December 9, 2024

Recap instant meetings and calls

Quickly review highlights from instant Teams calls and meetings with intelligent recap. After the call or meeting ends, open the chat and select View recap in the meeting thumbnail. Intelligent recap is available with Teams Premium or M365 Copilot licenses. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams.

Take control during screen sharing in Teams for web

When someone shares their screen in a meeting on Teams for web, select Take control to interact directly with shared content. Collaborate on documents, transition presentations, and more. To learn more, see Present content in Microsoft Teams meetings.

November 25, 2024

Record your name pronunciation in Teams

Help others pronounce your name correctly by recording your name pronunciation in Teams. When someone hovers over your profile picture or name in Teams, they can select the speaker icon next to your name to listen to the recording. To learn more, see Record and display your name pronunciation on your profile card.

Join meetings faster in Teams for web

New performance improvements help you join a meeting faster when you join a Teams meeting on Edge or Chrome web browsers.

November 18, 2024

Your favorite M365 calendar features, now in Teams

Switch to the new Teams calendar for an enhanced scheduling and planning experience. Explore new calendar views, customizations, and much more. To get started, select Calendar ​​​​​​​in Teams and turn on the New Calendar toggle. Switch between the original and new calendar experiences anytime.

Enjoy fresh scenery in Mesh

Change up your view in Mesh with Project Studio, a new environment now available in Teams public preview. To learn more, see Get started with immersive spaces in Teams.

Event transcript improvements

Now, event organizers can download a webinar or town hall transcript from the event recording page. Transcripts also now include RTMP-In 708 captions from the event.

Take control of your voice and face data

Now, instead of Teams admins, you’re in control of downloading and sharing your voice and face recognition data. To export this data, go to Settings and more > Settings  > Recognition in Teams. If the data is available, select Export.

November 11, 2024

Introducing the new chat and channels experience

Streamline collaboration in Teams with the new chat and channels experience.

• Chats, teams, and channels all in one place, making it easier to access, triage, and organize your conversations.
• New @mentions view to stay on top of all your directed messages and filters to breeze through daily triage.
• Custom sections to bring together relevant chats and channels and organize them.
• Customize your new Teams experience: select More list options​​​​​​​ “…” at the top of the chat and channels list > Customize view​​​​​​​ to choose to see chats and channels separately, see message previews, and more.​​​​​​​

To learn more, see The new Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience – Microsoft Adoption

Host Mesh events with people outside your org

Invite guests outside your org to Mesh events in Teams for more immersive collaboration and networking experiences. Guests with Mesh licenses, such as Teams Premium, can join Mesh events from their PC. Support for guests joining anonymously or from the Mesh app on Meta Quest coming soon. To learn more, see Create event in Mesh on the web.

Connect across rooms in multi-room Mesh events

Attendees can now see attendee reactions and raised hands in different rooms during a multi-room Mesh event. Event hosts can also move between all the rooms, making it easier to connect with different groups. To learn more, see Produce an event in Mesh.

November 4, 2024

Chat in Microsoft Teams town halls

Encourage engagement between event attendees, presenters, and co-organizers by using chat, now available in Teams town halls. Select Chat in the meeting controls to join the conversation. To learn more, see Chat in a town hall in Microsoft Teams.

Chat privately in a town hall with event group chat

A private event group chat between organizers, co-organizers, and presenters is now available in Teams town halls. Chat in an event group chat before, during, and after a town hall. Event group chats can’t be seen by attendees. To learn more, see Chat in a town hall in Microsoft Teams.

Apply filters when searching for content related to specific people

Search a name in the Teams search bar and select Messages, Files, Group chats, or Teams and Channels below the search bar to filter results related to that person. When you chose a filter, you’ll only see results for that content type.

Sensitivity labels in Teams events

Balance language interpretation volume

Balance language interpretation volume to hear more interpreted audio or original audio. In your meeting controls, select More actions > Language and speech > Language interpretation. Then, select a language and adjust the Balance volume slider. To learn more, see Use language interpretation in Microsoft Teams meetings.

October 21, 2024

Turn off town hall and webinar emails

When you schedule a town hall or webinar, you can turn off Teams attendee emails before publishing the event. In the scheduling form, go to Setup > Details and turn the Enable attendee emails toggle off. This setting can’t be changed after the event is published. To learn more, see Manage webinar emails in Microsoft Teams or Schedule a town hall in Microsoft Teams.

Intelligent meeting recap notifications in Teams

Get notified when an intelligent meeting recap is ready to view and select the notification to go right to it. To manage the notification settings, select Settings and more > Settings in Teams. Then, select Notifications and activity ​​​​​​> Apps > Meeting Recap. Intelligent recap features are available with Teams Premium or a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams.

October 14, 2024

Find people and content faster with enhanced search

Type a person’s name and a keyword in the Teams search bar for relevant suggestions that help you quickly find the content you need.

Teams app icon in the Mac menu bar

Take quick actions from the new Teams app icon in the Mac menu bar. Select the Teams app icon to change your presence status, start a new chat, and more. To learn more, see Take quick actions in Microsoft Teams from a Mac.

October 9, 2024

New minimized presenter window

When you share content in a Teams meeting, your meeting window will minimize to a smaller view. See how your shared content appears to others, view raised hands, and more. To learn more, see Present content in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Make emoji your own with your preferred skin tone

In a chat or channel post compose box, select Emoji, GIF and Stickers  > Emoji > Hand gestures.Then, right-click an emoji and select a skin tone. To learn more, see Send an emoji, GIF, or sticker in Microsoft Teams.

September 17, 2024

Translate back and forth between two languages

Now, translators can switch their translation direction during a Teams meeting. Interpreters can translate between two languages by choosing the language they’re currently speaking at the bottom of the screen. To learn more, see Use language interpretation in Microsoft Teams meetings.

September 9, 2024

Copilot now considers meeting chat in responses

When you prompt Copilot in a meeting, it will now base its responses on both the meeting transcript and chat. To learn more, see Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings.

September 3, 2024

“Files” tab in chat is now “Shared”

Select Shared, previously called Files, in a Teams chat to view content shared in that conversation. Browse files, recordings, and web links that have been sent to you or by you in that chat.

Source: Microsoft