Webinar Email feature updates -customize content and time to send reminders

Emails for Webinars are critical to engage with registrants and often organizers feel the need to customize the content. To enable this, we are rolling out two features. 

1. The content of the emails (i.e. all webinar related attendee emails) can be edited by the event organizers. This is reserved for Teams Premium licensed organizers. 
2. Time to send reminder emails can be configured by the event organizers. This is reserved for Teams Premium licensed organizers. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Breakout Rooms participant shuffle

Breakout Rooms Participant Shuffle delivers a new capability to randomly assign participants to rooms also after rooms are created.

Participants can be randomly reassigned both prior to the meeting or during the live meeting.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: QR code sign-in on Teams Displays for hotdesking

This feature helps hotdesking users sign-in quickly and securely into their Teams displays by scanning a QR code using their Teams mobile app on Android phones and iOS phones.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Virtual front desk on certified Teams displays

Virtual front desk is a feature that enables IT admins to interact with and provide personalized assistance to customers, colleagues, or guests who are on-site via video call on a Microsoft Teams
display.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Allowing registered attendees to bypass the lobby in Webinars

Organizers can set a new lobby policy so registered attendees will now automatically bypass the lobby when they join the webinar.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Export API Support for Teams Control Messages

Control Messages are system generated messages on Teams client when an activity or event occurs. For example, User A was added User B to a chat and shared all chat history. Export API, a compliance archiving solution for Teams, goes beyond user generated Teams message and provides support to archive Teams control messages. As part of this release, Export API will support member add and member remove messages in the context of Teams, chats, and channels.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 1, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Unified user experience for Bookings App in Teams

The Bookings app in Teams is moving to the new Virtual Appointments app and users will see a unified Bookings app experience across all the entry points. Users will be able to access features targeted for virtual appointments scenarios via the new Virtual Appointments app.

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 1, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Track and pause automatic firmware updates for Android-based Teams devices in the Teams Admin Center

With this feature, IT admins can track which firmware is being rolled out through automatic updates via the Teams Admin Center and when. Additionally, automatic updates can be paused temporarily, allowing time to validate scenarios. This feature is applicable for Teams Rooms
on Android and Android-based Teams Phones, Panels, and displays.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/devices/remote-update

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Originally posted by Microsoft May 1, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: View Together Mode for everyone on Teams Rooms for Windows

Meeting organizers and presenters can select Together Mode for all the participants and select a layout to fit the meeting type.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 27, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: New Net Promoter Score survey in Teams Rooms on Windows

Capture meeting room participant feedback and help make Teams Rooms experiences better with the new Net Promotor Score (NPS) survey that occasionally appears on Teams Rooms on Windows consoles upon leaving a Teams Meeting.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 27, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments