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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 2 - 2025 (January 6 - January 12)

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 2 of 2025, January 6 – January 12.

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: iPad Multi-window support MC975308 Published Jan 9, 2025

Teams now supports multiple windows on iPad. With this 'multi-window' feature, users can easily manage different Teams windows side-by-side, increasing productivity and flexibility.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467246.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app MC975306 Published Jan 9, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: In the Queues app, we will include Service levelin the real-time metrics. Authorized users will be able to review the Service level metric and adjust staffing accordingly. This message applies to the Queues app for Microsoft Teams on Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472023.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Live chat for small businesses MC974364 Published Jan 8, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Live chat is a new feature for small businesses to better engage with their customers on their website.

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

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

General Availability (rest of the world): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings MC974361 Published Jan 8, 2025

In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting, participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not affect a participant's original name on their People card.

This feature is available for participants using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122934.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced confidentiality in voicemail greetings MC974356 Published Jan 8, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We have enhanced the privacy and security of voicemail greetings for calls.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Available now.

 

Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules MC974351 Published Jan 8, 2025

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams: An enhanced All schedules view with a new dropdown filter, enabling you to easily switch between active and archived teams. This feature helps reduce clutter, allowing managers and frontline workers to concentrate on the schedules of active teams. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422814.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default MC973519 Published Jan 7, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We are updating our default policy settings for transcription for new tenants. Before this rollout, the setting was off by default. After this rollout, the setting will be on by default. This change applies to new global policies created for new tenants. Existing policies in the Teams admin center will not be changed; however, tenants that have not customized any part of their Teams meeting policy will be impacted.

Tenants without customized policies: The new default settings will apply, and these tenants will be impacted by this change.

Tenants with customized policies: Policies for user-level assignments or group-level assignments will remain unchanged and unaffected.

This change is designed to streamline the adoption of transcription and enhance the use of all AI features. This change will align transcription with the default policy for recording, which is also enabled by default in Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468282.

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

 

Simplify UX flow to enable Together Mode MC973513 Published Jan 7, 2025

Together mode will get a new simplified flow which will take the user from the beginning to the end through the steps of setting up the scene, assigning the seats and applying for everyone in the call in a transparent and easy-to-understand way.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470427

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: New "Tag mentions" filter for the Activity feed MC973502 Published Jan 7, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will have a new Tag mentions filter in the Activity feed to see their tag mentions in their chat and channel messages. The existing @Mentions filter allows users to catch up quickly on personal mentions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470598.

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels MC973493 Published Jan 7, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels enabling your team to brainstorm, co-create, collect, and organize content—together in real time. Everyone in the Team will have access to the Loop workspace, even as Team membership changes, and the workspace will adhere to the governance, lifecycle, and compliance standards set by the Microsoft 365 group backing the team. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472022.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete in late January 2025.

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

 

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs MC772556 Published Apr 8, 2024

(Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment MC950880 Published Dec 6, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forwarding loop components MC950898 Published Dec 6, 2024

Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes in meetings MC952888 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668 Published Mar 21, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app MC800503 Published Jun 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Brand impersonation protection for Teams Chat MC910976 Published Oct 14, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Admin email support for "Report a problem" on Teams Rooms on Android MC907108 Published Oct 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Net Promoter Score survey on Teams Rooms on Android MC906501 Published Oct 7, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Swap screens on Teams Rooms on Android MC908117 Published Oct 10, 2024

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Viva Engage: Verified Answers MC976828 Published Jan 11, 2025

We are rolling out the Verified Answers feature in Microsoft Viva Engage. This new functionality empowers community experts and admins to mark answers on questions as "Verified" to provide a reliable indicator of credible and trustworthy information.

Only assigned community experts and community administrators have the ability to mark an answer as "Verified." This ensures that the verification comes from users with recognized expertise and authority within the community.

Key Benefits of Verified Answers:

  • Enhanced credibility: With Verified Answers, users can confidently rely on the accuracy of responses, knowing that they have been reviewed and endorsed by designated experts.
  • Streamlined knowledge sharing: Verified Answers are highlighted and pinned at the top of discussion threads, making it easier for everyone in the community to access key information quickly.
  • Robust community engagement: This feature not only recognizes the expertise within your community but also fosters a culture of trust and thorough knowledge exchange.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 408165.

Preview: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete in early March 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Leadership feed available in SharePoint web part MC976827 Published Jan 11, 2025

We have added a new source feed option in the Viva Engage conversations web part, which is called the "leaders" feed.

As a result of this change, your site admins will be able to add the following Microsoft Viva Engage feeds to their Microsoft SharePoint site via the conversations web part:

  • Community feed
  • User feed
  • Topic feed
  • Home feed
  • (New) leaders feed.

If a site admin chooses to add the "leaders" feed to their SharePoint site, the content the user sees will be dependent on their license status.

  • Users with either a Viva suite or Viva Employee Communications and Communities license will see content from their leadership corner feed.
  • Users without a Viva suite or Viva Employee Communications and Communities license will see content from their home feed.

General Availability (Worldwide): This feature has completed rollout.

This update is available by default.

 

SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections MC973514 Published Jan 7, 2025

Flexible sections are a new section type that allow authors to build pages without a strict column structure. Web parts can be dynamically resized and moved within flexible sections to create a fully customized section. Flexible sections unlock an endless number of design possibilities for sections.

With the introduction of flexible sections, we have reimagined section templates that are located in the content pane toolbox. The new section templates will be powered by both flexible and column-based sections with example content. All sample content from these templates is placed onto the canvas when a section template is applied.

The new flexible section type and section templates will be available in SharePoint and Viva Amplify.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395213.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Multi-pin Conversations Carousel is now available MC973512 Published Jan 7, 2025

The Multi-pin Conversations Carousel is now available for Microsoft Viva Engage.

The behavior of single pin remains the same; two or more pins will enable the carousel. Posts will appear in the order of the most recently pinned post first. Pinned conversations will remain in the feed with a thumbtack icon on the corner to denote that it is a pinned conversation.

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

 

(Updated) Viva Learning: AI and Copilot Resources Provider visibility MC962529 Published Dec 20, 2024

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

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights MC960821 Published Dec 19, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions design in Viva Engage MC892641 Published Sep 18, 2024

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

 

 

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