Insights app in Microsoft Teams will be available starting February 2021

The Insights app in Teams provides personalized insights to improve productivity and wellbeing and data-driven recommendations to help you build better work habits.

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Get a Meet now meeting link in Teams

We’ve made it easier for a user to create meetings and get a meeting link using the Meet now button in the Teams calendar. This feature is available for Teams desktop (Mac and Windows) as well as web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70602

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Theme and Fluent icon updates in Teams on the web, Windows and Mac

Updated January 29, 2021: We have updated the post for additional clarity. Thank you for your patience.

We are updating the default and dark theme colors in Teams on web, Windows, and Mac and will also update Fluent icons to align other Microsoft 365 applications.

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Introducing an enhanced Teams Calling experience

We are simplifying the calling experience in the Teams desktop app (Windows and Mac) by providing a streamlined view that combines contacts, voicemail, and calling history.

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Large gallery view and Together Mode for web meetings in Edge and Chrome browsers

This new Teams feature allows users to change layout to Together mode or Largegallery during a meeting conducted in Edge or Chrome browsers.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70573

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Increasing team membership to 25,000 members per team

As announced at Ignite, we are increasing the number of members that can be added to a team from 10,000 to 25,000.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68723.

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Meeting Reactions in Teams Meetings

The Meeting Reactions feature allows users to react to participants during a meeting. Reactions will be available on Teams Desktop and Teams Mobile apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 65946 and 68905.

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New usage report for Microsoft Teams in Microsoft 365 admin center

We are adding a new Microsoft Teams report to the Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70552.

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Close Microsoft Teams will queue sent messages when offline

A new offline experience for Microsoft Teams for the web and desktop helps users be productive even without a network connection.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64687.

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Microsoft Teams: Profile menu update, relocating profile menu links to a new menu in the title bar

Access to Settings, Zoom Controls, Keyboard Shortcuts, About, and Check for Updates is moving from the Me Menu to a new menu in the title bar. The Me Menu will be focused on account management, where users can switch to another account or tenant through the first level of the Me Menu. The following links will be moved out of the Me Menu into a new menu in the title bar:

  • Zoom Controls
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • About
  • Check for updates

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