Microsoft Teams for iOS/Android is updating its location sharing settings to enhance privacy and security. Users will have new options to control location data usage for emergency calls, IT Admin Insights, and troubleshooting. The rollout will begin in April 2025, and organizations should educate users on these changes.
Microsoft Teams will soon have enhanced spell checking with multi-language support, rolling out from April to July 2025. Users can choose languages in settings, and features include advanced spell checking, multi-language support, and a custom dictionary. No admin action is required, but user notification is recommended.
IT admins now benefit from unified role-based access controls across the Teams admin center and Teams Rooms Pro Management portals. This streamlines device management ensuring smooth transitions between portals and consistency in environment management.
With Ultra-low latency, attendees will now be able to view and participate in a town hall instance at a much lower latency than before, ensuring they are in sync with content being shared by presenters and organizers. This update significantly improves the attendee experience compared to the typical 20-30 second delay experienced in the past. This feature is available for town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license.
The new calendar in Teams will be available to Education customers. The new calendar in Teams is designed to be familiar and reliable, as it’s one unified calendar that works across new Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, Microsoft Places, and now Microsoft Teams. With this update, the new Teams calendar will be enabled by default, and users can turn it off from the “New calendar” toggle at the top right of the calendar app in Teams.
This feature allows M365 administrators to define specific criteria for approving third-party SaaS applications within their tenant. Administrators can select from a list of predefined, safe criteria, ensuring that only trusted and compliant applications are made available under this rule.
Customers will now be able to move content seamlessly from public and private channels in a third-party solution to Teams standard channels. A new first-party Migration tool on Microsoft Admin Center (MAC) will allow admins to connect the third-party solution workspace, plan, and perform content migration to Teams.
Meeting or event presenters can now share control of slides with fellow presenters eliminating manual slide changes and maintaining a smooth flow during meetings or webinars.
Improved options for sharing links to Teams apps or agents in chat will roll out from mid-April 2025 to late June 2025 for Windows and Mac desktops. New preview cards will include user ratings and clear actions. No admin action is required, but user notification and documentation updates are recommended.
Real-Time Text (RTT) lets participants type in the meeting while others’ speech is transcribed in real time. Whether for accessibility reasons or simply a preference to chime in via text, RTT ensures seamless, instant communication for everyone. It enables effective collaboration for all users, including those who prefer typing over speaking, and can be especially useful in situations where speaking is difficult or not possible.
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