Teams missing GIF option in messaging
This morning we noticed the GIF option in Teams messaging is missing org wide. Desktop and Web client. Old messages that were sent with a GIF display as a link now instead of the image Our global org policy in the Admin porta is set to On Anyone else seeing this?Teams drag-and-drop upload fails only from macOS screenshot thumbnail / markup window
I’m encountering a reproducible issue with Microsoft Teams file uploads that appears to be specific to the drag-and-drop source on macOS. Steps to reproduce On macOS, take a screenshot using: Cmd + Shift + 4 or Cmd + Shift + 5 When the floating screenshot thumbnail / markup window appears (bottom-right of screen), do not save the file manually Drag the screenshot directly from the floating thumbnail or markup window Drop it into the Teams message compose box in: a 1:1 chat, or a group chat Result Upload gets stuck on Uploading Environment macOS Teams Web (Chrome) Teams macOS desktop app
Teams email notifications of missed chats coming from wrong email address?
For the past several days, when some users have missed a chat message in teams and they are setup to receive an email notification, the sending email address of the notification is incorrect. It has always been that these notification emails appear to be sent from the person who sent the original chat message, but now, they are being sent from our global administrator account email. Obviously creating lots of confusion and has broken these users' ability to reply via email. Has something changed, or is this a bug?Teams Messaging Gets Autocorrect
The addition of Autocorrect for messaging is a small but important change for Teams messaging brings Teams up to speed with the other Office applications. It’s taken Teams a little longer than it perhaps should have to support Autocorrect and the implementation is not as functional as it is in Outlook, but that’s not a reason to overlook the update. https://office365itpros.com/2025/12/10/teams-autocorrect-messaging/
Require approval from IT to join a Team and/or Shared Channels
My company has two sides to its business. Both sides are under the same Microsoft 365 tenant. They can be called Group A and Group B. Group A should not be able to add those from Group B into teams and channels on their own. Likewise, Group B should not be able to add those from Group A. If either side wants to add the other to a team or channels, they should have to get approval from IT, with IT making the additions to the team or channel. We would rather not have this just done over emails. This has to be done while still allowing members of Group A and members of Group B the ability to have 1 on 1 and group chats. Does anyone have any suggestion how to do this?Teams Messaging Gains New Protections
Teams now includes weaponized file protection and malicious URL protection to make sure that people don’t share bad files or URLs in chats or channel conversations. Given that a user can post a message to up to 50 channels at one time, it obviously makes a heap of sense to check that any files or URLs that people share in chat or channel conversations are safe and not malicious. https://office365itpros.com/2025/11/24/weaponized-file-protection-teams/Teams Gains Ability to Start Chat with Email Address
A new Teams feature allows users to initiate chats with any email address. This caused some commotion in the security community, but it’s not that bad. In fact, it’s an extension of existing functionality that allows Teams users to chat with guest accounts. All that’s happening is that initiating a chat causes a new guest account to be created in the tenant, and there’s lots of controls to make sure that guests are controlled. https://office365itpros.com/2025/11/10/chat-with-email-address-teams/
