During the summer Microsoft shared a long list of new and updated features for Teams to improve customers’ day-to-day working experience. We understand it isn’t so easy for people to keep up with Microsoft news every month, especially during the holiday period. That’s why we have collected, as we usually do, a list of the most relevant Teams updates:

 

  • LinkedIn integration – From the Teams chat, channels, calls, and meetings, you can now have direct access to the LinkedIn profile. Just one click to connect and read the current role or past experience of the contact. 
  • Recording notifications in your default language – Microsoft cares about compliance regulations and added to Teams the possibility of hearing the call recording notifications in different languages. In this scenario, the announcement is played in the same language simultaneously for both parties.
  • View shared content in a pop-up window –  During calls and meetings, the shared content can be now seen in a separate window just by clicking the “Pop-out” button in the settings menu. This option allows participants to reduce their distractions by focusing their attention only on the content.
  • Collaborative annotation on shared content – Presenters can now enable all the participants to collaborate on the shared presentation with their annotations, which are saved with the meeting registration. This option allows to involve the attendees during the meetings and improves the Teams experience.
  • Choose file download destination – Sometimes it is useful to choose where the documents are saved after the download. Now when users of Windows and Mac devices download a file, can select the preferred folder to store it.
  • Digital Code to join meetings – If you would like to avoid external people from entering the meeting, now you can share with your attendees the ID and the passcode of the virtual event to join it. This information can be seen also in the calendar reminder.
  • New Microsoft Form experience in Teams – Microsoft has enhanced how users add polls to chats and meetings. A new app, named “Polls”, is now available to let people create their new surveys and ratings or re-use the past ones. The user experience is increased also with the new poll animation: a dynamic confirmation message and a new poll result view with different colors. 

 

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