Microsoft Teams: webinars plus new meeting registration options

We are excited to announce the forthcoming availability of Teams webinar capabilities, beginning rollout at the end of April 2021, completing in May 2021.

Associated features that apply to webinars and meetings, include:

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Teams: Create tasks from Teams chats or channel posts

This new feature will allow users to create Tasks from Teams chats or channel posts and enable them to identify tasks that arise naturally in Teams conversations while ensuring important work isn’t overlooked. This will rollout on Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68696.

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Microsoft Teams: introducing organization-wide backgrounds (preview)

Currently, your end users can replace the background in a video meeting or call with an image, if you have enabled this feature for Teams desktop apps and Teams on the web.

We are introducing, via a preview feature, the ability for you to provide backgrounds that end users have access to across the organization.

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Customized backgrounds in Microsoft Teams meeting video coming to mobile devices

If you have enabled this feature for Teams desktop apps, users will be able blur their background in a video meeting or call or replace the background with an image.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82234 

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Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app

With this update, your end users can wirelessly share the content of their mobile device (iOS and Android) in a Teams Room without needing to first set up a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 70564 and 70565.

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Opt-in to the new Teams live events multi-window producer experience

Currently, a Microsoft Teams live event producer manages a live event within the primary Teams window.

With MC248212 (April 1, 2021), we announced a new feature that allows producers to manage a live event in a separate Teams window. We are providing an opportunity to opt-in to this new feature before it rolls out to your tenant.

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Allowing anonymous presenters in Teams Live Events

Note: This announcement only applies to customers who are currently able to utilize Live Events. If you do not currently have access to Live Events you may ignore this message.

We originally communicated this in MC240167 (Feb ’21). With this update, meeting organizers will be able to allow anonymous presenters in a Microsoft Teams live event.

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GoLocal support for Live Events

Note: This announcement only applies to customers who are currently able to utilize Live Events. If you do not currently have access to Live Events you may ignore this message.

This was originally communicated in MC242342 (March ’21). We have enabled GoLocal support for Live Events in France, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates in March.

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Teams: Join a meeting with digital meeting ID

This release of Microsoft Teams Meeting ID will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an additional way for users to join a Microsoft Teams meeting by entering a digital ID.

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Teams live event producers will see a separate window experience for managing events

Currently, a Microsoft Teams live event producer manages the a live event within the primary Teams window. With this update, producers will manage a live event in a separate Teams window.

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