Welcome to the May 2023 version of What’s New in Teams! This month featured a ton of nice bulletins from Microsoft Build 2023. Be positive to catch-up on all the good options that had been revealed to make Microsoft and Microsoft Teams one of the best place for builders to construct the next-gen of collaborative apps.
We have an important line-up of latest options to announce. This month brings 32 new options to Teams. My private favorites are Avatars for conferences which may give me a much-needed digital camera break when I’ve a full day of on-camera conferences and Intelligent Meeting Recap for Teams Premium customers which leverages AI to mechanically present a complete overview of your assembly, serving to save time catching up and coordinating subsequent steps.
Please examine all of the updates and let me know your ideas! I’ll do my finest to reply and reply questions as they arrive up.
Meetings
Active speaker view in conferences
Speaker view for Teams conferences lets you effortlessly monitor the present lively speaker. The lively speaker’s video shall be rendered at a better decision, offering higher visible readability. The use of 16:9 tiles and constant placement of audio and video members on the identical stage ensures a fluid expertise. Toggling movies on or off is not going to trigger the complete stage to be re-rendered. The major space designated for the lively speaker can also be utilized for shared content material, enabling seamless transitions throughout shows. Speaker View is especially efficient in situations with a restricted variety of key audio system and a big viewers, reminiscent of city halls, trainings, or lectures – particularly from the scholar’s perspective. You can choose the “Speaker view” choice below “View” within the assembly toolbar. This view will not be set as a default view.
More info on lively speaker view might be discovered right here.
Profanity filtering on/off management for Live Captions
You now have a brand new choice to show off the profanity filtering and have the ability to see the Captions as is. You can management this feature through Settings in Teams > Captions and transcripts > Filter profane phrases in assembly captions.
To flip reside captions on, be part of a gathering or begin a name. Select the More icon within the assembly toolbar > Language and speech > Turn on reside captions. To change the spoken language, click on the three dots within the reside captions pane on the backside of the display screen.
More info on profanity filtering might be discovered right here.
Support Breakout Rooms on VDI
Organizer assist for Breakout Rooms for VDI customers is now enabled. Breakout rooms enable assembly organizers to separate major conferences into smaller classes for targeted discussions.
More info on assist of breakout rooms on VDI might be discovered right here.
The new assembly recap expertise
Microsoft Teams helps you atone for assembly contents from the ‘Details’ tab of a gathering, which offers hyperlinks to the assembly transcript, recording, and any handbook notes that had been taken. Now, we’re taking it additional with the brand new and improved assembly recap expertise, out there for all Teams customers.
The new assembly recap shall be out there on the ‘Recap’ tab and can allow you to observe the assembly recording immediately inside Teams, in addition to present co-created collaborative assembly notes, assembly transcript, and content material shared.
Avatars for Microsoft Teams
Avatars for Microsoft Teams provides you that much-needed digital camera break, whereas nonetheless permitting you to collaborate successfully. You can add a brand new layer of option to your conferences and characterize your self the best way you need with customizable avatars and reactions.
Teams Phone
Change name queue and auto attendant greetings and bulletins by approved customers
To adapt to altering environments, Teams Phone customers want to regulate their name queue/auto attendant greetings and bulletins. This is required extra ceaselessly than what the IT helpdesk can usually deal with. Now with person managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams finish customers, approved customers recognized by Teams tenant admins can change greetings and bulletins for his or her respective name queues and auto attendants with out leaving Teams.
Compliance recording for redirected calls
Organizations who’re utilizing compliance recording options built-in with Teams will now have the ability to be certain that compliance recording insurance policies are maintained when a name is redirected. Redirected situations embody forwarded and transferred calls, calls redirected to voicemail, delegated calls, and name to name teams. This additional permits organizations to constantly adhere to rules, inner insurance policies, and business requirements.
Chat and collaboration
Expanded view for profile card
The expanded view that’s already reside in different M365 experiences, reminiscent of Outlook is coming to Teams. From Teams chats, channels, calls or conferences, you’ll be able to simply lookup richer profile knowledge and study extra about who they’re collaborating with together with, contact info, job title and their LinkedIn profile and insights, like birthdays or profession updates, serving to type private connections. You may even have the ability to simply entry their colleagues’ group chart from the profile and as soon as carried out viewing, they’ll merely shut and proceed the place they left off in Teams.
Create offline conferences in Teams
You can now schedule in-person conferences, like when a gathering doesn’t require you to be on-line, reminiscent of private appointment or lunch break. In the Teams calendar, it is possible for you to to simply flip off the net toggle to create an offline assembly. Offline conferences is not going to embody chat threads or different assembly functionalities such because the be part of a gathering button or recording capabilities.
New ‘notes’ tab when creating a normal channel
When creating a brand new customary channel in Teams, organizations who’ve enabled OneNote, the M365 app for notetaking, will mechanically see a brand new ‘Notes’ tab created. Each crew may have a devoted OneNote workbook inside the channel making it simpler for workgroups to seamless collaborate. Team members will have the ability to add their notes, edit, connect information, recall & seek for channel notes inside OneNote on any platform.
A brand new information app expertise in Teams
A brand new information app expertise in Teams consists of an up to date navigation panel that lets you uncover, entry, obtain and simply share your paperwork and information out of your chats, channels, or conferences extra shortly. The new file app expertise in Teams, is now powered by OneDrive, bringing consistency and familiarity with how information are saved, shared, and accessed throughout Microsoft 365.
Teams Rooms and Devices
Track and pause automated firmware updates for Android-based Teams units within the Teams Admin Center
Admins can now simply monitor which firmware is being rolled out via automated updates through the Teams Admin Center and when. Additionally, automated updates might be paused briefly, permitting time to validate situations and so on. Applicable for Teams Rooms on Android and Android-based Teams Phones, Panels, and shows.
Default assembly format controls for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android
IT admins can select the default assembly format, selecting between Content solely and Content + Gallery when content material sharing begins to make sure a standardize expertise that’s simple for customers. Standard, Premium, and Pro service clients may also select Front Row because the default format.
Expanded, simpler interoperability
Teams Rooms clients have better performance and extra choices for having productive conferences with customers of different companies.
As introduced earlier this 12 months, Microsoft Teams Rooms clients now have an alternative choice for one-touch Direct Guest Join via Blue Jeans by Verizon. Direct Guest Join permits BlueJeans Rooms clients to hitch a Microsoft Teams assembly from a BlueJeans Room through newer Windows and Android-based units. And conversely, Teams Rooms clients will have the ability to be part of a BlueJeans assembly from their Teams Rooms and built-in controller. Learn extra about Direct Guest Join right here.
As of May 2023, it’s quicker and simpler for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) clients to hitch Microsoft Teams Rooms conferences due to the brand new SIP visitor be part of expertise. The trouble of getting to handle assembly coordinates within the invite will go away, making your Teams conferences much more seamless. The Teams Rooms platform will allow all 4 licensed CVI companions to supply licensed clients this expertise. Learn extra about Cloud Video Interop (CVI) companions and choices right here.
Yealink MCore Pro Kit on Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
The Yealink third technology MCore Pro package is now out there and licensed for Microsoft Teams. The package consists of a mini PC, a contact panel, and wi-fi occupancy sensor. The MCore Pro mini-PC gives quicker processing, enhanced AI options, helps future upgrades for 3 screens and 21:9 shows with three HDMI outputs, and consists of embedded CEC and EDID codecs for automated show management and sign adaptation. It’s paired with the MTouch Plus contact panel with an expansive 11.6-inch 1080p display screen and the RoomSensor wi-fi occupancy sensor that mechanically prompts the contact panel and hyperlinks with different clever IoT terminals to allow automated check-in, lighting management, and assembly room launch. Learn extra in regards to the Certified for Microsoft Teams Yealink MCore Pro package right here.
Shure Microflex® Advance™ MXA902 Integrated Conferencing Ceiling Array with the ANIUSB-MATRIX Audio Network Interface
A whole ceiling-mounted audio answer for AV conferencing that’s licensed for Microsoft Teams, the MXA902 combines a state-of-the-art array microphone with an built-in wide-dispersion loudspeaker, plus IntelliMix® DSP for natural-sounding speech seize and copy, in a single unit. Easy to deploy for AV conferencing, with minimal setup required when paired with the ANIUSB-MATRIX Audio Network Interface, the MXA902 is a Microsoft Teams Rooms answer for medium-sized rooms that gives a quick technique to higher sound. Learn extra about Shure Teams Meeting Rooms options.
Virtual entrance desk on Teams licensed shows
Virtual entrance desk permits employees to greet and serve guests or staff through video name on a Teams Display. It is primarily used for digital reception and helpdesk use instances. IT directors can simply configure Virtual entrance desk with contact and routing info. This characteristic is now out there via the Teams Shared Device license.
Easier Hotdesking Sign-in with QR Code Update
Announced earlier this 12 months, signing right into a hotdesking machine is now quicker with the QR code replace that’s usually out there for the hotdesking expertise on Microsoft Teams Displays. Now when customers need to entry private info whereas hotdesking with a Teams show, they’ll merely scan a QR code with their cell phones to login and entry their conferences, calendar, chats, and information.
Busy-on-busy admin settings now honored on Teams telephone units
Within Teams admin middle, admins can allow a “busy on busy” name setting to additionally present on telephone units (excluding user-controlled choice). Busy on busy helps you to configure how incoming calls are dealt with when a person is already in a name or convention or has a name positioned on maintain. New or incoming calls might be rejected with a busy sign or might be routed accordingly to the person’s unanswered settings, whereas the recipient will obtain a missed name notification. Announced final month for desktop and internet, this characteristic is now out there on Teams Phone units.
Dynamic emergency calling enhancements on Teams Phone Devices
If you might be within the US and Canada, now you can simply set and make sure their emergency location within the Calls app on the telephone machine. Announced final month for desktop and internet, this necessary characteristic is now out there on Teams Phone units.
Jabra Evolve2 30 and 40 SE Headsets
The Jabra Evolve2 30 and 40 Stereo headsets are licensed for Microsoft groups and ship distinctive audio, excellent noise isolation, and superior consolation. Learn extra about these and different licensed for Microsoft Teams peripherals.
New Epos wi-fi headset now licensed for Teams
The EPOS Impact 1060 ANC/1060/1030 collection of enterprise headsets are designed particularly for open workplace areas, with EPOS BrainAdapt ™ know-how and voice pickup powered by AI to ensure messages get via crisply and naturally. These headsets promote readability, consolation and comfort to assist targeted conversations. Available now in quite a lot of fashions with choices for lively noise cancelation, and single- or double-sided Bluetooth. Wired variations are anticipated to be licensed quickly.
IT Admin and Security
New widget for unspent Azure consumption dedication
New widget within the Microsoft Teams admin middle (TAC) helps admins shortly view unspent Microsoft Azure consumption dedication (MACC) that they’ll apply when making buy of Teams apps which are Azure profit eligible. It will solely be out there to organizations which have an current MACC settlement with Microsoft.
Block nameless customers’ assembly chat learn entry
This characteristic builds on the power to dam nameless customers’ write entry in inner conferences by additionally blocking nameless customers from accessing the chat. This is completed by disabling the learn entry on prime of the present disabled write entry. IT admins can activate this setting for inner customers from the Teams Admin Center or via PowerShell. Attendees in the identical assembly who’ve entry to assembly chat shall be notified that exterior members won’t see chat when this setting is in impact.
Mobile
Dashboard for Chat
This characteristic will replace the present chat particulars web page to supply extra info and enable you simply discover content material shared within the chat.
Call Health Panel
The Call Health Panel in Teams on VDI and internet helps you determine and troubleshoot points you would possibly expertise throughout a Teams assembly or name. In this view you’re going to get knowledge in your community, audio, display screen sharing, and outgoing video high quality.
Platform
App recommendations by job in In-context Stores
You consistently take into consideration which duties they should full reminiscent of making a survey inside Teams. Now, app recommendations shall be organized by duties the apps assist versus standard classes (productiveness, undertaking administration). As a outcome, the brand new categorization will cut back the period of time you have to spend studying about these apps – serving to them to work extra successfully. The task-based app recommendations shall be added to the Tabs, Messaging Extension, and Bots in-context Stores.
Collaborative Stageview
With Collaborative Stageview, app content material opens in a brand new Teams window the place you’ll be able to have interaction with content material and chat with different crew members, side-by-side. Collab Stage helps you to share hyperlinks and collaborate on content material, proper from inside Teams.
Zero-touch App Install
Microsoft Teams Zero-touch App Install (ZTI) characteristic permits admins and customers to streamline the administration and utilization of apps inside their organizations. ZTI mechanically installs apps on Teams for customers after they check in to SaaS apps with Azure AD credentials, whereas respecting app entry controls set by admins. This reduces handbook processes and administrative prices. Admins can seamlessly add apps that customers have used exterior of Teams, maximizing the worth of current SaaS licenses. With ZTI, customers keep away from looking for apps and might proceed to make use of the identical instruments inside Teams to remain within the stream of labor with out context switching.
Teams Premium
Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointments two-way foyer chat
Virtual Appointments two-way foyer chat to allow shoppers and facilitators to speak previous to B2C conferences.
Intelligent Meeting Recap
Intelligent recap leverages AI to mechanically present a complete overview of your assembly, serving to save time catching up and coordinating subsequent steps. You’ll see generated assembly notes, beneficial duties, and customized highlights that can assist you shortly discover the knowledge most necessary to you, even in case you miss the assembly. Meeting recordings are an unbelievable instrument to atone for discussions you missed, however setting apart the time to observe them of their entirety is greater than a small problem. Navigate effectively to the components of the recording most related to you thru customized timeline markers, mechanically generated chapters based mostly on PowerPoint Live, and speaker timeline markers. With clever recap, you’ll be able to give attention to the assembly dialogue itself and never on capturing notes. AI-generated notes help you see key factors and takeaways after the assembly, mechanically created and powered by GPT. And follow-up is simple with AI-generated duties and motion gadgets mechanically steered for you.
Government
These options at the moment out there to Microsoft’s industrial clients in multi-tenant cloud environments at the moment are rolling out to clients within the US Government Community Cloud (GCC), US Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High), and/or the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
Excel Live for GCCH
Excel Live is now out there for GCCH. With “Excel Live,” you’ll be able to share and collaborate on an Excel workbook in a gathering. This is useful while you need to get work carried out along with your colleagues in a gathering. It seamlessly turns the assembly window canvas into an Excel workbook for collaboration with out having to maneuver between home windows or screens. Select the file you need to share, grant permissions to assembly members, and allow all assembly members to edit the doc from the assembly window.
Find extra details about Excel Live right here.
GCC-H assist for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android
Teams Rooms on Android and Teams Admin Center functionalities at the moment are supported¹ for GCC-H clients. Now GCC-H tenant clients can make the most of Microsoft Teams Rooms on each Windows and Android units. Available in Standard, Premium, and Pro licenses.
1. While most options within the Commercial tenant are additionally within the GCC-H tenant, there are just a few options that aren’t at the moment out there together with People rely in conferences, Starting a Whiteboard, Reporting an issue, and 1 on 1 name recording.