There have been plenty of new releases within the Microsoft Teams ecosystem in September.
Microsoft Teams have announced updates across webinars, Teams Phone, chat and collaboration, Teams Rooms and devices, frontline workers and verticals, IT admin and security, mobile, platform, and collaborative apps.
September has also seen Microsoft announce that it will retire Teams Live Events and replace it with ‘Town Hall’ and switch Microsoft Teams Direct Routing to the new MSPKI Certification authority. The company’s AI team also accidentally leaked 38 terabytes of Microsoft data, which includes internal Teams messages.
Webinars
With on-demand recording, organisers can now publish video recordings when a webinar has ended and automatically send emails to attendees with a link to watch the video on-demand.
Teams Phone and Mobile
Shared calling lets admins easily enable users to make and receive PSTN calls with a shared phone number and calling plan.
Teams Phone Mobile allows organisations to incorporate mobile calling with Teams. It is currently available in Denmark through Telia and the UK via BT.
SIP Gateway has been made compatible for more analogue devices, including Cisco, Poly, and AudioCodes.
Teams call and meeting details can be removed from iOS mobile device call logs.
Chat and Collaboration
Up to 1,000 standard or shared channels can now be created in new and existing teams, allowing them to have a channel for each project or topic. Private channel support will be available in due course.
Guest access is being extended to enable guests to participate in collaboration experiences in chat, meetings, channels, and teams between Microsoft cloud tenants.
Users can now join meetings hosted in a different Microsoft cloud from their home tenant, without needing to switch tenants.
Video clips have gained the functionality to blur backgrounds, record screens, and record audio-only clips.
Teams Rooms and Devices
The recently certified DTEN Mate (PoE) provides meeting room controls for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android.
The Aver CAM570 is a PTZ conferencing camera that delivers in-person meeting experiences to remote participants, featuring a 4K camera, AI lens, beamforming technology, three pairs of voice sensors, and two 4K lenses to track speakers.
The Teams-certified Yamaha ADECIA wireless solution for Teams Rooms on Windows offers “the best audio experience” through its auto-detect, auto-setup, auto-tuning, automatic speaker tracking, and the latest DECT technology.
The Poly TC10 has been certified for Microsoft Teams as a Scheduling Panel. It can be used inside the room to control video calls or outside to instantly book meetings.
Frontline Workers and Verticals
Rich text notes have been made available for Planner tasks in Teams and they have also been enabled in task publishing for frontline organisations. Rich text formatting, such as styling, bulleted lists, rich text links, and indentation, can be applied using a toolbar that appears in the task notes field.
Companies using SOTI and VMware Workspace ONE as third-party unified endpoint management solutions for Android can also access shared device mode.
IT Admin and Security
Admins are now able to configure hotlines for Teams-certified phone devices through the configuration profile on Teams Admin Center, allowing Teams phones to dial a pre-configured phone number or contact.
Virtual front desk settings for Teams displays can now be configured using the configuration profile on Teams Admin Center.
Platform
Admins can enable auto-install approved apps, which use intelligent signals to install and surface the apps they have already allowed for the tenant.
Collaboration Apps
Ambr identifies burnout risks within an organisation or team by analysing employee calendars and sending one-question surveys every day.
The AI-powered Gloat app is a talent marketplace that matches workers to internal opportunities based on their skills, experiences, and aspirations.
Lucidchart for Microsoft Teams allows you to create and collaborate on diagrams from Teams. The updated version has an improved user interface, and quicker loading and rendering, with real-time chatting, commenting, and co-editing.
GiveBack uses AI to find relevant team activities, automate giving initiatives, and create a purpose-led culture.
Limeade Well-Being brings well-being into the flow of work. The latest version offers improved notifications, team challenges, and a personalised dashboard.
Streamline analyses meeting context, participants, and goals, and offers relevant suggestions and insights using artificial intelligence. The latest version uses AI to generate agendas at the click of a button, including personalised feedback on your meeting habits and automated follow-ups.
Workday lets you access critical information and tasks from within Teams. The new update has a notification system for updates and reminders, as well as quick actions like viewing tasks, requesting and approving time off, and anytime feedback.
Workday Peakon Employee Voice assists businesses with the gathering, analysis, and improvement of employee sentiment. The newest application release supports Microsoft’s app setup policy for large enterprise customers.
Looking ahead, the XR (Extended Reality) Teams-integrated meeting solution, Microsoft Mesh, enters public preview in October. Last year, October saw the annual Microsoft Ignite conference, but this year it has been scheduled for November 14-17.
In case you missed it, UC Today’s Rob Scott and Microsoft Teams Expert and Co-Founder of Empowering.Cloud, Tom Arbuthnot, discussed the Teams news last month, including Microsoft unbundling Teams in the EU, Teams Rooms on Windows 4.18, end of support for connecting to the Skype for Business server in Teams Rooms on Windows, and more.
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