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Now in public preview: Ultrasound Howling Detection in Teams Meetings
Description Currently in Microsoft Teams, when multiple users are in a Teams meeting in the same room, a feedback loop is created, causing an echo. With this update, if multiple users are participating with laptops from the same location, Teams will notify the user that another Teams device has been detected nearby and is already included with audio in the current meeting. Teams will automatically mute the microphone and speakers of the person that joined when a user joins with audio on. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable When a user attempts to join a meeting where other participants are already physically present in the same room, they will receive a notification upon joining. The notification will inform them that multiple individuals are already present in the meeting and that the speaker and microphone switch will be automatically turned off to prevent any audio echo. However, the user has the freedom to manually turn the switch back on at any time they desire. Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Note 2: To be able to use this feature, user needs to be in Public Preview. Other meeting participants are not required to be in Public Preview. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Google Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge Yes Yes Known issues None Known limitations None Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how atGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback.This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsJan_SteberlNov 04, 2024Microsoft
Public Preview Features with New Teams Client
Hi Microsoft team, It would be great if you could continue announcing public preview features here. These announcements have been incredibly helpful in keeping us informed about what's coming. If there's a new location for these updates, please feel free to point me in the right direction. Thanks! Jan_SteberlEmily Kirby Regards, PaulNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Collaborative meeting notes in Teams meetings
We’re excited to share thatMicrosoft Teams Public Preview users can nowuse collaborative meeting notes. Collaborative meeting notes in Teams meetings Microsoft Teams is dedicated to offering features that make meetings more efficient. With Collaborative notes, meeting attendees can work together to create agendas, take notes, and generate action items. Loop components allow you to collaborate right inside a chat message in Microsoft Teams. Using the Collaborative notes Loop component, you can collaborate with others and keep everyone updated as notes as synchronized across all devices. Also note tasks assigned using Collaborative notes are automatically synchronized with To Do and Planner, providing an efficient way to manage tasks and streamline workflows. How it works Schedule a meeting from Teams and include an agenda To add a recurring, standing agenda to all meeting instances while scheduling in Teams, at the bottom of the form, click theAdd an agenda everyone can editoption. Join a Teams meeting and collaborate on meeting notes Click theNotesbutton in the toolbar. In theMeeting notespane, you can create an agenda in real time, or review the agenda if one has already been provided. You can also take notes and track tasks. When you’re assigned a task during the meeting, you’ll also be sent an email notification and the task is automatically synchronized with Planner and To Do. Follow up after a meeting All your Collaborative notes are Loop components that can easily be shared from your meetingacross Microsoft 365 like in Team chats and Outlook. The notes stay in sync as changes are made across apps. This fall, the integration of Loop components with OneNote will enable you to seamlessly incorporate your Collaborative notes into your OneNote notebooks. You’ll have the freedom to continue editing these notes within OneNote, helping you consolidate your meeting notes in a single, centralized notebook. To view your notes, click the filename you want in Teams. You can go toMicrosoft 365and search for the relevant meeting name to view your notes. Review tasks assigned to you All your assigned tasks are available in the Tasks app in Teams, as well as Planner and To Do, providing a consolidated view of your tasks. To view all your tasks or open Collaborative notes, in the Planner or To Do, click theAssigned to meoption. Known issues External and guest participants can’t access meeting notes before or during the meeting. If you @mention a user while editing Collaborative notes onMicrosoft 365, you’ll need to give access to users using theShare and notify You might see an error message: If you join a meeting with over 100 attendees. If you are an attendee of over 300 meetings that include tasks. NOTE:We have removed the previous Teams meeting notes solution. You can still download your previous wiki notes locally. Participants who didn’t create the notes may need to be granted access by the meeting creator. Known limitations Teams doesn’t support channel meetings, ad hoc Meet Now meetings, and 1:1 calls. Mobile clients are not yet supported—this is coming soon. Please follow the status on the roadmap for item128652 If the meeting owner is using a mailbox stored on an on-premise Exchange server, Collaborative notes can’t be added to the meeting at the time of scheduling. To add Collaborative notes, the meeting owner will need to first send the meeting invite, and then later add Collaborative notes. Availability To be able to use this feature, users need to be members of the Teams Public Preview and use the Windows, macOS or web (Edge, Chrome) Teams client. Other meeting participants are not required to be members of the Teams Public Preview. To enable your Teams client for the Public Preview, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams. If theFollow Office Previewoption is selected, it automatically enables Teams Public Preview features for any user enrolled in Office Current Channel (Preview). There are no more actions required by theend user. If theEnabledoption is selected, the end user must alsoopt in to Teams public previewin their Teams app to get access to Teams Public Preview features. If theForcedoption is selected, it automatically enables Teams Public Preview for the end user. There are no more actions required by the end user. Loop components are on by default if you’re running Teams Public Preview builds. As an IT Admin, you can disable them using this information:Manage Loop experiences (Loop app and Loop components) in SharePoint – SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn Feedback We want to hear from you! ClickHelp > Give feedbackto send us your thoughts about this feature. This feedback menu is located in the bottom-left corner of your Teams client.Emily KirbyOct 22, 2024Now in public preview: Speaker view in Teams meetings
Description Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature: Speaker view. This option can be selected from the view switcher within meetings, allowing users to effortlessly track the current active speaker. Speaker view is particularly effective in scenarios with a limited number of key speakers and a large audience, such as town halls, trainings, or lectures - especially from the student's perspective. The Speaker View offers several enhancements, including: Easy tracking of the active speaker: The view includes a primary area on the stage to focus on key participants in the meeting. Better visual clarity: The active speaker's video is rendered at a higher resolution. Equal representation for audio and video participants: All attendees are equally represented in the meeting, regardless of whether their video is enabled or disabled. Inclusive by default: This view utilizes 16:9 tiles, providing ample space to fully display hand gestures and body language. Predictable experience: The use of 16:9 tiles and consistent placement of audio and video participants on the same stage ensures a fluid experience. Users toggling their videos on or off do not cause the entire stage to be re-rendered. The main area designated for the active speaker is also utilized for shared content, enabling seamless transitions during presentations. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Users can select this new view “Speaker view” from the view switcher in meeting toolbar. This view is not set as a default view. Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Note 2: To be able to use this feature, user needs to be in Public Preview. Other meeting participants are not required to be in Public Preview. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Google Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge Yes Yes Yes Yes Known issues None Known limitations None Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how atGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback.This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsJan_SteberlOct 14, 2024
Multiple work accounts - no notification from the "not active" ones.
I tried to test the long awaited multiple accounts feature. I installed exactly the same accounts as are on my phone (Galaxy S22, Android). There I see a notification, when someone chats me on the "not active" account. On the new desktop app nothing happens. I am working in account A, have someone chat me on account B, and I don't get any notification, popup, badge, anything. I get it on the phone though. This is making the feature unusable actually. Anyone else experiencing this, or has a fix?[Released to GA] Now in public preview: Language Interpretation
Description Language interpretation will allow interpreters to convert what the speaker says into another language in real time without disrupting the original flow of delivery of the speaker. This will allow more inclusive meetings, where participants who may not speak the same language can fully collaborate with each other. Flighting status Available now for everyone in Public Preview. This feature has been released. Please see this link for more details: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/language-interpretation-is-now-generally-available-ga-in/ba-p/3628382 How to enable Schedule interpreters when creating a new meeting Organizer creates a new meeting. Organizer adds their interpreters to the invite list on the meeting creation form. In Meeting Options, the Organizer toggles “Enable language interpretation” ON, selects the interpreter they’ve invited, and then assigns the interpreters to a language pair. Note: Today, the interpretation option is available in the meeting options after the meeting has been created/saved. Once saved, open the meeting options in a browser and add/edit interpreters there. We are working on improving this create flow so you can edit interpreters directly on meeting page before saving. This updated experience will be out in preview soon. Participant experience listening to interpreters during a meeting Meeting Participant selects a language channel to listen to during a meeting that has interpretation enabled. After selecting a language to listen to, participants should hear the interpreter at a louder volume than the main speaker. Participants switch between language channels and listening to the main speaker. Interpreter experience When interpreters join a meeting, they should be able to immediately start interpreting for the meeting. Interpreters should hear the main speaker. Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Supported clients and platforms Windows 10 macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Internet Explorer yes yes - - - - - - - - Known issues and limitations In this iteration of the feature, Organizers can only schedule interpreters unidirectionally for a language pair (e.g. interpreters can only be assigned to the English to Spanish direction. There will need to be a second interpreter to handle the Spanish to English direction). Irish/Gaeilge is currently under development and will be available before public release Interpreters cannot be external users, this is being worked on Currently, the interpreters must be selected before the meeting begins. This is being worked on. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. SeeGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com)for instructions. Summary of public preview features For a history of features in the Teams public previews, see Microsoft Teams Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsLaura_MorganSep 26, 2024Now in public preview: Speaker Coach in Microsoft Teams Meetings
Description Bring your best self into every meeting with Speaker Coach, your own private, personalized meeting coach. Speaker Coach provides private, personalized feedback on your speaking skills in both real-time as well as post-meeting, in a summary. Flighting status Available 100% in Public Preview channel. How to enable Turn on Speaker Coach within your meeting. While you are in a meeting, you can turn on Speaker Coach. There are two ways to enable Speaker Coach: Clicking on the overflow menu (…) Select the overflow menu (…) button within your meeting call. Click on “Turn on Speaker Coach” By sharing content via PowerPoint Live Click on the share tray icon within your meeting. Select a PowerPoint presentation you want to display. Once your PowerPoint view has loaded, select the Speaker Coach button underneath your main slide. Once Speaker Coach is enabled, speak as you normally would during your meeting to see what kind of feedback, we have for you. Post meeting Speaker Coach report Once you are done with your meeting you can access your post meeting Speaker Coach report by Clicking on the notification that you received after your meeting ended Clicking on the chat from the meeting where you used Speaker Coach. There will be a tab called "Speaker Coach" in that chat will take you to your Speaker Coach report. Enable Speaker Coach for all your meetings. You can automatically turn on Speaker Coach for all your meetings in the Speaker Coach report from a previous meeting. On your report there will be a toggle (top right area) to "Automatically start Speaker Coach in meetings". Toggle the setting on to turn on Speaker Coach for all your meetings on that device. Known limitation: This setting is on a per machine basis and is reset on sign-out. Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Supported clients and platforms Windows 10 macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Internet Explorer Yes Yes - - - - - - - - Privacy Note: The notification during the meeting is private to the user and not visible to anyone else. It is not included in the meeting recording if the user or anyone in the meeting started recording. The summary report after the meeting is also private and visible only to the user and not accessible by others within Microsoft, including your IT administrators. Known limitations Currently only the English language is supported. The Teams app language must be set to English, as well. Speaker coach is not supported for channel meetings or when starting a meeting using the "Meet now" option. If a user has disabled transcription’s speaker attribution in settings, they won’t be able to use speaker coach. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. SeeGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com)for instructions. Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback. Thank you, Preview Team,Emily Kirby Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsKaushal-MehtaSep 11, 2024Now in Public preview & Targeted release: Introducing zooming controls while viewing screenshare
Users in a Teams call or meeting now see new buttons to zoom in, zoom out, and restore the original size of the incoming screen sharing. This will greatly enhance the experience of users viewing screenshare. (Ability to zoom was previously only available using pinch-to-zoom gesture on a trackpad or other shortcuts.) Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable While attending a meeting or call with an incoming screenshare, use buttons to zoom in, zoom out and restore the original size of the screenshare. Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Note 2: To be able to use this feature, user needs to be in Public Preview. Other meeting participants are not required to be in Public Preview. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Google Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge Yes Yes Yes Yes Known issues None Known limitations This feature is currently not available when watermark (applicable for Teams Premium only) is enabled. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onAllow public preview. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how atGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback.This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsJan_SteberlSep 09, 2024Now in public preview: User-managed call queue and auto attendant greetings
Description Microsoft Teams now supports scenarios where call queue agents or designated auto attendant users need to adjust their greetings more frequently than a typical IT helpdesk could handle. The new feature to support user-managed call queue and auto attendant greetings allows Teams tenant admins to designate authorized users who are empowered to change greetings for call queues and auto attendants. The authorized users can update greetings without having to leave their Teams client. As background, in Microsoft Teams, call queues are waiting areas for callers, who are put on hold until an agent assigned to the queue is available to take their call. Auto attendants allow you to set up menu options to route calls based on caller input. Used together, auto attendants and call queues can easily route callers to the appropriate person or department in your organization. And now, designated authorized users can manage greetings from their Teams client, making the system even more flexible for your changing needs. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable A Microsoft Teams tenant admin must first designate Authorized users for the call queues and/or auto attendants. An authorized user is a Teams user who has been authorized by a Teams admin center administrator to make configuration changes to auto attendants and call queues. The user doesn't need to have access to the Teams admin center portal nor be assigned any administrative roles. For more information on how to do this, see Set up auto attendant and call queue authorized users - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn, and refer to the Examples section to see how to choose permission for each type of update. If you are a Teams user whom the tenant admin has already authorized follow these steps to update your greetings in Teams for your call queue and/or auto attendant, in your Teams client, go to the “…” menu in the upper-right of the main Teams window, and choose “Settings”. For auto attendant greetings updates, scroll down to select the auto attendant to update, and you will see new settings choices, but you will only see those which your Teams tenant admin has authorized for you: Business hours greeting, After hours greeting, Holiday greeting, To customize each greeting which you are authorized to change, choose one of the following: “Add a greeting message” and type your custom greeting in the text box. This will be read aloud by the auto attendant, or, “Play an audio file” and upload an audio file in MP3, WAV, or WMA with size less than 5MB. This file will be played by the auto attendant. For call queue greetings updates, scroll down to select the call queue to update and you will see new settings choices, but only those which your Teams tenant admin has authorized for you. You can customize the following, but you will only see those which your Teams tenant admin has authorized for you: Greeting to play when a customer call comes in, Voicemail greeting when the maximum number of calls is reached, Voicemail greeting when the maximum wait time is reached. To customize each greeting which you are authorized to change, choose one of the following: “Add a greeting message” and type your custom greeting in the text box. This will be read aloud by the auto attendant, or, “Play an audio file” and upload an audio file in MP3, WAV, or WMA with size less than 5MB. This file will be played by the auto attendant. Note: A user can be authorized to customize greetings for a call queue, but that user does not have to be part of the answering rules for that call queue. If a user is not part of a call queue’s answering rules, then when authorized, that user will not see the 'Call receiving' toggle in the above screenshot. Note 2: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Note 3: To be able to use this feature, a user needs to be in Public Preview. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Google Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Known issues Currently, these configurations are saved sequentially not in parallel, e.g. If user makes changes to 3 greetings and clicks the Save button, it may take about 3 seconds for each greeting and 10 seconds in total to complete. The Teams Calls App Page is cut off and there is no horizontal scroll bar if the Teams window is fully minimized. This is a known bug and it is currently being addressed. Known limitations None Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns onShow preview features. Learn how atPublic preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how atGet early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us yourfeedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us knowstraight from Teams viaHelp>Give feedback.This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsJan_SteberlSep 06, 2024
