What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2025
Hi everyone, and welcome to the June edition of What’s new in Teams. You might have noticed a different name and picture under the title. I’m Kerry Perez Heffernan, a Director in the Teams team. Pete Daderko, who you know as the previous author of this blog, asked me to take over the honor of sharing the monthly updates with you all. I’m excited to get started! As we approach the end of the first half of 2025, we have a great opportunity to look both back at what we’ve accomplished and ahead to what we’re working toward. Our focus with Teams has been to continue making it more secure, simpler to use, and smarter. We’ve made lots of progress towards these goals with the addition of new Copilot capabilities, and the introduction of AI Agents and assistants that make AI a core part of Teams. And there’s a lot more to come! This month, one of the features that I’m most excited to share with you is “AI assistant in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal.” It enables admins of Teams Rooms Pro rooms to save time by asking the AI assistant “how-to” questions related to Teams meeting spaces and management solutions and get data and insights about their rooms. Read on for all the powerful solutions becoming available this month! New features released this month: Chat and Collaboration Meetings, webinars, and townhalls Teams Phone Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Fundamentals and Security Frontline Worker Solutions Certified for Teams devices Chat and Collaboration Enhanced spell check with multi-language support Enhanced spell check will help ensure that your messages are clear and professional. When you type your message in the Teams compose box, any issues found will be marked. You can then choose to correct them from options suggested in a dropdown menu, ignore them, or add them to the dictionary. You can add up to three languages to your language list, enabling spellchecking in each of the languages. New Microsoft Teams Chat and channels experience in GCC The new chat and channels experience is now available for GCC users. The new experience is designed to help you collaborate more efficiently and effectively. It’s simple by default, enabling everyone to stay on top of what matters, and it’s powerful on demand, allowing you to organize information and communicate your way. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, use filters to triage messages, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, and more. Learn more here. Meetings, Webinars, and Town halls Meeting notes powered by Loop now available for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD Teams Notes and Loop components are now available in Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD environments, enabling real-time collaboration in chats and meetings. Loop components allow users to co-author tables, action items, and lists directly in chats, while Collaborative Notes let meeting attendees co-create and collaborate on their meeting agendas, notes, and action items. As Loop components, these features stay up-to-date across all shared locations, and assigned tasks automatically sync with Microsoft To Do and Planner for seamless task management. CVI capabilities for non-Teams users to join Teams Town hall Presenters can now use their own (non-Teams Rooms) video conferencing devices (VTC) to effortlessly join and present in a Teams Town hall. Organizers will see the Cloud Video Interoperability (CVI) join codes integrated in the Town hall share event dialog, which can be shared with presenters. Using these join codes, the trusted CVI device will join as an attendee and then will be promoted to a presenter. Presenters on trusted CVI devices can interact with others in the green room before the event starts, ensuring a smooth and inclusive experience. This capability is coming soon to webinar. Learn more. Specify who can manage the screen A new option in Teams Town hall lets organizers designate who can manage the screen shown to attendees during the event. Similar to Teams Live Events, selected individuals will be able to start the event, manage what attendees see, and end the event, helping to ensure a more cohesive event experience. The different options that can be selected are “Organizer, co-organizers, and presenters”, “Organizer and co-organizer only” and “Specific people”. This feature is for town hall only. Coming soon for Teams Rooms on Windows. Users can join Teams Town hall and Webinar using PSTN codes Organizers, presenters, and attendees can now join town halls and webinars seamlessly using a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) code provided in the invite. Once connected, they will automatically be directed to either the green room or the live session, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience. Teams Town hall dial in-details in shared event dialog Organizers and presenters can join a town hall using dial-in details, including the meeting ID and passcode, provided via the town hall share event dialog for organizers. They can connect via traditional phone lines (PSTN) or Microsoft Teams Rooms, ensuring participation even without internet or computer access. Once connected, presenters initially join as an attendee and then are promoted to presenter status, allowing them to access either the green room or the live session. Add a presenter from the participant roster in a Teams Town hall or Webinar Organizers can quickly add a presenter by calling them directly from the participant roster. Once the user accepts the call, they instantly join as a presenter, automatically joining the green room (if enabled) and the organizer and presenter private group chat. With the presenter designation, they will be able to share content, control the presentation, or interact with other meeting participants. Teams Town hall usage reports in the Teams admin center (TAC) Analyzing and understanding your event's performance to make informed decisions for future improvements is now possible with town hall usage reports in the Teams Admin Center (TAC). Organizers will gain valuable insights into attendee engagement, participation metrics, and overall event effectiveness. By leveraging these reports, organizers can identify areas for enhancement, helping to ensure that each subsequent event is even more impactful and engaging. Teams Town hall organizers and presenters can join as attendees Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters are now able to experience the event from the perspective of an attendee, helping them spot issues, make real-time adjustments, and improve the overall experience on the spot. In this view, certain town hall features, such as Q&A, will be disabled just for that organizer while the broader attendee experience will remain unaffected. This capability will lead to more polished, engaging, and memorable events that truly resonate with participants. Notification management for Teams Town hall and Webinar Organizers and co-organizers can control when to send notifications to presenters and attendees, reducing email clutter by minimizing unnecessary notifications. Once the event is published, any changes to the title, date and time, description, or attendee list will automatically trigger notifications, but only for the people affected. All current email notifications will remain unchanged for co-organizers, presenters, and attendees. Teams Phone Copilot summary for transferred calls Copilot intelligence is now integrated into call flows. This feature will automatically generate a summary of a call, allow for edits, then enable users to send a call summary to a transfer target before transferring the call. That means smoother handoffs, no lost context and no need for a pre-transfer consult. Phone Devices: Copilot summary for transferred calls Copilot is making call transfers more seamless on Teams Phone devices with support for AI-generated summary notes. On a Teams Phone device, simply select the option to generate call transfer notes before completing the transfer to ensure the recipient is well-informed. This speeds up call transfers across a wider variety of workplace environments. Teams button support on multiple connected peripheral devices You can now use the Teams button across peripheral devices without having to manually select a specific device in the Teams devices settings. This ensures a more seamless experience navigating across multiple certified for Microsoft Teams personal peripheral USB devices (with a wire or a dongle) connected to the same host device (such as your laptop). For example, you can use the Teams button on headset A to bring up the meeting pre-join screen, then use the Teams button on headset B to join the meeting, and then use the Teams button on your connected speakerphone to raise hand in the meeting, etc. Ability to Set New Ringtones in Teams Mobile Teams now supports multiple ringtones on mobile. Choose from a selection of tones – no longer limited to the default - allowing for a more personalized call experience and easier differentiation between call types. For example, factory workers in a loud production environment can apply a louder ringtone. Or, information workers can set a distinct ringtone for when colleagues forward calls, to more easily recognize potential customer escalations. Opening Calls in a small window in Teams For a less disruptive experience, Teams Phone lets users answer and open calls in a compact, resizable call monitor instead of the full call stage. It’s perfect for multitasking and keeping the conversation visible while freeing up screen space to stay productive. Call waiting beep Call waiting beep provides a subtle, non-intrusive notification when users receive another call while already on a call. This feature is available on both desktop and mobile. Real-Time Text (RTT) for more inclusive calling Real-Time Text enables text to be transmitted instantly as it is typed during a live call or meeting. This contrasts with the standard approach of having to wait for the full message to be typed in and sent before being able to view it. This improves accessibility for users with hearing and speech impairments and is supported in both Teams calls and meetings. Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Find certified for Teams devices for all types of spaces and uses at aka.ms/teamsdevices. Teams Town hall screen management privileges in Teams Rooms on Windows When the Teams Room on Windows is a co-organizer or a presenter in a town hall, privileges can be granted to start or end the event, manage what attendees see, and promote attendees as presenters, ensuring a smoother and more organized event experience. This feature is available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. AI assistant in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal IT admins can save time and effort and get data and insights specific to inventory using this AI-powered assistant. The assistant can provide answers to 'how to' product questions related to Teams meeting spaces and management solutions, and give detailed information about the organization’s environment. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. The assistant is distinct from Copilot or an agent, therefore no additional Copilot license is required. Learn more. Call quality reports for BYOD rooms in the Pro Management portal As with Microsoft Teams Rooms, admins can now access detailed call quality reports for BYOD rooms with associated peripherals in the Pro Management portal. These reports include call history and session details that help diagnose network, audio, and video issues. To access reports in the Pro Management portal requires a Teams Shared Devices license for the room. Learn more, Expanded and enhanced peripheral support for BYOD spaces With room and desk peripheral support expanded to include docking stations and webcams, Teams users can seamlessly connect and utilize audio and video peripherals for enhanced experiences in bring your own device (BYOD) spaces. IT admins can benefit from automatic association of devices to a space, device inventory, and detailed reports for peripherals in the Pro Management portal. A Teams shared device license may be required for reports on a particular space. Learn more. Android device health signals in the Pro Management portal Admins now get Android device health signals such as meeting app responsiveness, Bluetooth enablement, console pairing with front of room devices, and secondary display health in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. These new signals help admins manage devices proactively and facilitate ticket creation. More signals will regularly roll out. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Meeting inherits label from shared files - GCC [Premium] Now available for GCC users, Microsoft 365 E5 and Teams Premium customers can now leverage sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection to help set the right data protection settings in meetings. Admins can choose either an automatic label inheritance policy for meetings, or a label recommendation notification. When an attendee shares a file in meeting chat or via Live share that has a higher sensitivity than the meeting: If the admin has enabled the automatic label option, the meeting's sensitivity will be updated automatically to match the sensitivity of the shared file. If the admin has enabled label recommendation, the organizer will receive a notification that recommends the organizer upgrade the meeting’s sensitivity to match the shared file. Both options help to keep a meeting’s sensitivity level aligned with the content shared. Frontline Worker Solutions Publish from Viva Amplify to Engage Share important news with frontline teams more easily. Campaign members can publish directly from Viva Amplify to Engage Storyline and Communities. Preview and tailor content for each channel using Engage Article editing capabilities. Choose senders, post for others, select destinations, send announcements, and tag relevant people. Once posted, track the engagement with campaign reporting within the Amplify reporting dashboard. Learn more . Certified for Teams devices Yealink MeetingBoard Pro MTRA Series-65, 75, and 86 inch The MeetingBoard Pro combines video conferencing, display, and smart whiteboard into a sleek, all-in-one solution with plug-and-play convenience and a clutter-free design. Delivering Pro View, Pro Sound, Pro Interact and powered by Pro Core, it features a triple 50MP camera system with advanced AI for precise tracking and a 16 MEMS mic array with AI-enhanced audio for crystal-clear conversations up to 12m. Built on Android 13 with MDEP security, ensuring a secure meeting experience. Logitech 4K Pro Webcam (for consumer) Brio is a premium 4K webcam with HDR and Windows Hello support that streamlines crystal-clear video with superb resolution. This ultimate webcam for business is packed with innovative technologies and raises the bar for collaboration excellence. Logitech Brio Ultra HD Pro Business Webcam (for business) Upgrade video meetings to first class with Brio 4k Webcam. Ultra 4K HD captures every detail as RightLight 3 and High Dynamic Range (HDR) technologies auto-adjust to help you look your best in any lighting environment. Yealink RoomPanel E2 (8-inch) and E2 Plus (10 inch) A compact touch screen ideal for mounting outside of meeting spaces, the Yealink RoomPanel E2 displays meeting details and enables on-the-spot reservations via Teams or Microsoft 365 calendaring applications. Logitech Rally Board 65 + Tap IP for Teams Rooms on Android (wireless) Simplify the way you meet and collaborate. Introducing Rally Board 65 + Tap IP — the ultimate all-in-one video conferencing solution designed for meeting rooms and open spaces. The expansive 65” touchscreen of Rally Board enables a seamless and intuitive collaboration experience in any environment. Join meetings with just one touch with Tap IP, a touch controller for Microsoft Teams Rooms. Enjoy quick and easy setup, flexible installation options to place the camera above or below the screen for natural eye contact, and innovative AI-driven features. Crestron Videobar 70 Crestron Videobar 70 is a powerful all-in-one video bar with 10" touch screen that's quick to deploy with plug-and-play simplicity and easy to manage. Four precision cameras work in perfect harmony to capture dynamic split-screen views of the most recent talkers in the room and keep everyone perfectly framed. 24 beamforming microphones capture voices clearly for remote participants and powerful built-in speakers fill the room with sound. EPOS ADAPT 660 USB-C Designed for the modern hybrid worker, the ADAPT 660 USB-C ensures you can concentrate and collaborate no matter where your work takes you. Built on EPOS BrainAdapt™ technology, it minimizes listening effort in noisy environments, allowing you to focus and communicate with ease. The adaptive hybrid ANC monitors your surroundings, adjusting the ANC accordingly for optimal concentration. Featuring a sleek design, soft, over-ear leatherette earpads, UC certifications, and multi-point connectivity, it allows you to move effortlessly throughout your day. When you’re not on calls, enjoy high-quality stereo sound with custom sound profiles tailored to your preferences. Whether you are in the office or on-the-go, the ADAPT 660 USB-C empowers professionals to excel in the hybrid workplace. PolyStudio V12 The Poly Studio V12 USB video bar has you covered for successful conferencing in any small room. Enhance your Microsoft Teams Rooms with superior AI driven AV capabilities, simple deployment and centralized management. Logitech Zone 305 (with native Bluetooth) Zone 305 is a wireless headset certified for Microsoft Teams. It’s available with or without a USB receiver. The version without receiver connects via native Bluetooth, freeing up one valuable USB-C port. It’s ideal for mass deployment to everyone who needs great audio and a reliable connection for calls or video meetings. With 20 hours of battery life and 30-meter wireless range, Zone 305 offers the freedom to move around throughout the day. The lightweight design provides long-lasting comfort. You’ll love that its plastic parts are made with 55% PCR plastic and FSC™-certified packaging.What's new in Microsoft Teams at Enterprise Connect 2025: Leading the Future of Collaboration
Enterprise Connect 2025 (March 17-20, 2025), is the premier conference for enterprise communications and collaboration in North America, and we were excited to attend to highlight some of our newest Microsoft Teams innovations. Ilya Bukshteyn, CVP of Microsoft Teams Calling, Devices, and Premium Experiences, delivered a keynote address to introduce and demonstrate some of these advancements. The features he highlighted and others announced during the event represent different areas of Teams, including Places, chat and collaboration, meetings, events, Teams Phone, Teams Rooms, fundamentals, and security. All of these features are designed to highlight how Microsoft Teams is transforming the future of work. From seamless communication to advanced AI-driven features, these new capabilities can be instrumental in helping businesses thrive in a hybrid work environment. Let’s take a look at what we introduced. Chat and Collaboration Meetings, Webinars and Town halls Teams Phone Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Teams Devices Fundamentals and Security Frontline workers Chat and Collaboration The new chat and channels experience: Generally available in early 2025 (Q1) The new chat and channels experience is designed to help you collaborate more efficiently and effectively. It’s simple by default, enabling everyone to stay on top of what matters, and it’s powerful on demand, allowing you to organize information and communicate your way. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, use filters to triage messages, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, and more. Learn more here. We’re committed to making Teams more streamlined with enhancements like threaded conversations, coming to broad availability in mid-2025. Chat @nearby: Available in public preview in April You can now connect with colleagues who are physically nearby via Teams chat using @nearby. By showing which colleagues are nearby, this feature can help to spur impromptu in-person connections, such as scheduling a spontaneous lunch or meeting up for a quick chat. Resize Teams windows and panes: Available now in public preview Teams now offers more options to arrange your Teams app window across your screen real estate, allowing you to keep your communication in context, tailoring it to your needs. Learn more here. Resize Teams app: snap and resize the Teams app with Windows 11 Snap layouts to efficiently multitask by viewing multiple applications side by side. Enabling access to chat, channel, and meetings functions at smaller window sizes ensures that you can work across all aspects of Teams, alongside other apps. Resize Teams panes: adjust the size of your Teams panes to prioritize what is currently most important to you, and Teams' fluid experience will instantly adapt to fit the new layout. For instance, you can expand the meeting chat pane during a meeting. Simply hover over the edge of the chat, channels, meetings or activity panes, and drag the arrows to resize the panes Zoom levels: Teams now offers additional zoom levels to help you find the size that works best for you. Whether you're using a 6k display or have low vision and need larger text, icons, and controls, you can zoom in without sacrificing functionality or needing to scroll in two directions to read the text. Shared collaborative space in channels: Available in public preview in April A new collaborative space is now available directly from channels, enabling real-time collaboration, organization of key information, and streamlined communications. You will be able to add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels, allowing your team to brainstorm, co-create, collect, and organize content together in real-time. Everyone in the Team gets access to the Loop workspace, even as Team membership changes, and the workspace adheres to the governance, lifecycle, and compliance standards set by the Microsoft 365 Group backing the team. To get started, click the plus sign (+) at the top of the channel and select Loop from the app list. This will be generally available in April. Live chat: Generally available now in the US, rest of world by end of March Live chat in Microsoft Teams enables small businesses to provide quick and helpful customer service by allowing website visitors to chat directly with their team in Teams. This feature includes notifications for incoming chat requests, a dashboard for managing conversations, and the ability to view previous customer interactions. To use Live chat, companies are limited to a maximum of 25 users. This is generally available in the US now and will be available worldwide in March. Learn more about how to set up live chat. Share file (forward): Available in Public preview in March You will be able to directly share a file from chat or channel conversation to other chat or channels, making sharing easier with fewer clicks. To share a file, select the file’s ellipsis menu and choose ‘share’. You can add additional content to the message to provide context and clarity for the recipient. You can share in 1:1 chats, group chats or channels. Improvements to “Shared” tab in chat: Generally available now Filter files by keywords: locate previously shared files or links by entering keywords to the Shared tab’s search bar. Type name, file title, the person who shared it, or even the time when it was shared, and find the file you need. Go-to-chat: Select the go-to-chat icon to quickly navigate to the specific message in which the file or link was shared. Storylines integrated into Teams: Generally available in early 2025 (Q1) Employee communications are often scattered across multiple locations, leading to frustration, delays, and overload. Storyline in Teams empowers leaders to share updates and vision with all of employees and simplifies the ways that people share and connect. The storyline integration brings the same communication benefits from Viva Engage right into Teams, providing a new way for employees to stay on top of company initiatives, discover what leaders are talking about, and contribute ideas and perspectives. Meetings, Webinars and Town halls Intelligent meeting recap for Events [Premium]: Generally available now Intelligent recap is now available for town hall and webinar event instances, just like the intelligent recap experience you are used to in meetings. Event organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can now easily explore the meeting recording by speakers and topics, and access AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions. In addition to availability with a Teams Premium license, intelligent event recap features are available with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. End the Session for attendees and presenters return to green room: Generally available now Organizers and presenters can now end the session with this new "End Event" button for town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. After selecting this button, attendees will see a message on stage stating that the session has concluded, and presenters will return to the Green Room. Post and reply to questions as an organizer: Generally available in early 2025 (Q2) Town hall and webinar organizers now have the ability to post and reply to questions using the title “organizer” in the Q&A experience, instead of their individual names. This feature allows instance organizers to present a unified and official voice when responding to attendee questions. DVR Support for Town hall: Generally available in April Digital Video Recording (DVR) functionality in town halls now enables event attendees to interact with an instance of a live streaming town hall instance in the same way they would a recorded piece of content, when viewing via desktop or web. This makes it easier to digest the content being presented, giving viewers the ability to pause and move forward or back within a town hall, navigate to any previously-streamed timestamp, and interact in other ways that make viewing a town hall more convenient. This feature is available for all town halls regardless of license assigned to the organizers. Town hall concurrent attendee increase to 50K: Generally available in March Organizers of town hall instances can now reach wider audience in a single event with an expansion to a maximum of 50,000 simultaneous attendees. This increase serves as a significant jump from the previous attendee cap of 20,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The quality and stability of town halls up to this new limit will remain constant, providing high-quality and reliable content to participants. For events with more than 20,000 concurrent attendees, some interactivity features are disabled for all attendees. Organizations can get support for audiences up to 50,000 concurrent attendees by reaching out to the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) for assistance (Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program – Microsoft Adoption). ). Pop out meetings panels: Generally available in April When you are in meetings or calls, you can now pop out, drag, and resize your meeting panes from the meeting window. With this feature, you’ll be able to view multiple meeting features at the same time, so you don’t miss anything in the chat while monitoring meeting notes. The ability to pop out and move/resize is available for Chat, Copilot, and Notes side panes. Town hall Attendee/Presenter email dial in details: Generally available now With the release of this feature, the Townhall attendee and presenter invites will have dial in details available in the body of the email. This provides an additional level of convenience, giving attendees easy access to important event information. Separate policies to control transcription and recording for Town halls and Webinars: Generally available now Town halls and webinars now have separate policies from meetings to allow or disable transcription and recording in instances. Previously, the transcription and recording policies for town halls and webinars automatically inherited the transcription and recording policy set for meetings. Town hall and webinars can now also have distinct transcription and recording policies from each other. This option to implement different policies for town hall and webinars is available for users on all licenses. Ability to separate out the Townhall attendee invites: Generally available now Organizers can now maintain separate invites for Townhall attendees, distinct from the events crew. This feature helps manage large-scale events more efficiently by ensuring that only intended participants receive the necessary information Teams Phone Teams Phone extensibility for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center and certified ISVs solutions: Available in public preview in April We’re introducing Teams Phone extensibility for Dynamics 365 Contact Center and certified ISV solutions to help customers benefit from and extend their existing telephony investment with Teams Phone into the contact center. Beginning next month customers with Teams Phone and Dynamics 365 Contact Center will be able to leverage Teams Phone as a single, integrated solution to power calling across their unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and contact center as a service (CCaaS) solutions—streamlining the deployment, management, and billing of their telephony infrastructure. Teams Phone extensibility is also supported by ISV solutions that leverage Azure Communication Services (ACS) for this integration, offering customers a wide range of options to bring Teams Phone to their preferred contact center app of choice. Learn more. Copilot in Teams Phone: Use Copilot during Teams calls without turning on transcription or recording : Available now in public preview This new feature allows users to leverage Copilot's capabilities during live call sessions without retaining transcripts or an audio recording afterward. This ensures that users can benefit from Copilot during sensitive conversations where a persistent record is not desired. f Once the admin has enabled this option, users can initiate Copilot without transcription or recording simply through clicking the Copilot button in the header menu. Copilot in Teams Phone helps automate important administrative tasks of a call, such as capturing key points, task owners, and next steps, allowing users to stay focused on the content of the call. Copilot in Teams Phone: Copilot summary for transferred calls: Available in public preview in April Use AI to facilitate seamless call transfers. When a call is forwarded/transferred to another colleague, users can prompt Copilot to automatically create AI notes for the call as a briefing for the receiving colleague. This feature ensures that the recipient is well-informed about the previous conversations related to the transferred call, enhancing their understanding and preparedness. By providing this context, the Copilot summary helps streamline communication and reduce the need for repetitive explanations. Copilot summary for transferred calls will also be supported for certified Teams Phone certified devices. Queues app: barge/whisper/monitor/takeover: available in public preview in April The "Queues app: barge/whisper/monitor/takeover" feature in Teams Phone helps team leads and supervisors manage and train junior agents effectively. This feature allows supervisors to: Monitor: Listen to the conversations their agents are having with callers without being heard. Whisper: Provide assistance to agents during a call without the caller hearing. Barge: Join a call in progress to assist both the agent and the caller. Takeover: Remove an agent from a call and take over the conversation, if necessary. These capabilities are particularly useful for teams that have to manage a lot of inbound calls to serve internal or external customers - such as IT help desk center environments – and where supervisors need to provide oversight in helping agents follow the right procedures when handling customer calls. The feature is part of the Queues app, which is available with a Teams Premium license. SMS for Teams Calling Plans in US & CA: Generally available in US and Canada Teams Calling Plans customers in US & Canada can now send and receive SMS messages directly from the Teams app on desktop or mobile, making it easy to connect with individuals outside of their organizations who are not using Teams. Registration with The Campaign Registry (TCR), which Microsoft helps facilitate during the setup process, is required before Microsoft Teams Calling Plan numbers can be enabled for SMS in Teams Admin Center. Users can then simply open the Teams app, create a new chat, enter the phone number they want to send a message to, then type and send their message. The message will be sent from the user’s phone number, not a generic number. Learn more. Peripherals: Unified call control across multiple Bluetooth audio devices: Generally available now When multiple peripheral devices are connected to Teams, the device used to answer a call will temporarily become the primary device that synchronizes with Teams for button functions. Post-call, the original device selected in Teams Settings will resume its role. Initially, this feature was exclusive to USB devices; however, it now extends to native Bluetooth devices. Users can confidently operate multiple Bluetooth devices, ensuring correct call control functionality. This feature is currently available on Windows, with MacOS support anticipated in the future. Phone devices: Shared call history for call delegates: Generally available now Call delegates can now have access to the call history of the delegator's shared line. This feature allows delegates to view and manage calls made or received on behalf of the delegator, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration. Phone devices: Line keys on phone devices with touch screens: Generally available now Line keys allow you to set up custom contacts and speed dial on the line key buttons of your Teams-certified phone devices with touch screens. They enable one-touch dialing capabilities, making it easier to quickly access frequently dialed contacts and improve productivity. Phone devices: Line key support for shared line and call transfers: Available in public preview in April This feature will enable you to assign shared lines to a line key and view the boss and delegates of the line along with their presence on Teams Phone devices with touch screens. This feature allows delegates to pick up calls on behalf of the boss by pressing the line key and join active calls. Additionally, users will be able to assign the transfer action to the line key, enabling them to transfer active calls by simply pressing that line key. Teams Phone Mobile is now generally available with several new operators, including Bell Canada, Odido (Netherlands), Vodafone UK, and Vodafone Germany. Teams Phone Mobile enables end-users to make and receive calls using a single number across their mobile phone and all their Teams endpoints. This expanding set of mobile operators providing Teams Phone Mobile allows more and more customers, such as Maternal and Family Health Services, to enjoy seamless mobile and Teams integration with unified a calling experience for enhanced flexibility. This feature will be available with additional operators and markets in the future. PSTN call extensibility: Generally available now PSTN Call Extensibility in Microsoft Teams allows third-party application developers to extend the PSTN calling experience with contextual information. Third-party apps can open within the calling interface, allowing end-users to access customer contact information during calls, streamline workflows, and improve customer interaction. Workplace: Places and Teams Rooms Room recommender: Generally available in April 2025 Room recommender makes it easy to collaborate in-person by suggesting suitable meeting rooms. If no room is booked for a meeting, this feature recommends rooms in the meeting chat an hour before the start time when two or more attendees are in the same building. It considers participants’ locations, room availability, and capacity to find the best meeting space. Users can reserve the suggested room with one click and update the meeting invite for everyone. Room recommender will be available on Teams mobile (iOS) to Teams Premium license holders. Ad-hoc individual desk booking: Generally available in April Instantly reserve a desk by plugging into a peripheral on a shared desk, enabling a more streamlined workplace experience for employees. IT admins also benefit from a streamlined backend experience, with automatic peripheral association based on desk booking data and access to desk utilization data in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. Auto-update workplace presence with Wi-Fi: Public preview in April A user's work location can automatically be updated to "office" when their device connects to the onsite corporate Wi-Fi. This feature helps colleagues easily see who is in the office, facilitating in-person connections and collaboration, and enables chat @nearby. Facilitator agent support in Teams Rooms: public preview available now The Facilitator agent support in Teams Rooms provides real-time AI-generated notes and action items during both scheduled hybrid and impromptu in-person meetings. The Facilitator agent appears in the notes panel for hybrid meetings and can be activated via a QR code for in-person meetings, enhancing collaboration and productivity for all. The feature is available to preview in Teams Rooms on Windows and coming to rooms with Android devices in April. Learn more. Occupancy status on Teams panels: Generally available early next quarter Teams panels can now smartly utilize signals from Teams Rooms devices (Windows or Android) or occupancy sensors paired with panels to indicate when a room is in use (e.g., LED glow), so you’re not surprised to find an available room is actually occupied. Learn more. Teams Rooms on Windows app release: Generally available early next quarter In addition to the presenter support in Teams Rooms on Windows for town halls and webinars recently rolled out (See the February WNIT blog), there are exciting features coming in the first 2025 app release for Teams Rooms on Windows. Updates include support for live transcription controls during a meeting from the console, additional language support, and real-time translation for captions, making meetings more inclusive and accessible for multilingual participants. And, with the updated gallery view which arranges participants in consistent tile sizes, prioritizes those with video, offers additional layout options, and optimizes for single and dual displays, users get a consistent meeting experience whether meeting from their desktop or in a room. Learn more. Teams Rooms on Android app release: Generally available early next quarter As in Teams Rooms on Windows, rooms with Android devices are able to identify speakers during live transcription, ensuring clear and precise voice capture for every participant. Cloud services bring intelligent speaker functionalities to existing speakers, offering intelligent meeting recaps and enhanced M365 Copilot value by attributing content and actions to individuals. Additionally, it provides AI-enhanced audio and video experiences in meetings. Additionally, users benefit from enhanced room availability information with real-time calendar updates. And with a first to Android feature, users can control the Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) of the active camera to keep the focus where they want it. Learn more. Teams Rooms Pro Management portal update: Generally available early next quarter Admins now have expanded device health signals with sign-on, Teams Rooms app heartbeat, and network status for Android devices, offering consistency across operating systems. You’ll also get poor call quality signals which help identity root causes and create tickets saving time and effort for IT. In April, GCC-H customers can take advantage of the Pro Management service with assurance that their high security and privacy needs are met. In response to customer demand for consolidation of admin portals, IT admins will have a unified device management experience, for all Teams Rooms on Windows, through the Pro Management portal. Access is being expanded to Basic and Standard licensed rooms, providing the same functionality found in Teams admin center for that license type. These devices will be in the Pro Management portal May 1st, and will no longer be available in Teams admin center (TAC) after June 1, 2025. First focusing on Windows, the unified experience will include Teams Rooms on Android in the future. And, lastly, IT admins can manage rooms more effectively with the AI assistant in the Pro Management portal. It’s designed to quickly provide product help and information specific to your device environment, it’s available for public preview in the coming weeks. You’ll want to be sure to explore this feature. Learn more. Teams Devices Logitech Zone Wireless 2 (Native Bluetooth certification ): Generally available now This dongle-free headset is the first headset with Native Bluetooth capability to earn Microsoft Teams certification. It brings a host of benefits, including the convenience of one less thing to carry (or lose!) as people switch work environments from home, in the office, or on the go, while also freeing up a USB port. Logitech's dongle-free headset features AI noise suppression, noise-canceling mics, hybrid ANC, and premium stereo sound. Advanced Call Clarity (enabled with Logi Tune) suppresses far-end ambient noise so employees can hear colleagues better. Four noise-canceling mics elevate the user’s voice above background conversations. Hybrid ANC makes it easy to concentrate in noisy environments. Personal EQ (enabled with Logi Tune) automatically adjusts to the wearer’s hearing range and the headset features interchangeable earpads and a replaceable battery for longevity. Yealink SkySound CM50 Dante Audio Kit: Generally available now Certified for Teams, the Yealink SkySound CM50 Dante Audio Kit is perfect for large rooms. It includes a CM50 Ceiling Mic, CS10-D Ceiling Speaker, and AP08 DSP. With 127 wide-range mics, advanced beamforming, customizable pickup zones, and AI-based sound optimization, it ensures premium audio coverage and an immersive sound experience, making it a comprehensive solution for Teams Rooms. Learn more. Logitech Rally Bar No-Radio: Generally available now Certified for Teams, the Rally Bar No-Radio transforms any mid-sized room into a Microsoft Teams Room. It features a motorized PTZ camera, room-filling speakers, and a sensitive microphone array for a premium user experience. With premium materials, thoughtful cable management, and a range of mounts, it ensures a professional appearance and outstanding coverage for various room shapes and layouts. Learn more. AudioCodes RXVCam50M Camera: Generally available now Certified for Teams, the AudioCodes RXVCam50M camera is ideal for medium meeting rooms and conference rooms. It delivers vivid image quality with HD 4K resolution for exceptional video conferencing. Smart zoom and face detection enable auto framing, adjusting the camera’s ePTZ to ensure every participant is clearly seen without user intervention. Easily configure settings via the AudioCodes RX-PAD or Teams client Settings menu. Learn more. AudioCodes RXVCam70 Dual-Lens PTZ Camera: Generally available now Certified for Teams, the RXVCam70 delivers an optimal audio and video meeting experience for all participants. It features a 12x optical zoom close-up lens, a 119º DFOV panoramic lens, and a built-in mic array. Advanced AI features, including auto-framing, speaker tracking, and smart gallery, ensure every moment is captured automatically. Included in AudioCodes solution bundles for medium-large Android and Windows Microsoft Teams Rooms, it creates an optimized environment for hybrid Teams meetings. Learn more. Fundamentals and Security Auto-upgrade meeting protection based on shared file: sensitivity label inheritance [Premium]: Generally available in April Now Microsoft Teams can automatically upgrade the sensitivity level of a meeting based on the sensitivity of files shared during the meeting. When an attendee shares a file with a higher sensitivity label, the meeting's protection settings are enhanced to match the file's sensitivity. This feature helps ensure that sensitive information is adequately protected throughout the meeting. It requires an Microsoft 365 E5 and Teams Premium license with Purview enabled. Message safety – URL and file protection: Generally available next quarter (Q2) This feature will enhance security for Teams messaging by blocking weaponizable file types and warning users of harmful URLs sent in Teams messages. The File and URL detection components are embedded in the Teams messaging layers providing comprehensive and robust protection across internal and external one-on-one chats, group chats, meeting chats and channels, to all Teams users. These protections will integrate with Microsoft Defender for Office to enable end-to-end security operations for Teams messaging. Active meeting protection: detect sensitive content while screensharing and notify [Premium]: Generally available next quarter (Q2) This new feature enhances security during meetings by using AI to automatically detect potentially sensitive information, such as social security numbers and credit card numbers, during screen sharing. When such content is detected, the feature alerts both the presenter and the meeting organizer to prevent unintentional sharing. This helps mitigate the risk of exposing sensitive information and ensures a more secure and private meeting experience. This feature is available to meeting organizers who have Teams Premium. All other participants in a meeting can benefit from this feature while in a meeting, however this feature is enabled when the meeting is scheduled by the meeting organizer. iPad split window: Generally available in next quarter (Q2) The iPad Split Window feature in Microsoft Teams supports multiple windows on iPad, allowing users to effortlessly switch between meetings and chats without losing context. Customize your split view for the perfect setup, enhancing multitasking and productivity. Frontline workers QR Code Authentication: Generally available in June 2025 Multiple frontline workers often share the same device across shifts throughout the day. Manual sign-in processes are time consuming and decrease productivity, especially on shared devices. This new, highly requested feature enables sign-in with the scan of a unique QR code and entry of a personal PIN number, significantly decreasing time to log in without affecting security. Shared Device Mode – iOS support for Jamf: Generally available Shared Device Mode now enables more efficient and secure device sharing for Frontline workers. Microsoft's Shared Device Mode (SDM) allows frontline workers, whose device may be shared among multiple users, to login once to access the device and every app on the device and sign out across apps so the device is ready for the next user. In addition, SDM enables conditional access policies to enable customized security policies. Jamf support for Shared Device Mode is now generally available. Customers with iOS Jamf-managed devices can now enable Shared Device Mode at scale with zero-touch provisioning and leverage device compliance conditional access. Open shifts across locations: Generally available The Open shifts across locations feature in Microsoft Teams allows frontline managers to offer open shifts across multiple locations, making it easier to balance workforce needs and fill last-minute gaps. This feature provides flexibility for frontline workers, enabling them to pick up shifts at different locations that suit their schedules. By optimizing staffing and improving customer satisfaction, this feature ensures that businesses are always fully staffed and ready to serve
Exciting Announcements: New Data Connectors Released Using the Codeless Connector Framework
Microsoft Sentinel’s Codeless Connector Framework or ‘CCF’ (formerly called Codeless Connector Platform [CCP]) represents a paradigm shift in data ingestion, making it easier than ever for organisations to do more with Microsoft Sentinel by integrating diverse data sources seamlessly. Designed to simplify and expedite the onboarding of data sources, CCF eliminates the need for extensive coding expertise and maintaining additional services to facilitate ingestion, allowing security teams to focus on what truly matters – safeguarding their environment. Advantages of the Codeless Connector Framework The Codeless Connector Framework offers several compelling benefits: Ease of Use: CCF configuration-based templates allows advanced users to create data connectors without writing exhausting code, making the onboarding process quicker and more accessible to a broader audience. Flexibility: Users can customise data streams to meet their specific needs; optimizing efficacy while ensuring more control on the data being ingested. Scalability: The connectors built using CCF follows a true SaaS auto-expansion model making them highly scalable and natively reliable for large data volumes. Efficiency: By reducing the time and effort required to develop and deploy data connectors, CCF accelerates the availability of critical insights for security monitoring and more rapidly expands the value Microsoft Sentinel provides. What are we up to? We recognize that Codeless Connectors offer substantial advantages over Azure Function App based ingestion in Microsoft Sentinel in most cases. That motivates us to continue investing in modernizing our ingestion patterns for out-of-box connectors; one connector at a time. Another goal of modernizing these connectors is to replace the deprecated HTTP Data Collector API with the Log Ingestion API to send data to Microsoft Sentinel. Announcing the General Availability of New Data Connectors We are continually improving the Data Collection experience for our customers and are thrilled to announce that the following data connectors are now Generally Available (GA) on the Codeless Connector Framework. Atlassian Confluence Ingesting Confluence audit logs allows organizations to monitor collaboration activity, detect security risks, and troubleshoot configuration issues using Confluence audit records. Auth0 With the Auth0 Connector, organizations can effortlessly integrate authentication and authorization data from Auth0 into Microsoft Sentinel. This connector provides valuable insights into user activities and access patterns, bolstering identity security and compliance efforts. Azure DevOps Audit logs from Azure DevOps, allows security teams to monitor user activities, detect anomalous behavior, and investigate potential threats across DevOps environments. Box The Box Connector facilitates the ingestion of file storage and sharing data from Box into Microsoft Sentinel. By leveraging this connector, security teams can monitor file access and sharing activities, ensuring data integrity, and preventing unauthorized access. Google Cloud Platform Load Balancer With GCP Load Balancer and Web Application Firewall (Cloud Armor) logs, security teams can monitor inbound network activity, enforce security policies, and detect threats across GCP environments. Proofpoint POD The ingestion of email security logs allows organizations to monitor message traceability, detect threats, and investigate data exfiltration attempts by attackers and malicious insiders. Proofpoint TAP Email threat intelligence logs, including message and click events, provides visibility into malware and phishing activity to support custom alerts, dashboards, and threat investigation. SentinelOne The SentinelOne Connector enables seamless ingestion of threat intelligence and endpoint security data from SentinelOne into Microsoft Sentinel. This integration empowers security teams to enhance their threat detection capabilities and respond swiftly to potential threats. New Connectors in Public Preview CrowdStrike Falcon Data Replicator (S3 based Polling) Google Cloud Platform VPC Flow Google Cloud Platform DNS Google IAM These new additions are not new out-of-box sources in Microsoft Sentinel, but they do improve how data is collected. The previously Azure Function App based polling has now been upgraded to the Codeless Connector Framework for these products to ensure data collection adheres to the more scalable; advantageous pattern with CCF. As noted previously, the newer version of these connectors replaces the deprecated HTTP Data Collector API with the Log Ingestion API to send data to Microsoft Sentinel. Call to Action! Microsoft Sentinel customers collecting data from any of the mentioned sources using Azure Function Apps are advised to migrate their ingestion streams to newer versions to utilize the Codeless Connector Framework. While we continue to improve the data collection experience across all connectors, we encourage our customers and partners to join the Microsoft Security Communities to benefit from early insights about the latest and greatest with Microsoft Security. Call to Action for ISV Partners We invite our ISV partners to migrate their Azure Function App-based data connectors to the Codeless Connector Framework. By leveraging CCF for data ingestion, we can ensure that our mutual customers benefit from streamlined data integration and enhanced security monitoring in Microsoft Sentinel. We are committed to ensuring partners have all the support needed in this transformation. For any support, please reach out to us at Microsoft Sentinel Partners. Join us in this transformative journey to empower our customers by unlocking the full potential of their security investments with Microsoft Sentinel’s Codeless Connector Framework. References Create a codeless connector for Microsoft Sentinel Migrate from the HTTP Data Collector API to the Log Ingestion API to send data to Azure Monitor LogsManage cases from across tenants in one place
Are you managing the security needs of a large organization or a managed security service provider (MSSP)? Would you like a unified view of all the cases you are managing across these tenants? We are pleased to announce the latest addition to our case management solution, multi-tenant support, is now generally available (GA). This is the latest step in our journey towards providing a native, security-focused case management system that spans all SecOps workloads in the Microsoft Defender portal, removing customer reliance on third-party SIEM/XDR and ticketing systems. This capability is available for all Microsoft Sentinel customers that have onboarded to the Defender portal.
Unifying the Viva Insights app for Copilot Dashboard and advanced reporting
Copilot Analytics helps customers measure AI to drive usage and business impact. In fact, customers using the Copilot Dashboard have increased Copilot usage more than twice as much as those who have not 1 .What gets measured, gets managed, and we’re seeing this come to life with Copilot Analytics. Reports focused on AI strategy, adoption and business impact can be found in the Copilot Dashboard and in Viva Insights, while operational reports for IT pros are available in the Microsoft 365 admin center and Power Platform admin center to enable better management and deployment of AI across the organization. Starting this month, we’re streamlining access to our strategic reports by combining the Copilot Dashboard with the additional Copilot reporting available in the Viva Insights web app. This unified experience will provide broader access to Copilot reports and also offer a new report publishing functionality to bring custom published reports to those who need them. In addition, the Microsoft 365 admin center is offering AI admins and adoption managers a growing set of usage reporting and insights on Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents. Let’s look at the new unified experience, its key benefits and improved functionality. Getting set up in the new unified experience With the new unified experience, the Copilot Dashboard is integrating with the Viva Insights web app. Prior to the integration of the dashboard, users will be alerted with a notification banner displayed, signaling the upcoming transition from Viva Insights in Teams to the web app for advanced reporting in Insights. On the integration date, the legacy location of the Copilot Dashboard in the Viva Insights Teams app will be updated with a splash page informing the user about the unified experience and providing a button to link the user to the new location. It’s important to note that all Copilot Dashboard and Viva Insights settings and permissions will move over to the new experience so that customers do not need additional configuration. Users clicking through the redirect button will land on the Copilot Dashboard hosted in the unified experience with a “product walkthrough” to help orient the user. A wider range of Copilot reporting access The Copilot Dashboard provides detailed reports on usage, adoption, and business impact to senior leaders and their delegates. These users can view aggregated insights such as the number of active Copilot users, Copilot license user readiness data, and AI usage adoption scores. The Viva Insights advanced analysis app, meanwhile, offers a wider selection of prebuilt reports, and the ability to create custom reports and data sets. Only users with the Analyst role have had access to the advanced analysis workbench and this deeper library of reports and tools. By consolidating these insights and analytics into a single interface, leaders and delegates can now access a set of the Copilot analytics reports that had previously only been available to analysts. Additionally, analysts now will be able to view the Copilot Dashboard. As a result, leaders, delegates and analysts will operate within a single tool with broader access to the insights they need to drive AI transformation in their organizations. The new Reports page within the unified experience will provide users with an immediate value-add via out-of-the-box access to additional Copilot reports. These reports are available without any setup requirements and contain aggregated insights that previously had only been available to analysts. At launch, the below set of reports will be available on the Reports page. Additional reports will be graduated to leaders and delegates through this experience over time, thereby enabling even more access to reporting value that will enable users to make informed decisions and drive organizational success. Copilot Studio agents Copilot for Sales adoption Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption* Microsoft 365 Copilot impact* Copilot business impact* * Report is only available to Analysts with Copilot Analytics access In addition to their new access to the Copilot Dashboard and the new Reports page, analysts will maintain access to the complete set of legacy advanced analysis tools, within this unified experience. Seamless and impactful report publishing Along with this release, the ability for analysts to publish out-of-the-box and customized reports to the Reports page of this unified experience will be available in public preview. Published reports will appear as a card on the Reports page in the unified experience for the recipient audience to enable easy access and discoverability of relevant content. The published cards will contain a customized entry point where recipients can click to view the custom published report with no additional setup required. Summary of which experiences are available across roles This additional access for analysts is available in the Global partition only Learn more about additional Copilot Analytics updates.
