New Teams Interface – can't pin /favorite entire teams
CoPilot wrote this post... in fact its proposed title was New Teams Interface – Missing Basic Functionality & Creating Chaos for Admins, so I think it's sensing a bit of annoyance at the new UI... I’m posting this out of sheer frustration after wrestling with the new Microsoft Teams layout. I'm an IT admin responsible for managing Teams across multiple users, and the recent interface update has made that nearly impossible. Key issue: You can no longer pin or favourite entire teams—only individual channels. This is a huge regression in usability. For power users and admins, being able to organize entire teams was essential. Now, everything’s buried under scattered views, vague icons, and non-intuitive menus. I’ve gone through every menu and setting imaginable. “Show,” “Pin,” “Back to classic”—none of it helps because Microsoft simply removed the feature. Even Copilot (Microsoft's own AI tool) couldn’t make sense of what was missing until we both realized the function was outright gone. That’s saying something. This change is actively hurting productivity for both end users and those of us tasked with supporting them. Updates should make things better—not hide or remove critical features without proper notice or alternatives. Microsoft, please rethink this. Stop redesigning without considering the real-world implications for businesses trying to stay organized. — If others are feeling the same pain, let’s get this some visibility. The more upvotes and replies, the louder the message
Problem with Teams and Exchange Integration
Hi everyone, My goal is to integrate Exchange Server (Exchange 2016 CU23) with Teams so that the Teams calendar can be used. I have set up Hybrid Configuration (Classic Full Hybrid) and completed the setup without any errors. I have also checked Entourage, and it shows that Exchange has been registered, but the Teams calendar is still not working. Check items: 1. Get-AuthServer 2. Get-IntraOrganizationConnector → Confirm the "Enabled" status. 3. Get-PartnerApplication → Confirm it's enabled. 4. External resolution of the Autodiscover and EWS virtual directories 5. Run Teams Exchange Integration → The only thing that works is "Verifying if the user's mailbox is discoverable by the Teams service," and everything else is fine.The user's mailbox is not discoverable by the Teams service. Please ask your administrators to verify the user has a mailbox and to confirm the connectivity between Teams and Exchange. Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions to help me? Thanks!What's New in Microsoft EDU - October 2025 (AI for all edition)
Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 for our latest "What's New in Microsoft EDU" webinar! This will be a special one where we go into depth about all of the AI powered tools for educators and students who use Microsoft 365 in Education that we just announced. These 30-minute webinars are put on by the Microsoft Education Product Management group and happen once per month, this month both 8:00am Pacific Time and 4:00pm Pacific time to cover as many global time zones as possible around the world. And don’t worry – we’ll be recording these and posting on our Microsoft Education YouTube channel in the new “What’s New in Microsoft EDU” playlist, so you’ll always to able to watch later or share with others! Here is our October 2025 webinar agenda: M365 Copilot and AI updates for Educators and Students Learning Zone public preview and the Copilot+ PC Microsoft 365 LTI for Learning Management Systems AMA - Ask Microsoft EDU Anything (Q&A) We look forward to having you attend the event! How to sign up OPTION 1: October 22nd, Wednesday @ 8:00am Pacific Time Register here OPTION 2: October 22nd, Wednesday @ 4:00pm Pacific Time Register here This is what the webinar portal will look like when you register: We look forward to seeing you there! Mike Tholfsen Group Product Manager Microsoft EducationJoin the Fabric Partner Community for this Week's Fabric Engineering Connection calls!
Are you a Microsoft partner that is interested in data and analytics? Be sure to join us for the next Fabric Engineering Connection calls! 🎉 Sujata Narayana will be sharing a recap of Power BI announcements from FabCon Europe, followed by the latest updates on AI Functions from Virginia Roman. The Americas & EMEA call will take place Wednesday, October 15, from 8-9 am PT and the APAC call is Thursday, October 16, from 1-2 am UTC/Wednesday, October 15, from 5-6 pm PT. This is your opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and provide feedback. To join the call, you must be a member of the Fabric Partner Community Teams channel. To join, complete the participation form at https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity. We look forward to seeing you later this week!
