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Now 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Future of wiki and Notes in Teams
Description We are announcing that Wiki's will be retired from Teams starting January 2024. We are offering note taking capabilities within Teams channels using the included OneNote notebook provided for each team. With this release, users have an option to export their wiki content to OneNote notebooks in Teams standard channel. After exporting users can go to the Notes tab to collaborate using OneNote in channels while Wiki is read only after export. Why are we moving to a new note taking experience? This new functionality provides an improved note taking experience over Wiki. Some of the improvements are: Easy collaboration across the team View all channel notes in a team in one place organized within single notebook Rich editing with typing, ink annotations, highlighting, file attachments, etc. Easy recall & search for channel notes within OneNote Plan to enable OneNote Notes in Teams channel and retire Wiki Users now have the option to export their Wiki content to OneNote Notebooks or they can continue to read/write their existing Wiki. Post export users can continue to collaborate in Notes tab in channels and have a copy of older Wiki content available for reference. When Wikis are exported each page in Wiki will appear as a page in OneNote Notebook section. Users can’t create new Wikis in new channel experience; for note taking we suggest using OneNote. For new channels Notes will be available as default tab soon. For now, user can create Notes tab manually using add a tab option. We request you to try out the new Wiki export experience and share your feedback. How to try out the experience In Teams, go to whatever channel has the wiki you want to export. In the Wiki tab, select Get details > Export to Notes > Finish. Go to the Notes tab to access your content. Read more about the change here - Export a wiki to a OneNote notebook - Microsoft Support Flighting status Available in public preview How to enable This config change is available to everyone. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes How does this feature impact the existing experience? Users can continue to access their Wiki as is, no change in existing content until general availability when Wiki content will retire. Known issues None Known limitations Post export users may see some formatting change and dark mode is not supported Export is only supported from standard channels, from Private channels user need to manually copy & move content. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions. Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of the your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: A new experience to search within chat and channels
We are excited to announce the launch of a new and improved experience to search within Chats and New Channels experience. Key improvements include enhanced captioning and keyword hit-highlighting for ease of consumption of results; embedded result set in the right rail for contextual consumption and introduction of search on pop-out chats. Flighting status Started flighting. Rollout to public preview estimated to be complete by end of this week. How to enable This new feature would be auto-enabled as we start rolling it out. Note 1: If you need information about enabling the Public preview or Targeted release itself, see “Enable your Teams client for Public preview or Targeted release” section below. Note 2: Users who want to use this feature needs to be in Public Preview or Targeted release. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Yes Yes - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes How does this feature impact the existing experience? A few key enhancements include: 1) The new in-chat and in-channel Search experience will now be available in the right handrail, making it possible to see your chat/channel list and your new search results in one single view. The initiation can be done using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F (Win) or Cmd+F (Mac). Chat: Channel: Note: Search capability on the new Channels experience is currently available on the main view, and we will extend it to the conversation view soon. 2) In addition to the keyboard shortcut, a dedicated button ‘Find in Channel,’ placed on the channel infopane can be used to initiate contextual search: Note: we are working on bring the search entry point to the chat surface soon. 3) We now have introduced enhanced captioning and keyword highlighting to aid the discernment of results in chat and channel: 4) In-chat search will now also be available in pop-out chats. Known issues NA Known limitations Search capability on the new Channels experience is currently available on the main view, and we will extend it to the conversation view soon Enable your Teams client for the Public Preview or Targeted release To enable your Teams client for the Public Preview, IT administrators need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams. For Targeted Release, global admins can go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose to give a selected set of individuals access to Targeted Release, or they can enroll the entire organization in Targeted Release. Learn more about setting up the release option in the admin center here. Summary of Public preview/Targeted release features For a history of features in the Teams Public preview & Targeted release, see Microsoft Teams Public Preview & Targeted Release - Microsoft Community Hub Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the Public preview/Targeted release or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Live translated transcript for Teams Premium users
Microsoft Teams Public Preview and Microsoft 365 Targeted Release users with a Teams Premium license can now use live translated transcript in Teams meetings. As a Teams Premium user, you now have the option to translate the meeting transcript into another language than what was originally spoken in the meeting. You can select from more than 30 languages currently supported. The transcript is displayed on the side panel of the meeting, which can help make your meeting more productive and inclusive. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable To turn on transcription during the meeting: Go to the meeting toolbar, select More, select Record and transcribe, choose Start transcription. By default, live transcriptions are displayed in the language that’s chosen as the “spoken language“ in the transcript option. Live translated transcription allows users to see transcriptions translated into the language they’ve chosen in the option “transcript language“ that can be accessed from the Settings icon :gear: in the Transcript pane. Please make sure you have a Teams Premium license to experience the feature. In the Teams admin center, admins can turn ON or turn OFF the Transcription setting within a meeting policy located under Meetings > Meeting policies. This setting is OFF by default. For additional information on configuring transcription and captions for Teams meetings, please visit this documentation. How to get started with Microsoft Teams Premium: https://aka.ms/SetupTeamsPremium 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 and have Teams Premium licence. 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 To enable your Teams client for the Public Preview, IT administrators need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams. For Targeted Release, global admins can go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose to give a selected set of individuals access to Targeted Release, or they can enroll the entire organization in Targeted Release. Learn more about setting up the release option in the admin center here. Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Scoped Search for Viva Connections in Teams
We are making some changes to the search experience in Viva Connections app to make it easier to search in Viva Connections. With the changes, when you are using Viva Connections and click into the search box in Teams, you will start to see text change to say “Search in Viva Connections” (or the name you chose for your Viva Connections app). You will continue to get the same suggestions as before with chats, people, etc. and clicking these will continue to take you to the corresponding Teams experience. As you type in, you will notice that the search suggestions will show two new lines in the list that appears under the search box: first one (the default option) to search in Viva Connections, and the second one to search in the rest of Teams. If you hit enter (or choose the first suggestion), you will be taken to a workplace search experience similar to the one you might already experience on your intranet corporate portal. If you’d rather go to the search results page of Teams, choose the second suggestion. Flighting status This is available to all Teams Public Preview and M365 Targeted Release users who are using the classic version of Teams. How to enable There isn’t any action required for you. Simply go to Viva Connections and use the search box as you previously would. Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Supported clients and platforms This change applies to the current version of Teams Desktop or Teams on the web. It is expected to come to the “New Teams App” over the coming months. We also have plans to bring a similar functionality to Teams mobile experiences later. How does this feature impact the existing experience? Users will by default start to search within Viva Connections search experience rather than the Teams search experience.. They can still search by using the option presented in the list of suggestions under the search box while typing. Enable your Teams client for Public preview or Targeted release To enable your Teams client for the Public Preview, IT administrators need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams. For Targeted Release, global admins can go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose to give a selected set of individuals access to Targeted Release, or they can enroll the entire organization in Targeted Release. Learn more about setting up the release option in the admin center here. Summary of public preview features For a history of features in the Public previews & Targeted release, see Microsoft Teams Public Preview & Targeted Release - Microsoft Community Hub Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Intelligent meeting recap (Premium)
Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable For users with a Teams Premium license, Intelligent Meeting Recap is a comprehensive AI-powered meeting recap experience that helps users catch-up, recall, and follow-up on hour-long meetings in minutes by providing recording and transcription playback with AI assistance. Located on the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams calendar and Chat app, this experience also allows users to browse the recording by speakers, as well as access AI-generated suggested notes, suggested tasks, and @mentions. How to get started with Microsoft Teams Premium: https://aka.ms/SetupTeamsPremium 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 The intelligent features are only available for Teams Premium users and for meetings that were transcribed and recorded. The user can toggle an option to be anonymized in meeting transcripts, by access Teams setting -> Captions and Transcripts. AI generated notes and AI generated tasks will only be available in English during the initial release in May. We will communicate the availability in other languages later. Topics are not going to be available during the initial release in May. We will communicate the availability later. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Animated backgrounds in Teams meetings
The animated backgrounds feature in Teams meetings allows you to replace an existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. It offers various options to enhance meeting experiences with creativity and personalization based on what you want. Currently, only pre-defined backgrounds from Microsoft are supported. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Before a meeting starts, on the pre-join screen, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects and select a new animated background, identified by the small video icon in the bottom-left corner of the preview picture. During a meeting, you can select an animated background by clicking More > Effects and Avatars > Select an background. 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 Animated backgrounds are not available on low-end devices and require at least 8 GB RAM, CPU with 4 logical processors. Only pre-defined backgrounds from Microsoft are currently supported. Using video filters may slow down background animation, if your machine has a high workload. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Allow public preview. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Enhancements for Teams Certified Devices
We are excited to share the availability of two new enhancement features for Microsoft Teams certified devices in Teams Public Preview. Now your Teams certified audio device with a Teams button can let you quickly and easily do two new functions: Join a Teams meeting from the pre-join screen, such as while you are putting on and adjusting your headphones, or positioning your speakerphone device. Bring the Meeting window to the foreground during a meeting, such as if you are multitasking during a meeting or preparing to present content in another window. Note: The second feature is available on devices with a dedicated Teams button only. A button with both the Microsoft Teams logo and the call hangup/switchhook function will not be compatible with this enhancement. The picture below shows a dedicated Teams button on an audio device. A multi-purpose button will usually have the Microsoft Teams logo and another logo or symbol. How it works To join a Teams meeting from the pre-join screen After receiving a Meeting start notification, tap your Teams Button to bring up the pre-join screen for your Teams Meeting. Tap the Teams button again to join the meeting from the pre-join screen easily and quickly. To bring the Teams meeting window to the foreground During a meeting, you may have other windows covering your meeting window, such as if you are multitasking, or preparing to present content. If you are doing this and need to get back quickly to the meeting window, such as if you need to adjust your settings, chat, or raise your hand, just press the dedicated Teams button on your certified devices and your meeting window will pop to the foreground. Find out more at Use the Teams button on your certified Teams device - Microsoft Support Flighting status Rolling out incrementally. 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, users need 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 Only Teams certified devices will work with these new features. For the second feature, the Teams button on your device must be single-purpose. A button with both the Microsoft Teams logo and the call hangup/switchhook function will not receive this enhancement. Availability To be able to use this feature, users need to be members of the Teams Public Preview, and use Windows or macOS Teams client. Other users 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 on Allow public preview. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams. If the Follow Office Preview option is selected, it will automatically enable Teams Public Preview features for any user enrolled in Office Current Channel (Preview). There are no more actions required by the end user. If the Enabled option is selected, the end user must also opt in to Teams public preview in their Teams app to get access to Teams Public Preview features. If the Forced option is selected, it automatically enables Teams Public Preview for the end user. There are no more actions required by the end user. Customer Feedback We want to hear from you! Please click Help > Give feedback to send us your thoughts about this feature. This is located in the bottom left corner of your Teams client.Now in Public preview & Targeted release: Express yourself in Teams meetings on VDI
While in a Teams meeting on a virtual desktop, users can now express themselves using emojis that will appear to all participants to help make Teams meetings more inclusive, engaging, and fun. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Users are now able to click on the React button in meeting toolbar and express themselves using Like, Love, Applause, Laugh and Surprise live reactions. If you or someone else is sharing content in a meeting, reactions will be shown at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds. Corresponding reactions also appear next to the names of participants who send reactions. You can find more details about this feature in Express yourself in Teams meetings with live reactions - Microsoft Support. 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 AVD Citrix VMware 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 on Allow public preview. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow 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 on Allow public preview. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow 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 announced a new channels experience, built with an intuitive design that allows teams to focus, stay on task, brings everyone up to speed, actively engages real-time. The new channels experience is now enabled in Public Preview! The following features are unlocked for Public Preview to try out: The compose box and recent posts will appear at the top of the page. So now, it’s much easier to start a new post, keep up with the latest conversations and participate - giving you the confidence that they’ve not missed anything. Every post is now a true conversation you can focus on. You can navigate to a conversation view that makes the discussion more engaging and synchronous, just like a chat. You can also pop out the post, keep an eye on the discussion, while continuing to work on other topics. Hashtags referencing Viva Topics will provide context right in the channel on organizational topics without having to ask anyone else. A streamlined information pane will include all the important contextual information like a channel’s members and pinned posts so new team members can quickly on-board and for all members to find the information they need, right in the channel. Pin posts to make it easy for everyone to know what’s important in the channel and quickly reference it. Simplified badging makes it easier for users to understand when there are new unread activities in teams. In addition, the simplified design helps users focus on the specific channels which require the most attention, like channels in which the user was @mentioned. Check out more details here: Get to know the new channels experience in Teams! Flighting status Rolling out incrementally. 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, users 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 Yes Yes Known issues The attendance report for channel meetings is not currently available in chat and not downloadable. Known limitations EDU users and VDI users in Teams classic will still utilize the classic channels experience. Channel conversation notifications have been removed. Announcement posts do not support uploading an image. Safari and Firefox will continue to utilize the classic channels experience. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Together mode usability improvements in Teams meetings
We are bringing new usability improvements to Together Mode in Microsoft Teams. Participants in Together mode now have name labels attached to their videos. Name labels also support status icons that indicate microphone, active speaker, spotlight or pin within the meeting. Additionally, your own video in the gallery will now be removed while Together Mode is active to avoid duplication of the self-preview. Lastly, Together Mode displays raised hands and reactions within the view. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable When users go to View -> Together mode during their meeting they will be able to see reactions, raised hands and name labels with additional statuses like active speaker, pin or spotlight. This makes Together mode more inclusive and easier to understand what is happening in the meeting. 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Customizing captions in Teams meetings
Teams now allows you to customize the presentation of captions in meetings. We have introduced a new captions settings pane that allows you to customize the font color and size, increase the number of lines that are displayed, and change the positioning of the captions in the meetings window. We have also added the ability to scroll through the most recent captions. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Users can access the options in meetings via More ... > Language and speech > Turn on live captions > Click on new Settings in the captions section > Caption settings The following options are now supported: Changing spoken language Changing caption language (Live translated captions is part of Teams Premium) Adjusting colors, height, position (top, bottom), and font size 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 on Allow public preview. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Spatial audio in Teams meetings
You can experience more natural, immersive sound in meetings thanks to spatial audio now available in Public Preview. Spatial audio brings a next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. It spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when multiple people are speaking together. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable The new Spatial audio feature is available to everyone using supported audio devices (wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers) on Windows and MacOS clients. You can turn spatial audio in three ways: Before joining a meeting, select either your wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers on the meeting pre-join screen, and then turn on the Spatial audio toggle in the Device settings pane. During the meeting, select More > Settings > Device settings, and then select a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers under Speakers in the Device settings pane and turn on the Spatial audio toggle. Anytime, select Settings and more > Settings > Devices, and then turn on the Spatial audio toggle. 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, you must 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 Spatial audio is currently enabled only in Gallery view, so you can experience sound spatialized across the meeting stage. You will get the best spatial effect with three or more attendees in the meeting. Wireless devices are currently not supported. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Have feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Public preview & Targeted release: Breakout rooms participant shuffle
Breakout rooms participant shuffle delivers a new capability to randomly assign participants to rooms also after rooms are created. Participants can be randomly reassigned both prior to the meeting or during the live meeting. Shuffling can be applied to all participants or only to unassigned participants, re-distributing them evenly to existing rooms. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Meeting organizers, co-organizers or Breakout room managers are now able to utilize new capabilities when assigning participants to Breakout rooms, both prior to meeting and in meeting: Shuffle of all participants Shuffle of unassigned participants The new Shuffle button can be accessed from Assign participants to breakout rooms window which appears after clicking on the Assign participants button from Breakout rooms tab in a meeting invitation before the meeting. Feature can be also accessed from Assign Participants button in Breakout Rooms panel, available by clicking the Rooms button in the meeting toolbar during the meeting. You can find more details about Breakout rooms in Use breakout rooms in Teams meetings. 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Meeting recap enhancements
We are bringing improvements to meeting recap. Now, you can find your recording, transcripts, meeting content, and meeting notes all under a single new Recap tab. Watch your recording directly in the Recap tab to catch up on what was discussed while reviewing the notes and transcript without having to switch screens/apps. Flighting status Roll out started to Public Preview channel. How to enable Users can access Recap from Calendar after meeting ended or directly from meeting chat through recording or transcription thumbnail. Recap tab will show (if applicable for the meeting): Recording Content (Presented PowerPoint Live files, Sent file in Meeting Chat, Attendance Report for organizer) Manual notes (if added) Transcript (view, search and download) This feature does not require Teams Premium license. 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 The collaborative meeting notes component will begin rolling out late May. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Breakout rooms support on VDI
Organizer support for breakout rooms for VDI users is now available in public preview. Breakout rooms allow meeting organizers to split main meetings into smaller sessions for focused discussions. Features available for organizer: Setup breakout rooms on Teams VDI client Create breakout rooms in scheduled private meetings (including recurring), channel meetings and private meet now meetings Meeting organizers, co-organizers and breakout rooms managers can manage rooms and hop between rooms freely Via the Breakout rooms settings panel meeting organizers can appoint breakout room managers to manage of rooms during the live session Setup breakout rooms during an active meeting or prior to the meeting Create up to 50 breakout rooms in a single meeting Add, remove, delete and rename breakout rooms Reassign room participants from one room to another before as well as while the rooms are open Send an announcement that will show up as a meeting chat message in each room. Chats, files, and recordings: organizer will always have access to all rooms meeting artifacts Organizers can set a timer for all breakout rooms created in a meeting session via the Breakout rooms settings panel. Features available for participants: Join breakout rooms from web, desktop, iOS, iPads, Android mobiles and tablets, PSTN and VDI. Participants join the room as presenters, so they can present, share Whiteboard, etc. freely. Participants cannot add others to meeting chat, copy meeting details, nudge others to the meeting Participants cannot hop back to main meeting or between rooms on their own. They must wait for the meeting organizer to pull them back to the main meeting. Chat and artifacts shared during meeting are viewable for room participants. Participants remain assigned to their breakout rooms unless the meeting organizer chooses to change them. The assignment persists across subsequent sessions or recurring meetings. Flighting status Available to everyone in Public Preview channel. How to enable Administrators As an admin, ensure users can schedule private meetings with the following settings: Allow scheduling private meeting = on Allow Meet now in private meeting = on Allow channel meeting scheduling = on Allow meet now in channels = on Meeting organizers and participants Breakout rooms option will be available within your meetings for VDI client (Min Desktop version 1.5.00.11865) Make sure all participants, including the meeting organizer are using the latest version of Teams. As a meeting organizer or co-organizer, join a channel / private scheduled meeting, or channel / private meet now meeting. Once you are in the meeting you should see the breakout room option next to the View control. You can find more details about Breakout rooms in Use breakout rooms in Teams meetings. 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 AVD Citrix VMware 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow 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 on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. Learn how at Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams
