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Jan_Steberl
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May 19, 2023

Now in Public preview & Targeted release: New channels experience in Teams

Channels in Teams enable workgroups and teams of all sizes to come together in one dedicated space to exchange ideas, build collective knowledge, make decisions, and get work done. Last year, we anno...
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Hubert_Lam
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Jun 10, 2023

Jan_Steberl 

 

I guess we're still awaiting on the following to roll out:

  • Channel headers (to make it look more like a Viva Engage community?)
  • Uploadable JPGs for channel conversation headings (currently only solid colours are permitted)
  • A better compose box - at the moment the classic channel compose box has shortcut keys that have since been removed in the Teams Chat (e.g. pressing ">" will allow the quotation to appear (in HTML, it's wrapped around as <blockquote>...</blockquote>). 

In its current form, it's still nowhere near what was announced in October 2022:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/enhance-collaboration-with-microsoft-teams-chat-and-channels/ba-p/3644534

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