Updates in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft plans to roll out an updated meeting experience, which will enable users to have conversations and calls in separate Windows during Teams meetings. In a Microsoft 365 Roadmap document, Microsoft confirmed that these updates in Microsoft teams is now timed for roll out beginning in June.
Five new features are coming to users shortly. The first is “background effects”, the ability to customise your background from a selection of Microsoft-provided images. There is no reference in the announcement to using your own background images though one user reckons they have worked it out by putting a custom image in a special uploads folder hidden in AppData.
Microsoft Teams Updates – Multi-window experiences
Microsoft is working on a new experience for its Microsoft Teams collaboration platform. Multi-window experiences are coming to Teams meetings and calling. Users will have the ability to pop out meetings and calling into separate windows to help them optimize their workflow. These experiences can be turned on directly within Teams for PC and Mac clients.
As voice and video chat has come increasingly important in the experience, Microsoft is working on a way to make multi-tasking easier while in a video conference or call. According to the Microsoft Teams roadmap, Microsoft is working on a new Multi-Window Meetings and Calling experience. Users will be able to pop out meetings and calling into separate windows to help them optimize their workflow. The feature will be coming to the Mac and Windows platform and is expected sometime in June.
Microsoft Teams Updates – Pin meeting controls such as mute, video and others to the top of your screen.
Microsoft says that the upcoming Teams update will allow you to pin meeting controls such as mute, video, chat, leave, and others to the top of your screen. With this change, the Redmond giant aims to ensure that the meeting and call controls never block the underlying content.
Besides the new meeting controls, Microsoft has also announced that “this new experience will also include recently announced features such as 3×3 video, and custom backgrounds.
Microsoft Teams Updates – The retirement of Skype for Business
After July 31, 2021, Microsoft will be retiring Skype for Business will no longer be accessible. Between now and then, however, Skype for Business Online users will continue to use the service as usual and can continue to add new users, Microsoft’s blog post says. Starting Sept. 1, 2019, however, all new Office 365 customers will be onboarded to Teams and won’t have the option of selecting Skype for Business Online instead.
“Skype (consumer), Skype for Business Server, and Skype on-premises customers will not be affected by the retirement of the Skype for Business Online service.
Current Skype for Business Online customers with existing Office 365 tenants will experience no change in the service up to its retirement date and may continue adding new users as needed. But starting September 1, 2019, all new Office 365 customers will be onboarded directly to Teams.” – Microsoft Office
How Can We Make a Smooth Transition Towards Microsoft Teams Adoption?
There’s a lot that goes into transitioning users to Microsoft Teams, but it’s far from impossible; you just need to be prepared. Microsoft itself is offering assistance in several ways, including a guide, free training sessions, and FastTrack onboarding assistance.
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