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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 13 - 2025 (March 24 - March 30)

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 13 of 2025, March 24 – March 30.

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 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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