Automatic lowering of Raised Hand after speaking in Teams meetings
The Teams Public Preview team wants to help you ensure smoother meeting facilitation, that's why they're excited to share a new feature that automatically detects and lowers a user’s Raised Hand after they’ve finished contributing to the discussion. This will be available for Teams Public Preview users who use Windows or macOS. Interested? Learn more in our https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/automatic-lowering-of-raised-hand-after-speaking-in-teams-meetings?ocid=TC! Best, Devin Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/androidSpeaker view in Teams meetings
Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We are excited to share the availability of a view in Teams meetings in Teams Public Preview: Speaker view. Speaker view in Teams meetings Speaker view can be selected from the view switcher within meetings and allows meeting attendees to effortlessly track the currently active speaker. It 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. Head over to the https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/speaker-view-in-teams-meetings to learn more and see other updates coming out soon! Best, Nathan Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/androidLive translated transcript for Teams Premium users
Attention Tech Community! Teams Premium users now have the option to translate the meeting transcript into another language than what was originally spoken in the meeting. With more than 30 languages available the world is now your oyster. To use this feature, users need to be members of the Teams Public Preview or Microsoft 365 Targeted Release, have a Teams Premium license, and use the Windows, macOS or web (Edge, Chrome) Teams client. Other meeting participants aren’t required to be members of the Teams Public Preview. Interested? Learn more in our https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/live-translated-transcript-for-teams-premium-users?ocid=TC! Best, Tony Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/android
Microsoft Forms - word cloud & PowerPoint Live in MS Teams
Hi Team! Hope you can help with solving our issues with using Microsoft Forms in our organisation. At the end of the month, we would like to present some hidden features in Microsoft Forms to all end users to promote Forms a bit more. Unfortunately, whilst testing your product, we found out that some of the functionality shared by you in blog articles do not work as expected. Word cloud feature Based on this article https://insider.microsoft365.com/cs-cz/blog/improved-real-time-feedback-gathering-experience-with-microsoft-forms, and doing our own test in Forms, it seems that all words are all over the place and they do not make sense anymore. Is there any way to improve it or use Forms differently to get more coherent look? I’ve done some research and based on additional article: https://oneminuteofficemagic.com/2021/08/02/word-clouds-in-microsoft-forms/ – we do not have Insight option and the cloud itself look a bit different. Could you explain why so? 2. Second issue is with Presenting Forms Add -in during PowerPoint Live presentation. I’ve already reported a bug Bug #3765101 (Proposed) to TAP program. Let us know if that could be improved as well.Profanity filtering control for live captions in Teams meetings
Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We have heard your feedback and are excited to introduce a profanity filtering control for live captions in Teams meetings. Profanity filtering control for live captions in Teams meetings The Live captions feature enables live subtitles in Microsoft Teams, helping all meeting participants to interact better, in a more accessible way. Live captions automatically create real-time subtitles based on the spoken words of the meeting participants. The text appears in real time. Learn more about https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-live-captions-in-a-teams-meeting-4be2d304-f675-4b57-8347-cbd000a21260. With the newly introduced toggle for turning on or off profanity filtering in live captions in Teams meetings, you are now able to control whether you want to continue to leverage the profanity filtering capability provided out of the box, or if you prefer to see every word as they were spoken. How it works To turn off profanity filtering, select Settings and more > Settings > Captions and transcripts, and then slide the Filter profane words in meeting captions toggle off. Head over to the https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/profanity-filtering-control-for-live-captions-in-teams-meetings to learn more and see other updates coming out soon! Best, Nathan Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/android
Teams Chat Verify before sending feature
Hi MS Teams, @Susan Cockrell Is there a feature to enable/disable "Verify Chat group" before sending the message to verify that you are chatting in the right group, or is there anything in the road map to add such feature in each chat group where users can enable it on selected sensitive chat groups? If not, please consider to add such feature. Chat seems easy to communicate and some user loose track of which chat group is on top and can save lots of unnecessary chats floating everywhere. Thank you!Green screen background in Teams meetings
Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We are excited to share the availability of a green screen background in Teams meetings in Teams Public Preview. Green screen background in Teams meetings Microsoft Teams now supports a green screen which provides an enhanced virtual background effect that improves the sharpness and definition around your face, head, ears, and hair. It also allows props or other objects you hold in your hand to be more visible to other meeting participants. Interested? Learn more in our https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/green-screen-background-in-teams-meetings?ocid=TC! Best, Nathan Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/androidGive a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams
Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders, Exciting news for Microsoft Teams users! Team owners can now rename the General channel (or the first channel of a new team) to something that better reflects your team’s personality and purpose. Whether it's "Project Hub," "Team Central," or something else, customization is in your hands. This small change can help personalize how your team collaborates in a big way. Ready to make your Teams channels truly yours? Check out the details in our latest blog post: Give a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams Thanks! Perry Sjogren Microsoft 365 Insider Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features and help shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: Windows | Mac | iOS | AndroidCreate and manage approval requests for a Word document
Hi Microsoft 365 Insiders! Happy Monday! We’re delighted to unveil a new add-in that simplifies the approval process for your Word documents. Now, you can create and manage approval requests without leaving Word, ensuring a seamless and efficient workflow. Discover all the ins and outs in our comprehensive blog post by Connor Rodewald, Senior Product Manager on the Low Code Experience team: Create and manage approval requests for a Word document Thanks, Perry Sjogren Microsoft 365 Insider Social Media Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features and help shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: Windows | Mac | iOS | AndroidAvatars for Microsoft Teams
Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We are excited to share the availability of avatars for Microsoft Teams in Teams Public Preview. Avatars for Microsoft Teams Avatars for Microsoft Teams gives you that much-needed camera break, while still allowing you to collaborate effectively. You can add a new layer of choice to your meetings and represent yourself the way you want with customizable avatars and reactions. Interested? Learn more in our https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/avatars-for-microsoft-teams?ocid=TC! Best, Nathan Microsoft 365 Insider Social Community Manager Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features while helping to shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: https://insider.office.com/join/windows | https://insider.office.com/join/mac | https://insider.office.com/join/ios | https://insider.office.com/join/android
