If you’re getting annoyed because Microsoft Teams keeps opening every time you restart your Mac or PC, you can prevent this from happening. Disabling Microsoft Teams from launching on startup can be done from within the Teams desktop app. To do so: Launch Microsoft Teams for Mac or Windows Click the “…” next to your avatar in the top right-hand corner of the Teams window Click “Settings” in the menu that appears...
At its Future of Work With AI event, Microsoft has unveiled a new AI-powered tool called Copilot that will start rolling out to customers later this year. While Copilot will be integrated into most Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, in this article we’re going to focus on the key changes announced for Microsoft Teams. Business Chat Business chat is a new feature that works across the suite of Office products....
Microsoft has today revealed that Yammer is now being rebranded to Viva Engage. After being acquired by Microsoft back in 2012 the Yammer brand will soon be retired in favour of with Microsoft’s new Viva branding, with the changes set to roll out in the coming months. Last year Microsoft announced that the Yammer communities app for Microsoft Teams would be renamed Viva communities. That announcement led to some confusion about the difference between Viva and Yammer....
Microsoft this week announced that the new Microsoft Teams Premium license is now generally available for customers around the world. Teams Premium adds a number of features focused primarily around making Teams more personalised and intelligent. That includes: Intelligent recap - an AI driven feature that automatically creates meeting notes, recommendations, tasks and highlights from meetings AI generated chapters - so you can easily skip to the part of the meeting you’re interested in...
In this post, we’ll take a look at how you can quickly create a team in Microsoft Teams. What is a team? A team in Microsoft Teams is the top-level container for channels within the “Teams” tab. As the name suggests, it typically represents a bunch of people working together towards a common goal such as a project or shared interest. Channels are contained within a team, and allow for specific topics of conversation & collaboration....
Microsoft has announced a series of changes for those using Microsoft Teams Rooms, including the addition of a new “Pro” plan. The Pro plan offers a number of benefits over the free “Basic” plan, including: Camera & audio AI enhancements to ensure an optimal experience for those dialling in to hybrid meetings. Includes features to make front row and automatic framing work optimally. Addition of personal Teams meeting features like raise hand and live reactions Ability to add a touch display to enable multi-user experiences such as shared whiteboarding Enhanced management and security including remote configuration, analytics about devices and more From the 1st September, Teams Rooms Basic is now included for free with the purchase of certified Teams Rooms devices....
Hacker News: We will be retiring the Microsoft Teams desktop client on Linux in 90 days (early December). We hear from you that you want the full richness of Microsoft Teams features on Linux such as background effects, reactions, gallery view, etc. We found the best way to act on this is to offer a Teams progressive web app (PWA) on Linux as a new feature of our current web client, which we’ll make available to our Linux customers in the coming months....
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog: Teams App Camp is an on-demand workshop complete with videos and hands-on labs in which you’ll extend a simple web application to become a full-featured Microsoft Teams application, complete with a sample license service based on Microsoft’s Commercial Marketplace. It doesn’t assume any prior Microsoft knowledge. All the code is in vanilla JavaScript with no special tools. If you know JavaScript, you can learn how Teams apps work at their core and apply your learning to any environment and tool chain...
Looking for a way to see how much time is left in your Microsoft Teams meetings? Read on to find out how you can easily see the time remaining using these Teams apps. Read Meeting Navigator This app is a game-changer for ensuring you’re running a successful and well-engaged meeting. The in-meeting sidebar app shows the time remaining within the meeting, as well as giving you numerous statistics about engagement and time spoken....
Looking to stay up to date with the latest advancements with Microsoft Teams? In this article, we’ll list some of the best podcasts that cover Teams. Microsoft Teams News Link: Apple Podcasts As the name suggests, this podcast - released monthly - takes a deep-dive into the latest Teams news. The team also take a look at emerging trends surrounding the Teams platform. On average episodes run for 30mins or less....