Microsoft Teams Gets a Slack-Like Makeover

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This Week in IT, Microsoft is about to make one of the biggest changes to Teams in the app’s history, making it work more like rival Slack. Plus, there are a whole load of new features coming aimed at making it easier to organize and find conversations.

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Episode overview

This Week in IT discusses significant updates to Microsoft Teams, making it more like Slack, and introduces a range of new features for better organization and usability.

  • Microsoft Teams Overhaul: Microsoft is making substantial changes to Teams, aligning its functionality more closely with Slack, and introducing numerous new features for improved conversation management.
  • UI Makeover: The upcoming UI makeover will simplify the view by combining Teams channels and chats, reducing the need for context switching.
  • Custom Sections and Favorites: Users will be able to add custom sections to organize chats and channels, and a new favorites section will consolidate pinned messages.
  • Mentions View: A new mentions view will allow users to see all mentions across Teams messages and chats in one place and respond directly from a side pane.
  • New Filters: New filters will help sort messages by criteria such as unread messages, enhancing message management for users without Copilot.
  • Threaded Conversations: Threaded conversations will be introduced by mid-2025, with the hope that this feature will be optional and off by default.
  • Rollout Timeline: The new chat and Teams experience will roll out to the preview channel next month, with general availability expected by the end of the year or early 2025.