What's new in Microsoft Teams

New Copilot features are ready for takeoff

• Copilot in Teams meetings without transcript retention
  Copilot can now be used in Teams meetings without saving the meeting transcript or other Copilot interactions. To enable this setting, open an existing meeting, select Meeting options, and select Without transcription from the Copilot dropdown menu. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Use Copilot without recording a Teams meeting.

• Craft clear messages with Copilot
  Whether you're in a chat or channel, Copilot can help you craft concise messages with writing assistance in the compose box. Rewrite, adjust tone, and modify message length before sending. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Rewrite and adjust your messages with Copilot in Microsoft Teams.

• Stay caught up with Copilot
  Ask Copilot to highlight key information from channel posts, such as task lists, discussion points, and more. Copilot will generate an organized summary with citations to keep you informed of the source. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels.

• Call on Copilot for more call insights
  Access Copilot from the Calls app in Teams to gain insights from past calls. Copilot in Teams Phone uses AI to capture key points, task owners, and next steps. VoIP and PSTN calls are supported. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users.
  

Try the new Teams on web

The new Teams is now generally available on web for Edge and Chrome. To try it, sign into Teams for web and turn on the new Teams toggle at the top of the screen. To learn more, see To learn more, see Switch to the new Teams.

Chat embedded in Microsoft Edge browser

If you open a web link from your Teams chat using Microsoft Edge, the chat window will appear in your browser. No need to switch between the apps – you can continue the conversation while you browse. To learn more, see Send a file, picture, or link in Microsoft Teams.

Save time with AI file-sharing suggestions

In chat conversations, Teams AI can now recognize your intent to share a file and will suggest this action, saving you from interrupting your workflow to locate and attach the file.

New engagement analytics for Teams events

Understand your audience better with more advanced insights about your Teams webinar and town hall events. View engagement details, including live reactions and raised hands, across your whole audience or at the individual level. To view this data, open a past webinar or town hall from your Teams calendar and select Attendance > Engagement. To learn more, see Manage meeting attendance reports in Microsoft Teams.

Virtual appointment insights

Find out the average lobby wait times, how many appointments started or ended late, and more with new virtual appointments insights. Just open a past virtual appointment in Teams and select the Analytics tab.

Desktop to web join experience for virtual appointment attendees

You can enable the Have attendees join from a web browser setting for virtual appointments to direct attendees to join on the web when they try joining on desktop. This will give attendees access to engagement features like raised hands and live reactions. To learn more, see Create and edit appointment types.

Screen reader improvements

Screen reader assistive technologies are more clear and less verbose across many areas of the app.

Switch to the new Teams

Experience new features and performance improvements in the new Teams, now generally available on Windows and Mac OS devices. Reimagined from the ground up, the new Teams is simpler, quicker, and more reliable than ever. To switch, turn on the Try the new Teams toggle in your Teams window. To learn more, see Switch to the new Microsoft Teams.

Get the most out of meetings with Meet

Prepare for upcoming meetings and find recordings, chats, and recaps all in one place with Meet in Microsoft Teams. In the Teams app bar, select More added apps, search Meet, and select it to add it. To learn more, see Stay on top of meetings with Meet in Microsoft Teams.

Bring everyone together with town hall in Microsoft Teams

Organize large-scale virtual events like never before with town hall in Microsoft Teams. Town halls are optimized for producing high-quality events and can host up to 10,000 attendees, or 20,000 in Teams Premium, for up to 30 hours. To learn more, see Get started with town hall in Microsoft Teams.

Understand each other better with live translated transcripts

Try live translated captions during your Teams meeting to view live meeting transcripts in the language you’re most comfortable with, now available in Teams Premium. Choose from more than 30 translation languages and view the original transcript as a reference. To learn more, see View live transcription in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Stand out during meetings with portrait blur

Apply portrait blur to your video during a Teams meeting to bring more focus to you and subtly blur your background. When your camera is on, select Video effects > Portrait > Portrait blur.

External presenter join link in webinars and town halls

When you add an external presenter to a webinar or town hall, they’ll automatically receive an email with a unique join link to enter the event. The link allows them to bypass the lobby and join directly as a presenter.

New channels experience

Enhance your channels experience with new features like conversation view and improvements to the compose box, in-channel search experience, and more. To learn more, see Get to know the new channels experience in Microsoft Teams.

Bring your Outlook contacts to Teams

Add the People app in Microsoft Teams to sync your Outlook contacts across all your M365 apps and devices. Quickly sort through and filter them so you can find who you need, when you need them. To learn more, see Manage-your-contacts-with-the-People-App-in-Teams.

Add external organizations to shared channels in Teams

Collaborate with external orgs by filing requests in shared channels. To enable this, your admin will have to set up an internal support page or request form in advance. To learn more, see Share a channel with a team in Microsoft Teams.

SMS notifications for Virtual Appointments

Now guests who schedule Virtual Appointments will receive text message confirmations, updates, and reminders about their appointment. They’ll also receive the meeting link so they can join directly from their device. This is available in Teams Premium and operates only in the US. 

Create up to 1,000 channels in a team

Need a separate space or workgroup for a project? There's a channel for that. Create up to 1,000 standard or shared channels in new and existing teams, without running out of space or making another team for your workgroup. Private channel support coming soon. To learn more, see First things to know about channels in Microsoft Teams.

Publish webinar recordings in Teams

Publish webinar recordings directly in Teams to share with attendees after the event ends. To publish, open a past webinar in Teams, go to Recordings, and select Publish. Attendees will automatically receive an email with a link to the recording. To learn more, see Manage webinar recordings in Microsoft Teams.

Record more in video clip messages

Now you can blur your background, record your screen, and record audio-only clips when you send a video clip message in a chat. To learn more, see Record a video or audio clip in Microsoft Teams.

Keep your meeting moving with animated backgrounds

Meet in front of dynamic, animated backgrounds for a more immersive virtual experience during Teams meetings. Before your meeting, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects on the pre-join screen. Then, select a background with a video icon in the corner of the preview picture. To learn more, see Change your background in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Get important chat details at a glance with compact mode

Scan chats quickly with compact mode. In compact mode, message previews are hidden from the chat list, showing more of your conversations.  Consecutive messages from the same sender are condensed and separated by line breaks. To use compact chat mode in Teams, select Settings and more > Settings and set Chat density to Compact. To learn more, see Change the spacing of your chat messages in Microsoft Teams.

Edit and reply to specific messages in chat using hover menu

Hover over a message you received in chat and select Reply  to respond to that specific message. Hover over a message you sent and select Edit   to make changes to the message you sent. To learn more, see Edit or delete a sent message in Microsoft Teams.

Join a webinar from up to three devices

Attendees can join a public webinar from up to three different devices using their unique registration link. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams webinars.

Stay on track with Microsoft Loop task lists

Organize your tasks in Microsoft Loop to track them across multiple apps. Edit your task list component in Outlook or Teams to see the changes sync across Microsoft Planner and To Do. To learn more, see Manage your tasks from Loop Task lists and Collaborative notes in Planner and To Do.

Navigate and join calls faster on Teams phone devices

New updates to the Teams phone device UI enable faster meeting joins and easier navigation across applications. Experience fewer dialing mistakes with the redesigned Teams phone dial pad and new “dial pad only” view in landscape mode. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams phones.

Call delegation enhancements

Call delegates can now easily switch between tabs and see call records for themselves and their delegators. Delegators can also view and join active calls handled by the delegate and allow delegates to join their active calls. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams phones.

Connect quickly with Teams hotline phones

You can now program Microsoft Teams Phone certified devices to directly dial a specific phone number or contact, such as emergency services or an org’s help desk. When a user picks up the Teams phone handset, it’ll automatically dial the pre-programmed phone number. Phones enabled with a Teams Shared Device License can be configured through the device settings or the Teams admin center.

Protected voicemail notifications

You will now receive notifications in Teams when you’ve received a protected voicemail. The notification will show in the Calls app in Teams, where you can click a link to open the voicemail in the Outlook web app. To learn more, see Check your voicemail in Microsoft Teams.

Share your location during emergency calls using Teams for web

For users located in the United States, you can now add your location to alert personnel during emergency calls made in Teams for web. To learn more, see Work from Home Emergency 911: enable location services.

Customize webinar emails in Teams

Communicate with webinar attendees the way you want to with webinar email customization. Change the sender’s name, email subject, banner and logo image, and body text. To customize webinar emails, open your webinar in your Teams calendar. In Communications, select Edit in the row of the email you want to customize. To learn more, see Manage webinar emails in Microsoft Teams.

Instantly publish and share webinar recordings

After a webinar ends, an on-demand recording is instantly available for organizers to manage and share with attendees. When organizers publish the recording, attendees will automatically receive an email with a link to the recording. Organizers can view and edit the email before it’s sent. To learn more, see Manage webinar emails in Microsoft Teams.

Zoom in and out of a screenshare during a Teams meeting

Use the zoom buttons at the bottom of your meeting window to zoom in, zoom out, or restore the original view of a screenshare during Teams meetings. To learn more, see Zoom in and out of Microsoft Teams.

Switch it up with participant shuffle in Teams breakout rooms

Randomly assign participants in Teams breakout rooms with participant shuffle. Decide to shuffle everyone or just participants who aren’t assigned to a room yet. To shuffle participants, open the meeting on your Teams calendar and select Assign participants > Shuffle. Choose to shuffle Everyone or Only assigned people. Then, select Save. To learn more, see Use breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams.

Copy and send the link of a group chat message

Need to reference a specific message in a group chat? Right-click the message, then select Copy link to copy that message’s link. Paste it into another message or post to share. When recipients select the link, they’ll go right to that message in the conversation. To learn more, see Share a link to a specific message.

Enhanced video experience in Teams chat.

Play shared Microsoft Stream videos, like meeting recordings, and see their captions directly in chat.

Manage your Teams calendar with agenda view

Use the agenda view in your Teams calendar to view and join your upcoming meetings. You can also RSVP, chat with participants, and access meeting notes. Switch to agenda view by going to your Teams calendar, selecting your current view, and selecting Agenda from the dropdown menu. To learn more, see Manage your calendar in Microsoft Teams.

Drag and drop meetings into new timeslots

Easily reschedule an event in your Teams calendar by selecting the event, dragging it into a new timeslot, and dropping it. You can also check other participants’ availability before you update the event. To learn more, see Schedule a meeting in Microsoft Teams.

Hear where others are coming from in Teams meetings

Experience natural, immersive audio during Teams meetings with spatial audio. Hear people’s voices coming from their relative positions in together mode, gallery view, and speaker view. Enable spatial audio from your meeting’s pre-join screen by selecting Device settings, connecting a compatible device under Speakers, and turning on the Spatial audio toggle. To learn more, see Spatial audio in Microsoft Teams meetings. 

Together mode improvements

Usability improvements in Together mode let you see each person’s name, reactions, or raised hand by their videos. Status icons show if someone’s muted, speaking, pinned, or spotlighted. To see your meeting in Together mode, select View > Together Mode. 

Change your view of meeting captions

Customize font size, color, positioning, and how many lines are displayed in captions during meetings. To edit caption settings in your meeting, go to More ...> Language and speech > Turn on live captions. Then, select Settings > Captions settings. To learn more, see Use live captions in a Teams meeting. 

Mark all as read

All caught up? Mark all notifications in your Teams activity feed as read by opening your activity feed and selecting More options > Mark all as read. To learn more, see Manage notifications in Microsoft Teams. 

See more, scroll less in chat

View up to 50% more of your Teams chat list at once with compact chat. Compact chat hides message previews and only shows names of groups or individuals you’re chatting with. To try compact chat in Teams, go to Settings and more> Settings and select Compact under Chat density. To learn more, see Change the spacing of your chat messages in Microsoft Teams.  

Set your work location for the day

Whether you decide on an impromptu afternoon at the office, or to wrap up your project at home, Teams work location settings are as flexible as you are. Switch your work location in Teams by selecting your Teams profile picture and choosing your location from the location dropdown menu. To learn more, see Set your work location in Microsoft Teams. 

Focus on who’s talking in meetings  

Focus on who’s speaking during bigger meetings with Speaker view, a setting that spotlights the video of whoever is talking. Turn on Speaker view by selecting View > Speaker view from the meeting controls.   

Review meetings in minutes in the meeting recap tab  

See a past meeting’s details in one place. View meeting recordings, transcripts, and more without switching screens or apps. Just open the meeting in your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams. 

Review smarter, not harder, with intelligent meeting recap  (Teams Premium) 

Get AI-powered insights from past meetings with intelligent meeting recap, available in Teams Premium. Look through AI-generated notes, meeting speakers, and more. Just open a meeting from your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams.  

Avatars in Microsoft Teams 

Maintain presence in meetings off-camera with avatars in Teams. Avatars are customizable, so you can create one that best represents you. To get started, add the Avatars app from Apps on the left side of Teams and make your first avatar. Then, turn your camera off before or during a meeting, then select More options > Effects and avatars. There you can choose an existing avatar or make a new one. To learn more, see Join a meeting as an avatar in Teams. 

Filter profanity from Teams live captions   

The Teams profanity filter lets you filter profanity out of live captions in your Teams meetings. To turn it on, go to Captions and transcripts in your Teams settings and turn the Filter profane words in meeting captions toggle on. To learn more, see Use live captions in a Teams meeting. 

Collaborate in channels with the new Notes tab 

Add and search for notes, share files, and more in channels with the new Notes tab. The Notes tab will now appear by default in new channels you create. For other channels, you can add the Notes tab manually. To learn more, see Add a OneNote notebook to Teams. 

Make time for in-person meetings in your Teams calendar 

Whether you’re meeting in-office or joining colleagues for lunch, you can now put time on your Teams calendar for in-person meetings. These meetings will appear in your calendar but won’t have chat threads or other virtual meeting functionalities. To schedule an offline meeting, create a meeting in Teams and turn off the toggle next to Online meeting. 

Change and update your call greetings  

Easily manage your business hours greeting, add on-hold music, and more by managing your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Teams settings. Go to Settings > Calls > Call queue or auto attendant to make changes. To learn more, see Manage your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Microsoft Teams. 

Compliance recording for redirected calls 

Compliance recording policies will now be maintained for redirected calls, including calls that are forwarded, transferred, redirected to voicemail, and delegated. To learn more, see Call forwarding, call groups, and simultaneous ring in Teams. 

Hand raised, hand lowered

Never forget to put your hand down in a meeting again. Now, Teams automatically lowers your hand when it senses that you’re done sharing. 

Improve your video quality with green screen 

Look sharper and clearer in your Teams meetings, or move and use props without distorting your virtual background, with green screen. To use green screen, you’ll need a solid-colored backdrop or wall behind you. Then, go to Settings > Devices and turn on the Green Screen toggle to apply it to your next meeting.  

Keep your event top-of-mind with webinar reminder emails 

Let people know your webinar is coming up with reminder emails. Email reminders include the event name, date, and start time and are sent an hour before the event starts. To manage reminder emails, open your webinar in the Teams calendar and go to Communications > Reminder email. 

Closed captions for videos in PowerPoint Live 

Turn on closed captions for any video in a PowerPoint Live presentation that includes a closed captions file and choose which language you want to see captions in. To learn more, see Introducing closed captions in PowerPoint Live for Microsoft Teams meetings. 

New files experience 

Find and access your files quickly and efficiently with the new files navigation panel in Teams: 

• Home: View files you accessed recently.

• My files: Access personal files saved in your OneDrive.

• Shared: Look at files shared by you or with you across M365 apps.

• Downloads: See files downloaded from Teams onto your device.

To learn more, see Explore the Files list in Teams. 

Manage automated call greetings, announcements, and more 

Change your call queue and auto attendant greetings without leaving Teams. Update business hours, on-hold music, and more. To make changes, select Settings > Calls > Call queue or auto attendant. To learn more, see Manage your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Microsoft Teams. 

Express yourself with Teams video filters 

Show your personality in Teams meetings with custom video filters. Go to Video effects before or during your meeting to apply animated frames, color hues, and more to your video. To learn more, see Introducing video filters in Microsoft Teams meetings. 

Leave a meeting on all your devices 

Skip the trouble of leaving a meeting on multiple devices by selecting the arrow next to Leave and choosing Leave on all devices. 

Live transcription now supported in web meetings 

Start a live transcription in your web meeting to read text of what’s being said in real-time. Live transcription makes meetings more accessible to anyone hard-of-hearing, deaf, or less familiar with the language being spoken. To learn more, see View live transcription in a Teams meeting. 

Create and collaborate with Whiteboard 

Open an existing whiteboard in your meeting to share and collaborate with others. You can also copy and paste Loop components from chats to your whiteboard. To learn more, see Whiteboard features and functionality.  

New and improved meeting toolbar 

Navigate your favorite Teams features more conveniently from the redesigned meeting toolbar. Use the Raise button to raise your hand right away, navigate the More menu easily, and more. 

Eliminate echoes and howling from Teams audio with ultrasound howling detection 

Teams will automatically notify you if other people join your meeting in the same area and mute their mic and speakers to prevent unwanted audio feedback.  

Teams profiles just got more personal 

Get to know your colleagues better from the expanded view of Teams profiles. See someone’s LinkedIn profile, career updates, birthday, and more. You can also add pronouns to your profile card.  

See someone’s LinkedIn profile from their Teams profile card 

If an external person includes their LinkedIn profile in their Teams profile, you can see it right in Teams by clicking to expand their profile card. 

Add apps to channel meetings 

Make channel meetings more dynamic by adding interactive apps.  

Discover useful apps while you explore Teams 

In-context stores in Teams let you find and download apps that might be relevant to you based on where you are in Teams.  

Visio personal app comes to Teams

Visio is now available as a personal app to use as a private workspace in Teams. View and edit Visio files directly in Teams or open the pop-out app to see it in another window. 

Streamline your selling experience on Teams with Microsoft Viva Sales 

Microsoft Viva Sales weaves your customer relationship management (CRM) system with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams to bring continuity and AI-power to your selling experience. 

Yammer encoded events powered by Teams 

Yammer events, formerly powered by Stream, will now be powered by Microsoft Teams. 

Teams Premium 

Take Teams to the next level with Teams Premium, an offering packed with AI-powered features to make every meeting more intelligent, personal, and secure. To learn more, see Microsoft Teams Premium. 

• Skip to the good stuff with intelligent recap: Review meetings faster with intelligent recap, a feature that highlights and organizes parts of a meeting recording that are relevant to you. See personalized timeline markers where someone said your name, shared their screen, and more. Click them to go right to that part of the meeting. To learn more, see Intelligent recap in Microsoft Teams Premium.

• PowerPoint Live chapters: Find exactly what you’re looking for in a PowerPoint Live meeting recording with PowerPoint Live chapters. Chapters are AI-generated and split the presentation into relevant sections. To learn more, see Auto-generate PowerPoint Live chapters from your Teams meeting recording.

• Understand each other better with live translation for captions: Break the language barrier during multilingual Teams meetings with live translation for captions. Choose a language you’re comfortable with and see captions translated from the speaker’s language to yours in real-time. To learn more, see Use live captions in a Teams meeting.

• Use meeting templates in Teams: Create meetings from meeting templates to apply specific settings for different scenarios. Select the arrow next to + New meeting in Teams to see your org’s meeting templates. To learn more, see Use custom templates for Teams meetings.

• Customize Teams meetings with branded content: Branded meetings in Teams Premium now let you customize your meeting background, buttons, and banner with company images and colors. To learn more, see Use meeting themes for Teams meetings.

• Keep it confidential with personalized watermarks: Protect sensitive information with personalized watermarks that cast your company name and each attendee’s email across content shared in Teams meetings. To learn more, see Watermark for Teams meetings.

• Choose who can record meetings: Limit who can record your meetings with who can record in your meeting options.

• End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings: Add extra security to highly confidential meetings with E2EE. When you use E2EE, certain meeting features, like recording or live captions, won’t be available. To learn more, see Use end-to-end encryption for Teams meetings.

• Stay secure with sensitivity labels: Use sensitivity labels to apply secure meeting options based on meeting confidentiality. To assign a security label to a new meeting, go to your Teams calendar and select + New meeting > Details, then choose a label from the Sensitivity dropdown menu. To learn more, see Sensitivity labels for Teams meetings.

• Host professional events with advanced webinars: Fine tune your event with advanced webinar features like event registration, waitlist, custom registration start and end time, and more. To learn more, see Get started with Teams webinars.

• Prepare for your event in the (virtual) green room: Take a few minutes to prepare for your event in the virtual green room. In the green room, you can connect and go over materials with the host and other presenters before attendees join. To learn more, see Green room for Teams meetings.

• Manage what webinar attendees see: Keep your webinar distraction-free by managing what attendees see. Keep the focus on certain presenters during the event. To learn more, see Manage what attendees see in Teams meetings.

• Elevate your presentation with RTMP-In (Real-Time Messaging Protocol): Stream different types of media, like professionally-produced videos, directly into your presentation using RTMP-In.

• Connect reliably during live events with Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network): Use Microsoft eCDN to seamlessly and securely live stream any event, from global meetings to company trainings. It doesn’t require installation and helps improve Teams’ performance without overloading your corporate network.

• Advanced Virtual Appointments for business-to-customer (B2C) meetings: Virtual Appointments are tailored for meeting with guests outside your organization. Access advanced Virtual Appointments features with Teams Premium. To learn more, see What is Virtual Appointments?

  • Customize a Virtual Appointments lobby: Brand Virtual Appointments by customizing a virtual waiting room for guests to wait in. You can use company logos, colors, and more.

  • Check on live and upcoming Virtual Appointments with queue view: Easily check on Virtual Appointments details, like wait times or meeting statuses, with queue view.

  • Manage appointments with the Virtual Appointments app: Use the Virtual Appointments app to manage your schedule, see appointment analytics, and more. Download the Virtual Appointments app here.

  • Individual and departmental analytics of Virtual Appointments: Get more Virtual Appointments data including details about no-shows, wait times, and trends at the individual or departmental level.

  • Organizational level analytics of Virtual Appointments: See Virtual Appointments analytics across your entire organization. Reports include when and how appointments were made during specific time periods.

Move the conversation from email to chat 

Start chats with distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups, and 365 groups instantly. Now you can search and select groups and start chatting with members. To learn more, see Chat with members from your distribution lists, M365 groups, or mail-security groups in Teams. 

Send a chat to @everyone 

Direct your chat message to all the members in your group by typing @everyone. 

Schedule send suggestions for later with Viva Insights 

When you type a message to someone with different working hours than you, Viva Insights will suggest scheduling the message to send later when they’re online. 

Return missed calls from notifications 

Call someone back quickly by clicking Call in the missed call notification in your Teams activity feed. 

Co-organizers can manage breakout rooms 

Now co-organizers have organizer capabilities to create, manage, and move between breakout rooms. To learn more, see Use breakout rooms in Teams meetings.  

See presenters clearly during screen sharing 

With the new Presenter window, controls are located at the top to make active speakers’ faces clearly visible during screen sharing. 

Virtual Appointments meeting template in Teams 

Virtual Appointments look and feel like normal Teams meetings but have features tailored for external B2C meetings. When you schedule with Virtual Appointments, guests will receive an email invite and can join the meeting from any device without installing Teams. To learn more, see What is Virtual Appointments? 

Virtual Appointments Graph APIs 

Empower developers to create and manage Virtual Appointments for B2C scenarios with Graph APIs. Boost engagement by embedding Virtual Appointments join links with a waiting room and mobile browser join experience into any application. To learn more, see Virtual Appointments Graph API. 

Live stream Teams meetings and webinars to Meta Workplace Live

Live stream your Teams meetings or webinars directly to Meta Workplace Live using the new Workplace Live app integration. This allows attendees to watch live meetings and webinars within their Workplace groups or catch up later by watching a recording on Workplace. Simply add the Workplace Live app to your Teams meeting or webinar, sign in using your Workplace account, and select the Workplace event you'd like to live stream. 

Enhanced webinar management experience with customized options

Now when you select the webinar template, you’ll see a new structure and expanded options to customize registration details and settings specific to each event. With the new management experience, you'll be able to configure your webinar with the following capabilities: 

Setup

• Details: Easily designate co-organizers to support orchestrating and delivering your event

• Presenter bios: Highlight each of the speaker’s professional headshot, company, title, LinkedIn profile, social media accounts, brief bio, and more

• Theming: Showcase your brand and align the theme of your event with a banner, logo, and relevant color scheme that will display on your registration page and webinar communications

Registration

• Configuration: Set registration capacity limits for up to 1,000 attendees; add expanded custom questions to gather pertinent information about your prospective attendees including a dedicated question to upload terms and conditions and enable consent from attendees as they register

• Attendee status: View relevant details for attendee status including who’s registered for the webinar and who has canceled their registration

Reports

• Attendee reporting: Easily access existing reporting and analytics in one central location as you view the data to understand attendee participation

Federated group calling

Easily start a group Teams call from a chat with federated colleagues outside your organization—including video and screen sharing—all via an internet connection so you don't accrue any PSTN usage charges.

Delete chats from your chat list

Organize and easily remove chat conversations you no longer need without impacting other participants in the same chat. From the chat list, select More options   on the chat you wish to delete, then select Delete chat.

Even more reactions at your fingertips

You're no longer limited on what emoji you use to react to someone's message in Teams. Simply hover over the message and choose to add an emoji. It will open up the full library of emoji.

Add people to chat with an @mention

You no longer have to go to the add menu to bring new people into a chat, but you'll still be able to control how much of the chat history they'll see when you add them via @mention.  

Get a list of suggested people when starting a new chat

Using AI to detect people you've recently been working with, when you go to add a name to a new chat, you'll also get a brief list of suggested people to add. 

Better accessibility in meetings

When you have interpreters in your meetings, you can now prioritize their videos so they remain front and center. Especially useful when using sign language in meetings. Up to two people can have their videos set to stay visible even while content is shared. Additionally, you can set captions to stay on across all meetings, so you don't have to keep turning them on.

Microsoft Polls for quick check-ins

Presenters can launch a poll without preparing in advance. Simply ask your question aloud and people can answer by selecting one of two answers (yes or no, thumbs up or down, heart or broken heart).

Breakout rooms support people calling in to meetings

You can now allow attendees who join a meeting by calling in (PSTN participants) to join breakout rooms and come back to the main meeting after the breakout rooms end.

Automatically see more videos in Teams meetings

Teams meetings now automatically will show you up to 49 participants' videos by default. You'll no longer have to switch to the large gallery view.

Incoming telephone calls open in second window

Your admin can now turn on a setting that will automatically pop a new incoming phone call into a browser window alongside Teams. It will show you relevant information about the person calling. You can still turn this off from your call settings.

Send your message later

You can now schedule a message to arrive at a specific time for your recipient. Perfect for working with international teams. Similar to the delayed delivery option in Outlook, you can manually select a future date and time for your chat messages to be delivered to an individual.

Right-click the send button to schedule your message. 

Start a group chat with your different Groups

Chat with Distribution Groups, mail-enabled Security Groups, and your Office 365 Groups. However, you're still limited to the max number of members allowed in a chat, which is currently set to 250 members.

View an entire chat thread from the search results

Now when you select a message in your search results in Teams, you can see the entire message thread, regardless of how old the message is. 

Filter your activity for unread notifications

Now, when you go to Activity, you can turn the Unread only toggle on to filter out all notifications except for the ones you haven't read yet. 

Upload documents for signing directly from OneDrive for Business

When creating an e-signature request in the Approvals app, you can now upload a document directly from OneDrive for Business. This allows you to access your documents from anywhere and on any device.  

Assigned seating in Together mode

Meeting organizers and presenters can now assign seats to attendees in Together mode. To assign seats once you're in the meeting, select More   > Together mode. In the window that pops up, check the box at the bottom to Select Together mode for everyone, then select Assign seats. From there, you can drag and drop people's icons to the seat you want them assigned to.

Translated captions in Teams Premium

Get AI-powered, real-time translation from 40 spoken languages. Meeting participants can now read captions in their own language, for a more accessible meeting experience. Currently free for everyone, once Teams Premium licenses are available, this feature will need a premium license to use. If the organizer has a premium license, all attendees can utilize live translated captions. 

Learn more about Teams Premium add-on for Microsoft Teams 

Get all the details with new call history

Get more granular details about calls made and received in Teams. To view, go to Calls on the left side of the app, then select a call under History. A recap of the call, including recording and transcript, will show on the right side of the app. 

Create a contact group in Teams

Go to Calls on the left side of the app, then in the top right of the app, select Create a contact group .

Microsoft 365 templates for Teams and SharePoint

When you create a new team, a coinciding SharePoint is made simultaneously. So now, when you set up a team using a default template, the related SharePoint template gets applied automatically to the team's SharePoint site.

Suggested replies come to group chat

Suggested replies have made the jump from one-on-one chat to group chat. Now, instead of typing out a reply, you can quickly select one of Teams suggested replies that show up above the compose box where you write your messages.

Send a video clip in chat

Create a short video clip in chat. Select Record a video clip  next to Send, then start recording, you can even edit the clip before sending it. The recipient of the video clip can reply with a message or a video clip of their own. 

Delete or rename files in a channel 

To rename or delete a file in a channel, go to the channel's files tab and select More options  on the file. Whatever edits you make will be reflected in the team's corresponding SharePoint site.

Teams calendar now lets you open in a new window

Whether scheduling a new meeting or looking at an existing one, you can now do so from a second window. This allows you to move about Teams without losing your place in the calendar. If opening an existing meeting, select Pop out meeting details in the top right corner of the app. If scheduling a new meeting, it will automatically open in a secondary window.

Cameo comes to PowerPoint Live in Teams meetings

When you give a presentation in Teams using PowerPoint Live, you can use Cameo to overlay your Teams camera feed over your presentation. Attendees will now get to see you as you talk while also seeing each slide of your presentation for a fully immersive experience, whether they're in the room or across the globe.

Collaborative Annotations in Teams meetings

With Microsoft Whiteboard's Collaborative Annotations, everyone in a meeting can add notes simultaneously on a shared screen in a Teams meeting. You'll need to share your full screen in Teams, then select Start annotation. Everyone can add notes, shapes, text, and reactions on what you're sharing.

Use an interpreter in a Teams meeting

Language interpretation allows professional interpreters to what the speaker says into another language in real-time, without disrupting the speaker's flow. First, you'll need to turn on language interpretation for the meeting. This can be done from Meeting options. Then, while in the meeting, go to your participants list, hover on the interpreter's name, then select More options   > Make an interpreter. Learn more at Use language interpretation in a Teams meeting

Leave a meeting on all your devices

If you've joined a Teams meeting on multiple personal devices, you can now leave the meeting from all the devices you've connected to the meeting by selecting the down arrow next to Leave, then select Leave on all my devices.

Pre-assign channel members to breakout rooms

Organizers can now pre-assign channel members not explicitly invited to a channel meeting to a breakout room. To pre-assign channel members to breakout rooms in channels meetings, go to the breakout rooms tab in the meeting details, then select Assign participants. To learn how to set up breakout rooms, see Use breakout rooms in Teams meetings

Pop out shared content into a separate window

When someone shares content during a Teams meeting, you can now pop that content out into a separate window. To pop out, go to the top of your meeting window and select Pop out. 

Record and transcribe a meeting automatically

When an organizer turns on Record automatically in the meeting options, Teams will automatically turn on transcription when the meeting starts.

Practice your speech with Speaker Coach in Teams

Speaker Coach provides private, personalized feedback on your speaking and presentation skills in both real-time as well as post-meeting in a summary. To learn more, go to Rehearse your slide show with Speaker Coach

Remove calls from your call history list

Declutter your call history view by hiding calls from your list. To remove a call from your history, go to Calls   > History. Hover over the call you'd like to remove and select More actions   > Remove from view.

Removing a call from your call history removes it from view on all your devices. Admins can still retrieve call data from removed calls. To learn more, see View your call history in Teams

Shared channels bring ease to working together

Through Microsoft Teams, you can securely collaborate with partners outside your organization. Shared channels make it easier to collaborate with those inside and outside your organization, helping your extended team work effectively and efficiently. With shared channels you can schedule meetings, share files, and work together in apps without switching tenants.

To learn more, see What is a shared channel in Teams?

Join a meeting with an ID and passcode

You can now join a meeting via Teams on the web, or the desktop app, using a meeting ID and passcode. Select # Join with an ID at the top of your Teams calendar. You'll find the meeting ID and passcode in the meeting details tab, or in the meeting invite.

To learn more, see Join a meeting in Teams

Chat with yourself

In Teams, we encourage you to talk to yourself with the newest chat feature—a one-on-one chat with yourself. Send messages, files, notes, and media to yourself to help you stay organized. You'll find your chat at the top of your pinned chats in the chat list. Keep it pinned for quick access to all the things you send yourself whether you're using Teams on your desktop, the web, or your phone.

Use annotation together in a Teams meeting

Annotation—powered by Microsoft Whiteboard—helps you collaborate on things like a design or presentation while sharing your screen in a Teams meeting. 

While you're sharing your full screen in a meeting, select Start annotation   in the meeting controls at the upper-middle area of your screen. The red outline around your shared screen will turn blue and all participants will see the Microsoft Whiteboard toolset at the top of the shared screen. Everyone in the meeting can begin annotating right away, and the red pen tool is selected by default. To learn more, see Use annotation while sharing your screen in Teams

Live transcription and CART captions now available for Teams on the web 

You're now able to view captions coming from a CART provider (real-time captioning) within the Microsoft Teams meeting on Chrome and Edge browsers. Meeting organizers and participants will be able to ask their captioning providers to stream captions to Microsoft Teams. 

The same goes for Live transcription. To learn more about these two features, see View live transcription in a Teams meeting and Use CART captions in a Microsoft Teams meeting

Updated meeting experience comes to Teams on the web

The updated meeting experience is now available for Teams on the web in Chrome and Edge browsers. This includes improved pre-join (where you set up mic and camera settings before entering a meeting), a dynamic view of participants and content, and your meeting controls have moved to the top of the meeting window.

Show as: comes to Teams

Now in Teams, when you schedule a meeting, private appointment, or vacation, you can choose how that meeting shows in your calendar. Just like in Outlook, you can choose from Free, Tentative, Busy, Working elsewhere, or Out of Office. To find this setting, look for Show as: at the top of your new meeting window.

Government accounts now have bots

Customers with a government account in Teams will now be able to use bots built specifically for them. Select Apps  on the left side of the app and search for bots by name or go to a chat or channel and select the   at the top of the page to add a bot to the conversation.

Together mode, all together

Meeting organizers and presenters can now start Together mode for everyone in the meeting. To change the view for everyone, select View  , Together mode > Change scene. While choosing a scene, make sure to check the box to Select Together mode for everyone before selecting Apply.

Scheduling webinars available in government cloud accounts

Schedule and host webinars with the same Teams app you use for meetings! Webinar capabilities include registration page creation, email confirmation for registrants, host management for attendee video and audio, attendance reporting, plus interactive features like polls, chat, and reactions.

Learn more at Schedule a webinar

@mention team owners all at once

When creating a message post in a channel, you can now notify all the owners of the team at the same time by adding "@team owners" to your post, removing the need to mention each person individually. Teams will automatically notify anyone who's an owner of the team that the channel is in.

LinkedIn integration now available in Teams 

You can now see LinkedIn profiles in one-on-one chats. To view someone's profile, select the LinkedIn tab of the chat if they have one available. Learn more at Use LinkedIn in Teams

Educators can now manage attendee video in Teams meetings

Meeting organizers and presenters can disable the cameras of all attendees or specific attendees in a Teams Meeting to make sure they don't share video in the meeting. Learn more at Manage attendee audio and video permissions in a Teams meeting

Get notified when music plays (Teams for education only)

Teams automatically suppresses non-speech sounds during Teams meetings. Educators will now get notified when Teams detects that music is being played. This will allow them to choose to let the music through, or to keep blocking the sound so other attendees can't hear it.

Share system audio when using Teams on the web (Chromium browsers)

Now, when you join a meeting via Teams on the web, you can share your system audio while screen sharing. Learn how at Share sound from your computer in a Teams meeting

Find someone's time zone

You can now see what time it is where your colleagues are when you look at their contact info. Hover on a person's profile picture and under Contact, you'll see the local time for that person. Watch the Microsoft Teams YouTube video to learn how to find someone's local time.

Stream live music in Teams with Music mode

With music mode, Teams optimizes audio settings to get the highest sound fidelity when streaming live music via a Teams meeting. Teams will automatically adjust the audio bitrate based on the available bandwidth of your network.

Learn more about music mode at Use high fidelity music mode to play music in Teams

New filters for chat

You can now filter out chats that are from meetings or bots to help you find the exact conversation you're looking for. At the top of your chat list, select Filter   > Chats. From there you can type the name of a person or group chat to help further filter your results.

Pin a message in chat

Pin a specific message to the top of a chat so that it is always visible to the members of the chat—regardless of the number of messages that come afterwards. Pin or unpin any message and select the pinned message to jump to its original location. Currently, only a single message can be pinned at a time and any chat members can freely pin or unpin a message in the chat. Learn more at Hide, unhide, mute, or pin a chat in Teams

Change how many messages you see at one time

Whether you want to optimize to see more text at once or read less text at a more comfortable level, Teams lets you customize the chat density to suit your needs. By default, chat density is set to comfy mode, but if you'd like to see more text you can change this in your settings. Learn more at Change the spacing of your chat messages in Teams

Turn off mirror my video

You now have the option to stop mirroring the image of your video preview—the small preview window that allows you to see what your video looks like during meetings. So you can see your video preview the way other meeting participants see you. This makes it less distracting for presenters when trying to lead discussions, lessons, etc., during online meetings. Learn more at Turn off mirror my video in Teams meetings

Background effects now in Teams on the web

Get the same background effects in Teams on the web as you do in the desktop app. You can now choose to blur your background or upload a new image to use. Learn more at Customize your background during a Teams Meeting