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Microsoft Teams: Specify who can manage the screen in town halls [MC1058258]

Message ID: MC1058258 Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new town hall meeting option called Who has control of production tools allows organizers to designate who can manage the screen during the event. Assigned individuals will be able to start…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

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Classic Microsoft Teams: The option to open files in Teams will retire [MC1058266]

Message ID: MC1058266 We will retire the option to open a file in classic Microsoft Teams starting April 15, 2025, and ending April 30, 2025. Instead, we recommend opening the file in the appropriate app (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft Teams: Preview changes before making them visible to attendees with “Manage what attendees see” [MC1058259]

Message ID: MC1058259 Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new Manage what attendees see feature will help organizers and presenters deliver polished town hall events by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants brought on screen. The…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft Teams: Bi-directional calendar syncing between Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams [MC1058265]

Message ID: MC1058265 Businesses using Google Workspace for email and calendaring can now enable bidirectional syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app in Teams. This improved sync ensures that events created in either platform are seamlessly reflected in both, reducing…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft Teams: We will retire SMS invitations from Teams to external partners [MC1057714]

Message ID: MC1057714 Effective May 17, 2025, we will retire the option for users to invite external partners to Microsoft Teams by sending an SMS to their phone number to join Teams and continue the conversation. We are retiring this…

Mike Rosoft 18 April 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

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Microsoft Teams: Use OS-level animation settings instead of Teams-level animation settings [MC1056991]

Message ID: MC1056991 We have removed the Animation setting in Microsoft Teams. Instead, users can configure animations at the operating system (OS) level. If users disable animations in Microsoft Windows or macOS, Teams will honor that preference. This means users…

Mike Rosoft 17 April 2025Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

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Microsoft Teams: town hall organizers, co-organizers, presenters can join the event to preview as attendee [MC1056269]

Message ID: MC1056269 Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective. This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall…

Mike Rosoft 16 April 2025New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft Teams admin center: Improvements to controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1055552]

Message ID: MC1055552 Coming soon: Improvements to the controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot and transcripts in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC). This rollout aims to reduce complexity and prevent conflicting states for those controls, to help provide a smoother…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

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Microsoft Teams: The “Code snippets” feature for chats and channels will retire [MC1055554]

Message ID: MC1055554 We will retire the code snippets feature for chats and channels from Microsoft Teams starting May 30, 2025 and ending June 16, 2025. We made this decision to streamline our development efforts and enhance the overall user…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft Teams: Usage reports will include all town hall usage data in your tenant [MC1053648]

Message ID: MC1053648 When town hall was released in Microsoft Teams, some columns of data related to each town hall event were missing in the Microsoft Teams admin center usage reports for admins. This rollout fixes that issue by adding…

Mike Rosoft 11 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed1

Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Viva Goals: Optional in-product retirement announcement banner [MC1062449]26 April 2025
The recent announcement regarding the optional in-product retirement banner for Microsoft Viva Goals is set to bring about some significant…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft SharePoint: Customize your sites with multi-color themes [MC1062451]26 April 2025
The recent update to Microsoft SharePoint introducing multi-color themes is set to make waves for both admins and users alike.…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Fabric: Changes to delegation capabilities for Microsoft Azure OpenAI tenant settings [MC1062450]26 April 2025
The recent update to Microsoft Fabric regarding delegation capabilities for Microsoft Azure OpenAI tenant settings is set to create quite…
Mike Rosoft on SharePoint Online: New document library template type “Resume repository” for resume organization and hiring [MC1062455]26 April 2025
The introduction of the "Resume repository" library template in SharePoint Online is set to be a game-changer for both admins…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Teams: Join as attendees in Microsoft events from Teams Rooms on Windows [MC1062452]26 April 2025
The recent update allowing Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows to join events as attendees marks a significant shift in the…