M365 Changelog: Microsoft Teams: Message reactions in right-click menu

MC789611 – Coming soon: In Microsoft Teams: users will be able to right-click any message and react to it directly from the right-click menu. With this rollout, Microsoft is adding reactions to the right-click menu to give users another way to react to messages. This rollout applies to Teams for the web and Teams for desktop T2.1.

When this will happen:

Public Preview: Microsoft will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expects to complete by early May 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 and expects to complete by late May 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, all messages where the right-click menu was present before rollout will have the new reactions. Before the rollout, users could hover their cursor over the message to choose a reaction, and this option will continue to be available after rollout.

Reactions in the right-click menu:

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What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Microsoft will update this comm before rollout with revised documentation.