Microsoft takes care to always enhance the user experience of its communication and collaboration experience in Microsoft Teams. Keeping up with these periodic updates to be even more efficient by using this powerful ecosystem is not an easy task. So, let’s go through the most important ones to let you understand how to increase your efficiency within this platform. 

Here is a brief summary:

 

MEETINGS

  • Targeted notifications – During meetings, special alerts can be sent to specific participants through a bot. These notifications are private and they are visible as a pop-up on the screen.
  • Explicit recording consent – Microsoft Teams now supports the option to expressly ask for the consent of all the meeting attendees to record the online event. Only with their consent the voice and video can be captured. This new feature is important to meet specific privacy regulations.
  • Magnify PowerPoint Live Presentations – When PowerPoint Live slides are presented, each attendee can now privately zoom in on the shared content. It allows the person to better read the shared information. There is also a “Sync to presenter” button to resume following the presenter. 

 

CHATS

  • @mention new options – As to mention a person in the chat, now it is possible to type “everyone” after @ to send a notification to all the group members to convey a specific message. According to recipient notification settings, he will receive it to be alerted of messages in which they are involved. 

Furthermore, in a group chat, by using @ and typing the name of the contact it is possible to quickly add him as a new participant.

  • Improved profile cards – In the previous updates, Microsoft released an integration with LinkedIn that allows a fast connection between the contact information in the chat and his social network profile. Being aware of the importance of having a contact background, Microsoft has made available additional details about a teammate in Teams. For instance, it is visible pending meeting invites or birthdays.
  • Download file location – Users can choose their preferred location where the file downloaded from Microsoft Teams chats can be stored. This option makes it easier to find download files.

 

CALLS

  • Busy-on-busy call feature – When a person is busy in a call or meeting, he can set up better incoming call management. In his Microsoft Teams settings, new multiple choices will be available for handling these calls, such as “play a busy signal” or “redirect call”. This feature can be customized by administrators and end users.

 

Stay tuned to read through our article the future Microsoft Teams updates. Meanwhile, discover how our UC solutions can help you improve your communications within Microsoft Teams.