OneDrive and Microsoft Stream: Sharing Links that block download for most video and audio files is now available

Users can now choose to share most video and audio files with a sharing link that will prevent recipients from being able to download the file. Recipients can still view the file via the web player experiences.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/video-formats-you-can-play-on-the-onedrive-website-07c008b2-70e4-4ced-8a9b-f25bed77196a#:~:text=You%20can%20play%20most%20audio,directly%20from%20the%20OneDrive%20website.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 23, 2021 Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: New guest user usability improvements enabling pending invitation decline and show/hide guest tenant list from Teams app account setting

A guest user can now leave an org from Teams app account settings. A guest user can also choose to hide/show guest tenants from the Teams account settings.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 23, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Changes to Microsoft Teams apps’ native permissions in the browser

In order to better secure Microsoft Teams third-party applications that request native device permissions – such as camera, microphone or location access – we will be requiring users to manually opt-in for these permissions per app in the Microsoft Teams web browser experience. We are already doing this on the Teams desktop and mobile clients.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 22, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Isolated Audio for NDI and Hardware-Out

Microsoft Teams will now optionally support isolated audio streams when using Network Device Interface (NDI) or Hardware-Out from Teams Meetings.

NOTE: If you are not using NCI hardware you can safely disregard this message.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 19, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Transcription in 1:1 VOIP Calls

Transcription in 1:1 VOIP Calls will soon be available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68774.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 18, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: New Fluent Emoji style coming to Teams emojis and reactions

Teams is joining M365 and Windows in updating all emojis and reactions to the new Microsoft Fluent emoji style, bringing users a more vibrant and expressive emoji experience.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Custom Backgrounds are now on Android Mobile

We know you love custom backgrounds and blur on iOS, desktop and web, and we are excited to share that those same features are now available on Android mobile devices!

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82234.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Join meetings anonymously from your Teams desktop app (across clouds)

Today, if you want to join a meeting hosted in a different cloud to one of your tenant, you are directed to use the Teams web experience. We are improving the experience to allow users to join meetings across clouds from their desktop app anonymously.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Reply to specific chat message in Teams Desktop

With this update, Microsoft Teams Desktop users will receive the long awaited ability to reply to specific messages in chat from the message actions menu. This will help bring more context into conversations. This feature has already been available on the iOS and Android apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81113.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Chat Delete Capabilities within Supervised Chats

Earlier this year, through the Supervised Chat feature, we provided the capability to block restricted users from starting new chats unless an appropriate supervisor is present.

We are continuing to iterate on this experience and soon we will provide another tool for supervisors to be able to delete any inappropriate chat within those supervised environments.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments