User requests for blocked apps in the Teams store
If your organisation blocks certain apps in Teams, and you have no convenient way request them, how do your Teams admins know what users want? This is the problem this update...
Windows, Microsoft 365 and Teams: Top ten taster tips
To kick off our Windows, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams 'Top Ten Tips' series, Mark and I wanted to start with a selection from Windows and Teams. Later videos will focus...
Create and manage Power Apps from Microsoft Lists within Microsoft Teams
Do you use Power Apps to create apps from Microsoft Lists? If yes, and you’re sitting there thinking “I wish I could do this without leaving Teams”, then this is for...
Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels in public preview
UPDATE: Now entering general availability. Read the update here: Teams Connect shared channels.
Do you work closely with people in other organisations? This new update will let you work in Teams channels...
Easily navigate to all your Microsoft Teams files from OneDrive
Is OneDrive your go-to place for navigating to your files across Microsoft 365? It’s about to get even better with a new Your Teams section.
Short version:In OneDrive, Microsoft are adding a...
OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files
Navigating to and between Microsoft Teams channel file areas can feel a bit long winded, and private channels can make this experience even worse. This new view is about to solve...
Microsoft Teams chat density ‘compact’ setting
Do you find there’s a lot of wasted screen when viewing Teams chats? This new feature makes much better use of space.
Short version:You will soon be able to customise the number...
What is the message length limit for Microsoft Teams chat?
According to Microsoft, the size limit for a message in chat is "Approximately 28 KB per post...an approximate limit because it includes the message itself (text, image links, etc.), @-mentions, and...
Pin a Teams chat message
Do you have a Teams chat message that you and your colleagues often refer to or work on? This new feature is about to make that so much easier!
Short version:This new...
How to study for and pass Exam MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams
Exam name: MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams.
Certification gained: Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate.
Microsoft's description: "Candidates for this exam are Microsoft Teams administrators who manage Microsoft Teams to facilitate efficient and effective...
Mute notifications during Teams meetings
Do you attend Teams meetings? Do you like notifications during those meetings? If you do, and you don’t…this is for you!
Short version:Microsoft is about to introduce a Teams setting to help...
What’s new in Microsoft Teams? November and December 2021
Welcome to our latest end-user focused updates just for Microsoft Teams. We look back at November and December then look forward to January and beyond.
Here’s what we cover in this session:
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Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in meetings
Teams meetings can be tiring, there’s a lot to think about and look at. This new feature should help to lighten the load a little.
Short version:This new feature update will allow...
Pin your own video in Teams meetings.
Would you like a better view of your video feed during meetings…maybe for presenting or using sign language? This new feature will let you pin and enlarge your own feed.
Short version:Currently,...
Improved management of Teams guest accounts
For as long as Teams has been around, people with access to more than one tenant have wanted a better experience. Microsoft are about to improve guest user functionality within the...
The Microsoft Teams Store experience is about to be redesigned
If you use the Microsoft Teams store, you’ll like this update which will make it easier to find the app you are looking for.
Short version:With the newly redesigned Teams Store, you’ll...
Un-mirror your video in Teams meetings
When you preview your video feed in Teams meeting, any text in the background appears back to front and when you point at something your hand goes the ‘wrong’ way. You...
Q&A in Teams meetings
You know the Q&A functionality in Teams Live Events? Wouldn’t it be great to have that in regular meetings?
Short version:The Q&A app for Teams meetings and webinars is now available for...
Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving
Tabs are a super-versatile way to bring content into channel, chat or meeting. This update will now merge the usage and management options into one menu, making tabs even easier to...
Focus time experiences in the Viva Insights Teams App
Are you a Microsoft Viva and a Teams fan? Here's more Viva in Teams…
Short version:Viva Insights is enhancing the focus time experience for users of Viva Insights in Microsoft Teams. You...
Microsoft is adding volume control to language interpreter support in Teams...
TL;DRMicrosoft is adding volume control to Language interpreter support in Microsoft Teams meetings. Due mid to late November 2024.
DetailsAfter this rollout: If a meeting organizer...
