A staggering number of features rolled out to Microsoft Teams over the last two months
You’ll need to set aside some time to read through all of the new features for Microsoft Teams.
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What you need to know
Microsoft Teams gained a long list of features throughout February and March. We’ve covered many of the features as they’ve rolled out and been announced, but Microsoft also has aconvenient roundupsummarizing all of the new features. Some of these features are still in preview, but quite a few are generally available.
Microsoft also recently rounded upeverything new for Microsoft Teams for phones, but that article breaks down new features for dedicated Teams devices, not Teams on iOS and Android.
The list is quite long, so we’ve created bullet point lists from Microsoft’s Tech Community post. You can read more about each specific feature in Microsoft’s post.
Meetings and webinars
All of these features fill a need and improve Teams, but a few stand out. Support for live transcription with speaker attribution makes it much easier to follow meetings live and after a meeting concludes. The new meeting recap feature also helps people catch up on anything they missed in a meeting.
Calling
Devices
Several new certified for Teams devices came out this month as well, including those from EPOS and Poly:
Chat and collaboration
The increased file size support and improved file sharing experience should make it much easier to share files. Support forMicrosoft Vivaalso stands out. Microsoft Viva is a new platform built to improve the employee experience and made headlines when announced by Microsoft.
Power Platform and custom development
Management
Security, compliance, and privacy
Government
The following features are already available for Microsoft commercial customers in multi-tentant cloud environments but are now rolling out to people using US Government Community Cloud (GCC), US Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High), and/or United States Department of Defense (DoD).
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As mentioned earlier, some of these features are still rolling out, so you might not see everything on this list yet.
Microsoft Teams allows you to collaborate with colleagues, upload files, send messages, and chat through video. It integrates with Office 365 and several other cloud services.
Sean Endicott is a tech journalist at Windows Central, specializing in Windows, Microsoft software, AI, and PCs. He’s covered major launches, from Windows 10 and 11 to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. Sean’s journey began with the Lumia 740, leading to strong ties with app developers. Outside writing, he coaches American football, utilizing Microsoft services to manage his team. He studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University and is active on X @SeanEndicott_ and Threads @sean_endicott_.
