Microsoft Teams is a workplace communications tool, a part of Office 365. It is best known as Microsoft's take on Slack, the popular cloud-based proprietary instant messaging platform.
Microsoft Teams first launched in March of 2017 and has picked up many new features since then. Keep it tuned to OnMSFT.com for all the latest guides, how-tos, and news on Microsoft Teams.
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Microsoft Teams has received a new update that brings support for organization-wide backgrounds for meetings. The feature was originally announced back in April, and it’s now available in preview for Microsoft 365 commercial subscribers. Previously, Microsoft Teams didn’t allow IT ... Read more
Back in May, Microsoft unveiled a free Reading Progress feature for Teams for Education to help students improve their reading skills. The company today announced that this feature has now started rolling out to all education customers, and it should ... Read more
Microsoft is preparing to drop support for its Teams mobile app on older versions of iOS in October of this year. The Redmond giant has announced via Microsoft 365 Admin Center that the list of supported versions includes iOS 13 ... Read more
Microsoft Teams has released a new Call Health Panel that provides real-time telemetry for meetings or VOIP calls. The feature started rolling out back in June, and it is now available for all desktop users worldwide. This Call Health Panel ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature that will let meeting organizers assign specific presenters to Breakout rooms. The feature is currently under development, and it’s expected to roll out to Teams users globally in mid-September. With this release, the ... Read more
Microsoft announced today that they have hired a new Corporate Vice President to lead its Teams for consumer experiences. Manik Gupta will be responsible for overseeing Microsoft Teams for consumer, GroupMe, and Skype, and he will work under the direct ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is introducing built-in Spam Call protection capabilities that will alert users when they receive a call from a suspicious number. According to a message sent out through the Microsoft 365 Admin center, the new feature will begin rolling ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is getting a new feature that will allow users to swap between shared content and Gallery view during meetings. The feature is now rolling out to public preview users in the Windows 10 and macOS desktop clients. The ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is launching a “Parent connection” feature that will allow educators to connect with parents via chat. The feature is labeled as in development on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, but it's planned for release in October (via Dr. Windows). ... Read more
Microsoft has announced some enhancements for its Teams Rooms devices to make the meeting experience more engaging for hybrid work. The company has rolled out these updates to the Android-powered integrated Teams Rooms devices such as mics, cameras, as well ... Read more
Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Peer5, an Israel-based peer-to-peer CDN, for an undisclosed amount. The company is known for developing enterprise CDN (eCDN) solutions for live and on-demand video streams, and Microsoft plans to use its technology ... Read more
Last year, Microsoft Teams launched a new custom backgrounds experience on the desktop. However, the web version of the app still lacks this feature, but that might be changing soon, as the company is now planning to bring custom backgrounds ... Read more
Two months ago, Microsoft announced new chat features for Teams to help support asynchronous collaboration in between meetings. The company also unveiled a new quoted replies feature that will let users reply to a specific message on the Microsoft Teams ... Read more
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Microsoft Teams is getting a new “Content from camera” feature that will help meeting participants easily read content from physical whiteboards and documents. The Redmond giant has recently updated the Microsoft 365 Roadmap to indicate that this update will begin ... Read more
Microsoft Teams Virtual Breakout Rooms feature has dropped support for private channels meetings in Teams. The company announced the change in a support ticket spotted by Microsoft MVP Vesa Nopanen, where the company made it clear that Breakout Rooms are ... Read more
There's no doubt that Microsoft Teams is the big thing for Microsoft. With nearly 250 million monthly active users, Teams is in use almost everywhere these days. That's why Microsoft is making some big changes. Back in June, Microsoft announced ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is finally adding support for a new call transfer capability that lets users seamlessly move their calls between different devices. The Microsoft 365 roadmap listing indicates that the feature is rolling out to all Teams desktop and mobile ... Read more
Microsoft Teams on Mac has finally added support for native macOS notifications, offering Mac users the same choice as what Windows 10 users have been enjoying for a couple of weeks now. (via Windows Central). Native macOS notifications can be ... Read more
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Microsoft today detailed all the new features and capabilities added to its Teams collaboration service over the past few weeks. This time around, the company has made a bunch of improvements to calls, meetings, mobile apps, and Teams Rooms, and ... Read more