AI-powered custom backgrounds are coming to Teams channel announcements
Update from Microsoft 11th December 2023: "Non-US tenants may notice a temporary loss in the ability to upload an image. For tenants who do not have access to Designer, the ability...
The new version of Microsoft Teams is now generally available for Windows and Mac
TL;DRMicrosoft announced the new version of Teams in March 2023 and released a preview version for some of us to try. Since then, they have achieved feature parity for almost all...
Microsoft Teams chat web links to open in Edge with the chat displayed alongside...
TL;DRThe Teams desktop app will soon open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge, with the chat displayed alongside the web content. This will allow you to continue your conversation...
Teams Live events are dead*. Long live Teams Town Halls!
TL;DRMicrosoft has announced that Teams Live Events will be retired for commercial customers on 30th September 2024, and the functionality will be replaced with Town halls, which will be available from...
Immersive spaces in Teams meetings ready for Generally Availability
TL;DR: Immersive spaces allow you to have a fun, 3D meeting experience during your Teams meetings. Experience Spatial Audio, play team-building interactive games and express yourself with live reactions to engage...
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams webinars: unique join links for external presenters
Details:Organisers of Teams webinars will soon be able to create unique join links for their external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to enter...
Collaborative meeting notes are coming to Teams on mobile
TL;DR:The ability to use Collaborative meeting notes (view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks) is coming to Teams for iOS and Android. This update will bring...
Microsoft Teams emojis, GIFs and stickers are to be combined in one easy to...
Details:Currently, you see separate emoji, GIF and sticker pickers when composing a message or post in Teams:
With this update emojis, GIFs, and stickers will be combined in one picker under the...
The Teams meeting Outlook add-in now supports multi-tenant/account meeting creation for users of new...
TL;DR: The Teams meeting add-in in Outlook now supports the ability to switch between multiple tenants and accounts to schedule Teams meetings. Available now for users of the new Teams client.
Details:If...
Workflows are replacing Connectors within the Microsoft Teams channels menu
TL;DR:Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu”. Now due late October to mid-November...
New Microsoft Teams app: Meet
TL;DR:Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams users will soon have a dedicated space to manage their meetings – “Meet”. The Meet app is a centralized hub for all meeting activity and content”. Due mid-October...
Microsoft Teams webinars get a brilliant on-demand recording upgrade
TL;DR:Webinar organisers will soon be able to publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to attendees, including a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on the...
Stream video preview and playback in Microsoft Teams chats and channels
TL;DR:You will soon be able to preview and play Stream videos directly in Microsoft Teams Chats and Channels without having to open them in a browser and going to Stream. Now due...
Microsoft Teams app store suggestions to be grouped by app purpose
Details:The Microsoft Teams app store will soon show app suggestions grouped by the tasks that the apps support (such as ‘manage tasks’ and ‘take notes and create lists’) as opposed to...
S01E09: Avatars for Teams Meetings – part 2 (SUCCESS)
Welcome to Season 01, Episode 09 of Mark & Kirsty banging on about Microsoft 365!
In our eighth (very short) episode we planned to follow up on our Avatars - part 1...
Microsoft 365 ‘OMG’ Moments! 007 – ‘Microsoft Teams WOW! moments’ at Commsverse 2023
Welcome to Microsoft 365 OMG! Moments. In this episode on we revisit Kirsty's Commsverse 2023 session 'Microsoft Teams WOW! moments'.
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S01E10 Microsoft Teams features you may have missed
Welcome to Season 01, Episode 10 of Mark & Kirsty banging on about Microsoft 365!
In our tenth episode (number 9 is in the pipeline somewhere!) we look at some nice Microsoft...
S01E08: Avatars for Teams Meetings – part 2 (FAIL)
Welcome to Season 01, Episode 08 of Mark & Kirsty banging on about Microsoft 365!
In our eighth (very short) episode we planned to follow up on our Avatars - part 1...
Show/hide previews in your Microsoft Teams chat list
TL;DR:‘Show message previews in your chat list’ is a new way to make better use of space on the rail when looking at chat. It also improves privacy by hiding the...
Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings
TL;DR:The animated background feature in Teams Meetings will allow you to replace your background with an animation. Animated backgrounds will be identified by a small video icon in the bottom-left corner...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? December 2024
Welcome to our final roundup of 2024. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in December.
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