Microsoft Teams: Hotline phones

Enables administrators to program Microsoft Teams certified phone devices to directly dial a pre-configured phone number or contact, such as emergency services in a manufacturing plant or help desk in the organization. The hotline can be set up directly through the device settings or the Teams admin center. The device will need to be enabled with a Teams Shared Device License and set to common area phone mode.

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Microsoft Teams: Together Mode Usability Improvements

We are bringing new usability improvements to Together Mode. Participants in Together Mode will now have name labels attached to their videos. Name labels will also support status icons that indicate microphone, active speaker, spotlight or pin within the meeting. Second, your own video in the gallery will now be removed while Together Mode is active to avoid duplication of the self preview. Lastly, Together Mode will now display raised hands and reactions within the view.

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Microsoft Teams: An improved search experience in chat and channels

A new search experience will allow users to search in a specific chat or channel and reach relevant results faster. The results will appear in the right handrail so you can stay in the flow of your work. Enhancements like highlighted key words will make it easier for user to scan their results.

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Applied Filters in Microsoft Lists

Microsoft Lists is rolling out a new way to visualize and clear the filters that are present in a view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117585

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Applied Filters in Microsoft Lists

Microsoft Lists is rolling out a new way to visualize and clear the filters that are present in a view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117585

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings

Microsoft Teams is pleased to announce an upgraded audio experience in meetings: Spatial audio. Spatial audio brings a next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. This new audio experience spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when multiple people are speaking together.  

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107783

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Microsoft Teams: Install apps Based on User Activity with Zero-Touch App Install (ZTI)

Microsoft Teams Zero-touch App Install (ZTI) uses activity from your users to install and surface apps that admins have already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable ZTI to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams. Specifically, when a user signs into specific SaaS apps using Azure AD (e.g. in web browser), the app will be installed for that user on Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100385

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Visual Refresh of Office apps for Windows

We apologize for the late message center notification for the Visual Refresh of Microsoft 365 apps for Windows. The Microsoft 365 Visual Refresh uses the Fluent Design principles to deliver an intuitive, coherent, and familiar experience across all your applications. The Visual Refresh was released alongside Windows 11 in June 2021. We have been slowly rolling out the feature via the Coming Soon pane and making improvements based on your feedback. The Visual Refresh on Windows 11 is currently available for all Microsoft 365 Subscription and Perpetual 2021 users in Production Current Channel and Monthly Enterprise Channel. Windows 11 users can still opt-out via the Coming Soon pane. A bug in the rollout caused Windows 10 production Microsoft 365 Subscription and some Perpetual 2021 users to not receive the change.

Upcoming ChangeThe Visual Refresh will be initially released as an opt-in experience for Windows 10 production Microsoft 365 Subscription users via the Coming Soon pane. Perpetual 2021 Windows 10 and Windows 11 users will receive the Visual Refresh by default and can opt-out via the Coming Soon pane. 

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Announcing Modern Security Role Editor User Interface Preview

We are pleased to announce the preview of the Modern Security Role Editor User Interface that will begin rolling out on April 10, 2023, and will be available globally on April 25, 2023.

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