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M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Ability to rename General channel – Aug 30, 2024

Summary

Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability for team owners to rename the General channel based on feedback. This feature will be rolled out from early August to late September 2024, depending on the release schedule. Organizations are advised to update their documentation accordingly. The feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395931.

MC814583 – Updated August 30, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Based on customer feedback, Microsoft is introducing the ability to provide a meaningful name to the General channel in a new or existing team. The General channel can be renamed by the team owners to show up in the teams’ and channels’ list of all members in alphabetical order.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395931

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out late August 2024 (previously early August) and expects to complete by early September 2024 (previously mid-August).

General Availability

Worldwide: Microsoft will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expects to complete by early September 2024.
GCC: Microsoft will begin rolling out early September 2024 and expects to complete by mid-September 2024.
GCC High: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expects to complete by late September 2024.
DoD: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expects to complete by late September 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

You can encourage your users to provide a meaningful name to General channels in their teams.

What you need to do to prepare:

You may consider updating your internal documentation to inform your users that this feature is now available.

Relevance

Medium
Service

Microsoft Teams
Platform

Desktop
Message ID

MC814583
Roadmap ID

395931
Last Update

Aug 29, 2024
Published

Aug 29, 2024
Impact Summary
- New Feature
- User Impact

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