Introducing a refreshed design, task chat, and more in Microsoft Planner
We’re excited to announce that a modernized user interface and new features are now rolling out to basic plans in both Planner in Teams and Planner for the web. The updated design offers enhanced navigation, responsive layouts, a new goals view for setting objectives and priorities, and task chat—one of your most requested features—to enable real-time collaboration and @ mentioning team members. This release aims to make planning easier for everyday users while preparing for future AI-powered capabilities. Our goal is to streamline planning by making it more intelligent and connected, so teams can concentrate on achieving results rather than managing tasks. What's new in Planner A refreshed design: With this rollout, users will be able to manage their plans in a cleaner, more modern interface that offers faster performance and brings a more consistent planning experience across work. Planner’s new look was designed to feel simpler, allowing users to find what they need. It reduces visual clutter, improves layout and spacing, and creates a more focused workspace. Task chat with @ mentions: A new task chat is coming to basic plans, bringing real-time, threaded conversations directly into tasks, including @ mentions, rich formatting, emojis, and notifications to help keep decisions tied to the specific task at hand. Plan members who are @ mentioned in a task will receive a notification in their Teams Activity feed and via email and can select the notification which takes them directly to the task card for additional context. Note that previously, users received notifications for every task comment, but as a result of customer feedback, we now only send notifications to mentioned users. The ability to @ mention team members directly in a task has been a top request, and we’re excited to roll this out in a familiar, chat-based experience. Please note, premium plans will continue to utilize the existing task conversation experience. This will converge into the new experience at a later point in time. Goals view: Basic plans will now include a dedicated Goals view, allowing teams to set clear, well-defined objectives to help prioritize work. By connecting tasks to shared goals, teams achieve greater alignment, gain clarity on priorities, and track progress and outcomes—driving the plan forward together. Access to Goals view in basic plans requires either a Planner premium license or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Notes on availability Please note that not all users will see the new Planner interface at the same time. This refreshed interface, along with Task chat and Goals view, begins rolling out to basic plans today and will continue to roll out over the coming weeks. This is only the beginning This redesign lays the groundwork for many more improvements coming to Planner in the next few weeks and months, including: Project Manager agent in basic plans – to help with task execution and the creation of status reports. Custom templates. Planner in Outlook. Stay tuned for announcements regarding these updates and more aligned to our long-term vision for integrated work management. Feature availability, naming, and timelines are subject to change. Please refer to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap for the latest status. Addressing your feedback We heard your feedback about inconsistencies between basic and premium plans. This refresh starts closing those gaps, so features appear consistently across plans based on your license. For example, users with a Planner premium license will now see Goals in basic plans, and users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will soon have access to Project Manager Agent in basic plans as well. Tell us what you think about the new Planner interface, Task chat, and Goals view by selecting More (circled question mark icon) in the top right corner of the app, then selecting Feedback from the dropdown menu. We also encourage you to share any feature requests by adding your ideas to the Planner Feedback Portal. Your feedback helps inform our feature updates, and we look forward to hearing from you. Learn more Sign up to receive future communication about Planner. Learn more about Planner in our Frequently asked questions. Check out the Planner adoption page and Planner help & learning page to learn more about Planner. Visit the Microsoft 365 roadmap for feature descriptions and estimated release dates for Planner. Walk through the interactive demos for Project Manager Agent in Planner and Project Manager Agent skills in Teams meetings.Unleashing the power of agents in Microsoft Planner
In today's fast-paced world, AI has become an essential tool for enhancing productivity and efficiency. We are committed to empowering our users with innovative solutions that simplify their work processes, and we’re thrilled to introduce the latest updates to Microsoft Planner, designed to leverage the power of Copilot and agents to streamline project management and task organization. With the recent announcement of Project Manager agent, rolling out in public preview in the Planner app in Microsoft Teams, and the rollout of the new Planner for the web, we are bringing you a comprehensive suite of tools to help you and your team achieve more with less effort. We invite you to explore these exciting new features and discover how they can transform the way you work. Introducing Project Manager agent Project Manager agent is a new AI-powered agent designed to enhance your planning experience by acting as a virtual project manager within your plans. Project Manager agent is built to streamline your planning process, empowering you to focus on the strategic aspects of your work while it handles some of the tasks on your behalf. It is the latest development in enhancing and transforming team collaboration with AI in Planner. Earlier this year, we introduced Copilot in Planner (preview) as a personal companion experience designed to work alongside your planner workflow. With Project Manager agent, we’re now bringing AI capabilities directly into your plans, allowing you to interact with the agent as an integral part of your plan. Project Manager agent takes your goals and automatically breaks them down into actionable tasks. But it doesn’t stop there, it can also execute these tasks on your behalf. By managing the plan and executing tasks, the agent enables you to focus on impactful decisions while it contributes directly to the success of your project. When you start a plan with Project Manager agent, it guides you to define a goal you want to achieve (for example, conducting research on a specific topic). The agent will then generate all the necessary tasks for the research topic. Assign these tasks to the agent, and it will execute on them, providing detailed output that is automatically captured in a Loop page embedded within each task. All members of the plan can collaborate directly within the Loop page, exchanging comments and feedback with the Project Manager agent. Upon selecting Regenerate, the agent incorporates the feedback and generates a refined response, improving the task outcomes. At any point, if Project Manager agent does not have adequate information to generate necessary output, it will even ask clarifying questions that will allow it to provide better responses. You will notice that Project Manager agent is capable of contributing at every step of your plan, delivering value throughout the process. This comes with a new Project Manager View in Planner—your hub for setting goals, generating tasks, and showcasing the execution status. This intuitive interface lets you set your project goals and generate tasks, assign tasks to team members or the agent for execution and track progress and statuses in real time. Additionally, in the board view, you can also group tasks by Project Manager, which shows all the Project manager tasks and status in the appropriate buckets. At its core, the Project Manager agent runs on the Multi-Agent Runtime Service (MARS), a platform built on Microsoft Autogen. MARS leverages specialized agents with unique expertise, enabling the Project Manager agent to perform effectively across diverse scenarios. See the blog post to learn more about how Project Manager agent and MARS function. To help you get started, we’ve provided predefined, customizable templates on various topics, allowing you to quickly kickstart a Project Manager plan and easily tailor it to meet your specific goals. Once you’ve selected a template, you can modify the plan to align with your specific needs and goals, ensuring it meets your unique requirements while leveraging the agent’s capabilities for streamlined execution. From idea, to plan, to done, the Project Manager agent is your trusted partner, ensuring every aspect of your plan is managed seamlessly. We’re also introducing the Microsoft Whiteboard canvas in Planner! This new feature allows you and your team to brainstorm directly within the context of your plan. Upon creating a new plan with the Project Manager agent, you will now see a Whiteboard tab in the plan. Whiteboard offers a dynamic and collaborative canvas within Planner, allowing users to easily convert ideas into tasks and streamline workflow from ideation to action. In the canvas, you and your team can engage in real-time collaboration using inking, sticky notes, and templates. With the Planner integration, you can quickly convert your notes to tasks in one click, directly adding them to your plan. We’re excited to bring these powerful tools to your planning experience, and we can’t wait to see the impact of the Project Manager agent in your daily workflows! The new Project Manager agent will be rolling out to public preview in the Planner app in Teams in the coming weeks. To explore these capabilities, customers are required to have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and also need to ensure their current Microsoft 365 licensing allows them access to Microsoft Loop. As this is a preview release, please note that the features may evolve based on user feedback and ongoing improvements. Initially, Project Manager agent will support English language as the interaction medium, and other languages in the future. We’d love for you to try it out and share your thoughts to help shape its future development! Please select the thumbs up or thumbs down button in the Project Manager view or in the Task details to share what you think about the experience. In addition, we are announcing two more capabilities that will be coming soon to Microsoft Planner: 1. Copilot in My Tasks view: This feature brings AI-powered organization and prioritization to your tasks, helping users effectively manage their backlog and enabling them to stay on top of what matters most. 2. Automated status report emails: Provides the capability to automatically generate a status email from your plans, streamlining the process of sharing weekly updates so you can spend less time on emails and more time moving projects forward. We expect these features to be available for our customers to try early 2025. Join us at Microsoft Ignite to learn more about Project Manager agent in our breakout session, "Boost productivity with Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps." Try Planner for the web today! The new Planner for the web is now available! This marks another major milestone in the Planner journey that we announced last November at Ignite. In April, we launched the new Planner app in Microsoft Teams, and now we've completed the rollout with Planner for the web. Planner for the web now brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, the power of Project for the web, and the intelligence of Microsoft 365 Copilot into a simple, familiar experience. Discover a new way to manage tasks for individual plans, team initiatives, and larger scale project management aligned to goals and key strategic objectives. We’re excited for you to try it out and share your thoughts. Thanks to your ongoing feedback, we’re continuing to roll out bug fixes and new enhancements regularly to both Planner in Teams and Planner for the Web. We have more exciting updates coming soon including the availability of Planner for the web in GCC, a new board view in the My Tasks view, an updated experience for the Planner app in Teams channels, and more. Check in regularly on the roadmap to learn about what’s coming. Explore the new Portfolios feature The frequently requested Portfolios feature is also rolling out in the Planner app in Teams and will start rolling out in the new Planner for the web app in the coming weeks! This powerful addition is designed to help you effortlessly manage and track progress across multiple plans. With Portfolios, you can now get a consolidated view of all your premium plans and tasks, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks. Whether you're coordinating between teams or looking for a top-down perspective, Portfolios in Planner makes it all possible in one location, streamlining workflows and enhancing collaboration. Join our session at Microsoft Ignite We are eager to share more details about these exciting updates during our session at Microsoft Ignite! Join us as we dive deeper into the new features and capabilities of Planner, and learn how they can elevate your teamwork. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with our team and get a firsthand look at what's new. Share your feedback Your feedback helps inform our feature updates and we look forward to hearing from you as you try out the new Planner! Provide feedback by using the Feedback button in the top right corner of the Planner app. We also encourage you to share any features you want to see in the app by adding it to our Planner Feedback Portal. Learn more Check out the recently refreshed Planner adoption page. Sign up to receive future communication about Planner. Check out the Microsoft 365 roadmap for feature descriptions and estimated release dates for Planner. Watch Planner demos for inspiration on how to get the most out of the new Planner app in Microsoft Teams. Watch the recording from September's What’s New and What’s Coming Next + AMA about the new Planner. Visit the Planner help page to learn more about the capabilities in the new Planner.
Teams Hotline (PLAR) Phones and Kari’s Law Compliance – Is Direct 911 Dialing Guaranteed?
We are reviewing Microsoft Teams hotline (PLAR) phones that automatically dial a non‑emergency number (for example, a security desk). It is unclear whether all Teams hotline configurations allow a user to manually dial 911 from the phone. Since Kari’s Law requires direct 911 dialing on MLTS endpoints, we’re looking for clarification on the following: Are Teams hotline/PLAR phones guaranteed to allow manual dialing of 911? Does this behavior vary by Teams certified device model? Thanks in advance for any help.Licensing updates extend access to advanced capabilities in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Places
At Microsoft, we empower organizations to achieve more through intelligent communication, inclusive collaboration, and connected workplace experiences. Our customers are looking for scaled, widespread access to powerful tools that enable workforces to interact and communicate with more intelligence and precision. To facilitate that, we’re announcing Teams licensing updates that make it easier for customers to unlock their full communication and collaboration potential. These licensing changes simplify access to capabilities spanning across Microsoft Places and Teams town halls and webinars, so you can deliver experiences that enhance virtual and in-person collaboration. Read on to learn about the changes ahead and new ways to empower your organization. Access enhanced workplace coordination capabilities Places enables an AI-powered workplace experience by connecting employees to colleagues, spaces, and services in the office. We are expanding access to end-user functionality in Places by making it available in all licenses that include access to the calendar in Outlook and Teams (including Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium; Outlook 365 E1, E3, and E5; Exchange Online; various Teams licenses; additional Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses). Functionality included in this change: Places Finder: Make more informed decisions about bookings with enriched context like images, floorplans, custom attributes, and available technology in the spaces around you. This change enables organizations to upgrade at scale from Room Finder to the full Places Finder experience by onboarding spaces to the Places Directory. Places Explorer: Enable map-based space reservations and explore details about all workplaces, including the people, spaces, and experiences in each location. Access to Places Explorer is through the Places app inside Microsoft Outlook and Teams. These changes will go into effect on April 1, 2026 for customers with users on any license that includes access to the calendar in Outlook and Teams (including Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium; Outlook 365 E1, E3, and E5; Exchange Online; various Teams licenses; additional Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses). Manage shared spaces more efficiently Across our AI-powered workplace solutions, we’re continually looking for ways to streamline how organizations manage their inventory of shared desks, spaces, and assets. The newly renamed Teams Shared Space license (formerly Teams Shared Devices license) will be the way that organizations manage this inventory of assets, adding the ability to manage up to four desks with a single license (in addition to the previous ability to manage either a common area phone, a Teams panel, shared space like a room, or a hotdesking device included in the Teams Shared Device license). IT admins will be able to assign licenses to bookable shared spaces individually and control which workspaces are available for employees to use with this new functionality. This license will provide space management capabilities, including: Desk booking: Employees can reserve desks in advance before arriving at a location. Space management: Admins can manage spaces in their Places Directory including the modes, properties, booking and auto-release policies for rooms and licensed shared spaces (desks). Space Analytics: Inventory and utilization reports are available for licensed shared spaces (desks). Integration of 3rd-party APIs: Places can integrate with 3rd-party sources of spatial data, floorplans, check-in signals streamlining the onboarding and management of the spaces in the Places Directory. This license will be available on April 1, 2026. For customers with legacy Teams Shared Device licenses, admins will not be required to take any action to transition to this license (but will have to assign additional spaces like desks with an additional no-cost license to take advantage of the new increased allotment of four spaces per license). Communicate and connect at scale Managing communication to thousands or tens of thousands of attendees can be a daunting process for anyone. Built directly on the Teams platform, Teams town hall and webinar enable events at scale with improved capabilities, reliability, and capacity. To empower more organizations to plan and execute high-quality events, we are bringing all town hall and webinar features that were previously only available with a Teams Premium license to Teams Enterprise, including: Streaming chat: Chat for town hall events reduces any message sending lag, enabling smoother communication between attendees and organizers. Reactions interactivity: Enjoy the same reactions from Teams meetings in town hall and webinar, allowing the audience to express themselves and react to presented content. Real-time event insights: Hosts of town hall and webinar instances can get feedback on the performance and reliability of their broadcasts, helping to ensure a smoother experience for attendees. Meeting theme and email customization: Use organizational branding to customize the event-related artifacts that are delivered to attendees. Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN): eCDN helps to manage the bandwidth load of streaming events to large audiences, providing stability and reliability. Immersive events in Teams: Host immersive experiences in custom 3D environments where attendees join as avatars to interact and collaborate. All users with a Teams Enterprise license will soon be able to host events for up to 3,000 attendees with all Teams town hall and webinar features. We will also enable a higher-capacity, view-only streaming experience for town halls up to 10,000 users. To fully enable events at scale, customers will be able to purchase attendee pack licenses that increase the cap on the total number of attendees up to 100,000 with the same suite of robust features. Attendee pack licenses will come in a range of sizes to provide added flexibility, and will be available to assign through the Teams Admin Center (TAC) after transacting. Summary of licensing changes These changes reflect our commitment to helping organizations confidently embrace the future of work with greater impact across their communication and collaboration. The full slate of changes will go into effect on April 1, 2026: End-user workplace coordination features from Microsoft Places available for licenses that include access to the calendar in Outlook and Teams (including Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium; Outlook 365 E1, E3, and E5; Exchange Online; various Teams licenses; additional Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses) Introduction of the renamed Teams Shared Space license with additional capabilities for space management and analytics for admins Advanced Teams town hall and webinar features available for all Teams Enterprise users for instances up to 3,000 attendees (10,000 attendee view-only experience) Introduction of attendee pack add-on licenses for town hall events starting from 5,000 up to 100,000 attendees Independent of these changes, we are committed to continuing to provide a robust set of experiences for organizations that have invested in Teams Premium. Teams Premium will still be the only way for customers to experience advanced communication features in Teams meetings, meeting protection, Advanced Collaboration Tools for admins, Intelligent recap, Queues app for Teams Phone, and enhanced capabilities for Bookings and virtual appointments. For a full list of current Teams Premium features, please click here. More information about these new licensing changes, including impacts for existing Teams Premium customers using these products and features, are available below. Read more about these changes in our licensing update FAQ attached below Explore more Teams experiences: Microsoft Teams Learn more about Microsoft Places: Microsoft Places Learn more about Teams town hall and webinarMicrosoft Teams events: A new unified experience makes it easier to discover, create, and manage events
Today’s organizational challenges and growing complexity can make it difficult to create meaningful connections with audiences, whether engaging employees or reaching a dispersed customer base. Having the right tools to navigate the demands of large-scale communication for digital and hybrid events is critical to achieving business objectives. We are excited to introduce the new Teams events experience designed to simplify how events are discovered, created, and managed. Now in public preview, Teams events represents the next step in delivering professional, high-quality events, featuring flexible customization options to empower event organizers and better engage the audiences that matter most. Unified event creation flow At the heart of this Teams events update is greater choice and control for organizers. The Meet app becomes the dedicated home for events in Teams, featuring a new event creation flow that gives organizers more flexibility and control when setting up their events. Organizers can customize experiences such as audience interaction (attendee camera feeds, raise hands, polls, etc.), registration control, and event scale. The new event creation experience no longer constrains individual features to a particular event type, replaced by a dynamic scheduling flow that gives organizers increased flexibility to tailor the event experience to specific audiences and goals. Centralized event discovery and tracking Busy schedules make it impractical, and sometimes impossible, for people to be aware of important events an organization hosts. The new Discover tab in the Meet app helps organizers promote events and drive interest by making them easier for audiences to find and access. The Discover tab is where organizers and attendees can find and track events, without relying solely on calendar invitations. Users can view events they’re registered for, find and register for new events, and catch up on recordings of past events. The Discover tab gives organizers, registrants, and attendees a single place to stay connected to their events. Simplified event management Managing events in Teams is easier than ever with the new Manage tab. No more searching through calendars or hidden menus to update presenter bios, adjust sharing functions, or track registrations. Teams events brings everything into one place for streamlined management. Event pages are created automatically when an event is saved, and serve as the central location for settings, customization, and branding. After an event concludes, Teams events makes it easy to send attendees follow-up emails and recording notifications. Event organizers also have a single place to access registration data and recap tools designed for insights and continued engagement. New capabilities give event organizers more control and flexibility In addition to the new unified experience, Teams events is adding capabilities to streamline setup and drive attendance: New delegate and shared mailbox support enables authorized users to schedule and manage events on behalf of the principal organizer. This helps teams collaborate more naturally when coordinating large or recurring events. Dedicated event details pages make it easy for organizers to view all elements related to the event, including built-in Q&A, and the ability to save customizations as templates for future use. Support for custom domains for event emails improves deliverability and helps invitations and reminders avoid spam filters, while offering additional event branding. Enhanced co-organizer editing and management controls make it easier to share responsibilities throughout the event lifecycle, ensuring a consistent management experience even as teams grow and roles evolve. Expanded access to events with new licensing Starting April 1 st , 2026, Teams events capabilities such as town hall and webinar, including advanced features, are available to all users licensed for Teams Enterprise and no longer require Teams Premium. This expanded access to Teams events enables more people in your organization to create high-quality, professional events. Along with these licensing changes, we also announced Attendee Capacity Pack licenses would be available to scale digital and hybrid events up to 100,000. For more information, please read our recent licensing announcement. Teams live events retirement Teams events will continue to be the experience where we invest in bringing new features and capabilities to support high-quality, professional digital and hybrid events at scale. With this launch, we will be retiring Teams live events fully on June 30, 2026. Users with events already scheduled through February 28, 2027, will be able to carry out these instances as planned through that date to avoid disruption. For more information, please refer to our recent retirement announcement. Create events that connect It’s never been more important to make meaningful connections with the audiences that matter to your organization, and your ability to deliver highly engaging events can play a critical role. The new Teams events experience streamlines your events, from discovering what’s happening across your organization, to creating tailored formats, to managing professional engagements at scale, all in one place. This new chapter brings greater simplicity, flexibility, and power to every event organizer, manager, presenter, and attendee. With expanded access through licensing updates, Teams events provide the foundation to deliver memorable, high-quality experiences, and enables even more people across your organization to confidently bring their events to life.Manage multiple plans effortlessly with the new Portfolios feature in Microsoft Planner
Managing multiple plans across different projects can often become overwhelming for team leads, project managers, or any user handling various deliverables. To simplify the process, we’ve designed a new feature—Portfolios—to help users easily track and manage multiple plans in the Planner app in Microsoft Teams. Portfolios can help simplify complex plan oversight by giving you a consolidated view of all your premium plans and tasks, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks. Once rolled out to your organization, users with a Planner and Project Plan 3 or Planner and Project Plan 5 license will be able to create portfolios to group and manage related plans, track progress at a high level, and visually organize tasks using the Roadmap view. Whether coordinating between various teams or looking for a top-down perspective of multiple plans, the Portfolios feature in the Planner app in Teams makes it all possible in one location—streamlining workflows and improving collaboration A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying a list of plans added to a new portfolio. How it works To get started with Portfolios in Planner once it’s rolled out to your organization, follow the steps below: Navigate to or launch the Planner app in Teams. If you have a Planner and Project Plan 3 or Planner and Project Plan 5 license, you’ll see the new My Portfolios tab in the left navigation directly below My Day, My Tasks, and My Plans. Select the My Portfolios tab to get started with your first portfolio. Then, select the + New Portfolio button. Alternatively, you can select the down arrow directly to the right of the + New plan button at the bottom of the left navigation, then select Portfolio. A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying the new My Portfolios tab with a message that reads, “Get started with your first portfolio!” 3. Add a name for the new portfolio (required), then add it to a group (optional) by selecting the appropriate group from the drop-down. Then, select the Create button. Scenarios to try Below are just a few powerful ways to leverage the new Portfolios feature in Planner. Consolidate multiple plans into a single portfolio: Simplify the process of tracking deliverables and deadlines by creating a portfolio for your ongoing plans. After selecting the Create button, you will see the following message, “There are no plans in your portfolio yet.” Select the + Add Plan button to access a list of all the premium plans you are a member of, including plans you’ve created, as well as those you’ve been added to. A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying the Plans view for My Portfolios with the Add Plan pane open to the right. Select and connect the plan you want to add to the new portfolio as instructed in the Add Plan pane to the right. Properties that are extracted from the plan and displayed in the Plans view include Project Manager, Progress (% complete), Start Date, and Finish Date. The Status field is a drop-down list which enables you to manually select the status of the plan—Not started, On track, At risk, Off track, or Closed—so you can easily identify how the plan is progressing. 2. View your portfolio of plans and their associated tasks as a visual timeline: As soon as you add a plan to the portfolio, a row gets created for that plan on the Roadmap view. In the Roadmap view, you can easily add tasks from the included plans and track them together visually in a timeline view. To add tasks to the timeline, simply select the corresponding plan in the Roadmap view. Upon selection, you will see a Details pane open to the right of Teams with a list of tasks tied to the plan. From here, select the task (or tasks) you want to add to the Roadmap view, then select Add items. A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying the Roadmap view for My Portfolios with the Add items pane open to the right. The selected tasks are displayed as a visual timeline for that plan. A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying a timeline view of plans (and their tasks) added to a new portfolio. 3. Collaborate with your team members: Portfolios in Planner uses the Microsoft 365 group construct to invite users to collaborate on the portfolio. Select the Share button in the top right corner of the portfolio to open the Invite members dialog box. A screenshot of the Planner app in Teams displaying the Plans view for My Portfolios with the Invite members window open in the center. From here, you can create a new Microsoft 365 group by entering each member’s name in the designated text box, then selecting the Create group button. Or, you can add the portfolio to an existing Microsoft 365 group by selecting Add to existing group, then selecting the appropriate group from the drop-down and selecting the Add button. Please note, adding a member to the portfolio does not give the user access to the plan(s) included in the portfolio, but rather enables them to see the portfolio-level aggregations. Availability of Portfolios in Planner The new Portfolios feature is currently rolling out in the Planner app in Teams. Once rolled out to your organization, users with a Planner and Project Plan 3 or Planner and Project Plan 5 license will see the new My Portfolios tab in the left navigation. Users with Planner in Microsoft 365 or a Planner Plan 1 license can view portfolios shared with them in read-only mode. Portfolios will start rolling out in the new Planner for the web in the coming weeks. Share your feedback! We look forward to hearing your feedback and learning more about how you use portfolios in Planner. Please share some of your use cases in the comments below, or let us know how we can help to improve the experience. You can also send feedback via the Planner Feedback Portal or directly in the Planner app by selecting More (the question mark) in the upper right corner, then Feedback.Retiring Teams live events: The next chapter for events at scale in Microsoft Teams
Today, we’re announcing the retirement of Microsoft Teams live events and the associated Microsoft Graph APIs used to create Teams live events. This change will go into effect June 30, 2026, as part of our ongoing effort to continue to modernize our event experiences and deliver a more powerful and flexible solution for large-scale communications.
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How do we provide early feedback to prevent this from happening or requesting the option to disable this feature? If anything, I want Teams to de-simplify. Microsoft keeps going out of their way to hide things that are crititical to productivity. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=557169 I mean - generally - how do we get Microsoft to stop making things worse? It seems like the recommendation is to use the feedback button in the app; but by that time it's too late. Telling the 100+ people who ask me what Microsoft broke this week to use the feedback button is not helping avoid their distaste and distrust of this platform. This is why people are avoiding Teams and prefer text messaging and WhatsApp. We desperately need to increase adoption but Microsoft keeps obscuring features that lead to increased confusion. Where do we make requests to decrease simplicity and increase productivity?
Adaptive card do not render image on Teams Desktop
Hello Community, We are facing a challenge with the image rendering in our Adaptive cards only in the Teams Desktop application. All is working fine with the Teams on the Web, and when we test it in the https://adaptivecards.io/designer/ The images are stored in our SharePoint. Will this be the problem ? See bellow our json adaptive card, and some screenshots { "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json", "version": "1.3", "type": "AdaptiveCard", "body": [ { "type": "Container", "items": [ { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Request No. ", "wrap": true, "size": "Small", "isSubtle": true, "horizontalAlignment": "Right" } ], "backgroundImage": { "horizontalAlignment": "Right" }, "horizontalAlignment": "Right" }, { "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "44", "wrap": true, "size": "Small", "isSubtle": true, "horizontalAlignment": "Right" } ], "horizontalAlignment": "Right" } ], "horizontalAlignment": "Right" }, { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "wrap": true, "text": " Urgent - New Support Request", "horizontalAlignment": "Center", "size": "ExtraLarge", "weight": "Bolder", "color": "Warning", "spacing": "None", "height": "stretch" } ] } ] } ] }, { "type": "Container", "items": [ { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Requested by ", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder" } ], "verticalContentAlignment": "Center" }, { "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [ { "type": "Image", "size": "Small", "style": "Person", "url": "data:image/png;base64" } ] }, { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": " Doe, John", "wrap": true } ], "verticalContentAlignment": "Center" } ] }, { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Location", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Urgent", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder", "color": "Accent" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Issue With", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder" } ] }, { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "France", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Yes", "wrap": true, "color": "Accent" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Office", "wrap": true } ] } ] }, { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Description", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "This is my error please help me", "wrap": true } ] } ] } ], "separator": true }, { "type": "Container", "items": [ { "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [ { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Attachements", "wrap": true, "isSubtle": true }, { "type": "ImageSet", "imageSize": "Large", "images": [ { "type": "Image", "url": "SharePointURL", "selectAction": { "type": "Action.OpenUrl", "url": "SharePointURL" } }, { "type": "Image", "url": "SharePointURL", "selectAction": { "type": "Action.OpenUrl", "url": "SharePointURL" } } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "type": "ActionSet", "horizontalAlignment": "Left", "actions": [ { "type": "Action.ShowCard", "title": "Complete", "card": { "type": "AdaptiveCard", "body": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "What was the error?", "wrap": true }, { "type": "Input.Text", "isMultiline": true, "id": "error" }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "What was the solution?", "wrap": true }, { "type": "Input.Text", "isMultiline": true, "id": "solution" } ], "actions": [ { "type": "Action.Submit", "title": "Send", "id": "send", "associatedInputs": "auto", "data": { "action": "complete", "request": "44", "link": "Link to the SharePoint List", "issuewith": "Office" } } ], "verticalContentAlignment": "Top" }, "id": "complete" }, { "type": "Action.Submit", "title": "Handle", "id": "handle", "data": { "action": "handle", "request": "44", "link": "Link to the SharePoint List", "issuewith": "Office" } }, { "type": "Action.Submit", "title": "Create a task", "id": "task", "associatedInputs": "auto", "data": { "action": "task", "request": "44", "link": "Link to the SharePoint List", "issuewith": "Office" } } ], "height": "stretch", "separator": true } ] } Thank you for you help.Announcing general availability for Microsoft Teams optimization in Amazon WorkSpaces
This release introduces the first-ever Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) optimization for Microsoft Teams on Amazon WorkSpaces for Windows endpoints, delivering a seamless, high-performance collaboration experience. A First for AWS Customers Previously, Amazon WorkSpaces users did not have access to a fully optimized Teams experience. With this release, AWS environments now offer VDI support for Teams, bringing long-requested capabilities to both Personal and Pool Windows WorkSpaces client configurations. What’s New: Key Features and Benefits Multimedia Offloading: Audio and video processing are now offloaded from the virtual desktop to users’ endpoint devices, resulting in smoother, more responsive calls and meetings. High-Definition Audio and Video: Experience crisp, clear video and audio for remote meetings that feel natural and engaging, with improved reliability and reduced latency. Feature Parity: Enjoy Teams experience on Amazon WorkSpaces that matches the functionality of desktop Teams clients. Previously, Teams' audio and video streams on Amazon WorkSpaces were routed through the virtual machine, which could add latency and influence the quality of the media experience. With this update, media processing is handled directly on the endpoint device - audio and video now bypass the VM entirely. Currently, this optimization is available specifically for Amazon WorkSpaces accessed via the Windows WorkSpaces Client –AppStream and other platforms are not yet supported. Behind the Optimization: Step-by-Step Breakdown When a user launches Teams in Amazon WorkSpaces VM the following sequence occurs: The MS Teams VDI Bridge on the VM detects that MS Teams is running inside a virtual machine and initiates the virtual channel between the VM and the endpoint device. Amazon WorkSpaces loads the MSTeamsPlugin.dll on the user's endpoint device. Plugin downloads and installs the required Slimcore MSIX package from the Microsoft Public CDN on the endpoint device. The local process MsTeamsVDI.exe is spawned which handles the media offload to the endpoint device All this sequence is abstracted from the user and happens in the background. Customer Success: Real-World Impact André Akkerman, Director of Workplace Technology at Wolters Kluwer, shared the following: “Our Amazon WorkSpaces users initially faced some challenges with Microsoft Teams video conferencing, including connection stability, system performance, and audio-video quality. These technical limitations impacted our ability to provide a rich collaboration service in our remote and hybrid work virtual environment. Working together with AWS and Microsoft, we implemented MS Teams Optimization for Amazon WorkSpaces across our global user base in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. The results have been outstanding.” Juan Rivera, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, added: “Microsoft Teams users expect seamless collaboration experiences across any environment,” said Juan Rivera, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. “With Teams VDI2 optimization, we are delivering innovative capabilities that transform virtual desktop performance, offering rich functionality, smooth audio and video experiences, and exceptional reliability. By enabling direct endpoint routing for media traffic, organizations can provide employees with the high-quality Teams experience they expect while maintaining flexibility and optimizing infrastructure costs.” Getting Started with Teams VDI Optimization Ready to take advantage of Teams VDI optimization on Amazon WorkSpaces? Visit our website to get step by step guide and ensure your WorkSpaces environment is configured for the new Teams VDI optimization.
