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Sunday, March 23, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 12 - 2025 (March 17 - March 23)

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 12 of 2025, March 17 – March 23.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

Field Advisories:

Community:

Coming Events:


M365 Message Center :

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Teams: Users can report security concerns involving external collaborators MC1037768 Published Mar 20, 2025

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams users will be able to report security risks and concerns with external users outside your organization in one-on-one chats, group chats, and meeting chats. Note: Shared channels are not supported at this time. As an admin, this feature will be available for you to enable it.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 481147.

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

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

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Share Teams apps and agents from their profile or the Teams side panel MC1037767 Published Mar 20, 2025

Coming soon: Users can share Microsoft Teams apps or agents from the app or agent profile and from the app side panel in Teams.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop and Teams on the web.

A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to share agents as described in this message. If a user has access to the agents, the users will be able to share them.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483355.

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

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

 

Resize Teams window and slots MC1037765 Published Mar 20, 2025

Teams is introducing an update that enables the Teams main window to be usable down to 360x502px or 502x360px, compared to the current minimum supported dimensions of 720px. Additionally, the width of the side panels can be adjusted and personalized based on user preferences. This update enhances application accessibility, creates new multitasking opportunities, supports efficient window management on Windows 11 and macOS, and offers greater zooming capabilities for low-vision users while scrolling in one dimension.

Targeted Release: Feature available mid-March 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out starting end of March and expect to complete by mid-May 2025.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Improved options for sharing apps or agents in chat MC1034589 Published Mar 18, 2025

Updated March 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We have improved user options for sharing a link for a Teams app or an agent in a chat.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to share agent links but may be required to install and use the agent.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483254 and Roadmap ID 483356.

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Share contact information for people in Microsoft Teams channels MC1036576 Published Mar 19, 2025

Users can now share the contact information in the Teams channel to make it easy for others to reach out to collaborators.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375627.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC High, GCC, DoD): This feature update is now available.

 

Microsoft Teams: Enhancing the default experience for frontline workers MC1036574 Published Mar 19, 2025

Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality you can ignore this message.

We are enhancing the default experience for frontline workers by making it easier to connect with their organization and introducing more intuitive app names. These updates include adding the Engage experience into the Tailored Frontline App experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 481280.

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

 

Microsoft Teams: Simplified Notes pane in meetings MC1035710 Published Mar 19, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: We will update the Notes pane in meetings to streamline the design and clarify key features. Collaborative meeting notes can be added to scheduled meetings and are not supported for instant meetings or Teams calls.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482398.

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

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

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in early May 2025 and expect to complete rollout by late May 2025.

 

Microsoft Teams: Control when shared content is visible to attendees in "Manage what attendees see" MC1035709 Published Mar 19, 2025

The "Manage what attendees see" feature in Microsoft Teams helps organizers deliver polished events more easily by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants who have been brought on screen. We’re introducing a new enhancement that gives organizers and presenters even more control over when shared content becomes visible to attendees.

Currently, when a presenter shares content, it is automatically displayed for attendees. With this update, shared content will first appear in the Manage screen’s left panel alongside other presenters. An organizer or presenter must manually bring it on screen, providing greater control over the attendee experience and preventing unintended interruptions.

Once shared content is brought on screen, the presenter sharing it will now see their content displayed instead of a text message indicating they are sharing.

Additionally, organizers and presenters joining from mobile will only see participants or content that has been brought on screen. Previously, users would see all organizers and presenters on their mobile devices.

Limitations:

Users joining through older Teams versions will continue to see the existing behavior, where shared content is automatically brought on screen.

PowerPoint Live will automatically be brought on screen and will not appear in the Manage screen panel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483486.

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

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

 

 

  • Microsoft Teams – updated message center posts:

 

 

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: SMS for calling plans MC971033 Published Jan 3, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can choose a breakout room from a list MC854652 Published Aug 8, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hiding inactive channels MC804771 Published Jun 24, 2024

Microsoft Teams: Updated Microsoft Viva Engage Communities app for Teams Mobile MC1023485 Published Mar 5, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Allow presenters to moderate Q&A MC980799 Published Jan 16, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Non-disruptive device operations for Microsoft Teams devices MC952889 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Custom emojis and reactions MC795750 Published May 24, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews MC934727 Published Nov 15, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis MC1000269 Published Feb 7, 2025

(Updated) Device Management Changes for Microsoft Teams Android Devices (Intune AOSP migration) MC665936 Published Aug 8, 2023

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions MC1019312 Published Feb 28, 2025

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices MC952881 Published Dec 10, 2024

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Facilitator agent real-time notes in meetings MC1017117 Published Feb 26, 2025

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – new message center posts:

 

 

Microsoft Viva Learning: "AI and Copilot Resources" MC1038681 Published Mar 21, 2025

Coming soon: We will enable the AI and Copilot Resources provider by default for all Microsoft Viva Learning users. Admins will have the ability to manage the visibility of this provider in Viva Learning.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479410.

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: External Networks are being modernized MC1036575 Published Mar 19, 2025

The modern Viva Engage user experience is coming to External Networks starting June 1, 2025, and you will soon be asked to initiate migration. In this communication, you will find high-level details about this change. Subsequent Message center posts will include additional details to plan your migration.

In addition to the user experience changes, we are building modern external networks on top of native Microsoft 365 services just like your Engage home network experience. This increases the level of compliance and enhances the admin experience by enabling Microsoft 365 admin features that are available on tenants.

IMPORTANT: When requested in future communications, admins must choose to migrate external networks to the modern platform. Failure to respond will result in the legacy external networks being deprecated and deleted.

This retirement will occur on June 1, 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Semantic search support for in-app Searches MC1036565 Published Mar 19, 2025

Viva Learning Search is transitioning to an “intent-based” search from the current “keyword-based” search. As a part of “intent-based” search, Viva Learning will understand the core intent of the user query and show learning results based on user’s intent. Users can interact with Viva Learning Search in their natural language and get relevant content much easier.  Intent-based search personalizes the Search experience for the user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479749

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Updates to Community membership approval from email notifications MC1035702 Published Mar 19, 2025

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Engage: Community admins will have an upgraded experience for approving multiple community membership requests in one place. Community admins receive an email when a community membership request is made. After this rollout, when community admins select the link in the email, they will go to a centralized approval page that compiles all community membership requests across all their communities.

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)
  • Engage on the web (www.engage.cloud.microsoft.com)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479406.

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

 

SharePoint Online: Table toolbar MC1034592 Published Mar 18, 2025

In SharePoint Online, Table toolbar is a new toolbar that allows authors to use table functionality. Table Styles was previously available on the text webpart. All the Table Styles styles are now available via the Table toolbar, including some new table features like merge, split, add space before and after, and others. With the introduction of Table toolbar, users see a menu that is always in focus when working on a table. The Table toolbar will automatically adjust by expanding or compressing based on the section layout used. When compressed, the table options move into the overflow (...) button.

The new table toolbar will be available in SharePoint and Viva Amplify.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394278.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025.

 

Microsoft Viva Insights: Microsoft Copilot Studio agents report (Preview) for the advanced insights app MC1034590 Published Mar 18, 2025

Coming soon: The Microsoft Copilot Studio agent report template in the Microsoft Viva Insights advanced insights app will be available in public preview for all Viva Insights customers. This Microsoft Power BI template provides Viva Insights analysts an aggregated view of Microsoft Copilot Studio agent adoption and impact across the organization over time with flexibility to explore details for specific agents.

This feature will be enabled for tenants who meet either of these eligibility criteria:

  1. Tenant must have Viva Insights licenses (either minimum 50+ assigned Viva Insights licenses or 50+ Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses)
  2. Tenants must have Copilot Studio licenses, either standalone, pay-as-you-go, or bundled with Microsoft 365 Copilot, and have created at least one agent* and published the agent in a Production environment.

*The Copilot Studio agents report covers usage and impact metrics for agents built using Copilot Studio that are published outside of Microsoft 365 Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. This version of the reports excludes agents that enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot and autonomous agents.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472020.

This message applies to Viva Insights for Windows desktop and Viva Insights for the web.

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025.

In May 2025, we will update this message with the plan for the General Availability (Worldwide) of this feature.

 

Microsoft Viva Learning: Date Format selection and numerals support MC1034588 Published Mar 18, 2025

Microsoft Viva Learning now supports Date Format selection and numerals support across the application. The new Date Format feature under Settings helps users select a date format that suits their preference. Also, depending on the language selected, the numeral values across Viva Learning will also change to those values that are local to the user. These changes are applicable to Viva Learning in Microsoft Teams for Windows desktop, Teams on the web, and the Viva Learning web app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380187.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Updated "Community information" experience MC1034581 Published Mar 17, 2025

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: Community admins will have an upgraded experience for viewing, creating, and editing text in the full Community information section. The new experience will use a simplified version of the same publisher used for creating posts in Viva Engage and will limit the length of the Community information section to 32k characters (the same as the limit for articles).

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)
  • Engage on the web (www.engage.cloud.microsoft.com)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479405.

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

 

Microsoft Viva Engage: Network Consolidation Now Receives 15 Day Notice MC1034576 Published Mar 17, 2025

As announced in MC454504, Viva Engage no longer supports multiple networks associated with a single tenant. Tenants received notice of automatic network consolidation 30 days prior to the start of the consolidation process. Going forward, tenants will receive notice 15 days prior.

 

 

  • Microsoft Viva – updated message center posts:

 

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