Microsoft Teams mobile will introduce AI-generated summaries for Word, PPT, and PDF files shared in chats and channels, starting mid-January 2025. This feature allows users to comprehend content without reading full documents and requires no admin action for rollout.
Teams meeting Notes, powered by Loop, is now available in Microsoft Teams for Education. Notes are Loop components in Teams meetings and chats that allow end users to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items that can be co-authored and edited by everyone. Since Notes are Loop components, they stay in sync across all the places they have been shared. Assigned Tasks automatically sync with ToDo and Planner.
Organizers of town halls and webinars can now select and assign presenters to also be Q&A moderators, allowing them to manage and publish questions asked during the event. This feature lets organizers make changes to the group of moderators at any time, before or during the event, and it is available to all users organizing a town hall or webinar, regardless of license.
We’re excited to announce a new integration between Viva Engage and Viva Connections—an Engage feed card in the Connections dashboard. Users will be able to view and interact with their Viva Engage feed conversations directly in Viva Connections through a new card in the dashboard. This is possible when the admins/operators add the Engage card into their tenant Viva Connections dashboard. Users can then click on the card to engage with their Viva Engage feed conversations directly in Viva Connections without being redirected out of the app.
Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/double-key-encryption
Meeting participants can now share a link to the meeting recap from the meeting thumbnail in chat and the recap tab, making it easier to reference and share the meeting recap insights with others. Meeting participants can share the meeting recap link with anyone in their organization, for those users who don’t have access to the recording or transcript, they need to request recording and transcript access before they can access the meeting recap.
The Microsoft 365 admin center is introducing a feature to the Copilot usage report, showing active usage of Copilot agents. This does not require a Copilot license and will roll out from mid-December 2024 to early January 2025. No admin action is needed for the update.
Microsoft Teams will introduce email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings. Meeting organizers will have a new option to require email verification for anonymous participants. Tenant admins can manage this setting via a new policy in the Teams admin center. This feature will be available on various Teams platforms and is part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418125. Rollout begins mid-January 2024 for Targeted Release and late March 2025 for General Availability. Admins should assess the impact and update meeting policies as needed.
Microsoft Teams introduces a feature to schedule messages in channels, enhancing communication management. Rollout begins mid-January 2025, with different completion dates for various releases. Users can schedule, edit, or cancel messages. No admin action needed; users should be informed of the change.
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