A new offline experience for Microsoft Teams for the web and desktop helps users be productive even without a network connection.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64687.
Access to Settings, Zoom Controls, Keyboard Shortcuts, About, and Check for Updates is moving from the Me Menu to a new menu in the title bar. The Me Menu will be focused on account management, where users can switch to another account or tenant through the first level of the Me Menu. The following links will be moved out of the Me Menu into a new menu in the title bar:
With MC209349 (April 2020) and MC217648 (July 2020), we added a level of privacy for participants who call in to a Teams meeting via audio conferencing (PSTN) by automatically masking any PSTN participant phone number to users from outside of your organization who might be on the call.
We are now adding an admin control for this feature.
Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.
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As originally communicated in MC228482 (December ’20), we’re making some changes to the default setting for Guests in Microsoft Teams
Beginning on February 8th, 2021, we are turning on Guest access in Microsoft Teams by default for any customers who have not configured this setting. This will bring Teams Guest capability into alignment with the rest of the suite, where the setting is already on by default.
The Microsoft Teams desktop app for MacOS will soon allow users include their computer’s sound when sharing either their desktop or a window in a meeting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67168 and 67169.
This feature update does not apply to EDU tenants.
We are updating how the Teams channel header displays hierarchical sensitivity labels to provide improved exposure to the confidentiality status of content in a channel.
Data loss prevention (DLP) for Microsoft Teams will soon support security groups and distribution lists as part of the Teams location picker.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68874.
We are adding a new Microsoft Teams report to the Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports section.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70552.
As originally communicated in MC228482 (December ’20), we’re making some changes to the default setting for Guests in Microsoft Teams
Beginning on February 8th, 2021, we are turning on Guest access in Microsoft Teams by default for any customers who have not configured this setting. This will bring Teams Guest capability into alignment with the rest of the suite, where the setting is already on by default.
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