow finer control over transcriptions. The policies may be changed in the Teams admin center or with Microsoft PowerShell commands. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473886.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage storyline will be integrated in Teams MC969448 Published Dec 31, 2024

Employee communications are often scattered across multiple places, leading to frustration, delays, and overload. To address this, we will bring Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Engage closer together, making it easier for users to stay connected and collaborate in Teams. The first step on this journey is the integration of Viva Engage storyline in Teams. Storyline enables leaders to communicate directly with their organizations, delivering personalized updates to amplify, clarify, and humanize leadership communication. Employees can share their perspectives, celebrate achievements, propose innovative ideas, and engage in meaningful conversations with colleagues across their organizations. By bringing storyline into Teams, we are simplifying how employees and leaders connect, collaborate, and share their voices—all in the flow of work. This message applies to Teams for Windows, Teams for Mac desktops, and Teams for iOS/Android.

Tenants must have a license for Teams and Viva Engage to use this feature. Premium features are available for users with a license for Viva Engage Premium, which is included with Viva Suite and Viva Employee Communications and Communities licenses.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472914.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Edge links on MacOS will seamlessly open MC910981 Published Oct 14, 2024

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community MC971030 Published Jan 3, 2025

Coming soon to the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Microsoft 365 Copilot, users will receive recommendations of similar questions and answers when composing a question, leveraging the collective knowledge of the Copilot topic across all of Engage to help them find what they're looking for faster. Additionally, admins will have the ability to remove adoption features from the existing community and apply them to a new or different community.

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 early January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Private unlisted groups in external networks will retire and be deleted in January 2025 MC867664 Published Aug 20, 2024

 

 

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Mattias Kressmark


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