What's new in Microsoft Teams | May 2026 - Build Edition
It's hard to believe May is over already! You may have noticed this edition of What's new in Teams is landing a few days later than usual — that's intentional. We're publishing alongside Microsoft Build, our annual developer conference where we showcase the latest in AI, agents, and the tools that help developers. It's one of the most energizing weeks of the year, full of announcements, hands-on sessions, and a first look at where the platform is headed. A lot of what's in this release ties directly to what's being unveiled on the Build stage, and I wanted to highlight a few Teams Platform features worth calling out: Linear, Cursor, and Atlassian Rovo agents in Teams — three powerful new partner agents that turn channel conversations into shipped code, filed issues, and updated project plans without ever leaving the chat. New Teams CLI — one command to register, configure, and deploy a Teams agent, so developers can spend their time on agent logic instead of managing complex processes Collaborative features for agents – our new agent capabilities include quoted replies to keep conversations anchored, slash commands to quickly take action in the flow of work, and expressive emoji reactions that add nuance without adding noise, all helping teams stay aligned and move faster in collaboration with agents. A few other highlights I'm especially excited about beyond Platform: New AI-generated Video recap in Teams turns meeting recordings into short, narrated highlight reels—so you can quickly catch up on what matters most without watching the full session. In Teams Phone, Brand Impersonation Protection alerts you in real time when a caller may be posing as a trusted brand like your bank or IT helpdesk, so you can decline or report the call with confidence. These are just a taste of what's new. Read on to see everything we've released in May across chat, meetings, phone, rooms, frontline, and more. Product areas covered in this update: (All features are generally available unless otherwise noted.) Teams Platform Chat and Collaboration Meetings Teams Phone Workplace - Places and Teams Rooms Fundamentals and Security Frontline workers Certified for Teams Devices Teams Platform Slash commands for agents- Public Preview Triggering an agent shouldn't break your flow. With slash commands, users can invoke agent actions, retrieve information, or kick off tasks directly from the compose box using simple "/" prompts — keeping agents one keystroke away in any chat or channel. Quoted replies for agents- Public Preview Threaded conversations are easier to follow when agents stay anchored to the right message. With quoted replies, your agent can now reference the exact message a user is responding to so context isn't lost as threads grow longer or branch into side discussions. Agents can also send quoted replies of their own, keeping multi-turn exchanges clear and traceable for everyone in the chat. Message Reactions for Agents – Public Preview Ever wish your agent could just give a thumbs-up instead of cluttering a thread with another reply? Now it can. Agents in Teams can now respond with emoji reactions the same way people do, matching the rhythm of the conversation with a lightweight signal instead of an extra message. Threads stay clean, exchanges feel more natural, and you get a clear acknowledgment without the noise. New Teams CLI Building an agent today means juggling registration, credentials, manifest creation, and deployment across multiple tools, slowing developers down before they even get to the interesting work. The new Teams CLI collapses all of it into a single command, working alongside coding agents to take a Teams agent from idea to running instance in minutes. By handling setup and diagnostics behind the scenes, developers can focus on agent logic instead of managing configuration complexity. Learn more here. Linear agent in Teams Software teams lose momentum every time a channel decision has to be manually translated into a Linear issue or project update. The Linear agent in Teams closes that gap by turning conversations directly into actionable work — creating issues, capturing context, and updating project workflows from inside the thread where the decision was made. The Linear agent is available now in the Microsoft Marketplace. Cursor agent in Teams Engineering work stalls every time you have to leave a Teams discussion to fix a bug or ship a feature in a separate tool. The Cursor agent in Teams keeps you in the flow: @mention it in any channel or chat to invoke Cursor's Cloud Agents directly inside the conversation, where it returns results with full context of the discussion. The result is a faster path from idea to production, without ever leaving Teams. The Cursor agent is available now in the Microsoft Marketplace. Atlassian Rovo agent in Teams Jumping between Teams, Jira, and Confluence to turn a chat decision into actual project work slows everyone down. The Atlassian Rovo agent in Teams brings AI-powered context and action across Jira, Confluence, and Teamwork Graph organizational data into your conversations — so you can go from a question in chat to creating Jira issues, drafting Confluence pages, and updating workflows in a single interaction. Rovo evolves Atlassian's previous Jira and Confluence apps into an orchestrating "uber agent" for Atlassian AI, now available in the Microsoft Marketplace. MCP servers/connectors discovery and connection UI from agent settings- Public Preview Connecting an agent to the right external system used to mean piecing together configurations from multiple places. Now, you can discover, connect, and manage MCP servers and connectors all from one unified experience inside agent settings in Teams — so it's faster and more secure to plug external data and services into agent workflows. App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in GCC In GCC environments, controlling who can install which Teams apps used to require broad permission policies that didn't scale well as app catalogs grew. With app-centric management, GCC admins can now set defaults for newly published apps and decide app-by-app whether everyone, specific users and groups, or no one, can install them. Existing app permission policies are migrated automatically, so current availability stays intact. Visual enhancements in adaptive cards Agent responses used to feel flat, with long walls of text and little room for users to drill into the details that matter. New visual TableSet, Accordion, and Loop components let agent builders structure responses into navigable tabs, expandable sections, and repeating content so users can scan and act on information the same way they would in a polished app. Expanded action capabilities such as Popover and richer content support through references and Citations round out the experience. Organization evaluation score for apps and agents- Public Preview IT admins used to manually review trust data for Teams agents and apps in the admin center to verify security, privacy, and compliance standards. This new feature enables admins to define their company's approval requirements once; the system then automatically assesses apps and agents, generating an evaluation score and detailed report per agent/app. This speeds up decision-making by clearly surfacing which ones meet all company standards and which need further review. M365 Agents Toolkit and Developer Portal Support for Agents in Gov Clouds Developers building for regulated customers used to face a choice: ship in commercial cloud, or rebuild from scratch for government environments. Now, the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit and Developer Portal are expanding support for building agents in Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High (GCCH), and DoD — so the same solution can reach highly regulated organizations without redesign or re-architecture. M365 certification bulk management IT admins today have to enable trusted third-party apps one at a time in the Teams admin center, a slow and repetitive process when working across hundreds of apps. This feature evolves the org-wide third-party app setting from a simple ON/OFF toggle into a granular dropdown with a new "Allow only Microsoft 365 certified apps" option, letting admins turn on every Microsoft-certified app across their tenant in a single click. As apps earn or lose certification, the platform keeps availability in sync automatically — no ongoing manual upkeep. Observability features for A365 Agents in Teams- Public Preview As more A365 agents act on behalf of users in Teams, IT needs more than just visibility and control—they need to understand how those agents are operating in real time. These new observability capabilities provide deep insights into agent activity, usage, performance, and interactions across Teams and the Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Store. By surfacing real-time metrics and governance signals, admins can monitor behavior, identify issues, and ensure agents are operating securely, compliantly, and effectively at scale. A365 agents on Teams mobile- Public Preview Bring AI agents with you wherever work happens. A365 agents are now available on Teams mobile in public preview, so you can discover, chat with, and add approved agents to conversations and meetings from your phone, the same way you would from desktop. From the Teams mobile app store, browse the "Agents for your team" category, request an agent, and start delegating tasks on the go after admin approval. Enhanced Teams Store- Public Preview Finding the right agent in Teams just got easier, and knowing what it does is now instant. The enhanced Teams Agents & Apps Store solves both problems. Smarter search surfaces helpful suggestions that appear the moment you open the search box, and results update instantly as you type. Once you find what you're looking for, redesigned tiles, clickable sample prompts, and a personalized "Your Agents & Apps" view make it easy to evaluate an agent and put it to work right away. Chat and Collaboration Create workflows with slash commands Jumping out of a chat to update your status or schedule a message breaks your concentration just when you're trying to get something done. Now, you can stay in the compose box using slash commands. Type / on an empty line to interact with apps and agents, create and manage workflows, or run Teams actions like /busy, /goto, or /schedulemessage. Whether you're inserting a GIF or managing workflows, slash commands offer a consistent and efficient way to get things done without leaving your flow. Improved code readability with line numbers Pointing teammates to "the third line from the bottom" gets old fast when you're reviewing code in a chat. Teams now displays automatic line numbers in code blocks so you can reference specific lines naturally in reviews and discussions, and enhanced keyboard navigation lets you move through code without reaching for the mouse. Badging updates help find messages that count in the chat list That little badge on your Teams app icon tells you something needs attention, but tracking down exactly which message is driving it can take longer than you'd like. Now, unmuted chats show a purple indicator when they affect the badge. In addition, mentions, followed threads, and tag mentions display a purple number showing how many unread items are part of the count. Catch up on Teams conversations on mobile Catch up on everything that needs your attention in a single, unified view. Each conversation appears on its own swipeable card with full context and all the actions you need - reply, react, save, mark read/unread, follow/unfollow - to complete your triage. Simply tap the Catch up button at the top of your chat list to get started and get swiping! Learn more about Catch up. Quick access to read items from unread-only mode Unread-only mode keeps your chat list focused on what needs attention, but sometimes you still need to find a message you read earlier. Now, hovering over any section in unread-only view reveals an eye icon that opens a list of read chats and channels for that section, without leaving your unread view. Instant search results when typing in Teams Find in chat and channel Hitting Enter, scanning results, refining your query, and trying again is a slow way to find a message. Find in chat and Find in channel now show results instantly as you type, so you can refine on the fly and get to the right message faster. Advanced filters in Teams Find in chat and channel When the right message is buried under hundreds of others, scrolling isn't a search strategy. New filters in Find in chat and Find in channel let you narrow results by sender, date, attachments, or mentions directly from the right rail — accessible via Ctrl+F (Windows), Cmd+F (Mac), or the Find icon in any chat or channel header. Teams honors the Windows Do not disturb setting Setting Windows to Do not disturb but still getting pinged by Teams defeats the whole point of focus time. Teams integrates with the Do not disturb setting in Windows to help reduce interruptions during focused work. Teams notifications are paused when the Windows Do not disturb setting is turned on, and resume after it is turned off. Meetings Video recap Catching up on meetings just got a whole lot faster. Video recap turns your recorded Teams meetings into short, narrated highlight reels, pairing an AI-generated voiceover with real clips of the key moments, decisions, and shared visuals from the conversation. Whether you missed a meeting or just want to revisit the most important parts, video recap helps you quickly grasp the flow, tone, and outcomes without scrubbing through the full recording. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot–licensed users on Teams for Windows, Mac, and the web, for recorded English-language meetings between 10 and 90 minutes. Ability to delete recap Cleaning up after a sensitive meeting used to mean deleting recording, transcript, AI summary, and notes from separate places, or asking an admin for help. Organizers can now delete all of it in one place from the recap page's More (…) menu. Shared files stay put in their original locations. It's a quick, confident way to support your retention practices — no admin setup required. Teams Phone Brand Impersonation Protection in Microsoft Teams Calling Stay one step ahead of scammers. Teams now detects and warns you when a caller may be impersonating a trusted brand—like your IT helpdesk, bank, or Microsoft Support—before you engage. When a potential threat is detected, you'll see an in-call alert with clear identity signals (such as "Scam suspected"), empowering you to decline, leave, or report the call instantly. No extra tools needed—protection is built right into your calling experience. It's proactive security that keeps your credentials, data, and organization safe without disrupting your workflow. Report a Suspicious Call in Teams Suspicious calls used to be easy to hang up on but hard to actually do anything about. Users can now report calls that appear unusual or suspicious directly in the Calls app history. After selecting, “Report call”, in the call’s additional options, users can add a reason to the report and have the option to block the caller. When a call is reported, the signal helps strengthen Microsoft’s detection systems to reduce future unwanted or malicious activity. By making it easy to report in the moment, users can contribute to ongoing threat protection while helping improve overall call security across the organization. Queues app for Teams Mobile Customer-facing employees can't always sit at a desk all day, but stepping away used to mean dropping out of the queue and missing calls. The Queues app — with advanced queue management and collaborative calling — is now supported on Teams mobile, so information workers like bank tellers or IT help desk representatives can stay opted in, review recent calls, and return missed customer calls from their phone. The result: faster response, fewer missed opportunities, and a more consistent customer experience away from the desk. Consult and merge a PSTN caller through DTMF Need to consult a subject matter expert in a private conversation before merging them into a meeting, but they're behind an auto attendant phone menu? Now you can. Meeting organizers can consult and merge PSTN callers into active Teams meetings, even when reaching them requires navigating Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) menus, so the right person joins the conversation without delays or call drops. Workplace - Places and Teams Rooms Enhanced media quality for Direct Guest Join in Teams Rooms on Windows You’ll notice media quality improvements including support for up to 16 participant videos (4×4 grid) available in May and simulcast streaming (June) when using Direct Guest Join. These updates make cross-platform meetings more immersive and reliable when joining Teams meetings from Zoom, Google Meet, or Cisco devices. Learn more. Miracast support for Teams Rooms on Windows devices including touch boards Cables and connectors slow down meetings, especially in flex spaces where guests and visitors need to share quickly. Teams Rooms on Windows all-in-one touch boards, now support Miracast for cable-free wireless screen mirroring alongside Teams Cast and HDMI ingest. Walk in, mirror your screen, present. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Multi-camera view support for GCC-H and DoD in Teams Rooms on Windows Remote participants in large rooms often miss what's happening because they're stuck looking at a single, fixed camera angle. GCC-H and DoD cloud customers can now use multi-camera views in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows, allowing remote participants to switch between multiple in-room camera feeds for improved visibility and engagement in larger spaces. Find camera requirements here. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Multi-stream IntelliFrame support for GCC-H and DoD in Teams Rooms on Windows In hybrid meetings, remote attendees often see in-room participants in a single distant frame— making it hard to read faces and engage. Multi-stream IntelliFrame, now available for GCC-H and DoD customers in Teams Rooms on Windows, sends a separate video feed of each in-room participant for far more inclusive hybrid conversations. Requires a compatible intelligent camera. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Book future meetings directly from Teams panels You can now make an upcoming meeting reservation from a Teams panel by browsing the calendar on the device and choosing any open time slot through midnight the next day. Add a guest during booking streamlining ad-hoc scheduling and coordination. Available with Teams Rooms Pro and Shared Device licenses. Learn more. Enhanced issue detection in Teams Rooms on Windows and auto-remediation with Teams Rooms Pro Management To minimize delays due to equipment issues, Teams Rooms on Windows proactively monitors room audio, video, and display signals to detect issues in meeting spaces. Teams Rooms Pro Management automatically remediates common issues that can be resolved through software, configuration changes, or device resets during nightly maintenance. This ensures users have reliable, ready-to-use meeting rooms, while IT admins benefit from reduced manual troubleshooting and increased uptime. Available for Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms. Learn more. Room health signals and notifications in Teams Rooms on Windows When critical issues impact room functionality, meetings can be delayed or derailed. Room health signals now trigger display of a banner notification on both the front-of-room display and console in Teams Rooms on Windows. Room health signals help get issues resolved quickly and ensure productive meetings. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Expanded access to the AI Assistant for all roles in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal Admins now have broader access to the AI Assistant in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal, no longer limited to global admin roles. Using role-based access controls (RBAC), admins see only rooms and devices they manage, improving visibility and support while adhering to security policies. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Agent metadata visibility in Teams Admin Center Approving an AI agent for the organization used to mean piecing together what it could actually do from multiple places. IT admins can now view detailed agent metadata — capabilities, knowledge sources, and allowed actions — directly in the Teams Admin Center before approving or enabling agents. With this visibility centralized in one place, admins can understand what kind of agent they are approving and broaden rollout once they're certain agents meet their security and compliance standards. User-Reported Teams Message Security Signals in the Teams Admin Center Users flag suspicious messages every day, but those signals used to be hard for IT to act on at scale. Admins can now monitor user-reported security signals directly in the Teams Admin Center through the Security Message Violation report, surfacing flagged messages and false-positive reports in one centralized view, so security controls can be tuned to real-world threat exposure without leaving the admin center. Account switching for native Mac controls via dock and menu bar Juggling work, guest, and tenant accounts in Teams on Mac used to mean opening the full app every time you needed to switch. Now, account and tenant switching controls live directly in the macOS dock and menu bar — exactly where Mac users expect them — so toggling between organizations or accounts takes one click. Frontline workers Explore our learn docs for more information on all of our Teams for frontline solutions. Guided setup for Frontline Rolling Teams out to thousands of frontline workers used to mean stitching together onboarding, team structure, and pinned-app policies across multiple tools. Guided setup in the Teams Admin Center now walks admins through all of it in one place — making it easier to expand pilots, keep app layouts uniform, and track adoption with built-in insights. Learn more in the official documentation here or sign up here to explore additional deployment capabilities in private preview. Automatically fill open shifts with Smart Scheduling Smart scheduling in Shifts takes the manual effort out of building frontline schedules. Managers can automatically assign open shifts based on employee availability, scheduled time off, constraints such as maximum weekly or daily hours, and historical data about what shifts people usually work. Simply create open shifts for the required number of positions, select "Assign open shifts," and let Teams find the best match for each slot. Any shifts that can't be filled automatically are flagged for manual review, so managers stay in control while saving significant time. The result: faster, fairer schedules with less effort for managers and frontline workers alike. Deliver operational updates with the Communicator app Critical updates for frontline workers — safety alerts, training reminders, outage notifications — often get lost in long channel threads or scattered across other apps. The Communicator app in Microsoft Teams enables operations teams to deliver structured, actionable updates directly within the channels frontline workers already use. Whether sharing safety alerts, training reminders, or outage notifications, teams can publish consistent, easy-to-act-on messages, track delivery and engagement, and communicate seamlessly without requiring additional apps or workflow changes. Sign up for the limited public preview: aka.ms/CommunicatorApp Run hands-free site walkthroughs with voice in Frontline Agent Typing inspection notes on a phone while walking a site is slow, error-prone, and can be a safety risk. Frontline Agent enables voice-driven site walkthroughs, allowing workers to complete inspections, capture issues, and document compliance tasks using natural speech. Inputs are automatically transcribed into structured digital records, reducing manual data entry, speeding up reporting, and ensuring critical insights from the field are consistently captured. Sign up for the limited public preview: aka.ms/SiteWalkthrough Certified for Teams Devices Barco ClickShare Hub Core with Logitech Meetup 2 The ClickShare Hub Core and Logitech MeetUp 2 bundle is a solution certified for Microsoft Teams Rooms designed for small meeting rooms. ClickShare Hub Core enables one-click, wireless conferencing and 4K content sharing with one next-gen ClickShare Button (featuring Wi-Fi 6E and USB-C DisplayPort™). Built on the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP), it’s designed to deliver a secure meeting experience. The widely recognized Logitech MeetUp 2 video bar delivers USB-connected high-quality audio and video with AI-enhanced performance. For meeting participants, this bundle ensures intuitive and engaging meetings. For IT managers, it pairs ease of installation and eco-friendliness with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and standardized integration. Learn more Jabra Scheduler Jabra Scheduler is a smart, professional room scheduling panel that makes finding and booking meeting rooms fast. With an integrated lightbar and intuitive touchscreen, it’s certified for Microsoft Teams. Easy to deploy, simple to scale, and built to unlock more productive meetings across your workplace. Learn more Neat Pad Pro Neat Pad Pro elevates how meetings come together. As a meeting room controller or scheduling display, it gives teams effortless command and IT a simple, scalable way to manage rooms. With a 10-inch touchscreen, built-in microphones, and intelligent processing, it enhances audio, sharpens control, and improves accessibility—so meetings run more smoothly and sound clearer. Learn more Jabra Speak2 40 Built for hybrid workers who take meetings from anywhere, the Jabra Speak2 40 delivers true full-duplex audio with a 50mm speaker, wideband sound, and four advanced beamforming microphones — connecting via either USB-C or USB-A on the same cable. Learn more. Owl Labs Meeting Owl 5 Pro The Meeting Owl 5 Pro is redefining the center-of-table experience by making hybrid meetings simpler and smarter than ever. Our next-gen camera, speaker, and microphone device powers enterprise-grade hybrid meetings with an easy-to-use BYOD solution. It combines 360-degree 4K video with award-winning automatic speaker-switching software to enable effective hybrid collaboration in any space. Features native HDMI and Ethernet ports for a seamless single-cable BYOD experience built with security and reliability in mind. Compatible with all video conferencing platforms, including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and many others. Learn more.What's New in Microsoft Teams | April 2026
Our team just wrapped up the M365 Community Conference in Orlando, FL, and it was an incredible way to close out April! Our teams were energized by connecting with, listening to, and sharing what’s new with many of you: the builders, innovators and icons of intelligent work. Thank you to everyone who attended, and we can’t wait to see even more of you at next year’s conference! As for this month’s Teams updates, we remain focused on bringing you features that can make collaboration more intelligent, secure, and seamless—whether you’re working with AI, managing calls, or enabling hybrid teams at scale. Across meetings, calling, and the workplace, you’ll find improvements designed to remove friction, from smarter call handling with Copilot call delegation, to Interpreter agent enhancements that support proper attribution for sign-language users in meetings, and updated room booking and live transcription in meetings in Teams Rooms. In another new update, Targeted messages for agents now enables your agents and bots to send targeted, private, temporary updates to specific users in chats, channels, and meetings, without interrupting everyone else. We’re also delivering meaningful security and compliance enhancements, including sensitivity label inheritance for meeting recordings and Loop notes, improved admin visibility into external collaboration risks, and new user‑reported security signals in the Teams admin center. These updates help organizations protect information end to end, without slowing down teamwork. Together, these updates reflect our continued focus on helping teams collaborate more effectively, confidently, and securely—every day. Read on for all the latest updates! Feature categories: (All features listed are generally available unless otherwise noted) Chat and Collaboration Meetings Teams Phone Workplace Fundamentals and Security Platform Frontline Workers Certified for Teams Devices Chat and Collaboration Targeted messages for agents on Teams Send private, targeted messages from agents or bots to a specific person in a channel, group chat, or meeting—without distracting everyone else. Agents can share timely prompts, reminders, or next steps only with the people who need them, keeping conversations focused and clutter-free. As situations change, agents can update or remove these messages so guidance stays relevant and accurate. To enable targeted messaging for agents visit this page: Targeted Messages - Teams | Microsoft Learn Simplified Teams app bar The Teams app bar has been simplified to help you focus on what matters. App labels are hidden by default to reduce visual noise, the overflow menu is less cluttered, and you can now choose to show or hide the app bar to create more space for your work. New controls for quick views in the Teams chat list Positioned at the top of the chat and channels list in Teams, quick view controls provide fast access to mentions, followed threads, and more. You can choose when and how quick views are displayed – and can collapse the section at any time. Experts & verified answers in communities Help community members quickly identify trusted responses with Community Experts and verified answers. In the Engage app for Android and the Engage app in Teams for iOS and Android, members can request expert status, which admins can review and assign. Approved experts are highlighted with a special label next to their names and, along with admins, can endorse accurate and credible responses. Once marked, these responses receive a “verified” label, making it easy for viewers to recognize correct answers and rely on trusted expertise across community conversations. Microsoft Viva: Engage community membership management in Teams for iOS & Android Manage your communities on the go. Community admins can now add or remove members directly from the Teams mobile app on iOS and Android. Keep your Viva Engage communities up to date—anytime, anywhere. Meetings Consecutive interpretation in Interpreter agent Consecutive interpretation is a new mode in Microsoft Teams Interpreter that helps participants collaborate more naturally in meetings with two spoken languages. With consecutive interpretation, the translation begins after each speaker finishes speaking. This creates a turn-based flow that more closely reflects how people naturally communicate in multilingual conversations. In addition, consecutive interpretation brings Interpreter onto the meeting stage for everyone to see and hear, making it easier to follow, participate, and stay aligned. With this update, Interpreter now supports two modes: real-time simultaneous interpretation, launched last year, and the new consecutive interpretation mode designed for back-and-forth conversations—now available in public preview. Accurate transcript attribution for meetings with sign language interpreters Transcripts now attribute contributions to the original participant using sign language, not the interpreter. This ensures ideas and decisions are correctly credited to the person who shared them, including in Copilot chat and meeting recap. Spoken language detection is now automatic Spoken language detection is now fully automatic. Teams will automatically detect each speaker’s spoken language and update it in real time as the conversation evolves. Manual spoken language selection will no longer be available. This applies to both live captions and transcripts when Interpreter is enabled or when multilingual speech recognition is turned on in meeting options, helping deliver more accurate language recognition and a more consistent multilingual meeting experience. Teams meeting Notes, powered by Loop Teams meeting Notes, powered by Loop, are now available for instant meetings that started via ‘Meet now’ from the calendar. Notes are Loop components in Teams meetings and chats that allow end users to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items that can be co-authored and edited by everyone. Since Notes are Loop components, they stay in sync across all the places they have been shared. Once added, meeting notes can also be shared and edited in the Loop app in your web browser. Resize the top video gallery in Teams meetings to see more people when content is being shared. Now you can resize the video gallery at the top of your meeting window when content is being shared, making it easy to see more participants alongside the presentation. Simply drag the divider between the shared content and the video gallery to adjust how much space each takes up. Whether you're in a small team sync or a large all-hands meeting, this gives you the flexibility to keep more faces visible while staying focused on what's being presented, helping everyone feel seen and engaged. Available on Windows desktop and Mac. Teams Phone Copilot call delegation - Frontier Incoming calls don’t wait for a break in your day. Whether you’re leading a meeting or juggling back-to-back commitments, every new call creates the same dilemma: answer and risk losing momentum, or ignore it and risk missing something important. Microsoft 365 Copilot can now help answer your incoming Teams calls and schedule follow-up appointments on your behalf. After turning on the experience in the Teams Calls settings, call delegation gathers context from callers that it shares with you to help you decide whether to pick up. It can also set up follow-up appointments via Microsoft Bookings so that you remember to meet with the callers that matter most. This experience is available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license through Frontier early access program. Learn more about call delegation and the Frontier program. Teams Phone user multi-line Many organizations need a way for a single person to represent multiple departments or regions in calling without juggling different Teams accounts, devices, or complicated routing workarounds. Teams Phone user multi-line now enables Teams administrators to configure and assign up to 10 phone numbers to an individual user through Teams admin center. Supported across desktop and Teams phone devices, user multi-line is ideal for individuals who handle multiple roles or who call contacts across different geographies. For example, a communications director supporting both press relations and analyst relations can take inbound calls for either function and place outbound calls using the appropriate number, all within a unified Teams experience. Or a customer success manager covering North America and Europe can use dedicated regional numbers so that customers reach the right line and interact with a familiar local caller ID, helping build greater trust. Learn more. Workplace - Rooms Ad-hoc room reservation from Teams Rooms on Android console With Teams Rooms on Android consoles, you can quickly book a meeting room for immediate use, helping to avoid scheduling conflicts and ensure uninterrupted spontaneous meetings. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms. Learn more. Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android View and control live transcription during a meeting from a Teams Rooms on Android device. The real-time transcript includes speaker names and timestamp. You can adjust settings such as spoken language, translated language, and whether both original and translated transcripts are displayed side by side on the front of room display. This feature is available in Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Digital signage in Teams Rooms on Android As with Teams Rooms on Windows, IT Admins can now set up Teams Rooms on Android to show dynamic content on the front-of-room display when not in use. Configuration is available for tenant-wide and room-specific settings via the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. The feature supports select third-party digital signage partners like Appspace and XOGO, and is included with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Sensitivity label inheritance for meeting recordings and Loop meeting notes Meeting recordings and Loop meeting notes now automatically inherit your meeting’s sensitivity label. When admins enable label inheritance in the sensitivity label policy, any labeled meeting applies the same label to its MP4 recording and meeting notes, ensuring access controls and protections like data handling rules and encryption carry forward consistently. This also ensures that Copilot and agent responses based on transcripts and notes accurately reflect the meeting’s sensitivity, keeping confidential content protected end to end. External Domains Anomalies Report The External Domains Anomalies Report helps admins proactively identify unusual or risky interactions with external organizations in Microsoft Teams. By analyzing communication trends and detecting sudden spikes, new domains, or abnormal engagement patterns, it provides early visibility into potential data-sharing or security risks. As external collaboration continues to grow, this report offers admins actionable insights to protect their tenants while maintaining productive cross-organization collaboration. The report is available in the Teams Admin Center. It’s updated daily, and admins can select a time range to view (for example, the past 24 hours or past 7 days). User reported security signals in Teams admin center This update brings end‑user security reporting into Teams Admin Center. Admins can now view and download signals from messages users report as “a security concern” or “not a security concern” within TAC Protection reports, helping them identify trends and fine‑tune policies and responses. Microsoft Teams VDI Optimization for Omnissa on Windows Microsoft Teams has long supported Omnissa in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments; this feature advances that support by bringing Omnissa deployments onto Microsoft’s modern Teams VDI optimization architecture. With this update, organizations running Teams on Omnissa can take advantage of the new optimization to deliver improved performance, greater feature parity with the native desktop client, and a more reliable experience for meetings, audio, video, and screen sharing—while continuing to benefit from the centralized management, security, and scalability of VDI. Trigger workflows from messages on Teams mobile (Android and iOS) Users can now trigger Microsoft Teams workflows directly from a message on Teams mobile for Android and iOS, enabling common automation scenarios - such as approvals, notifications, or follow‑up actions - without switching devices or leaving the conversation. This update extends workflow message actions to mobile, improves UI reliability, and helps close parity gaps between desktop and mobile experiences for Teams workflows. Prevent screen capture for iOS Prevent screen capture is now available on the Microsoft Teams iOS app. When enabled, this setting helps protect your meeting by preventing the meeting window from being captured in screenshots. This capability builds on the Prevent screen capture experience already available on Desktop Windows and Android mobile app, helping organizations apply more consistent protections across supported Teams clients when discussing confidential topics. Mac desktop, virtual desktop, and older clients aren't supported. People on these platforms will not be able to turn on their own video, share their screen, or see other's videos or shared screens. Platform Python support in the Microsoft Teams SDK Teams SDK is now available in Python. With the Teams SDK, developers have a production‑ready foundation for building intelligent collaboration‑centric experiences directly within Microsoft Teams. And now, Python developers can take full advantage of that platform, using the same SDK surface that powers modern Teams apps and agents. You can learn more about the Python release of the Teams SDK in the Getting Started | Teams SDK documentation. Frontline workers Pilots Kickstart frontline innovation with the Frontline Hub in Teams admin center. Create pilots in just a few clicks—choose the capabilities you want to test, select workers and managers, and monitor adoption through real-time usage insights. With built-in management controls, you can easily iterate as you learn: adjust features, update participants, and expand channels—all without slowing down your rollout. Deploy at scale Deploying Microsoft Teams to your frontline workforce is now faster and more seamless than ever. A new guided deployment experience in the Teams admin center lets you roll out a standardized Teams setup—whether you’re expanding a pilot or launching organization‑wide—in just a few steps. From one place, you can add frontline workers, organize them into teams, and apply a consistent pinned app configuration that updates automatically as your needs evolve. Once deployed, the Frontline hub gives you centralized control to manage teams, adjust pinned apps across your entire frontline workforce, and monitor adoption with built‑in usage insights. This streamlined approach helps you scale confidently, maintain consistency, and keep every frontline worker connected with the tools they rely on. Certified for Teams Devices Cisco Express Install Solutions for Teams Rooms Cisco Express Install solutions are fully integrated meeting room packages designed for fast, large‑scale deployment of Microsoft Teams Rooms. These Cisco‑certified bundles combine Cisco Room Bar or Room Bar Pro devices with Samsung commercial displays and Ashton Bentley freestanding mounts. Ergonomically designed for optimal camera angles and viewing height, the solutions deliver a consistent, familiar Teams Rooms experience across locations while enabling rapid global rollout with minimal on‑site effort. Two bundles (each available in either First Light or Carbon color) feature the Cisco Room Bar package and are designed for huddle spaces, focus rooms, and small meeting rooms: Cisco Room Bar with 43” display Cisco Room Bar with 55” display Two bundles (each available in either First Light or Carbon color) feature the Cisco Room Bar Pro package and are designed for small and mid-sized meeting rooms: Cisco Room Bar Pro with 75” display Cisco Room Bar Pro with two 55” displays One bundle (available in either First Light or Carbon color) features the Cisco Room Kit EQ package and is designed for midsize, large, and extra-large meeting rooms: Cisco Room Kit EQ with 105” display Neat Express Install: TAA-Compliant Neat Board Pro with Heckler Stand Neat Board Pro with the Heckler Stand is TAA compliant, making it easier for US federal government agencies, higher‑education institutions, and other public‑sector organizations to bring award‑winning video collaboration solutions into their workspaces. Together, they provide cutting‑edge audiovisual and AI‑driven capabilities—supporting high‑performance cameras, far‑field microphones, and immersive 4K touch experiences designed for medium to large spaces. Learn more. Jabra Express Install: PanaCast 40 VBS Bundles (LG displays available in: 43″ / 50″ / 55″ / 65″) The Jabra PanaCast 40 VBS teams up with Salamander Designs Acadia Tabletop Stand and LG 4K UHD displays to transform huddle rooms, focus rooms, and small meeting spaces into smart collaboration zones—fast. With panoramic video, intelligent audio, and clean cable management, this Express Install bundle is designed for sub‑90‑minute installation with no wall drilling or rewiring required. It’s a true plug‑and‑play Teams Rooms solution that’s easy to deploy, simple to manage, and ready for AI‑powered productivity. Learn more. Jabra PanaCast 40 VBS + Control IP PanaCast 40 VBS brings everyone into the picture with its 180° field‑of‑view and 4K precision—capturing every participant clearly, even those close to the screen or seated in the corners. AI‑powered video features track speakers, adjust views, and keep conversations natural for more productive meetings. Setup is quick, so rooms are ready in minutes. Built on the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform for robust security, and managed through Jabra+, it enables remote, real‑time device updates to keep collaboration seamless. Learn more. MAXHUB XBoard V7 (Display available in 55″ and 75″) The MAXHUB XBoard for Microsoft Teams Rooms is a Teams‑certified interactive display running Windows 11 IoT that delivers an all‑in‑one solution for meeting rooms and open spaces. Its Trident Lens triple‑camera system ensures clear, dynamic video calls, while Audio Fence technology filters background noise for crisp communication. With a high‑color‑gamut 4K/5K non‑glare display, flexible sizing, optional on‑seat touch console, and remote device management via MAXHUB Pivot, XBoard V7 offers a reliable, scalable collaboration experience with easy plug‑and‑play setup and a three‑year warranty. Learn more. MAXHUB Universal Console TCP33T MAXHUB Universal Console TCP33T is a Teams Rooms‑certified touch console designed for Microsoft Surface Hub and MAXHUB XBoard. It allows users to join meetings, invite participants, control meetings, and share content without leaving their seats—supporting smooth, focused, and efficient collaboration across meeting spaces. Learn more. MAXHUB XBar V70 Kit The MAXHUB XBar V70 Kit with console is a Teams‑certified videobar built on MDEP Android and designed for medium to large meeting rooms. It features a 200‑megapixel quad‑lens camera system, 16 beamforming microphones, AI‑enhanced audio, and FlexMount for simple installation. Built on Microsoft‑certified Android security architecture, the solution enables secure Teams integration, streamlined deployment, and remote device management through MAXHUB Pivot, with included service coverage to simplify ongoing IT operations. Learn more. Barco ClickShare Hub Pro and Huddly ®C1™ for Teams Rooms on Android The ClickShare Hub Pro and Huddly C1 bundle is a certified Microsoft Teams Rooms solution for small‑to‑medium meeting rooms. ClickShare Hub Pro enables one‑click, wireless conferencing and 4K content sharing with next‑generation ClickShare Buttons and dual‑screen support, all built on the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform for secure meetings. Huddly C1 adds modular, AI‑driven video and intelligent audio that scales from standalone to multi‑camera setups—delivering engaging meetings for participants and flexible, enterprise‑grade management for IT teams. Learn More Yealink UH42 / UH44 and WH68 Headsets Yealink expanded its portfolio of Teams‑certified headsets with wired UH42 and UH44 models and the WH68 Hybrid headset with charging stand. These devices are designed for professional use across open offices and hybrid work scenarios, offering clear audio, comfortable form factors for all‑day wear, and flexible connectivity options to support modern Teams calling and meetings. Yealink UH 42 and 44 (Mono) Yealink UH 42 and 44 (Dual) Yealink WH68What’s New in Microsoft Teams | March 2026
Welcome once again to everyone in our Microsoft Tech Community! We’re glad you’ve joined us to check out a fresh lineup of Teams features designed to keep you productive, secure, and connected. Before we dive in, mark your calendars: the Microsoft 365 Community Conference is coming up in April! Join us to learn the new ways Teams and Copilot help you stay in the flow of work. And now to the main event: new Teams capabilities! This month's updates have something for everyone. The new AI-powered Workflows app lets you automate everyday tasks using Copilot—no coding required. Teams now enables you to View and manage activity in other accounts and organizations, so you can collaborate with colleagues and respond to messages without switching accounts. And for privacy-conscious users, Teams now automatically removes EXIF metadata from shared images, protecting sensitive location and device details by default. Read on for the full list of what's new! Feature categories: (All features listed are generally available unless otherwise noted) Chat and collaboration Teams Meetings Teams Phone Workplace Fundamentals and Security Teams Platform Certified for Teams Devices Chat and Collaboration View and manage activity in other accounts and organizations Stay engaged across all your accounts with simplified external collaboration in Teams. The new multi-tenant, multi-account experience consolidates notifications from across all your organizations into one feed, so you don't miss a chat or mention, and can respond without switching accounts. You can even pin key accounts to your sidebar for quick access, enabling more seamless cross-tenant collaboration. Learn more. Enhanced organization chart in profile card Understand how colleagues fit into the organization, right from their profile card in Teams. The enhanced organization chart in profile cards provides a streamlined way to navigate reporting relationships, revisit previously viewed profiles, see team size at a glance, and gain instant organizational context without leaving the profile card. Easily find unsent drafts Lost track of a message you started? The new Drafts quick view makes it simple to find, edit, and send draft messages across chats and channels. No more searching through conversations to find that half-finished thought. Your drafts are now accessible in one convenient location, helping you complete and send when you're ready. Live meeting indicator for threaded channels in Teams Threaded channels now display a live meeting indicator, making it easier to discover and join active meetings in the channel. Jump into conversations as they happen and increase real-time participation from channel members. Simplified controls for managing external collaboration in Teams A new overview page in the Teams admin center under External collaboration allows admins to review and modify these settings for their organization. To make changes, admins can use a guided flow and select either the Open or Controlled preset modes or choose to customize the settings. Teams image viewer improvements The improved image viewer lets you scroll through images shared in the current conversation view - regardless of when or how they were posted - so you can stay focused on visuals without distractions. The enhanced Lightbox experience highlights the image you’re viewing, and a new header option lets you quickly jump back to the original message where the image was shared. As you scroll to load more of the conversation, additional previously shared images become available in Lightbox. Control the Enter key in Teams chat Now you can control how the Enter key works when composing messages in Teams chat. You can choose whether pressing Enter sends your message or starts a new line, making it easier to write longer messages without accidental sends. Keyboard shortcut to mark all as read in Teams chats and channels The new keyboard shortcut (SHIFT + ESC) lets users mark all Teams chat and channel messages as read at once, quickly clearing unread notifications, reducing Activity feed clutter, and helping users get back to focused work faster. Teams Action in Spotlight on Mac Teams actions can now be accessed directly from Spotlight on macOS. You can quickly set your presence status, open your Teams calendar, start a new message, or open Teams to create a new meeting – all without leaving Spotlight. Share files and Loop components in external chats Collaborate seamlessly across organizations by sharing files and Loop components in chats with external participants. Teams automatically manages permissions so everyone can view, edit, and upload content, further simplifying cross-organization teamwork (admin configuration required). Learn more. Meetings Annotations on single shared window during meetings Bring more focus and privacy to your meetings with annotations on single window sharing. When you share a specific application window in a Teams meeting, you and your participants can now annotate directly on that shared content—no need to expose your entire desktop. This makes training sessions, client presentations, and design reviews cleaner and more secure, while keeping everyone engaged with markup tools right where you need them. Annotations work seamlessly across Windows, macOS, and mobile, so the whole team can contribute no matter which device they're using. Audio Recap — Expanded Language Support Audio recap is now available in seven additional languages, making it easier for global teams to catch up on meetings in the language that works best for them. With this update, you can generate and listen to AI-powered audio summaries in Chinese, English (multiple variations), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Whether you're commuting, multitasking, or just prefer listening over reading, audio recap delivers the key discussion points, decisions, and action items from one or multiple meetings—now in more languages. Teams Phone Copilot in Teams Phone live calls, powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat The Copilot experience in Teams Phone on desktop and mobile is fully powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for a more unified experience across Teams and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. During a call, users can open Copilot Chat as a side panel to generate call summaries, surface key insights, and get a head start on actioning tasks. For example, you can prompt Copilot during the call to, “Summarize relevant documents or prior emails related to the conversation.” By applying the user’s Work IQ data—including emails, meetings, files—and relevant web data, Copilot Chat goes beyond the call transcript to provide more personalized, context‑aware guidance in real time. This helps users stay informed during the conversation and move faster from discussion to action. Workplace Voice and face profile enrollment dashboard for admins Admins now have visibility and insight for voice and facial profile enrollments through a dashboard in the Teams Admin Center (TAC). Voice and face profiles are critical for supporting AI-enhanced meeting experiences for users across the organization. The dashboard provides metrics on enrollments over time. Learn more. Teams shared display mode and peripheral detection available for GCC-H Shared display mode in Teams is now available in government GCC-H environments, enabling more seamless and private meeting hosting from your PC. Additionally, peripheral detection for bring-your-own-device spaces is available for inventory management and reporting through the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal in GCC-H environments. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Teams on the web – Browser Update Required by May 15, 2026 To continue using Teams on the web after May 15, 2026, it will be required for all users to ensure they are using supported browser versions. Beginning on this date, Teams on the web will only load on browser versions that are ECMAScript 2022 (ES2022) compliant. To prepare, Tenant Administrators should ensure end users are using both supported browsers and supported versions of browsers to connect to Microsoft 365 web applications and services. Prior to May 15, 2026, users on older browsers will see periodic reminder banners. Beginning May 15, users who are not using a supported browser or browser version will see a blocking page directing them to update their browser before continuing. Stay Available When You’re Active: Accurate Presence in Teams on the Web We’re introducing a new setting in Teams on the web that helps maintain your presence when you are active. When turned on, Teams will know you’re active on your device even if you’re not in the Teams tab, so your status stays set to available when you really are. Note: When a user or admin grants permission to Teams for the presence feature, Teams is only enabled to check whether the user is active or idle on their device, it does not track what they’re doing or capture content. EXIF data will be removed from images shared on Teams Your privacy, protected by default. Teams now automatically strips EXIF metadata—like GPS location and device details—from images shared in chats and channels. Share photos with confidence, knowing your sensitive information stays private. Teams Platform New Workflows app experience in Teams The newly redesigned Workflows experience in Teams makes automation easier and more accessible than ever. With a simple interface, it helps you automate day-to-day tasks, like getting updates from your teammates, automatically routing documents for approvals as they get modified, or adding tasks to Planner from messages without ever having to leave Teams. Additionally, you can now use new AI-powered workflow templates to automate tasks with Copilot or your channel’s agent — no coding required. The same Workflows experience will be available soon in SharePoint. To access the AI workflows, users need a M365 Copilot license. Certified for Teams Devices Yealink MP55 E2 Teams Powered by the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) and Android 15, the Yealink MP55 E2 offers faster response times and enterprise-level security. With a variety of feature keys and line keys, the MP55 E2 enables efficient management of high call volumes, making it suitable for front desks, call centers, and common areas. Armed with Yealink’s Optima HD Voice and AI Noise cancellation Technology, MP55 E2 presents a standalone voice solution and excellent audio clarity. Moreover, MP55 E2 makes collaboration easier than ever thanks to its support for Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and USB headsets. Learn more. Owl Labs HP Poly & Owl Labs Small Microsoft Teams Rooms Bundle with Owl 3 or Owl 4+ The Poly Studio Base Kit G9 Plus for Microsoft Teams Rooms is a Purpose-built PC for collaboration solutions. The HP Mini IP Conferencing PC features a13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor, 16GB of paired with Poly TC10 IP touch controller. This bundle includes Meeting OWL 3, an AI-powered 360° camera, speaker and microphone. Meeting Owl 3’s award-winning speaker-switching software uses visual and audio cues to automatically focus on and capture a high-quality view of in-room speakers. Or, choose the Meeting Owl 4+, with all the features of the Owl 3, but with 4K video so remote participants can engage and participate in hybrid discussions effectively and productively. Owl Labs HP Poly & Owl Labs Small Microsoft Teams Rooms Bundle with Owl 3 Owl Labs HP Poly & Owl Labs Small Microsoft Teams Rooms Bundle with Owl 4+ Huddly C1 Huddly C1 is an AI-driven videobar designed to deliver intelligent video and audio in small and medium meeting rooms. Built on Huddly’s proven AI video expertise, the on-device AI director shapes the meeting experience with dynamic meeting modes for better focus and engagement, with optional Group or Manual Framing for added control. An AI-enhanced microphone array amplifies voices while reducing echo, noise, and reverb. Hi-fi stereo speakers deliver rich, immersive sound. Powered by the next generation of Huddly Intelligence with 20× more AI processing power, C1 delivers impactful meetings today and evolves with future AI capabilities. Learn more. Neat Center camera Neat Center is a 360° companion device that lets remote meeting attendees follow the conversation more closely by clearly hearing and seeing everyone in the room, even when those in the room are far away from the main device or facing inward, discussing something among themselves. It’s simple to set up, gives you flexible placement options, and further improves the capabilities of your Neat devices for enhanced context and engagement.What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2024
This month, we have even more updates to share that are bringing intelligence, convenience, and productivity together in Teams. A few that I’m most excited for you to try are: the highly anticipated ‘Queues App’ that makes handling and monitoring customer calls easier for call center agents and leads, ‘Voting, Filtering, Sorting and Archiving in Teams Q&A’ for Town Halls and Webinars, that allows attendees to upvote questions they find most compelling, and ‘Expanded cross-platform meetings via SIP join’ that give you the ability to use Microsoft Teams to join meetings from other services like Google Meet, Zoom, Cisco Webex, Amazon Chime, RingCentral, and others.What’s New in Microsoft Teams | February 2026
Welcome to the February edition of What’s new in Microsoft Teams. This month’s updates are all about helping you stay in flow: getting the most useful information to you faster, and reducing a few everyday frictions. Take custom meeting recap templates: now you can choose from a few different preset formats, or prompt Copilot to shape your AI-generated notes to match your work style. Recaps also now feature visual references, so you can see the images that were shared and get the full context of the conversation. It’s easier than ever to know the status of external participants in your chats as well. New automatically assigned Trust Indicator badges will label external users as familiar, unfamiliar, guest, verified, or unverified. Looking forward, this April we will be covering the latest Teams news live at the M365 Conference in Orlando. Join us to learn the new ways Teams and Copilot help you stay in the flow of work. Register now: Microsoft 365 Community Conference Feature categories: (All features listed are generally available unless otherwise noted) Chat and collaboration Teams Meetings Teams Phone Workplace: Teams Rooms Fundamentals and Security Certified for Teams Devices Chat and Collaboration Select multiple messages to forward You can now forward multiple messages at once in Microsoft Teams. Choose up to five messages from a chat or channel, and send them together in a single message, preserving both context and order. Whether you're sharing key decisions, project updates, or helpful resources, this streamlined experience makes it easier to keep everyone in the loop. Grid view for files in Teams search results Teams now has a preview‑based grid view for search results. This visual layout helps you differentiate files with similar names and more quickly identify the correct item, reducing the need to open files and interrupt the search flow. Simply go to the Files tab and toggle from the “list” to “grid view" icon. Trust Indicators in Teams show familiarity with external collaborators Trust Indicators are visual badges next to external users in Teams that help you quickly assess who you’re working with. Group chats and meeting chats that include external users are also marked as “external” to drive clarity and security. These labels include external-familiar, external-unfamiliar, guest, email verified, and unverified, and are automatically assigned based on the user's relationship with your organization. For instance, if a user is from a trusted domain, their label will be marked as “external familiar,” while those outside of known or trusted organizations are labeled “external unfamiliar.” This process helps provide context and enhances security by clearly indicating the nature of external relationships. Learn more about Trust Indicators. Meetings Copilot experience in Teams meetings The Copilot experience in Teams is being unified across chats, channels, and meetings for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, matching the experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Beyond the updated interface, Copilot in Teams can analyze chat history, meeting transcripts, and calendar content to generate smart recaps, rewrite messages, and surface relevant insights. Whether reviewing a thread or following up after a call, Copilot delivers context-aware summaries and suggestions based on your activity and goals. This experience is now generally available for meetings. Customizable meeting recap templates Staying aligned after a meeting shouldn’t mean settling for a one-size-fits-all recap. With our new customizable recap templates, you can shape your AI-generated notes to match exactly how your team works. For teams who prefer their own style, you can design custom templates using a simple free-text prompt: just describe the structure you want—even paste in a format you’ve used before—and your AI notes will instantly adapt. You can also save your custom templates for future reuse, giving every meeting the same level of clarity, consistency, and efficiency. Or you can choose from two ready-made templates: a Speaker Summary that organizes insights by participant, or an Executive Summary that highlights key takeaways at a glance. Available now across all languages that support AI summaries. Learn more here. Meeting recap summaries now include visual references AI summaries in meeting recap now include the visuals that shaped the conversation. When a screen is shared during a recorded meeting, key on-screen moments are captured and placed directly alongside the relevant sections of the meeting summary, so you can see the screen as it appeared in the discussion. The notes themselves remain focused on the conversation, but now they’re paired with the visual context that brought those ideas to life. The result is a more intuitive, scannable recap that helps teams quickly reconnect decisions to what was presented, without scrubbing through the recording. Resizable right & top gallery Introducing resizable right and top gallery, a new capability that improves layout flexibility, video size, and visibility. This update will put you in control of the size of the right gallery when someone is sharing, spotlighted, or pinned to the stage during a meeting—so you can prioritize what matters most throughout your meetings. You will be able to shape the meeting layout to increase content and video size, show more participants, swap content and video positioning, or find the balance that works best for you. Custom banner for recording and transcription Custom in-meeting notifications for recording and transcription in Microsoft Teams allow IT administrators to tailor the message displayed to meeting participants when recording or transcription is enabled, across all Teams supported languages. These in-meeting notifications either inform participants implicitly or request explicit consent, depending on the organization’s meeting policy configuration. Learn more. Network Strength Indicator in Teams We’re introducing Network Strength Indicator to give every participant clearer insight into their own meeting experience. When connectivity drops, a notification in your self-view lets you know your network may be the cause, eliminating guesswork and reducing confusion. If network strength is weak, users receive suggestions, like: turn off all video, to help stabilize the connection and keep the conversation on track. In addition, if another attendee is having network issues, you will see a weak connection notification by their name. These simple additions are designed to make meetings more transparent, resilient, and focused on what matters most. Teams Phone Queues app shared history of calls and voicemails Coordinating customer call follow‑ups is easier when service teams have visibility into calls that happen outside shifts or while representatives are unavailable. Now generally available, the Queues app shared history enables teams to access a unified view of all missed, incoming, outgoing calls, and voicemails within a call queue. By consolidating call activity into a shared history, it improves transparency and fosters better collaboration among team members handling customer interactions. This feature reduces duplication of effort and ensures that no customer call is overlooked. Admins can configure access to shared history for all queue members or restrict it to authorized users. Queues app historical reporting supports 45 days of data Track calling performance trends over time with extended historical reports in the Queues app. Supervisors and approved viewers can now access up to 45 days of call history reporting data, up from the previous 30‑day limit, to better analyze call volumes and service patterns over time. For example, this extended history helps supervisors make more informed staffing decisions that reduce customer wait times and improve service. By default, reports show 7 days of data, with the option to expand the date range to review up to a month-and-a-half of historical activity. Operator Connect Co-Branding in Teams Phone We’re introducing operator co‑branding in Microsoft Teams Phone so customers can see who provides their Operator Connect PSTN connectivity service right where calls happen. When a user makes or receives a 1:1 PSTN call on a number through an Operator Connect partner calling plan, the partner’s logo and name appear on the dial pad and in‑call screens across Teams desktop, web, and mobile experiences—clearly indicating that the call is serviced by your organization's chosen operator. This gives added visibility to IT and end users for who their network carrier is while giving operators the opportunity to represent their brands inside the Teams calling experience. Operator co‑branding is a capability administered by Operator Connect partners. Customers with questions or concerns about how an operator’s brand is displayed should work directly with their Operator Connect partner about the experience. Microsoft Graph APIs for Teams Administration and Phone enablement Microsoft Graph APIs for Teams User Configuration, Phone Number Management and Policy Assignment are now generally available. Collectively, these APIs provide a programmatic solution for managing Teams users, policies, and phone numbers. Organizations can use these tools to automate Teams administration and phone enablement at scale. For example, organizations can streamline routine tasks like assigning voice policies to new hires and configuring call settings for frontline teams. These capabilities enable IT admins to integrate Teams administration into existing enterprise workflows, thereby streamlining onboarding processes and ensuring predictable, compliant configurations across extensive and distributed setups. Workplace: Teams Rooms For recent Teams Rooms feature releases, please see the January 2026/ISE Blog Fundamentals and Security Automatic synchronization with device time zone, no client restart required Microsoft Teams is enhancing its user experience by introducing a feature that automatically applies a new time zone without the need to restart the client. This improvement ensures that the time zone in Teams always matches the OS time zone, providing a seamless and accurate time display when traveling across time zones. Users can view the currently used time zone in Teams General Settings. Admins can easily discover and enable Apps that meet their organization’s trust standard This update adds a new Teams Admin Center capability that lets IT admins evaluate app trust using standardized compliance and security criteria. It surfaces trust signals and required documentation in one place, giving admins a faster, more consistent process to determine whether apps meet organizational requirements. New VDI solution for Teams optimization in Amazon WorkSpaces The New VDI solution for Teams introduces multimedia offloading and an optimization solution for Microsoft Teams when running in Amazon WorkSpaces (Personal and Pooled). Users of the WorkSpaces Client for Windows can enjoy a high-definition experience in virtual desktops, where audio/video/screensharing are offloaded to the user's device and processed by the SlimCore media engine. This entry applies to WorkSpaces only. AppStream, a separate application streaming service, is not supported. For more information, see the VDI solution for Teams optimization in Amazon WorkSpaces blog. Certified for Teams Devices Lenovo ThinkSmart Tiny Kit Lenovo’s ThinkSmart Tiny Kit delivers a compact, powerful, and ready‑to‑deploy Microsoft Teams Rooms solution designed to elevate any meeting space with seamless, professional collaboration. It combines enterprise‑grade performance, intuitive controls, and a clutter‑free footprint to transform conference rooms into efficient, modern communication hubs. Learn more. Lenovo ThinkSmart One Pro with ThinkSmart or IP Controller Smart sound. Sharp vision. Designed for conversations that matter. ThinkSmart One Pro is an all-in-one video conferencing bar that brings built-in compute, smart camera tech, and AI-powered audio to small meeting rooms. With autoframing, noise suppression, and eight beamforming microphones, it delivers sharp video and clear, room-filling sound, making it easy for conversations to stay focused and natural. Its sleek, wall-mountable design makes setup simple, while ThinkSmart Manager gives IT teams full remote visibility and control. ThinkSmart One Pro is easy to deploy, manage, and scale across rooms for consistent, high-quality collaboration. Lenovo ThinkSmart One Pro with ThinkSmart Controller Lenovo ThinkSmart One Pro with IP Controller Lenovo Wired VoIP Headset 5000 Experience clarity with the Lenovo Wired VoIP Headset 5000—made for modern professionals who demand reliable performance. Certified by Microsoft Teams and engineered for intuitive plug-and-play via USB-C or USB-A, this sleek, lightweight headset adapts instantly to any setup. Whether you’re commuting or anchored at your desk, AI-powered audio by LADM allows you to be heard clearly. Learn more. Biamp Vidi 280 With intelligent auto-framing, the Biamp Vidi 280 is designed for medium to large conference rooms. It dynamically switches between its wide and ultra-wide angle lens with 16x digital zoom to keep all participants in the conversation. Installation is fast, mounting options are flexible, and deployment is effortless—whether for a single medium-sized room or hundreds of large meeting spaces. Learn more. Biamp Vidi Content Cam 250 The Vidi Content Cam 250 is designed to simplify content sharing in Teams meetings. Remote participants get an unobstructed view of the whiteboard, so they can follow every note, sketch, and diagram as if they were in the room. Designed as a complete solution in one box, it includes flexible mounting options for walls or ceilings, adapts to any room layout, and supports the maximum Teams whiteboard capacity. Setup is quick, reliable, and built for the realities of modern collaboration. Learn more. Biamp All-in-One Video Bar Parlé VBC 2800 and Parlé VBC 2800 Teams Rooms system The Parlé VBC 2800 is an all-in-one conferencing bar designed to deliver exceptional audio and video performance in medium-to-large meeting rooms. Combining Beamtracking microphones, dual 4K ePTZ cameras, AI-driven noise reduction, and automated room tuning, it brings professional-grade clarity and remote meeting equity to every space. The Parlé™ VBC 2800 Video Conferencing Bar combines the latest in Biamp Audio Intelligence with advanced 4K Video Intelligence to deliver exceptional Microsoft Teams experiences in small to medium-sized meeting rooms. Paired with the Biamp UCC + Controller, its modular design offers flexible mounting options — on the wall or a credenza — with minimal cabling to keep your space clean and professional. It also features Biamp Launch™, an automated tuning system that adapts audio performance to each unique conferencing environment. Biamp All-in-One Video Bar Parlé VBC 2800 Biamp All-in-One Video Bar Parlé VBC 2800 Teams Rooms SystemWhat’s New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2025
Welcome to What’s new in Teams, Ignite 2025 edition! This year at Microsoft Ignite we’re excited to share all the ways that Teams + Copilot are amplifying collaboration, automating workflows, and enhancing productivity. With Copilot and agents in chats, meetings, and channels, Teams and Copilot together provide a powerful solution. One new feature I’m excited to share is Teams Mode for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This powerful new capability lets you bring coworkers into your Copilot conversations, essentially turning an individual AI chat into a shared, group AI collaboration. You can choose which messages you’d like to share with the group; any prompts or responses not selected are kept private. Then, your team can brainstorm and create with Copilot together, with everyone able to ask questions and see suggestions in a group chat. Copilot is also now seamlessly integrated into Teams channels and chats, so you can ask it to recap lengthy conversation threads, extract decisions and tasks, or answer questions based on the conversation context – a huge time saver for your busy schedule. We’re also proud to announce new enhancements to Channel Agent, Facilitator, and meeting recap notes that make them even more powerful and useful. Channel agents can generate status reports and workback plans – keeping your team on track. Facilitator can recognize when you share an agenda in the chat and use it to generate a meeting progress bar, ping meeting invitees who’ve been mentioned twice but not joined yet, and draft documents during your meeting. Meeting recaps are now more versatile too. You can choose from a variety of templates or customize your own to fit your team’s style. All of the new Teams + Copilot features debuting at Ignite 2025 underline a simple message: AI in Teams is driving tangible improvements that can help you and your team achieve more together. So read on for a look at all of the new features being released this month! Feature categories: (All features listed are generally available unless otherwise noted) Chat and Collaboration Platform Meetings, webinars, and townhalls Teams Phone Fundamentals and Security Frontline Worker Solutions Certified for Teams devices Chat and Collaboration Copilot experience in Teams The Copilot experience in Teams is being unified across chats, channels, and meetings for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, matching the experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Beyond the updated interface, Copilot in Teams can analyze chat history, meeting transcripts, and calendar content to generate smart recaps, rewrite messages, and surface relevant insights. Whether reviewing a thread or following up after a call, Copilot delivers context-aware summaries and suggestions based on your activity and goals. This experience is now generally available for chat and channels, and is rolling out to public preview for meetings. Teams Mode for Copilot [Public preview] Teams Mode for Microsoft 365 Copilot is a simple, secure way to bring your co-workers into Copilot conversations, turning individual AI chats into group AI chats in Microsoft Teams. Now, the same Copilot you use for individual work supports group work as well. When you’d like to extend your 1:1 Copilot conversation into a group conversation, select “start a group chat” in the top-right corner of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. This creates a group chat in Teams with your colleagues and Copilot, making it easy for others to build on your work. You choose which messages you’d like to bring forward to the group, ensuring any prompts or responses you don’t want to share are kept private. You can also add Copilot to any existing Teams group chat, just like adding a teammate, to help your team research, draft, coordinate, and complete tasks with AI. Then, within the chat, each member of the group can request help from Copilot by typing copilot in the group chat and making their request. Now in public preview. See Introducing Teams Mode for Microsoft 365 Copilot for more details. Launch Demo Enhancements to Channel Agent [Public preview] Each channel can have a Channel Agent that draws on its conversations, files, and meetings to act as a domain expert for the team. These agents adopt the channel’s name and help with common tasks – for example, flagging important deadlines that are buried in conversations, and summarizing progress with succinct status reports. Channel Agent is available with a Copilot license. New enhancements now available in public preview: Status report update: stay on top of projects by at-mentioning the agent with queries like “create a status report.” Status reports will now post directly in the channel for all users. Workback Plan: share your objective and deadline with the agent, and it will automatically create a sequenced list of tasks with due dates. You can review and adjust the plan before tasks are added to Planner, making project planning simple and collaborative. Enhancements to external collaboration [Public preview] We've reimagined external collaboration in Teams to make it easier and more secure to connect with partners, vendors, and customers. These new features are designed to reduce friction, increase security, and enhance how you work with people outside your organization, while helping admins manage external collab. These features are now in public preview. Chat with anyone: users in SMB organizations can start a conversation from Teams with anyone using just their email address, even if they’re not on Teams. Whether you're working with a vendor, client, or partner, simply type their email, send your message, and they’ll receive an invitation to join the chat as a guest. From there, they both reply and start a call—just like they would if they were part of your organization. And because this experience is built on Teams’ existing guest access framework, IT admins retain control. External access policies, multifactor authentication, and organizational compliance settings are respected. Sharing a file or a Loop: Now you can share a file or a Loop component in an external chat. Whether you drag and drop, attach from your device, or paste a link, Teams recognizes the file, unfurls it in the compose box and shares it with the chat participants when you send the message. You can also adjust permissions before sending. As a recipient, you can now view the content right from the chat - no account switching required. Sharing is controlled by an admin toggle, which is off by default, giving organizations flexibility to enable or disable external sharing as needed. Trust Indicators: External users are now labeled with clear trust indicators, helping users quickly assess who they’re working with. Group chats and Meeting chats that have external users are also marked as External to drive clarity and security. Labels include external-familiar, external-unfamiliar, guest, or unverified. Activity in other accounts and organizations: users can view and respond to activity across multiple tenants without switching accounts. You can triage notifications, reply to chats, and pin tenants to the left rail for quick access. This reduces context switching and makes cross-org collaboration feel native—especially useful for users working with multiple vendors or clients. Admin Presets: Admins have access to a new overview page in the Teams admin center under the external collaboration section. This page allows admins to review and modify their organization's external collaboration settings. To make changes, admins can use a guided flow and select either the open or controlled preset modes, or choose to customize the settings. Pop out your core Teams functions into a new window [Public preview] You can now organize your work environment to fit your needs by opening Teams chat, calls, calendar, activity, and more in separate windows. This gives you the flexibility to multitask and organize your workspace the way you want. Whether you're catching up on chats while reviewing call history or managing notifications alongside your calendar, this update helps you stay productive without switching tabs. Just right-click an app icon or use the app flyout to pop it out into its own window. Forwarded Messages Links When someone forwards a message in Teams, you'll now be able to click a link that takes you straight to the original chat or channel where it came from. Note: the link works only if the recipient has access to the original conversation. This enhancement improves message traceability and helps users quickly understand the context of forwarded messages. Search in Teams Settings Teams now has a new search bar at the top of its Settings menu to help you quickly find any setting by name. Just type a keyword (like “Notifications” or “Dark mode”) to jump straight to that option without digging through menus. This saves time and makes adjusting your settings faster and easier. Collaborative space in chat and channels A persistent collaborative space is now available directly from your Teams chat and channels, helping you organize key information, co-create content, and reduce message clutter. Pages in channels are flexible collaboration pages. You can add as many pages as you need to your channels. You can also add existing Loop components or pages as their own tabs, making it easy to centralize work and keep everyone aligned. Notes in chat is available in 1:1 and group chats and is accessible only to the chat members. Use this editable collaborative space effectively by adding images, formatting text, sharing Loop components, and @mentioning chat members when you require their attention. Emojis in section names You can now choose an emoji to accompany section names in your chats and channels list, helping you organize content with a splash of personality. Whether it’s a smiley for your “Fun Projects” section or a star for “Priority Tasks,” emojis make navigation easier and more engaging, so your sections stand out at a glance. Platform Channel agents in Teams connect to Asana, Atlassian, GitHub [Public preview] Channel Agent can now connect with Asana, Atlassian, and GitHub via MCP server to execute workflows on the behalf of users. By unlocking the power of agent to MCP server communication, agents can now handle more complex tasks that involve subjects outside of their domain so they can seamlessly coordinate tasks, bridge gaps between tools, and accelerate complex projects. Security and Compliance information for more Apps and Agents Today, IT admins in the Teams admin center can view security and compliance data for apps and agents that are Microsoft 365 certified or publisher attested. This enhancement expands that visibility to include apps and agents that are not certified or attested. Where available, this data is sourced from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA) and helps admins more easily and quickly evaluate whether an app or agent meets their organization’s trust requirements. Agent and bot support for Entra authentication in group chats Agents and bots in group chats can now use Entra for secure authentication. If an agent/bot needs your Entra token in a group chat and you haven’t installed the agent/bot or granted permission yet, you’ll receive a private message that only you can see. This message will guide you through installing the Teams app and granting Entra permission, making the process simple and secure. Once you’ve completed both steps, the agent/bot will be able to access the permissions it needs—such as Microsoft Graph—so you can get the full experience without any hassle. This update gives you more control over your permissions and makes it easier for agents/bots to work smoothly in group chats. Permission and privilege level of Apps and Agents IT admins can now see which permissions an app or agent requires in the Teams admin center, along with each permission risk rating and the app's overall privilege level. This helps admins protect organizational data and make quicker, more informed approval choices. Speed up app reviews with trust-based filters Trust-based filters enable IT Administrators using Teams admin center to view and easily filter apps and agents by specific industry standards, certifications and compliance attributes such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and more. This will help to streamline app evaluation workflows, enabling broader access to trusted apps across the organization. Performance Audit Tool on Teams Mobile Performance Report is a mobile-first, self-serve tool that gives developers instant visibility into critical performance metrics such as app load latency, app package size, content paint times and more, alongside actionable guidance on Teams best practices. By surfacing these performance indicators with recommended thresholds, this tool streamlines diagnostics, ensures consistent benchmarking, and helps deliver higher-quality Teams Mobile apps—all on the go. Agent Analytics and App Validation Enhancements in Developer Portal The Developer Portal is expanding analytics coverage for custom engine agents to help developers track adoption and engagement with real-time insights, providing key metrics to refine and optimize agent performance. You can also validate your agent and apps in Developer Portal with new AI insights helping resolve common bugs prior to publishing. Meetings, webinars, and town halls Enhancements to Facilitator Agent Earlier this year, we introduced Facilitator to help teams run meetings that stay focused, productive, and on track. Today, we’re taking that a step further with a new set of skills designed to help your team stay aligned without extra effort. These updates combine richer context awareness with proactive support, so your team can move faster without juggling extra tools or tasks. Here’s what’s new: Facilitator can now recognize an agenda shared directly in the meeting chat, in addition to the meeting invite and meeting notes. Once detected, it automatically builds a live progress tracker at the top of the meeting, giving everyone a shared sense of where they are and what’s next. Now generally available. If someone who’s invited hasn’t joined yet, and their name comes up twice in conversation, the agent politely pings them in chat and nudges them to hop in, helping you bring the right people into the discussion at the right time. Coming next quarter. And when it’s time to turn discussion into action, you can ask Facilitator to draft documents in Word or Loop based on what was said in the meeting. It can shape the conversation into whatever output you need, whether that’s a blog, a whitepaper, or a project brief, helping your team turn ideas into action faster. This capability is currently in public preview and will be generally available in early December. As tasks are mentioned, the agent captures and assigns them. You can also direct it through chat to add, update, or reassign tasks. This capability is currently in public preview and will be generally available in early December. These new skills build on our commitment to make meetings smarter, smoother, and more collaborative, with AI that works alongside you and your team every step of the way. Meeting recap templates Staying aligned after a meeting shouldn’t mean settling for a one-size-fits-all recap. With our new customizable recap templates, you can shape your AI-generated notes to match exactly how your team works. Choose from two ready-made templates, a Speaker Summary that organizes insights by participant, or an Executive Summary that highlights key takeaways at a glance. And for teams who prefer their own style, you can design custom templates using a simple free-text prompt: just describe the structure you want—even paste in a format you’ve used before—and your AI notes will instantly adapt. You can also save your custom templates for future reuse, giving every meeting the same level of clarity, consistency, and efficiency. Available in public preview on both desktop and mobile in December. Branded reactions [Private preview] Visual identity shapes how your organization shows up. Whether it's a client presentation, an internal milestone, or a seasonal event, the right visuals set the tone and reinforce your brand. With new branded reactions, organizations can now extend their visual identity directly into meetings. IT admins simply upload custom reaction icons reflecting brand elements or event themes, and these instantly become available for meeting participants. Every clap, thumbs-up, or celebration now aligns with your organization's look and feel. A simple way to create more cohesive, on-brand meeting experiences. Branded reactions will be available in private preview in December. Screen & Window Sharing on Mac via Mac OS Native Picker Mac users can now share their screen or specific windows using the standard native picker experience. By opting in through settings, users can enjoy a fully integrated sharing flow that leverages macOS’s default desktop interface—ensuring a familiar, secure, and streamlined experience. Enhancements to Teams Town hall Recent updates to Teams Town hall make it easier than ever for organizers to create professional and polished experiences that engage audiences. Enhanced presenter controls, integrated Q&A and polls, and robust moderation tools ensure smooth delivery, while advanced production capabilities, like custom branding and rich layouts, help elevate the look and feel of a town hall. New experiences for town hall in Microsoft Teams Rooms help foster collaboration whether participants join in-person or remotely. For more information on Teams town hall, click here to learn more. Front-of-room view control for Town Hall in Teams Rooms on Android When a Teams Rooms on Android is invited as a meeting presenter, the front-of-room display defaults to the attendee view. Presenters always have full control from the console, including green room and off-stage management, and can switch the front-of-room display to presenter view without impacting attendees. This feature was released for Teams Rooms on Windows in October 2025. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Teams Town hall insights – Presenter analytics Presenter analytics for town hall provides organizers with visibility into the health of the presenter’s stream, providing insights covering video quality, audio clarity, and connection stability. Whether it’s a town hall, live training session, or an all-hands meeting, organizers can now proactively ensure presenters deliver their content without interruptions, boosting confidence and elevating the attendee experience. Presenter analytics is generally available today for all town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license. Immersive events in Teams Immersive events in Teams allow organizers to host customizable 3D events where people can connect, interact as avatars, and have natural conversations. This experience is now generally available and has additional new features to enhance user experience. Immersive event attendees and presenters can now join from Meta Quest VR headsets, enabling full 360-degree immersion. Immersive events are also easier to participate in and navigate thanks to text-to-speech and keyboard navigation in event instances. Teams Phone Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in Calls app post-calling experience [Public Preview] The post-call Copilot experience for Teams Phone on desktop and in mobile is now powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. After a call ends, users can open Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as a side panel in the Teams ‘Calls’ app to generate summaries, surface key insights, and get suggested next steps. By using data from Microsoft Graph and the web—not just the call transcript—Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat delivers responses that are more personalized, relevant, and actionable, helping users quickly move from conversation to follow-up. Teams mobile: Shared call line pickup indicators Delegates can resume a Teams Phone call placed on hold from any shared line directly from Teams on their mobile phone. Clear line labels and “answered/resumed by” indicators show who is handling the call and from which line, so teammates can step in to resume a call on hold without confusion. For example, in a retail store, if a customer call is put on hold at the front desk, a floor associate can pick it up from their mobile device, ensuring the customer doesn’t wait long and the call isn’t abandoned. This helps teams keep calls moving and maintain service continuity across shifts. Set Teams Mobile as Your Default Calling App We’re making it easier for Teams Phone users to stay connected and productive on the go. With this update, you can now set Teams mobile as your iPhone’s default calling app. This means every call you initiate—from Contacts, Call History, or any app—will automatically route through Teams mobile instead of the native dialer. For organizations with regulatory requirements, this capability supports more calls occurring under the enterprise-grade security and compliance policies set up for Teams. Fundamentals and Security Copilot in Teams admin center Copilot in Teams admin center streamlines administrative tasks like setting up protected meetings or confirming who has a phone number assigned, provides insights into policy configurations and call quality, and recommends configurations to optimize Teams. It empowers IT admins to troubleshoot issues, save time, and enhance the overall Microsoft Teams experience. Teams Admin Agent in Teams admin center [Now in Technical Acceptance Program (Coming soon to TAP)] The Teams Admin Agent delivers AI-powered assistance to simplify admin tasks, automate workflows, and provide actionable insights—helping IT teams manage Teams environments efficiently and confidently. This feature is currently in the Technical Acceptance program. Meeting troubleshooting enhancements [Public Preview] Administrators can quickly diagnose and resolve meeting and call issues with a simplified troubleshooting flow in Teams admin center. This experience provides clear guidance, actionable insights, and detailed telemetry to pinpoint quality problems—helping IT teams restore performance faster and keep collaboration running smoothly. Meeting best practice configurations [Public Preview] Now in Teams admin center, administrators can monitor which locations and users are experiencing meeting quality issues caused by unoptimized Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) setups. By pinpointing these VDI-related problem areas, IT can take targeted action to optimize configurations—ensuring smoother, high-quality audio and video in meetings across the organization. Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging [Public Preview] Own domain Impersonation Detection in Teams helps protect users from spoofed domains by analyzing sender identity and domain authenticity in real time, alerting users to suspicious activity and reducing phishing risks across messaging. New VDI solution for Teams optimization in Amazon WorkSpaces [Public Preview] The New VDI solution for Teams introduces multimedia offloading and optimization solution for Microsoft Teams when running in Amazon WorkSpaces (Personal and Pooled). Users of the WorkSpaces Client for Windows can enjoy a high-definition experience in virtual desktops, where audio/video/screensharing are offloaded to the user's device and processed by the SlimCore media engine. This entry applies to WorkSpaces only. AppStream, a separate application streaming service, is not supported. Weaponizable File Type Protection for Teams chat and channels Security in Teams chat and channels just got stronger, with increased protection against malware and other file-based attacks. With weaponizable file type protection, Teams now automatically detects and blocks file types that could pose a security risk—such as executable or script-based files—before they reach your chat or channel. This proactive safeguard helps keep your organization’s data and conversations secure, without disrupting collaboration. Malicious URL Protection for Teams chat and channels Microsoft Teams is introducing enhanced protection against phishing attacks by detecting and warning users about malicious URLs shared in Teams chats and channels. This feature helps users make safer decisions before clicking potentially harmful links. It is on by default for users of Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. User reporting for incorrectly identified security concerns We’re giving users more control over security alerts in Teams. With user reporting for incorrectly identified security concerns, you can now flag false positives directly from your chat or channel. This feedback helps improve detection accuracy while ensuring your conversations stay secure without unnecessary interruptions. This feature is available in one-on-one chats, group and meeting chats, as well as public and private channels. Teams in the Windows Jump List experience On Windows, the Jump List in the taskbar provides quick access to key Teams actions. Now you can instantly view and join ongoing or upcoming meetings, schedule new meetings, or start a chat—all without opening the full app. Menu bar extension for meetings for Mac The Teams Mac menu bar extension lets users view and join imminent meetings directly from the menu bar, streamlining access to daily schedules and chats. With instant meeting visibility and join options, the menu bar extension boosts productivity and engagement, reflecting user feedback and supporting efficient workflows for busy professionals. Intelligent App shortcuts and workflows for Mac Teams now integrates with macOS Spotlight and Shortcuts, enabling users to quickly start chats and meetings. This unlocks advanced AI-powered workflows, streamlines daily tasks, and showcases Teams’ commitment to seamless, native Mac experiences for power users. Screen sharing improvement for Mac [Public Preview] Teams for Mac OS 15 (Sequoia) introduces Native Picker integration for screen sharing, streamlining permissions approvals. Users benefit from seamless sharing and Presenter Preview, while maintaining privacy and compliance with Apple’s new model—improving usability and satisfaction for Mac users in video meetings. Frontline Worker Solutions BYOD (Bring your own device) Simplify frontline onboarding on personal devices with the Teams BYOD Onboarding Wizard. Workers can use this self-serve, web-based onboarding wizard on shared PCs and kiosks for a guided experience that helps them easily set up the Teams mobile app on their personal device in compliance with organizational security policies. Reduce the need for manager assistance and IT support and deliver a low-friction experience that helps save time, cut IT overhead, and accelerate adoption, so frontline teams stay connected from day one. Pilots Kickstart frontline innovation with the Frontline Hub in Teams admin center. Create pilots in just a few clicks—choose the capabilities you want to test, select workers and managers, and monitor adoption through real-time usage insights. With built-in management controls, you can easily iterate as you learn: adjust features, update participants, and expand channels—all without slowing down your rollout. Teams Devices and Peripherals Yealink MP66W Wi-Fi based Teams device The MP66W Wi-Fi based wireless Teams device gives you the freedom to connect wherever work takes you. Designed for organizations with a mobile workforce, the Yealink MP66W wireless Teams device enhances wireless communication for the modern workplace. Currently undergoing certification as a Teams Device, this will be one of the industry’s first Wi-Fi-enabled wireless devices for Microsoft Teams, delivering greater mobility and reliability for frontline and hybrid workers. Built with a durable casing for demanding environments, such as construction job sites, it enables native Teams wireless calling—your desk is wherever there’s Wi-Fi. AI-powered noise cancellation ensures clear conversations even in noisy settings, and its long-lasting battery keeps you powered through extended shifts. Plus, an action button that can be configured to meet your organization's needs MAXHUB XBar W70 The MAXHUB XBar W70 Kit with console is a flagship Windows-based Teams videobar engineered for small to medium rooms. It features the industry-first MAXHUB Quad Sight lens with up to 200MP clarity, 16 beamforming microphones, AI-enhanced audio and video, and FlexMount for effortless installation. Out of the box, W70 Kit pairs with a dedicated Teams console for intuitive room control and seamless Teams integration. Built for enterprise scalability, W70 Kit supports extension to third-party AV devices and includes 3-year service coverage with remote management via MAXHUB Pivot — simplifying deployment and ongoing maintenance for IT teams. Owl Labs Lenovo & Owl Labs Microsoft Teams Rooms Bundles - ThinkSmart Core + IP or USB Controller Kit with Meeting Owl 4+, and ThinkSmart Tiny Kit Power seamless and immersive hybrid collaboration in any space with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and the Meeting Owl 4+. Available with IP or USB controller, The Owl Labs Meeting Owl 4+ and the Owl Labs 16' USB-C to USB-A cable. For productive and hassle-free collaboration in small Microsoft Teams Rooms, the Owl Labs ThinkSmart Tiny Kit bundle includes: the Lenovo i3 ThinkSmart Tiny Kit (Premium), the Lenovo ThinkSmart USB Controller, the Owl Labs Meeting Owl 4+, and the Owl Labs 16'/5 USB-C to USB-A cable. Logitech Express Install for Teams Rooms: Four Fast Solutions for Any Space Logitech’s new Express Install kits make setting up Teams Rooms easier than ever—no specialist required, and installation takes less than an hour. Choose from four variations: 1) Rally Bar Mini with Heckler Rolling Stand (Android), 2) Rally Bar Mini with Salamander Designs Acadia Tabletop Stand (Windows), 3) MeetUp 2 with Salamander Designs Acadia Tabletop Stand (Windows), and 4) Rally Bar Huddle with Heckler Rolling Stand (Android). All kits include a Logitech video bar, Teams Room controller, and LG display, delivering seamless Teams integration and flexible deployment for huddle and small rooms. Windows kits feature compute devices and Salamander stands, while Android kits offer mobile Heckler stands. Whether you need mobility or a sleek tabletop setup, there’s an Express Install kit for every collaboration need. Rally Bar Mini with Heckler Rolling Stand (Android) Rally Bar Mini with Salamander Designs Acadia Tabletop Stand (Windows) MeetUp 2 with Salamander Designs Acadia Tabletop Stand (Windows) Rally Bar Huddle with Heckler Rolling Stand (Android) Yealink LinkHub smart dock The Yealink LinkHub helps employees to find and reserve available desks with a clear LED indicator and intuitive touch display. Its screen syncs with Microsoft Teams to show real-time booking details, and it also works with Microsoft Places so employees can reserve a desk remotely before arriving onsite. Integrated with the Teams Pro Management Portal, LinkHub provides IT admins with centralized control and insights into workspace usage, helping organizations optimize space and enhance the hot-desking experience. This device is currently undergoing the process to be certified as a Certified for Teams device. Logitech Zone Wired 2 and Wireless 2ES for Business Zone Wired 2 for Business with adaptive hybrid ANC (active noise cancelation) helps employees stay focused and productive by dynamically adjusting sound to minimize background noise. 40 mm drivers and dual noise-canceling microphones are designed for open spaces and optimize ANC capabilities. Because it’s certified for Microsoft Teams and a variety of other calling solutions, you can be confident it will work with your calling platform. Intuitive controls, plug-and-play USB cable, and comfortable, gaming-inspired headband make the headset easy to use and wear all day. It’s also designed for sustainability and product longevity, including easily replaceable components for extended use and recycled plastics, fabric, and magnets. The Zone Wireless 2 ES for Business Native Bluetooth and with Receiver versions feature the same Adaptive hybrid ANC and proprietary 40 mm drivers as the Zone Wired 2, and also provide: Premium microphones, specifically designed for open office environments that deliver crystal-clear sound quality. Smart enumeration and multipoint Bluetooth to enable seamless audio switching Freedom of movement with a remarkable 50 m wireless range and long battery life. Available colors for the Wireless 2 ES with receiver are: graphite, off-white, and rose. The Wireless 2 ES -Native Bluetooth is available in graphite. Logitech Zone Wired 2 for Business Logitech Zone Wireless 2 ES for Business--With Receiver (Rose)What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2025
Before we get to this month’s new Teams features, I’m thrilled to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service for the 7th year in a row. We are honored to again be positioned highest for ability to execute and furthest for completeness of vision in the evaluation’s axes. We believe this recognition underscores the product innovations we delivered over this past year, such as the launch of agents in meetings and a redesigned chat and channels experience, to make Microsoft Teams the AI-powered platform for work—one that is simple, smart, and secure. In our opinion, the support and trust of our customers and partners helped make this recognition possible. We’re deeply grateful to the hundreds of millions of users who turn to Teams to get their work done and our partners whose expertise and commitment amplify the impact of Teams worldwide. If you’ve been a member of the Microsoft tech community for a while, you might be aware that next month, we’ll highlight many exciting new Teams features at Microsoft Ignite and in our special What’s new in Teams Ignite edition blog. That’s going to be something to look forward to, but this month, we’ve got plenty of new productivity-boosting updates to celebrate too. The power of Copilot continues to grow. We first introduced meeting recaps to help you quickly catch up on what you missed, now we’re taking them further. With audio recap, your written recaps are transformed into dynamic audio experiences you can listen to anytime, anywhere. Teams Rooms just leveled up too, with smarter voice and face recognition and real-time caption translations. And if you’re a Teams Rooms on Android user, Facilitator is now available to help keep your meetings productive and on track. 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Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. New features released this month: Chat and collaboration Meetings, webinars, and town halls Teams Phone Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Certified for Teams Devices Chat and collaboration Summarize files shared in Teams chat with Copilot When a file is shared in a chat, you don’t always have the time to open it, read through, and grasp the key ideas. With file summaries in 1:1 and group chats in Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot can quickly summarize content from Microsoft Word documents so you can understand the main points without opening the file. This feature is also available on mobile, making it easier to grasp key ideas without reading an entire document on a small screen while on the move. It respects the file's security policies, ensuring that only users with access to the file receive a summary, which will carry the same sensitivity label as the original file. Add emoji updated keyboard shortcut Use colons to quickly insert the emoji you want without slowing down to use the mouse. Type : followed by the name of the emoji you want, then type : again. Once done, the emoji is selected and added to your text. The new shortcut aligns with industry standards and helps make emoji insertion intuitive and consistent. You can now type keywords to find both standard and custom emojis using the improved search. Meetings, webinars, and town halls Audio recap now generally available Staying informed shouldn’t mean being glued to your screen. That’s why we’re introducing audio recap, a new way to catch up on your meetings. With audio recap, your meeting recap is transformed into an audio experience you can listen to on the go. Whether you’re commuting, walking between meetings, or simply prefer listening, it’s a hands-free way to stay connected and informed. You can generate an audio recap for up to eight meetings at a time, and choose the delivery style that best fits how you want to listen: Newscast—one AI speaker delivering a fast, concise summary Executive—two AI speakers offering an efficient summary with minimal commentary. Casual—two AI speakers providing a summary with extra color and commentary. All your audio recaps are easily accessible from the meeting recap page, ready to replay anytime. And with availability on both desktop and mobile, you can catch up wherever work takes you. Support for multiple camera views and IntelliFrame from Teams Rooms on Windows in Teams webinar and structured meetings Multiple camera views and IntelliFrame (Multi-stream and cloud) from Teams Rooms on Windows are now available in Teams webinar and structured meetings with "Manage what attendees see" enabled. Organizers and presenters of these meetings can access intelligent camera views and bring them on the live stage for attendees. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Event Chat now available in Town halls for GCC, GCCH and DoD [Premium] Teams is bringing richer engagement to your Town halls on more cloud environments. With Event Chat, organizers and attendees in GCC, GCCH, and DoD environments can now interact in real time during Town hall sessions. This feature enables secure, threaded conversations, allowing participants to share insights, ask questions, and stay connected throughout the event. After the session ends, the chat remains accessible for follow-up discussions, ensuring continuity and collaboration beyond the live broadcast. Teams Phone Intelligent recap popout window in Calls app Users can now access Intelligent recap pop-out pages through the Calls app. Intelligent recap uses AI to automatically provide a comprehensive overview of your recorded or transcribed calls, helping users save time catching up and coordinating next steps. Go to the Calls app, look up the transcribed or recorded call in the call history, and select "View recap". This will launch the call’s Intelligent recap as a new pop-out page containing AI-generated discussion summary notes and recommended tasks to help users quickly find the most important information from the call. Teams Phone Mobile is now generally available with AT&T Teams Phone Mobile enables end-users to make and receive calls using a single number across their mobile phone and all their Teams endpoints. AT&T customers can now enjoy seamless mobile and Teams integration with this unified calling experience. Learn more about how IT admins can configure Teams Phone Mobile in Teams admin center and view the expanding set of mobile operators providing Teams Phone Mobile. Phone Devices: Improved Feedback Sharing for Teams Certified Phone Devices Giving feedback on Teams-certified Phone devices just got easier. Previously, users rated their experience with a 1–5 star score, and then had the option to type additional comments—a process that could feel cumbersome on a phone’s touch screen keyboard. Now, after you select your rating, Teams will suggest text prompts tailored to your score, making it simple to share what’s working well or what could be improved. You can still add your own notes for extra detail, but the new prompts help streamline feedback and save time. Phone devices: Enhanced Call Transfer experiences Teams Phone certified devices now have an improved interface that simplifies transfer actions. Users can select “Consult first” to place the original caller on hold and privately speak with the recipient before completing the transfer. The “Transfer” option is only enabled after the consult recipient answers the call to reduce the risk of adding the original caller back into the call prematurely. Direct transfers without a consultation step provide real-time status updates such as “Transferring [User A] to [User B]” while the transfer is in progress and “Successfully completed” at the conclusion. This visibility into the call transfer progress helps the transferrer know when it is safe to disconnect. Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Facilitator agent for scheduled meetings in Teams Rooms on Android You can now take advantage of the Facilitator agent in Teams Rooms on Android for real-time AI-generated notes, follow up items, and keeping everyone updated on time during scheduled meetings. Facilitator appears in the meeting chat, and participants can toggle between notes, chat, and the agent. Available in rooms licensed for Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Cloud IntelliFrame support on Teams Rooms on Android Now Cloud IntelliFrame, the AI-based cloud technology that optimizes views of in-room participants for hybrid meetings, is available for Teams Rooms on Android using group framing. Group framing delivers a more natural hybrid meeting experience by focusing on individuals, allowing remote attendees to see visual expressions and gestures better. It is set as the default in Teams Rooms on Android rooms, while remaining disabled by default in others. Admins can enable or disable IntelliFrame through console settings. Learn more here. Dynamic video tile resizing based on occupancy count from Teams Rooms on Android The room video tile dynamically adjusts size based on the number of people in the room. When one person is in the room, the tile matches the remote participant's size. With two or more people, the room tile expands to be four times larger. Admins can manage this behavior through console settings. Live caption translation in Teams Rooms on Android You can now choose the translation language you prefer from 40 supported spoken languages without affecting what other meeting participants see in Teams Rooms on Android. Previously, live captions were displayed in the spoken language by default, but this change allows individuals to select their own experience. This feature is available on Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Join Town Halls and Webinars as an attendee from Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android can now join Town Halls and webinars in Teams as attendees. You can attend directly from the invited Teams Room, with the same features that attendees have on the Teams desktop app. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Front-of-room view control for Town Hall and Webinar in Teams Rooms on Windows or Android When a Teams Rooms on Windows (available now) or Android (available in November) is invited as a meeting presenter, the front-of-room display defaults to the attendee view. Presenters always have full control from the console, including green room and off-stage management, and can switch the front-of-room display to presenter view without impacting attendees. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Enhanced production experience for Town hall in Teams Rooms on Windows The enhanced ‘Manage what attendees see’ feature gives Town hall hosts greater control over what attendees experience. Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters joining from a Teams Room on Windows with a Pro license can manage which presenters can be seen and heard at any time during a large-scale event, creating an organized, polished experience for viewers. Organizers licensed for Teams Premium can adjust layout, background, and name tag changes through the Teams Desktop. Learn more here. Simplified device settings for voice and face recognition on Teams Rooms on Windows or Android It's now easier for admins to enable the benefits of benefits of Copilot and intelligent audio and video features for users in Teams Rooms through a new user interface and admin settings. These new settings, on the device and in the Pro Management portal, simplify configuration and remove the requirement to use PowerShell, offering improved visibility across rooms. Learn more here. People count captured by Cloud IntelliFrame in the Pro Management portal reports Admins get enhanced visibility into room usage from Pro Management portal reports with detailed occupancy data captured by Cloud IntelliFrame during meetings. This insight helps IT more effectively plan and optimize meeting spaces, and is currently available for Teams Rooms on Windows licensed with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Recommended actions page in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal This new page in the Pro Management portal provides proactive recommendations based on your organization’s environment and upcoming events that can impact devices, such as support or certification expirations. Admins are prompted to update device and account data enabling rich insights from the portal. Additional guidance based on space and device usage data is coming soon. This feature helps admins maintain smooth operations - planning and budgeting efficiently. At least one Teams Rooms Pro or Teams Shared Devices license is required for access. Learn more here. Certified for Teams Devices MAXHUB Express Install A–F: Simplifying Teams Rooms for Every Space The MAXHUB Express Install series makes setting up Microsoft Teams Rooms easier than ever. All six versions feature the integrated MAXHUB Smart Stand, streamlined cable management, and reliable audio/video for seamless collaboration. Every bundle supports BYOD, single-cable deployment, and comes with a 3-year warranty and local support. Display size: Versions A–D include a 43" display; E and F upgrade to 55". Videobar & kit: Choose between USB or Android-based videobars, with Pro kits offering enhanced performance. Room fit: A–D are ideal for huddle and focus rooms, while E and F are designed for small rooms. No matter your space or tech preference, there’s a MAXHUB Express Install to fit your Teams Rooms needs. Version Display Size Videobar Type Kit Type Room Size Target Key Features/Extras A 43" UC S07 USB Videobar XCore Kit Huddle/Focus XT10-VB Kit, streamlined setup B 43" XBar U50 USB Videobar XCore Kit Huddle/Focus USB videobar, BYOD flexibility C 43" XBar U50 USB Videobar XCore Kit Pro Huddle/Focus Pro kit for enhanced performance D 43" V50 Android Videobar MDEP V50 Kit Huddle/Focus Android-based, console included E 55" XBar U50 USB Videobar XCore Kit Pro Small Room Larger display, Pro kit F 55" V50 Android Videobar MDEP V50 Kit Small Room Larger display, Android-based kit Lenovo ThinkVision T24D-4v and T27QD-4v ThinkVision T27QD-4v and T27QD-4v are 24 and 27-inch QHD VoIP monitors with Microsoft Teams certification, designed to enhance your online collaboration experience. Dedicated Teams and VoIP buttons get you to your meeting with a click. Two noise-cancellation microphones, coupled with two 5W speakers and a 5MP QHD webcam ensure your video conferences and meetings run without any hiccups. Superior connectivity with a one-cable docking solution provides up to 100W of power delivery, data and internet. Enjoy content that looks completely stutter-free and color accurate with 99% sRGB & BT.709 color space and 48-120Hz variable refresh rate. Eye Comfort 5-star and Eyesafe 2.0 certified display technology significantly reduces harmful blue light emissions to benefit eye health.What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, I want to thank you all for being part of the Microsoft Tech community! Your suggestions and feedback have been incredibly impactful as we’ve continued working toward our goal of making Teams smarter, more secure, and easier to use. In 2026, you can look forward to new ways to collaborate and do more, with Teams as the platform where people and agents collaborate together. We hope you’ll keep sharing your experience with new Teams features in the new year! To wrap up the year and lead into the next, we’re announcing some new features that can help you customize Teams for the way you like to work and make your conversations and connections more secure. “Pop out core Teams functions into a new window” gives you the ability to organize the elements of Teams that you use most frequently however you want on your desktop. “Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging” analyzes the identity and domain authenticity of external users when they make their first contact with you, to make sure they’re not impersonating your organization’s domain. These and all the other features below are now available, so give them a try and let us know what you think. Best wishes for a very happy and productive start to 2026! Chat and collaboration Meetings, webinars, and town halls Teams Phone Fundamentals and Security Frontline Worker Solutions Certified for Teams Devices Chat and Collaboration Pop out your core Teams functions into a new window You can now organize your work environment to fit your needs by opening Teams chat, calls calendar, activity, and more in separate windows. This gives you the flexibility to multitask and organize your workspace the way you want. Whether you're catching up on chats while reviewing call history or managing notifications alongside your calendar, this update helps you stay productive without switching tabs. Simply right-click an app icon or use the app flyout to pop it out into its own window. Joining a private team by code now requires owner approval Joining a private team using a code now requires a team owner’s approval. This update gives team owners more control and boosts security by ensuring every new member is approved even when using a Join code. This helps prevent unintended or unauthorized access to private teams while keeping code-based joining convenient for those who are authorized. Meetings, webinars, and town halls Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience Spoken language is now automatically detected and updated across Interpreter, live captions, and live transcription when Interpreter is enabled, keeping all speech features consistent with the language being spoken – no manual setup required. When Interpreter is disabled, live captions and transcription will still work, but auto-update spoken language will not be available, and meeting participants will need to speak in the spoken language manually selected in the meeting settings to ensure accuracy. Additionally, a new “preparing” status provides clear visual feedback while Interpreter initializes, helping users know when the system is ready – especially important for multilingual meetings. Interpreter settings have also been improved with concise explanations for each configuration and field, making setup easier and minimizing confusion. Teams Phone Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in Calls app post-calling experience – Generally available The post-call Copilot experience for Teams Phone on desktop and in mobile is now powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. After a call ends, users can open Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as a side panel in the Teams ‘Calls’ app to generate summaries, surface key insights, and get suggested next steps. By using data from Microsoft Graph and the web—not just the call transcript—Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat delivers responses that are more personalized, relevant, and actionable, helping users quickly move from conversation to follow-up. Compliance Recording ISV Support for Call Queues in Microsoft Teams Phone Teams Phone now supports third‑party ISV compliance recording at the call queue level, giving organizations a simpler and more consistent way to meet regulatory requirements. Recording is applied at the queue—rather than per individual calling representative—so every call routed through that queue is automatically captured by the organization’s chosen compliance solution. This approach is especially useful for large enterprises and dynamic support teams where calling representative membership frequently changes. Admins can apply a single queue-level policy to ensure all incoming calls are recorded compliantly without managing individual calling representative user settings. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging Own Domain Impersonation Detection in Teams identifies if an external user comes from a domain that is impersonating the recipient tenant's own domains during their initial contact with an enterprise user via Teams messages. This helps to protect users from bad actors spoofing tenant domains by analyzing sender identity and domain authenticity in real time, alerting users to suspicious activity and reducing phishing risks across messaging. Frontline Worker Solutions Frontline Hub Say goodbye to scattered tools and fragmented workflows. Frontline hub brings everything you need to deploy, manage, and monitor frontline Teams experiences into one streamlined destination—now available on the manage frontline teams page in the Teams Admin Center. With dynamic recommendations tailored to your deployment journey, frontline hub helps you deploy faster, simplify management, and deliver connected experiences that empower your frontline workforce. Teams Devices and Peripherals EPOS IMPACT 500 MS UC ANC WL USB-C+A Headset Designed for modern communication, IMPACT 500 delivers clarity and comfort all day. Certified for Microsoft Teams Open Office with a future software release that will add support for Teams over native Bluetooth® - for dongle free calls. EPOS microphone technology blocks out background noise for clear, precise speech and focused conversations. Hybrid ANC and EPOS BrainAdapt™ reduce noise and listening fatigue in the open office, while an impressive 35 hours of talk time keeps you connected longer. EPOS IMPACT 400 ANC Headset The IMPACT 400 delivers the focus and clarity professionals need to communicate seamlessly across office and home environments. Equipped with EPOS Hybrid ANC, it balances noise reduction for distraction-free focus, while four AI-powered microphones ensure your voice is transmitted clearly—even in noisy surroundings. Certified for Microsoft Teams Open Office, the IMPACT 400 delivers reliable performance in any environment. With plug-and-play connectivity and intuitive functions like lift-to-mute the IMPACT 400 combines effortless usability with all-day comfort, making it an ideal choice for professionals who demand clarity and productivity throughout their workday. Lenovo Webcams: FHD, QHD and 4K Pro The Lenovo FHD Webcam is a FHD webcam with1080P resolution, leading image quality, and a focus on design that delivers unparalleled clarity and functionality for users in various work environments. The Lenovo QHD Webcam provides 2K resolution, superior image quality, innovative design, and seamlessly integrates into collaborative work environments. Advanced AI features like auto-framing, face AE/AF, and AI noise reduction enhance communication and productivity. It's not just a webcam; it's a comprehensive video conferencing solution with advanced technology and functionality. The Lenovo 4K Pro Webcam delivers 4K resolution and exceptional performance in low-light settings, and is equipped with AI, making it a complete communication solution. Lenovo FHD Webcam Lenovo QHD Webcam Lenovo 4K Pro Webcam Lenovo Dual-mode Wireless ANC Headset 6550 (USB-A and USB-C) For professionals in open offices or hybrid work setups, the Lenovo Dual-Mode Wireless ANC Headset 6550—a Microsoft Teams certified headset for open office—elevates workplace communication to a new standard. It provides stable call performance and seamless integration with Microsoft Teams. Equipped with hybrid ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) and AI-powered ENC (Environmental Noise Cancellation) technologies, it effectively blocks out ambient distractions even in bustling, high-noise environments so that every word in calls is clear. Designed for all-day wear and certified by SGS, its ergonomic structure, premium leatherette, and memory foam deliver long-lasting comfort; meanwhile, its intelligent dual connectivity enables smooth, instant switching between devices (such as PCs and smartphones). Tailored for dynamic workspaces, this headset stands as a dependable tool to help professionals stay focused and boost productivity. Yealink Solutions for Teams Rooms The Yealink MVC S90 is an intelligent Dual-cam solution for Microsoft Teams Rooms, designed to enhance collaboration and is ideal for large meeting spaces. This set includes the new generation mini-PC MCore 4, the 11.6-inch touch panel MTouch Plus, the intelligent dual-lens camera UVC86, the audio and video processor AVHub, the intelligent detect sensor RoomSensor, and BYOD-Extender. The Yealink S50 is ideal for medium meeting spaces. This set includes the new generation mini-PC MCore 4, the 11.6-inch touch panel MTouch Plus, the MeetingBar A50 all-in-one video bar with USB mode, and the intelligent detect sensor RoomSensor. The Yealink MVC S40 is designed for small meeting spaces, and includes the new generation mini-PC MCore 4, the 11.6-inch touch panel MTouch Plus, the SmartVision 40 all-in-one video bar, and the intelligent detect sensor RoomSensor. The Yealink MVC S90 The Yealink S50 The Yealink MVC S40What’s New in Microsoft Teams | September 2025
Hey Microsoft Tech Community, we’re back with the latest updates to Microsoft Teams! This month we’re excited to spotlight many new features, like Threads in Channels which lets you reply directly to specific messages, keeping related conversations grouped together and preserving context without disrupting the main flow; updates to Teams AI Library that enables developers to build more powerful collaborative agents for Teams; and Teams Phone Extensibility for CCaaS and Dynamics 365 Contact Center that helps customers benefit from and extend their existing telephony investment with Teams Phone into the contact center. In addition to these exciting features, earlier this month, we announced the latest wave of Copilot innovation in Teams: we are now giving every channel, meeting, and community an agent that can collaborate with you and your team, acting as a virtual teammate. We share more about these agents below. Teams Rooms users have reason to celebrate as well, because the Facilitator agent is available in Microsoft Teams rooms with a Pro license. And Windows touch boards now support private browsing with Microsoft Edge, enabling secure access to websites and business web apps during and outside of meetings. Using touch boards in Teams Rooms is easier too, with Universal Touch Console support. Users can control Teams Rooms from either the table console or directly on the touch board, including devices like Surface Hub 3. All these updates are designed to help you work smarter, automate the routine, and get more from every minute you spend in Teams. Our goal is to give you the tools to maximize your productivity and improve collaboration and communication across your team. Let’s take a closer look at what’s new! New features released this month: Chat and collaboration Platform Meetings, webinars, and town halls Teams Phone Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Fundamentals and Security Frontline Worker Solutions Certified for Teams Devices Chat and Collaboration Agents in channels [Public Preview] Teams channels provide an organized space for teams to manage workstreams and communicate with stakeholders. Now, each channel can have a Channel Agent that draws on its conversations and meetings to act as a domain expert for the team. These agents adopt the channel’s name and help with common tasks – for example, flagging important deadlines that are buried in conversations, summarizing progress with succinct status reports, assigning tasks and due dates, and answering questions asked in natural language like “What’s the latest on our budget?” You can even invite these agents into meetings when you need expert insights in the discussion. Channel Agent is now in Public Preview* for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Learn more. Threads in channels Threads in channels let you reply directly to specific messages, keeping related conversations grouped together and preserving context without disrupting the main flow. This makes it easier to stay up to date, while allowing for in-depth discussions. You can follow the threads that matter most to you, and when an important update or decision is made, you can send it back to the main conversation, so everyone stays aligned without requiring them to sift through every reply. The Followed Threads view brings all your followed conversations into one interactive list. You can quickly access all your threads, triage and respond—without jumping between channels. And when you're done with a thread, unfollow it to stop receiving future updates. Learn more here. Enhanced AI thread summary in channels Stay on top of your conversations with enhanced AI-generated thread summaries, available in post/reply and threaded channels. When a conversation becomes lengthy, Copilot helps you catch up without reading every message by offering a “summarize thread” entry point, making it easy to stay informed within your workflow. Based on customer feedback, we structured these summaries to a clear, scannable format, which includes a brief overview highlighting the key takeaways, followed by a bulleted list organized by topic. Thread summaries provide a fast, focused way for users to get caught up on content that matters most to them. AI thread summary is available with Microsoft 365 Copilot license. New Workflows app experience in Teams [Public Preview] The newly redesigned Workflows experience in Teams makes automation easier and more accessible than ever. With a simple interface, it helps you automate day-to-day tasks, like getting updates from your teammates, automatically routing documents for approvals as they get modified, or adding tasks to Planner from messages without ever having to leave Teams. Additionally, you can now use new AI-powered workflow templates to automate tasks with Copilot or your channel’s agent — no coding required. This experience is currently in Public Preview. To access the AI workflows, users need a M365 Copilot license. Teams platform Sharing Apps and Agents in Teams To streamline interactions with apps and agents in Teams, we have introduced context aware buttons to link previews. These buttons will show the main action you can take with the link, depending on the app and where the link is shared. For example, if you share a SharePoint agent in a Teams Channel, the button CTA will say “Add to this Channel”, making the next step for the end user intuitive and efficient. Teams AI Library The updated Teams AI Library enables developers to build more powerful collaborative agents for Teams. With the enhanced version in GA for JavaScript and C#, and in Public Preview for Python, the library simplifies the creation of custom agents and provides access to the latest capabilities including Agent-to-Agent collaboration (A2A), Model Context Protocol (MCP), agentic memory, and more. It is generally available in C# and JavaScript, and in Public Preview for Python. GitHub app for Teams [Public Preview] Developers can @mention GitHub in a Teams channel to generate code directly from team discussions, turning conversations into working code without leaving Teams. The GitHub app for Teams understands your conversation in the Teams channel and helps turn that conversation into code, tests, documentation and pull requests. Github app for Teams is currently in Public Preview. Learn more in our recent GitHub blog post. Meetings, webinars, and town halls Facilitator agent Facilitator, the AI agent for every meeting, is now generally available. It joins your Microsoft Teams meetings to keep conversations focused, organized, and action‑oriented—adding productivity, not work. With a natural, conversational interface, participants can collaborate with each other and the agent in real time while Facilitator manages the end‑to‑end flow: it sets an agenda from the invite or infers goals from the discussion; keeps conversations on track with a visible timeline, smart time allocations, and gentle reminders; captures editable, real‑time notes; answers questions with meeting context and relevant web information; and records, assigns, and updates tasks, syncing with Planner for seamless follow‑through. When a new document is needed, it offers one‑click creation and generates a first draft in Word or Loop. Facilitator is also available in Teams Rooms and on mobile—extending chat, notes, and timers, and even capturing ad‑hoc hallway syncs—so every decision and action is captured. Enhanced Meeting Protection – Prevent Screen Capture [Premium] To address the issue of unauthorized screen captures during meetings, the Prevent Screen Capture feature ensures that if a user attempts to take a screen capture, the meeting window will turn black, thereby protecting sensitive information. This feature will be available on Teams desktop applications (both Windows and Mac) and Teams mobile applications (both iOS and Android). For users joining from unsupported platforms, they will be placed in audio-only mode to maintain the integrity of the meeting's content. This feature is available with a Teams Premium license. Countdown timer for Teams Meetings Manage time and streamline meeting discussions with the new countdown timer for Teams meetings, a tool designed to keep meetings efficient and on schedule. Any user can easily add a timer of any duration to the meeting (up to 100 minutes), which will appear in the meeting window for all participants with controls to start, stop, pause, and add more time. Colors automatically change as the timer gets closer to zero to help keep the speaker on track. Decorate your background in GCC (Premium) Decorate your background is now available to customers in GCC and GCC High environments. It is a generative background effect in Teams that makes meetings more fun and personal by using AI to spruce up your meeting background. With it, you can blend your physical and digital spaces and revamp what can be seen of your physical meeting space for each call. This technology allows for effortless room clean-up and adds virtual plants or festive decorations for special events. Decorate your background requires a Teams Premium license. Real-Time Mic Volume Indicator for Teams Meetings Introducing the Mic Volume Indicator for Teams meetings, a feature designed to provide real-time visual feedback on your audio levels. Positioned on the user bar, this indicator ensures your voice is captured correctly, eliminating the need to ask, “Can you hear me?” By offering continuous visual confirmation, it enhances user confidence and reduces communication breakdowns. It streamlines meeting efficiency by minimizing interruptions and ensuring communication that works. Organizer controls now available in meeting toolbar Take control of your meetings—right from the toolbar! Managing your Teams meetings is now faster and easier. Organizers and co-organizers will see a new ‘Controls’ button directly on the meeting toolbar—giving instant access to key settings for secure and seamless meetings. If an organizer has Teams Premium license, they'll unlock even more functionality with the Advanced Protection section inside the Controls flyout. Need deeper customization? Just click ‘View more’ at the bottom of the flyout to open the full Meeting Options panel. Enhanced privacy and stability for live captions To improve privacy, when transcription is off, captions will now show only the past five minutes of dialogue instead of the full meeting. If transcription is on, captions display the entire conversation, just like with live transcription. We’ve also fixed an issue where changing the caption position could cause data loss—now, moving captions will not affect the text shown. These updates also apply to Real-time Text (RTT), ensuring a consistent and reliable experience. Chat for organizers and presenters in webinars Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can now take advantage of a dedicated private chat in webinars, separate from attendee conversations. This feature is available before, during, and after the event, allowing presenters and event staff to coordinate easily and ensure smooth webinar delivery. Teams Phone Teams Phone extensibility for CCaaS and Microsoft D365 Contact Center Teams Phone extensibility is generally available for contact center as a service (CCaaS) ISV solutions and Dynamics 365 Contact Center to help customers benefit from and extend their existing telephony investment with Teams Phone into the contact center. Customers of Teams Phone can now leverage Teams Phone as a single, integrated solution to power calling across their unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and CCaaS solutions. According to a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting 1 , organizations using Teams Phone extensibility with Dynamics 365 Contact Center could see projected ROI and benefits PV as high as 345% and $3.5M respectively by year 3. Download the full report to learn more. ISV solutions that have completed certification for Teams Phone extensibility include AudioCodes, CentrePal, ComputerTalk, Heedify, and Landis 2 . We look forward to adding additional certified contact solutions to this growing ecosystem in the months ahead. 1 Projected benefits for a composite customer. New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center with Teams Phone extensibility, Forrester Consulting, Casey Sirotnak, Jonathan Lipsitz, August 2025 2 While certification is not required to access the Azure Communication Services API that enables Teams Phone extensibility, we recommend selecting a contact center solution that has completed the certification process for the best experience. If you are a contact center developer, learn more about enabling Teams Phone calling for your CCaaS solution. Support for Voice Applications Settings for Authorized Users in GCC High and DoD cloud environments [Premium] Teams Premium admins in GCC High and DoD cloud environments can now assign voice application policies to authorized users, granting them permission to configure auto attendants and call queues directly in Teams settings. Authorized users can opt team members in or out, streamlining team communications and response to business needs while maintaining security and oversight. Learn more. Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Facilitator agent generally available for scheduled meetings in Teams Rooms You can take advantage of the Facilitator agent in Teams Rooms on Windows or Android for real-time AI-generated notes, follow up items, and keeping everyone on time during scheduled meetings. Facilitator appears in the meeting chat and participants can toggle between notes, chat, and the agent. Facilitator for ad-hoc meetings, invoked by QR code scan, is available in public preview. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more here. Browser support on Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards Now you can access websites and line-of-business web applications using private browsing mode with Microsoft Edge on Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards, including Surface Hub 3. You can use the browser during meetings or outside of them, and admins can manage browsing policies, via the Pro Management portal, to ensure a secure and safe browsing experience. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Universal Touch Console support for Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards Using touch boards in a room is easier than ever with Universal Touch Console support. Once set up by an admin, you can control Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards, including Surface Hub 3, using the console on the table or by touching the board device. Preview of multiple camera view in Teams Rooms on Windows When multiple camera views are enabled in Teams Rooms on Windows, the preview video on the front-of-room display and the camera settings dialog will show multiple camera views. This feature allows in-room users to be aware of all camera feeds that are simultaneously streaming to remote users. Available with the Teams Rooms Pro license. Learn more here. DoD support in Teams Rooms Pro Management Department of Defense (DoD) customer tenants now have access to the Teams Rooms Pro Management service and portal, enabling them to use the remote device management and analytics features of the solution while meeting high security and privacy standards. Learn more here. Fundamentals and Security Migration Tool for Teams IT admins can now seamlessly migrate content from public and private channels in a third-party solution to Teams standard channels. Using a new first-party Migration tool in Microsoft Admin Center (MAC), admins can connect the third-party workspace, plan the migration, and execute the content transfer to Teams with ease. Unified building and endpoint metadata for reporting Teams Administrators can now use a single, unified process to upload and maintain the building and endpoint metadata that enriches calling and meeting reports. This new process replaces Reporting Labels and ensures that the building and endpoint information you upload is used in both Tenant Admin Center and Call Quality Dashboard. The data is stored in the Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) system and is used for call reporting, with no connection to Places or e911. Silent test call Silent test call provides the ability for IT admins to proactively run a synthetic simulation of a Teams call to the subnet, and to examine network readiness before any issue occurs. It provides tenant admins comprehensive visibility of their Teams environment, including infrastructure aspects such as network and devices, even during periods of no activity or minimal user interactions. Frontline Worker Solutions Link your existing frontline teams with flexible membership Save valuable time while transforming how you manage your frontline teams with flexible membership. By connecting your existing teams to the frontline workforce management tool in the Teams Admin Center, memberships automatically sync with Microsoft Entra attributes—keeping everything up to date with zero extra effort. And when you need added control, frontline managers can easily add or remove team members with just a few clicks. Learn more here. Certified for Teams Devices Yealink MeetingBoard Pro MTRW Series-65 and-75 The MeetingBoard Pro combines video conferencing, display, and smart whiteboard into an all-in-one solution with plug-and-play convenience and a clutter-free design. Delivering Pro View, Pro Sound, Pro Interact and powered by Pro Core, it features a triple 50MP camera system with advanced AI for precise tracking and a 16 MEMS mic array with AI-enhanced audio for crystal-clear conversations up to 12m/129 Sq Ft. MAXHUB XBar U50 and V50 Kit The MAXHUB XBar U50 is a USB-mode dual-camera videobar designed for small rooms and BYOD scenarios. With 100MP dual-lens camera, 12 beamforming microphones, AI-enhanced audio, and FlexMount for easy installation, it offers plug-and-play conferencing without fixed systems for ultimate flexibility. The solution includes 3-year service coverage and remote device management via MAXHUB Pivot — simplifying deployment and maintenance for IT admins. AudioCodes RXV200 + RXVCam70 + Shure Large Room Kit Elevate your large meeting spaces with a state-of-the-art collaboration solution, seamlessly integrating the AudioCodes RXV200 Android Intelligent A/V Hub, the AudioCodes RXVCam70 PTZ Camera and a Shure Large Room Audio System. Also included is the RX-PAD meeting room controller that simplifies meeting setup and device control. This bundle is engineered to deliver an exceptional Microsoft Teams Rooms experience for exceptional hybrid productivity, ensuring every participant, regardless of location, feels fully engaged and clearly heard. Owl Labs Meeting Owl 4+ The Meeting Owl 4+ is the first AI-powered 360° camera, speaker and microphone device that powers millions of global meetings. It combines 360° video and audio coverage with award-winning speaker-switching software to power effective hybrid collaboration in any space. The Meeting Owl’s proprietary Owl Intelligence System™ uses visual and audio cues to automatically focus on and capture the best view of in-room speakers in 4K video so remote participants can engage and participate in hybrid discussions effectively and productively. Yealink MP45 Teams MP45 USB desktop phone brings new meaning to the USB desktop phone with a 4-inch touch screen, telephone keypad and HD audio. You can connect and power the MP45 USB desktop phone via the USB cable with a USB-A/C adapter for easy installation and use without carrying additional cables or installing drivers. Connect the phone to any PC running Microsoft Teams and it will instantly be ready to start placing or receiving phone calls. The MP45 USB desktop phone provides convenient buttons for call control, such as a full dial pad, keys for controlling volume, mute, speakerphone, hold, redial, external headset mode and a dedicated Teams button to move Microsoft Teams instantly to the foreground. Logitech Zone Vibe Wireless (Native Bluetooth) Now you can ditch the dongle with Zone Vibe Wireless, an over-the-ear headset with modern design and comfort. Certified for Microsoft Teams over native Bluetooth, this product is ideal for video conferencing. Multipoint Bluetooth® enables users to easily switch between devices and delivers business-grade audio quality. The Zone Vibe’s lightweight design and battery longevity make it great for both office and home use. New Yealink Headsets: Yealink WH68 Teams USB-C/A This headset is designed for efficient communication, integrating DECT and Bluetooth dual-mode technology for seamless multi-device switching and ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) technology. Yealink WH64 Mono Teams & WH64 Dual Teams Ideal for clear conversations and smooth office experiences, these wireless headsets for business communication integrate DECT and Bluetooth modes, offering efficiency and flexibility. Advanced acoustic shield technology 2.0 filters out background noise, the busy light signals your call status, and the ergonomic design provides all-day comfort. Yealink WH64 Hybrid Mono Teams & WH64 Hybrid Dual Teams Wireless headsets with a DECT dongle for Hybrid working. Integrated DECT and Bluetooth modes offer a flexible and efficient solution for multi-connection mobile working in various scenarios. Advanced acoustic shield technology 2.0 filters out background noise, and the DECT wireless connectivity technology offers an exceptional call range of up to 150 m. Yealink WH63 E2 Teams A convertible DECT wireless headset supporting multi-device connection and control, designed for flexible and efficient calls in diverse office environments. Yealink UH48 Dual Teams USB-C/A A wired headset featuring hybrid ANC with two levels of ANC depth, 4-mic noise cancellation with acoustic shield 3.0 technology and extensively researched ergonomic design to ensure optimal stability and long-term comfort. Yealink UH46 Mono Teams USB-C/A & UH46 Dual Teams USB-C/A Wired headsets featuring 3-mic AI noise cancellation, ergonomic comfort, durable materials, flexible and fast plug-and-play, inline controls, and dual busy lights for all-angle visibility and fewer interruptions. Yealink UH35 Mono Teams USB-A & UH35 Dual Teams USB-A Professional USB wired headset with 35mm stereo speakers, dual mics with advanced noise cancellation, noise-isolating oval foam ear cushions. They are lightweight and comfortable for extended wear and can work seamlessly with UC platforms and Yealink IP phones. Yealink BH74 Teams USB-C/A A versatile headset for office, home, or travel, equipped with advanced microphone noise cancellation and ANC to ensure clear and immersive phone conferences and music enjoyment. The BH74 boasts long battery life, effortless usability and exceptional comfort for extended wear throughout the day. With impeccable stereo playback sound quality, you can always indulge in an unparalleled audio experience.
