Information Barrier Open and Owner Moderated Modes in Teams

This feature update will enable Information Barriers (IB) with Teams to support the following two modes – Open and Owner Moderated

When this will happen:

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Cortana support expansion to additional languages in Microsoft Teams Rooms

End users can now use “Hey Cortana” to join meetings and other skills if their Teams rooms are configured to use language en-au, en-ca, en-gb, en-in, en-us.

Note: If your organization does not utilize Teams rooms you can safely disregard this message.

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Cortana Voice Activation enabled by default in Teams Rooms

The below message applies to tenants with Teams Room Devices. Please disregard if your organization is not utilizing Teams room Devices.

We are making some changes to OOBE (out of the box experience) for Teams Rooms! Cortana Voice Activation will be enabled by default. We are changing the OOBE flow to include a screen to request your Cortana voice activation acknowledgement.

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Microsoft Teams: Enable Cortana voice activation by default in out-of-box-experience of newly imaged Microsoft Teams Rooms

Cortana
voice activation will be enabled by default on newly imaged Microsoft Teams
Rooms solutions. If desired, IT Admins can adjust the setting to turn off voice
activation at that time.

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Microsoft Teams: Cortana support expansion to additional languages in Microsoft Teams Rooms

Cortana
will support additional languages on Teams devices that are set to different
locale languages. The locale supported today are: en-us, en-ca, en-au, en-in,
en-gb (US, Canada, Australia, India, Great Britain)

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Microsoft Teams: Updated Cortana iconography on front of room display and console in a Microsoft Teams Room

Update
to the Cortana iconography that appears on the front of room display and
console UI in a Microsoft Teams Room.

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Microsoft Teams Admin Center: App lists and banners in the app management page

The Manage Apps page in Teams Admin Center today allows admins to manage apps in the tenant. A list of apps and editorial banners are added to help admins find relevant apps for the tenant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88305

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Microsoft Teams: Enriching the App detailed page with more descriptive App information In Teams admin center

In Teams admin center, the app detail page for Microsoft and third-party apps will provide greater description for apps, including images and product videos. The custom app detail page is also optimized.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88306

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Simultaneous screenshare and video on Safari web browser

Note: if your organization does not utilize the Safari browser you can safely disregard this message.

To align with Teams desktop, we’ve recently created the ability to simultaneously share content via screen share while video is running on Safari browser.  

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Walkie Talkie on iOS General Availability

Walkie Talkie on iOS is now General Available.

With Walkie Talkie in Teams, employees can now securely communicate with a familiar push-to-talk (PTT) experience without needing to carry bulky radios. This native built-in app in Teams turns employee or company-owned iOS smartphones and tablets into a walkie-talkie, reducing the number of devices employees must carry and lowering costs for IT.

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