Teams Town Hall organisers and presenters to get an exclusive chat area
TL;DRThe new Microsoft Teams feature for Town Hall allows organisers, presenters, and external presenters to engage in private discussions before, during, and after their virtual events, facilitating real-time collaboration. Now due...
M365 Chat in Teams is being changed to Copilot
Join my next webinar on 27th February 2024 at 14:00 - 14:45 GMT: What can Microsoft Copilot do and how can I use it to drive efficiencies?
DetailsThe M365 Chat app in...
Video: 5 examples of you + Copilot winning at Teams meetings!
Join my next webinar on 27th February 2024 at 14:00 – 14:45 GMT: What can Microsoft Copilot do and how can I use it to drive efficiencies?
Watch how Copilot can help with Teams...
Hide the General channel in Microsoft Teams
DetailsYou can now hide the General channel in Microsoft Teams, just like any other channel. If the General channel is the only channel, hiding it will hide the team too.
AvailabilityDue mid-February...
Content from Camera on New Teams
TL;DRContent from camera on new Teams enables meeting attendees to see your whiteboards, printed documents and books etc. It will detect, crop, frame and then share the content with meeting participants....
Boring, but important changes in file open behaviour in classic Teams
TL;DRMicrosoft is making changes to the file open experience in classic Teams that will affect users in select scenarios, including Shared channels and the apps OneNote, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Due...
You will soon be able to duplicate Microsoft Teams webinars
TL;DRMicrosoft: “To simplify event creation Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability to create a new webinar by duplicating the information for an existing scheduled one…”. Due early to late March 2024.
DetailsWebinar...
New Teams is losing the ability to open the website tab in the client
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams is losing the ability to show websites inside the new Teams client when using the Website tab, these links will open in a new browser tab instead. This is...
Navigating away from Microsoft Teams Chat and Channel Copilot will no longer close Copilot
DetailsBefore this feature is released, navigating away and then returning to Chat Copilot or Channel Copilot, you would find that Copilot has closed. Copilot will now remain open when you navigate...
Meeting invitation improvements are coming to Microsoft Teams
TL;DRMicrosoft is making design improvements to emphasise the most important information and improve information grouping.
DetailsChanges include:
The link for joining the meeting will be larger
A ‘Need help?’ link to the Microsoft...
Real-time calendar notifications in the Teams activity feed
DetailsComing to the Activity feed:
Meeting invites (including channel meetings you are explicitly invited to)
Meeting updates/cancellations
Meeting forwards (if you are the organiser)
Click a calendar notification in the Activity feed to see details...
Coming to Microsoft Teams chat: an easy way to share colleague contact information
DetailsYou will soon be able to share the contact information of colleagues who are not participants in a chat. This will be an easy and accurate way of passing on someone’s...
New audio and video flyouts in Teams meetings
TL;DRMicrosoft is improving access to audio and video settings during Teams meetings, key controls will be just one click away in new flyouts. Now due mid-February to mid-March 2024.
DetailsDuring a meeting,...
Microsoft Teams is getting a new channel discovery feed
TL;DRYou will soon have a personalised channel feed for posts from people and topics you engage with. Instead of going through each channel listed to catch up on what’s happening, you...
You will soon be able to archive channels in Microsoft Teams
DetailsYou will soon be able to archive Microsoft Teams channels. Here are the key points:
Owners will be able to archive channels
By default, archived channels will not appear in a team channel...
The Teams meetings gallery is getting a make-over
TL;DRMicrosoft is revamping the default gallery in Teams meetings and calls. Now due mid-June to late July 2024.
Details
Participant tiles will have a 16:9 aspect ratio. Apparently, a better experience when turning...
At last. Remove Activity Feed Item in New Teams
DetailsThis feature will allow you to delete items from your activity feed by clicking on the ellipses and selecting Remove.
Applies to new Teams only.
AvailabilityDue early to late February 2024.Now due early...
Co-organiser experience upgrades for Microsoft Teams Webinars and Townhalls
DetailsCo-organisers will soon gain the ability to:
Edit event details like title, date/time, description
Edit event details
Publish and cancel the event
Microsoft says the co-organiser will have full parity of experience as the Webinar/Town...
The tired old Files app in Teams is dead. Long live the excellent OneDrive...
DetailsThe Files app in Teams has remained largely the same for six years or so, with a minor refresh around April 2023. In contrast, OneDrive Online has had some rather good...
Creation of new Microsoft teams and channels moved and simplified
DetailsMicrosoft is reducing the number of clicks required to create Teams channels and teams by surfacing both options in the + button at the top of the rail in the Teams...
Ground your M365 Copilot BizChat prompts in third-party data
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Copilot Biz Chat will soon allow you to ground prompts in third-party data from Microsoft Graph Connectors. Due late February to early...
