In August, Microsoft Teams introduced (or announced) a dozen or so new features, which Microsoft has gathered in a monthly summary. As usual, the new features cover areas such as chat and collaboration, meetings, Mesh, webinars and town halls, Teams Rooms, and more. Below, we present selected, most important changes in our study.
Chat and Collaboration
Copilot prompts with time considerations
There is no longer any need to manually scroll and search through your chat history. Copilot w Teams supports time attributes in commands, such as “yesterday”, “last month”, “6 months ago” or “in December 2023”. Copilot will locate information from the specified time/time frame and provide insights about it.
Request to join a shared channel via channel link
Users can now more easily access shared channels, and channel owners can manage their membership. Users sharing the same tenant Microsoft 365 can request to join a shared channel using the channel share link. Channel owners will receive the request and can easily accept or reject it.
Channel Cards
You can now quickly review key channel information using the channel card. Hover over the channel name in the header or anywhere the channel is mentioned to see important information such as the channel description, last active time, channel name, membership information, which helps you quickly understand the context and purpose of the channel. The cards also provide easy access to notification settings, channel management for owners, and the channel list.
Apps supported in group chats with external users
You can now access the app in group chats with participants outside of your organization. Chat participants from Microsoft 365 tenants hosting the chat can install, remove, and update apps for all members to use. All participants can use apps provided by people in the organization hosting the group chat. Installing apps in these chats is subject to the app policies of the organization creating the chat.
Show/hide “Discover” news feed
The Discover feed provides a personalized, relevant feed of content from Teams channels, making it easier for you to stay informed and engage with the content that matters most. You can turn it on or off at Settings > General, by clicking the switch next to the option Show News Feed Discover in Channel List.
Other changes
Also introduced to Teams in August were:
- Intelligent meeting summaries with AI-generated notes for the Government Community Cloud (GCC) environment.
- Smart meeting summaries for unscheduled town halls on Android devices.
- Reactions at town halls.
- New APIs for creating and recording webinars.
- New Graph APIs for Town Halls.
- Exporting town hall Q&A questions.
- Visualizations of reactions from multiple host rooms in Mesh.
In our previous article you can also check Microsoft Teams changes from July 2024.
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