Admin setting for PSTN participant phone number masking in Teams meetings

With MC209349 (April 2020) and MC217648 (July 2020), we added a level of privacy for participants who call in to a Teams meeting via audio conferencing (PSTN) by automatically masking any PSTN participant phone number to users from outside of your organization who might be on the call.

We are now adding an admin control for this feature.

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Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience

Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.

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Reminder: Configuration Change in Guest access for Microsoft TeamsAction required by 8 Feb 2021

As originally communicated in MC228482 (December ’20), we’re making some changes to the default setting for Guests in Microsoft Teams

Beginning on February 8th, 2021, we are turning on Guest access in Microsoft Teams by default for any customers who have not configured this setting.  This will bring Teams Guest capability into alignment with the rest of the suite, where the setting is already on by default.

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Teams desktop app for Mac: Include computer sound in a meeting

The Microsoft Teams desktop app for MacOS will soon allow users include their computer’s sound when sharing either their desktop or a window in a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67168 and 67169.

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(Updated) Change in display of hierarchical sensitivity labels

This feature update does not apply to EDU tenants.

We are updating how the Teams channel header displays hierarchical sensitivity labels to provide improved exposure to the confidentiality status of content in a channel.

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Announcing Teams location picker support for security groups and distribution lists

Data loss prevention (DLP) for Microsoft Teams will soon support security groups and distribution lists as part of the Teams location picker.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68874.

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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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Reminder: Configuration Change in Guest access for Microsoft Teams

As originally communicated in MC228482 (December ’20), we’re making some changes to the default setting for Guests in Microsoft Teams

Beginning on February 8th, 2021, we are turning on Guest access in Microsoft Teams by default for any customers who have not configured this setting.  This will bring Teams Guest capability into alignment with the rest of the suite, where the setting is already on by default.

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Introducing history menu in Microsoft Teams

We are introducing a history menu in the Microsoft Teams desktop clients that displays a user’s recently visited locations.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70545 

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Task publishing feature for frontline organizations now available in Microsoft Teams

We are introducing task publishing and reporting features within the Tasks app in Teams. This allows an organization to define the tasks that need to be completed across their frontline locations, choose which locations need to complete those tasks, and track the progress of the work. Frontline managers and workers can use the desktop or mobile Tasks in Teams experience to see the tasks they need to complete, all in one place.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 59719.

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