M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and Takeover – Feb 14, 2025

MC999443 – Updated February 14, 2025: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

For Microsoft Teams, in the Queues app, authorized users will be able to enter into a monitoring session for private coaching. They can listen to customer calls, whisper to the agents for private messages, and barge into or takeover the call.  

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473884.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) for and expects to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): Microsoft will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expects to complete by early May 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

In the Teams Queues app, authorized users will now have access to selected capabilities for private coaching.

  • Monitor
  • Whisper
  • Barge
  • Takeover

What you need to do to prepare:

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