Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has recently detailed the latest round of updates made to its Teams collaboration service in December 2022. It’s been a quiet month for Microsoft due to the holiday season, but the company announced some interesting improvements like a delete chat feature, over 800 emoji reactions, new Adobe Acrobat integration, updates for Teams devices, and…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that brings co-organizer support for managing breakout rooms. The company has recently announced that this feature is rolling out in public preview to the Windows and macOS desktop apps. Just like meeting organizers, Microsoft Teams now allows co-organizers to create and manage Breakout Rooms. The feature also enables…

Teams and Skype for Business Online both capture IM conversation records that can be found by Office 365 eDiscovery (content) searches. All of which is good, but if you ever get around to performing eDiscovery and need this information, you’ll find that Skype for Business Online conversation transcripts are easier to use than the individual copies of conversation contributions captured by Teams.

Microsoft unveiled its plans to launch Microsoft Teams Premium as an add-on at its Ignite 2022 conference. Now, the company has announced that the new offering is available in public preview for commercial customers. Microsoft Teams Premium is a new version for organizations that need some additional capabilities to make the meetings more personalized, intelligent,…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new Communities feature in Microsoft Teams for Consumers and Teams Essentials. This release enables users and small businesses to connect, share ideas as well as collaborate with groups and teams. Up until now, Microsoft Teams for Consumers allowed users to send chat messages, start video calls and share files/images…

Microsoft has released a new Adobe Acrobat integration in Microsoft Teams. The latest update allows users to set Acrobat as the default app to view and edit PDF files in the Teams desktop and web clients. With this release, Microsoft Teams can open all PDF files shared in the chats and channels within the Adobe…

Microsoft has just published a roundup of new features added to its Teams collaboration service in November 2022. The list of recent updates includes scheduled messages, instant polls, new Teams devices, and management features. Here’s what you need to know: Scheduled messages First up, Microsoft introduced a new chat feature that allows desktop and mobile…

Microsoft Teams has recently introduced a new accessibility feature called “sign language view.” This release enables participants who are deaf or hard of hearing and their interpreters to prioritize each other during video calls and meetings. Up until now, Microsoft Teams’ organizers had to manually pin interpreters and enable live captions for each meeting. The…

Microsoft has launched a new Games for Work app that allows users to play casual games during Teams meetings. The company announced this morning that the new app is only available for Microsoft Teams enterprise and education customers. The Microsoft Casual Games team, a part of Xbox Game Studios, has built the new Games for…

Last month, Microsoft unveiled that it’s working on a new feature to let users delete chats permanently from their list in Teams. Now, Microsoft has announced that this update will begin rolling out to all Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile clients in December. “Users can now delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if…