The new Microsoft Teams policy, csTeamsAIPolicy, will enable voice and face enrollment by default, enhancing meeting features and requiring a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Available now via PowerShell, it will take effect in mid-January 2025. Organizations should configure settings before this date. Microsoft respects user privacy with these profiles.
We are excited to announce that the Shifts Graph APIs have transitioned from beta to production. This change brings enhanced stability and reliability to the APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and users alike.
We’ve improved the schedule view by hiding archived teams’ schedules. This reduces clutter, allowing you to focus on active teams and their schedules.
We’ve expanded the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities.
We are expanding the existing ‘Meeting chat’ control in Teams Admin Center with two new values, “In-meeting only for everyone” and “In-meeting only except anonymous users.” In Teams Admin Center, admins will see a setting called ‘Meeting chat’ under Meetings > Meeting Policies > Meeting Engagement. Admins can now select from five options in the ‘Meeting chat’ setting: (1) “On for everyone” (2) “On for everyone but anonymous users” (3) “Off” (4) “In-meeting only for everyone” (5) “In-meeting only except anonymous users.” Admins can select the “In-meeting only” values to disable participants’ ability to send messages in the meeting chat before or after the meeting, for meetings organized by specific users in their tenant. When one of these “In-meeting only” values are selected, participants can read past chat history but no one can send messages in the meeting chat unless the meeting is active.
Post-rollout, Microsoft Teams town hall and webinar organizers can download transcripts and view RTMP-In 708 captions. The rollout begins early November 2024, with full availability by late November. No admin action is required, but organizations should review configurations and inform users.
Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging.
Microsoft Teams on MacOS will soon open Microsoft Edge links directly, matching the authenticated profile for a seamless browsing experience. This feature, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414521, will start rolling out in late October 2024 and complete by late November 2024. Admins can set Edge as the default browser in Teams via policy. No action is required before the rollout.
With a Teams Shared Device license assigned to a desk pool, admins can view valuable analytics for these spaces including number of peripherals, usage, reservations, and occupancy under ‘Reports’ in the portal.
Microsoft recommends best practices to ensure a smooth collaborative experience on Teams. Best Practices dashboard in Teams admin center allows administrators to monitor and promptly address any non-conformance across their organization.
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