Microsoft Teams Calendar Request
My US public k-12 school district would really love to integrate our Google Calendar with Microsoft Teams calendar. We don't have Exchange licenses, but we'd like to be able to still sync the calendars if possible. I found this support article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/setup-calendar-syncing-with-google-workspace but it looks like the feature is set to be deprecated later this year. I did try to get the feature working using the Admin app in Teams, but I ran into several issues and Microsoft Support stated development was paused. We would really love this feature to come back and work correctly if possible. Thanks.
Tams chat - everyone losing access after meeting ends
Hi All, I have a lot of regular Scrum meetings and lately people have started to complain that after call ends they see "no longer has access to the chat" message and can't write to the chat. Googling the solution showed that the problem is relevant and related to the invited external people, but we are all from the same organization - there are no external participants in the initial invitation. My first guess was that I'm sending an invitation via Outlook to a Distribution List that contains a lot of participants, so I tried to re-create series with direct emails, but that didn't work. Right now I'm guessing the reason is that I sent out the meeting request with "Request Responses" button disabled... Maybe someone here had the same problem and can suggest the correct way to solve it instead of trying all the possible options?Teams Freezes ~90 seconds into a 1:1 Mac OSX
Teams video and audio starts freezing 90 seconds into a 1:1 call, and then it comes back to normal and wont happen again. This started about 3 weeks ago and it happens only during 1:1 calls wont happen when there are more then 2 people in a call. Mac OSX 26.5.1 (25F80) Teams Version 26149.1804.4788.5681Introducing smarter bot protection in Microsoft Teams meetings
Organizations need confidence that the right people and tools are participating in their discussions. That's why we're introducing a new Teams admin policy designed to give organizations more visibility and control over external bots in their meetings. This new experience helps organizers identify bots, and adds safeguards before they're admitted, giving organizations greater confidence that only the intended participants and tools will be present.
**bleep**. Security Update (like KB5101650) breaking SmartCard Authentication for Office 2024 apps to O365
Looking for some support on this issue. I have Win11 clients that were upgraded from 24H2 to 25H2 last year. They were functioning well until earlier this year when the Cumulative Updates started breaking smartcard authentication on our clients (day after installing/rebooting/cache clearing). This seems to be a known issue but are there any real fixes? Symptom is that after the update is installed, next day (after a reboot or cache cleared) the user starts their Outlook or Teams application, when receiving the prompt that says "you will be prompted for your PIN" nothing follows, you will see the blue dots circling and after 5 or so minutes it times out. Clicking on the "..." shows an informational message error #50058, which says that not enough information was provided. The authentication process is failing... BTW - web authentication works just fine, it's just the local application (Teams, Outlook, etc.) that fail. I found that creating a new account on the system seems to work just fine, but for people that have established accounts and program environments that are setup for them to work, creating a new account is very unappealing to them. I'd like to be able to just get their current accounts working. Creating a new profile, wiping current profile info from registry doesn't seem to work thanks to automagic backups the OS is doing, but even that would still require setting up a new profile and copying over non AAPDAT file structure info... Does Microsoft not have a fix to this "known" issue? I spent a few weeks really digging into this and the best I can find as a work around is to disable the automatic backups of the NTUSER.DAT, blow away current profile info in registry, rename current profile structure, and then have the user login "anew". Again, this still requires a copy of the non-AAPDAT data back into the new structure (at least permissions won't be an issue) but that will not restore all application-based information for that user--that still will have to be re-created, which I think the users will not want to do because it means starting over from scratch.
Has anyone successfully used "Hide attendee names" in Teams Meetings or Webinars with Teams Premium?
Hello, I'm trying to understand the current status of the**"Hide attendee names"** feature in Microsoft Teams. Our organization has Teams Premium, and according to Microsoft's documentation, the feature should be available for both Meetings and Webinars. The documentation even provides separate instructions for each scenario. However, during a recent Microsoft Support call, I was told that the feature is actually available only for Town Hall events and not for standard Teams Meetings or Webinars. This appears to contradict the current Microsoft documentation, so I'm looking for real-world feedback from other administrators. Questions: Has anyone successfully enabled Hide attendee names in a standard Teams Meeting? Has anyone used it in a Webinar? We have Teams Premium. If it works for you, what licenses are assigned to the organizer? Do you actually see the Hide attendee names option in Meeting Options? Is there any specific policy, rollout, or configuration required? Has Microsoft Support ever told you that the feature is Town Hall only? Microsoft documentation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams/meetings/hide-attendee-names-in-microsoft-teams-meetings-and-webinars At this point I'm trying to determine whether: The documentation is incorrect or outdated. The feature is being rolled out gradually. There is an undisclosed licensing or policy requirement. Microsoft Support provided incorrect information. The feature has been silently restricted to Town Hall events. Any feedback from tenants where this is actually working would be very helpful. Thanks! Giuseppe
Workflows - Posting a Card
I'm in the process of migrating our Jira integration with teams from using the soon to be deprecated Connectors, to Workflows. I have two problems that I can't see to overcome. 1. All the messages are posted as '[My Name] via Workflows posted a new message'. Is there any way the message can come from another user or no user? 2. The preview for the messages (in the notification popup and Activity screen) is 'Card', instead of anything useful. Together this makes the notifications not very useful. What I have done: The workflow is set up And what is being posted to the webhook is (for example). { "type": "message", "attachments": [{ "contentType": "application/vnd.microsoft.card.adaptive", "contentUrl": null, "content": { "type": "AdaptiveCard", "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json", "version": "1.4", "body": [{ "type": "ColumnSet", "columns": [{ "type": "Column", "width": "auto", "items": [{ "type": "Image", "url": "https://i.imgur.com/FrVumxY.png", "size": "Medium" } ] }, { "type": "Column", "width": "stretch", "verticalContentAlignment": "Center", "items": [{ "type": "TextBlock", "size": "Medium", "weight": "Bolder", "text": "Component Missing [ADP-xxx]" } ] } ] }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Initiator: ", "wrap": true }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "ADP-xxx: Fixing reset password validation", "wrap": true, "weight": "Bolder", "color": "Accent", }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Status: QA Ready", "wrap": true }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Type: Bug", "wrap": true }, { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Assignee: ", "wrap": true } ], "actions": [{ "type": "Action.OpenUrl", "title": "Open in Jira", "url": "https://xxx.atlassian.net/browse/ADP-xxx" } ], "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json", "version": "1.4" } } ] } I have tried posting various different combinations of summary attributes with no effect. Is there a whole better way of doing this, or is there a few tweaks I can make?
