Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups

App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to Teams app store.

Second, admins can edit the availability of an app to ‘All users can install’, ‘Specific users and groups can install’, or ‘No user can install’. This feature evolves the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually.

The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 24, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Workflows replacing Connectors within Microsoft Teams channels menu

Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu.

To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for channels. From the list of channels users will be able to go into the overflow menu for a specific channel (…) and select “Workflows”. Here they will see a list of workflow templates specific to channels within Teams. Users can then configure these templates to their needs and deploy them to the channel. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 24, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Auto Install Approved Apps

Microsoft Teams Auto Install Approved Apps uses intelligent signals from your users to install and surface the apps that the admin has already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable it to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Workflows within Channels

Users will be able to configure workflows within their Teams channels.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: calendar synchronization

You can view changes to your meetings in real time in the Teams calendar on your mobile device.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Real-time calendar sync and updates with Outlook

Any changes you make to your calendar in Outlook, will be reflected in real-time in your Teams calendar and vice-versa.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Near Real-Time Calendar Sync and Updates in Teams Mobile Calendar

Microsoft Teams Mobile users will soon be able to see near real time updates of their calendar meeting invites when created, updated, forwarded or deleted.

When this will happen:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Proactive Monitoring of Meeting Quality Using Real-time Telemetry (Premium)

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center allows admins to view their users’ meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing. Currently, the troubleshooting process for admins is manual and requires continuous admin involvement. The admin or engineer must search for a user, access their call history, identify ongoing meetings or live events they are participating in, and then search for the specific information needed to troubleshoot issues.However, with the introduction of Proactive Monitoring Notifications for In-Progress meetings, admins can efficiently monitor multiple meetings simultaneously for important users in their organization. This functionality enables admins to monitor audio, video, and app-sharing experiences based on various parameters and receive alerts if there are any issues with a user’s meeting experience.

This feature is part of the Teams premium add-on SKU. All admins will see the feature within the Teams admin center, but for users to be configured and enabled for monitoring notifications they are required to have a Teams Premium license assigned for this feature to work.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 22, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link

The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.

By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 22, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS). 

Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars for Teams experience. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 22, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments