New breakout room functionality coming to Microsoft Teams

We announced breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams last fall (MC224343). We are adding persistent breakout rooms; the ability to reassign participants when rooms are open; and the ability for organizers to set timers for breakout sessions.

This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81372

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PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App

This new PowerPoint for the web feature release will provide access to PowerPoint Live in Teams and with just one click, will make it easier for presenters to present their presentations from PowerPoint directly to their remote meeting audience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80600.

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Microsoft Teams: Related Content for Teams Meetings (iOS and Android)

We are extending access to Related content for teams meetings to Microsoft Teams mobile (iOS and Android).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81354.

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Improved search experience in the participant roster

We are expanding the search experience for Teams meeting attendees who wish to examine the participant roster when using Teams desktop or Teams on the web. This feature update does not apply to Teams mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80421.

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Updating Teams live event ‘Always record’ recording policy

We are changing the behavior of the ‘Never record’ recording policy for Microsoft Teams live events.

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Improvements in managing attendee audio in Microsoft Teams Meetings

Teams meeting organizers and presenters who use the attendee audio management feature will have greater flexibility to determine when attendees can use their microphone.

These updates apply to Teams desktop apps, Teams mobile apps, and Teams on the web.

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Supervised Chat for Teams private chats

To prevent inappropriate messaging behavior, many institutions have had to disable private chat in Microsoft Teams. Now, we’re excited to bring this new release of Teams Supervised Chat that will block restricted users from starting new chats unless an appropriate supervisor is present. This will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Web and Mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81359.

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Teams: Voice-Enabled Channels (Collaborative Calling)

We are introducing a new feature to support Voice-Enabled Channels (Collaborative Calling) in the Microsoft Teams desktop client. This feature will provide a new way of configuring call queues by allowing you to link Teams channels to call queues.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68770.

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Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings

This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80425

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Expanded emoji picker in Microsoft Teams

The expanded emoji update brings users the fun and expressiveness they love into their Teams messages, along with a wider range of diverse emojis, a necessity for our diverse and widespread user base. This expansion is available for Teams desktop apps (Windows and Mac), Teams mobile (Android and iOS), and Teams on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81403.

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