On-demand channels post translation in Teams iOS and Android

This release of on-demand channels post translation will allow users to translate channel posts that are in another language, into the language of their choice. This is rolling out on the Teams iOS and Android from the latest store builds.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83399 and 63219.

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Lower All Raised Hands

Meeting organizers and presenters can lower all raised hands during a Teams Meeting.

Note: Only meeting organizers and presenters can manage raised hands.

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Introducing 2×2 gallery view for Teams meetings viewed in Edge and Chrome browsers

Edge and Chrome browsers will soon be able to display up to four participant videos (2×2) during a Teams meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70589.

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Two new Direct Routing endpoints in Japan

Direct routing service is adding capacity across regions and that capacity falls into already published Teams IP ranges and domains. Please make sure that all published Teams specific endpoints are permitted for your Direct Routing scenarios.

When this will happen:

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Roaming bandwidth control

Roaming bandwidth control is a new capability that allows admins to set dynamic bandwidth policies which are based upon the geographic location of users’ Teams clients. This allows admins to set more limited bandwidth controls for when users travel to remote or bandwidth constrained locations, and then relax limitations when they travel to a location with higher bandwidth capacity. Initially two settings from the Teams Meeting Policy will be included – AllowIPVideo, andMediaBitRateKb

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81350

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Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams

This new release will allow users to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams. Just as a presenter would use a physical laser pointer in a room, PowerPoint Live allows users to highlight by pointing at different places or data so the audience can easily follow along. This is rolling out on Microsoft Teams desktop, web and Mac.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81966.

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Additional Admin Functionality and Support for 1000 person meetings

With the recent 1000 person meeting deployment, we are providing Admin additional support to troubleshoot meetings. We have added the following capabilities in Teams Admin Center:

  • ‘Search’ based on partial text match by participant UPN, user name and other fields,
  • Sort’ based on a selected set of fields and
  • ‘Export’ the meeting participant list and call quality details for offline review purpose.

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Together Mode Extensibility

Creators can now build custom Together Mode scenes using our newly built Scene Studio – a web application in the new Microsoft Teams Developer Center – to bring new and exciting Together mode scenes to users.

Creators can use these custom scenes for their own meetings, use a link to share with other users, or publish them more broadly to the organization or public Microsoft Teams store. Sharing a scene through a link allows creators to share their custom scenes with other users without having to publish to the app store.

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Microsoft Teams receive macOS Native Notifications

Note: if your organization does not use Mac OS you can safely disregard this message.

With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via Mac

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Network planner improvements

The new version of Network planner in the Teams Admin Center will use the latest bandwidth requirements of Teams clients to help you better estimate the bandwidth needs for your organization. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82737.

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