Microsoft Teams: Music on Hold for Call Transfer

Microsoft Teams users can now play music to callers on hold when a call transfer is initiated. This feature ensures that music can be played to caller on hold when call transfer is initiated, feature applies to 1-1 VoIP and PSTN calls. 

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Microsoft Teams: Group Chat Invitations From Unmanaged Users

When using external access for Microsoft Teams, users receiving a group chat invitation from an unmanaged Teams user will be prompted with the option to acknowledge or leave the group chat.

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View the Full Chat conversation thread after clicking on search message results

When users search for a chat message in Teams and click on a message result, they are taken to a view that contains only the selected message, rather than the entire chat thread. This fix will now land the users on the full chat thread once the message search result is clicked, thereby providing full context of the conversation around the message result.

The feature will be rolling out for Teams Desktop and Web clients and is applicable to message results on the SERP page and the contextual search surfaces.

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Expanded reactions in Microsoft Teams

This update will allow users to apply any emoji as a reaction to chat or channels messages. Users can choose from over 800 existing Teams emojis to express themselves the way they want. Browse all the reaction options or use the search bar to the find the reaction you want.

This feature update will also be delivered with a new reactions user experience to support the expanded reactions options. The reaction hover bar will now feature a reduced number of quick hover options to make space for an expanded reaction button. The reaction summary will also be moved from the top right of the message to the bottom of the message bubble to make space for the wide range of options that can now be added.

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Introducing new licenses for Microsoft Teams Rooms Devices

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Starting September 6th, 2022, we are replacing the existing Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard and Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium per-device licenses with:

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Microsoft Teams Platform Apps in Group VOIP Calls

Since launchingapps in scheduled meetings, Microsoft Teams app developers have wanted to build similar experiences for Teams calls that enhance user productivity. Examples of collaborating in an ad-hoc group call include, collecting and acting on information, discussing and ideating, organizing and tracking, making decisions, and more.

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Schedule Send for Microsoft Teams Chat

As remote teams become more common and spread across multiple time zones, Teams is introducing the schedule send feature that allows users to schedule chat messages to be delivered in the future. With this feature, we can help build better work-life balance and support flexible schedules by scheduling chat messages so that they only deliver during our peer’s work hours. Users can schedule messages to be delivered both on desktop and mobile. Additionally, all scheduled messages can be edit and delete before they are delivered. 

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Video Clips in Teams Chat

Video Clips are a new way of working and connecting with coworkers using short video in Teams. Users can capture, send, and playback video messages in Chat on all Teams endpoints. Recording limited to 1min across all platforms.

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Teams Rooms on Android – App version 1449/1.0.96.2022081601 Available

The following updates have been made for Teams Room on Android: App version – 1449/1.0.96.2022081601

  • Teams crops videos to make them fit your screen better. (Microsoft Teams Rooms are excluded from this cropping by default to give you an uncropped view of meeting rooms. Learn more at Adjust your view in a Teams meeting)
  • Enabling Fit to frame automatically for incoming Videos from other Microsoft Teams Room devices.
  • Improvements and bugfixes for Video related issues
  • Support for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and Microsoft Teams Room Basic licenses

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Automatically view up to 49 videos (7×7) in Teams meeting

Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 9 videos (3×3) on the screen by default (in Gallery view). For seeing more than 9 videos, user needs to manually select the ‘Large Gallery’ view. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 49 videos (7×7) on their screen by default without an explicit action. However, Large Gallery view will still continue to exist as an option.

The actual number of videos seen by a user in Gallery will depend on:

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