Microsoft Teams: Meet now support for Teams Rooms on Windows

Teams Rooms on Windows are making an alignment for Meet now experience to Teams desktop replacing New meeting control on the Teams room console with Meet (aka Meet now). With Meet, users can start an ad-hoc meeting with a single tap and invite participants to it. This change is only applicable if the Teams rooms is running in Microsoft Teams only or Microsoft Teams (default) and Skype for Business modes. With this change, all P2P calling and group calling functionality is moved under calling application.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 8, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Improved Teams Guest User Usability (previously posted as MC300029)

*This is a re-post of MC300029 as it expired prematurely on the incorrect date and may not be visible to admins anymore. 

We will be updating guest user functionality within the Microsoft Teams app.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 8, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Universal Actions and Refresh Support for User Sent Cards

Adaptive Cards v2 (ACv2) now known as Universal Actions for Adaptive Cards brings the bot as the common backend for handling actions and introduces a new action type, Action.Execute, which works across apps, such as Teams and Outlook. This lights up the following new capabilities on Teams:Universal ActionsUser Specific ViewsSequential Workflow supportUp to date views

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 7, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Configure your activity feed notifications

Users will be able to control the type of notifications that appear in their activity feed. Right click on the feed item, and you will be able to turn on/off all reactions or stop specific app notifications from surfacing in the activity feed.

A key user pain point in activity today is that important information is getting buried and there is just too much noise. Reaction and App activities are one of the top culprits and the ability to turn them off is a top 3 ask from our users. These controls have always been available in Global Notification Settings, yet we continue to hear feedback on this from users due to its low discovery.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 7, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Bookings App Added to Teams App Setup Policy Packages

The Bookings Application has now been added to five more app setup policy packages in Teams:

1. Frontline Worker
2. Frontline Manager
3. Healthcare Information Worker
4. Small Medium Business – No Business Voice
5. Public Safety Officer

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 7, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams for Education Career Coach – Connection messages

Students can now select a message to include with their LinkedIn connection invitation to school alumni.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams for Education Career Coach – Admin feature enabling

IT admin will have controls in Teams Admin Center for enabling new Career Coach features for their school.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Pin your own video in Teams meetings

Currently, users can pin video feeds to increase the size of the desired video on their own screen. This new feature update will expand the ability for users to pin their own video on the stage as well as enable users to see their own video in an increased size on their screen.

New feature will help to tackle various situations:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Manage Surface Hub devices from Teams admin center

If your organization uses Teams devices for collaboration, now you will also be able to manage Surface Hub devices with Teams from the Teams admin center.

This feature is currently going to be in Preview. We’ll be bringing the full-feature set soon after this release.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Local time added to people profile

You can easily find out the local time of the people you collaborate with by checking their profile card.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 3, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments