Microsoft Teams: Share the system audio from meetings on web

Users in a Teams meeting on web can now share audio while screen sharing.

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Microsoft Teams: Together mode for DoD

Together mode uses AI segmentation technology in meetings to digitally place participants in a shared background, making it feel like you’re sitting in the same room with everyone else.

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Microsoft Teams Room on Windows – In meeting experience update

We will be updating the Teams meeting roster (viewable on the Teams Rooms console) to closely align with the current experience available on the Teams desktop application. This will provide new capabilities such as, participant grouping for instructed meetings, sorting roster by raised hand, an integrated user search and the ability to ask others to join meetings from an invite or from chat.

In addition to this, we will be making the roster position on the console better align with that of the Teams desktop application while adding a touch friendly interface for participant options. Users will also benefit from a unified universal bar that will provide in meeting call controls for presenters and attendees for Teams meetings, large meetings support, and Live events (presenter only).

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Restarting a Teams Live Event

For some Teams Live Events, you may want to restart the event after it has already started, or after you have ended it. Until now, this capability was not available. However, soon you will be able to restart a Teams Live Event if it is accidently ended it or if there is a connection issue during the event.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82953

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Content from camera now launched in Teams

As hybrid workplaces become more common, we’re excited to let you know that content from camera will soon be available in Microsoft Teams. This option enables users to stream content from directly from physical artefacts such as whiteboards and documents in a legible way. During a Teams call, users will be able to access the projection options simply by clicking Share > Content from camera.

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1:1 Calling in Safari

This feature update will bring 1 to 1 calling from Teams to Safari. Users will be able to initiate a 1:1 call with another Teams user while using Teams on Safari.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87312.

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Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams moving to general availability

In addition for Calling Plans and Direct Routing, Microsoft is introducing Operator Connect as third option for integrating PSTN calling capabilities in Teams.

We did work closely with key operator partners worldwide for integrating our infrastructure to make it simple to integrate operator services in Teams, with close to none configurations required.

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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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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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Cortana adds two new skills and Push To Talk is enabled by default

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows Service Update and New Skills in Cortana.

Service Update:

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