Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins

Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block internal users from accessing chats when these users join meetings organized on external non-trusted tenants, including cross-cloud join. This release of Microsoft Teams’ new meeting chat setting will be rolling out across MS Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide a new way for tenants to manage users’ chat access in meetings hosted on external non-trusted tenants.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Updating the Bookings app to the Virtual Appointments app

Bookings is supported across multiple entry points spanning Web, Teams and Outlook, however there is lack of parity in the feature set across these entry points leading to an inconsistent user experience. This fragmented experience has resulted in high DSAT for customers that has provided feedback to Microsoft to unify and provide feature parity in Bookings across all entry points.  

The Bookings experience in Teams will soon be updated to match the web version on https://book.ms, ensuring consistent features across all endpoints. However, certain features like Forms, Queuing & scheduler-initiated SMS reminders for appointments will be available only on the new Virtual Appointments app on Teams.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: group chat messages links

Users will be able to share a link to a specific message in a group chat, enabling the group chat members to quickly navigate to a message and find information.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 23, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Group Policy Assignment Support for Additional Policies in Teams Powershell Module

Microsoft is now extending group policy assignment support to additional policy types via Teams PowerShell Module (TPM). Admins can create new groups in Microsoft 365 admin center or can use existing groups to assign custom policies for various policy types in Teams PowerShell Module.

As your organization expands, your requirements become increasingly nuanced and multifaceted. A “one size fits all” approach is no longer tenable. Therefore, this capability will enable your organization to have different custom policies for various policy types assigned to user groups for specific needs. You will not have to rely on global (org-wide default) policies or direct policy assignments via manual user selections.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 22, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Follow up MC515531: Pronouns on Profile Cards in Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web

This is a follow up to MC515531 (February ’23) as we continue working on rolling this out to all environments.

We’re adding a new feature to the profile card in Microsoft 365. Users in your organization will soon be able to add pronouns directly to their profile card in Outlook on the web and Teams. Pronouns are the words we use to replace someone’s name in a sentence, such as “he,” “she,” or “they” in English.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 22, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Group Policy Assignment Support to Additional Policy Types in Microsoft Teams admin center

Microsoft is extending group policy assignment support to additional policy types via Teams admin center. Admins can create new groups in Microsoft 365 admin center or can use existing groups to assign custom policies for various policy types in Teams admin center.

This capability will enable your organization to have different custom policies for various policy types assigned to user groups for specific needs and inherited through group memberships. You will not have to rely on global (org-wide default) policies or direct policy assignments via manual user selections.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Resources-specific consent apps

Admins will be allowed to pre-approve apps using resource-specific consent (RSC) permissions, so that users can install them even when RSC is otherwise turned off.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Track and pause firmware auto-updates for Teams devices from Teams admin center

We are introducing enhancements to firmware auto-updates for Android-based Teams devices in Teams admin center.

These enhancements –

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: A new default home screen and an enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms on Windows

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.17 update includes new and improved home screen features, including:  

• New default home screen experience with modern UI update 
• Enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms Pro users. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Stageview

Users can now open app content in a separate Teams window that’s been built for collaboration.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93769

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 17, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments