Microsoft Teams Gets New Chat and Meeting Enhancements
The latest updates to Microsoft Teams enhance collaboration with AI-driven meeting recaps, new event tools, cross-platform capabilities, and expanded device options.
Published: Nov 01, 2024
Key Takeaways:
- Microsoft Teams now offers AI-powered meeting recaps and voice isolation for macOS.
- Updates for IT administrators include expanded integration options for digital signage in Teams Rooms and BYOD room enhancements.
- Microsoft introduced new Teams-certified devices, including MeetUp 2 for Teams Rooms and various Poly and Epos headsets.
Microsoft has announced a slew of updates added to its Teams collaboration platform in October. These new features are designed to enhance productivity, customization, and cross-platform compatibility for end users.
Chat and Meetings features
In Microsoft Teams, users will receive a notification in the Activity feed when the AI-powered meeting recap is ready for a meeting. Additionally, Microsoft has added a new setting that allows organizers to control who can admit attendees from the lobby.
Organizers and co-organizers can also enable external email automation platforms to manage communication mechanisms in webinars and town halls. Moreover, Microsoft Teams has added voice isolation support to enhance video calls and meetings on Mac devices.
Microsoft Teams’ webinars are now generally available for government customers. The latest update also brings new sorting, sorting, archiving, and filtering options to boost engagement in Teams Q&A.
In November, Microsoft Teams will get a new feature that will let users combine private chats and channel messages in a single view. A new information pane also lets users get an overview of all of the key details in their 1:1 and group chat.
Updates for Microsoft Teams devices
Microsoft has released a new feature that lets IT admins configure integration with select digital signage providers in Teams Rooms on Windows. Furthermore, there is a new feature that enables administrators to configure Teams Rooms on Windows to display dynamic content when the device is not being used. This capability is available for customers with a Teams Rooms Pro subscription.
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows now supports cross-platform meetings via SIP join. This new capability enables users to join meetings on other video conferencing services that support SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) join. In a bring your own device (BYOD) room, the shared display mode is automatically activated when users connect their laptop to a room’s audio peripherals through USB.
In addition to this, IT admins can configure BYOD rooms to show workplace presence automatically. Microsoft also plans to add support for intelligent booking solutions in the coming months.
Last month, Microsoft announced several new Teams-certified devices, including MeetUp 2 for Teams Rooms on Windows (with Lenovo Core). The list also includes Poly Blackwire 8225 Stereo USB-C+A, Poly Blackwire 3310 Monaural USB-C+A, and Epos Impact 430T, Epos Impact 460T.