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Microsoft is backtracking on its plans to retire Teams Live Events in September 2024. Last year, the company warned commercial customers that this feature would be deprecated by September 30, but those plans unexpectedly changed this week. Microsoft Teams introduced the town hall experience in Fall 2023. It allows organizations to host different types of…

Microsoft detailed today several new features coming to Microsoft Teams and Loop to help users collaborate more effectively with colleagues. The company is adding support for custom emojis and reactions in public preview to Microsoft Teams chats next month. Custom emojis and reactions In Microsoft Teams, custom emoji support is one of the top-requested features…

Microsoft continues to improve Copilot for Microsoft 365 which became generally available for commercial customers in November 2023. The company is getting ready to introduce new Team Copilot to help teams enhance collaboration and streamline project management. “Team Copilot expands Copilot beyond a personal assistant to act on behalf of a team, a department, oran…

Microsoft has just unveiled its new Copilot+ PCs, a new category of devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus chips optimized for AI workloads. The company also announced several new AI-powered experiences set to debut with these Copilot+ PCs this summer. “Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built,” said…

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates to streamline channel management in its Teams collaboration service. The company has reduced the number of steps that were previously required to create and join teams and channels in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft mentioned that “create a team from scratch” is now the default experience in Microsoft Teams. Users…

In this episode of UnplugIT, hosts Darrell Webster and Stephen Rose delve into the latest updates and features in the new Microsoft Teams and Outlook clients. The discussion begins with an overview of Teams’ global rollout and the various enhancements aimed at aligning it more closely with Outlook, such as drag-and-drop calendar support and new…

Microsoft has started rolling out the Copilot AI assistant to the new Planner app in Teams. The new Copilot integration allows team members to plan, manage, and track projects directly within the Teams desktop and web apps. Microsoft highlights that Copilot in Planner enables team members to use natural language commands to generate a plan,…

Microsoft has published a recap of all the new capabilities added to Teams during the month of April 2024. The company has enhanced the chat and meeting experience with multi-turn conversations with Copilot, live translated captions for webinars, custom profile pictures, and more. Chat and collaboration features For starters, Microsoft detailed a couple of enhancements…

With the latest updates to Teams and the Edge browser, Microsoft has included two new AI-powered features that are designed to help you get work done faster and stay focused on what’s most important. This Week in IT, I look at how these new features work and how they are paving the way for more…

Darrell Webster speaks to Rebecca Keys, a Program Manager from the Microsoft Loop team. Including the latest and greatest that’s arrived in Microsoft Loop. Transcript Hey, this is Darrell Webster for UnplugIT. I had the privilege of being able to go to Microsoft Redmond and for the Microsoft MVP Summit. And there I met with…

Microsoft has announced its decision to deprecate the ISV Studio feature this month. The company has updated its support page to notify ISV partners that support for the analytics portal officially ended on April 1st. Microsoft first launched ISV Studio in preview in April 2021 as a tool to help Independent Software Vendors (ISV) monitor…

Last month, Microsoft announced a public preview of the new Planner experience in Microsoft Teams. The company has started rolling out the new Planner app in Teams to all commercial customers this week. The new Planner experience combines various task management and planning tools, such as Microsoft Planner, Microsoft To Do, and Microsoft Project, into…