Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has released two new capabilities for Microsoft Teams certified devices. The first feature allows participants to use the Teams certified audio device with a button to quickly join a meeting directly from the pre-join screen. With this release, Microsoft Teams lets users bring the meeting window to the foreground during meetings joined on certified…

Microsoft Outlook went down for almost 8 hours on Monday, along with Teams, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft confirmed on Twitter this morning that the problem has popped up again. In a Reddit thread, several Microsoft 365 users reported that the first outage started hitting organizations at around 10:00…

Microsoft has announced today that Visio is now available as a personal app in Microsoft Teams. The new app comes pre-installed for all enterprise customers, with new features to enhance the diagramming experience in Teams. “With a private workspace, users will be able to view, edit, and create Visio files in a central location without…

Microsoft has detailed all the improvements made to its Teams collaboration service in May 2023. The major highlights include a new active speaker view, 3D avatars, offline meetings, as well as management and security features. Here’s a look at everything you need to know. Active speaker view for Microsoft Teams meetings Microsoft Teams has introduced…

Microsoft announced yesterday that the AI-based intelligent recap feature is now generally available for Microsoft Teams Premium subscribers. Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 model, the feature provides an overview of the most important information discussed during Teams meetings. In Microsoft Teams, the intelligent recap feature can automatically generate meeting notes, recommended tasks, and personalized highlights. Users…

The new Microsoft Teams 2.0 client that Microsoft made available in public preview in late March will become the default app for Windows users later this year. Anupam Pattnaik, the Product Lead for Teams 2.0 detailed the company’s plans in the first episode of UnplugIT, our new IT pro podcast hosted by Microsoft veteran Stephen…

Microsoft has unveiled a range of new updates for its Microsoft 365 ecosystem at its annual Build developer conference. The company announced that Microsoft Mesh, a new mixed reality (MR) platform, is available in private preview starting today. Microsoft Mesh is a new Azure-powered service that was first announced in March 2021. It enables remote…

Microsoft is working on a new Collaborative Stageview feature for Microsoft Teams. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 admin center that this update will allow meeting participants to pop out app content into a separate window. “With Collaborative Stageview, app content opens in a new Teams window where users can engage with content…

Microsoft has announced some improvements coming to the search experience in Microsoft Teams chats and channels. The company highlighted a new search pane on the sidebar to let users easily find messages, files, and URLs shared within a particular chat or channel. Currently, the Microsoft Teams desktop app provides a search bar located in the…

Microsoft is planning to make web links in Microsoft Outlook and Teams to open by default in its Edge browser. The company is giving IT admins a 30 days notice that this change will be gradually rolled out in Outlook for Windows for all business customers. Microsoft first announced the web link behavior change for…