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Microsoft is kicking off its virtual Ignite 2021 conference today, and as you would expect, there’s a lot that’s new. The company is introducing a whole bunch of new capabilities and features for Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. Here’s a look at everything you need to know.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has unveiled a slew of updates for its Teams collaboration platform, and the list includes new employee experiences, meetings enhancements, and a lot more. The first set of capabilities introduces some new tools for presenters to improve meetings in the remote work era. With the general availability of PowerPoint Live in Teams, presenters will now be able to see notes, slides, meeting chat, and participants all in a single view. Microsoft Teams meetings feature is launching a new Presenter mode and Dynamic viewlater this month. (Update #1: The Presenter mode will begin rolling out later this month, and the new Dynamic view will become generally available in April (viaMicrosoft)).

Thecollaboration service is picking up new Webinar features, and organizers will now be able to create interactive webinars for up to 1,000 attendees. The Teams app is also introducing view-only broadcast support for up to 20,000 attendees, andthis limit will be in place throughJune 30, 2021. (Update #2: The 20,000-person broadcasts limit will be in place through the end of this year).

Coming to Teams later this year is a new export webinar contacts feature, which will enable users to export their webinar contacts directly into Dynamics 365 Marketing. In addition, the ability to deliver webinars as part of Dynamics 365 Marketing campaigns is now generally available for everyone.

Finally, the app is introducing Teams Connect in private preview, and some existing features likeMicrosoft Viva modules are rolling outmore broadly. These features and other highlights, including Microsoft Teams Rooms as well as new security and compliance-related updates for Teams, can be seen in ourseparate post.

Microsoft Outlook

Next up, Microsoftannounced a couple of new Outlook featuresto make it easier for users to manage their schedule tasks, and calendars. Now, with the calendar board view in Outlook on the web, users will be able to better organize and manage files, calendars, to-do lists, reminders.

The Outlook mobile apps are also adding some notable improvements for business customers. With a new Suggested times feature, the app will now use AI to automatically determine the availability of participants for meetings. This capability will begin rolling out later this month.

Security, Compliance, and Identity features

There are several important announcements with regards to all Microsoft 365 services to promote the Zero Trust security mindset across the board. Some major highlights are listed below:

Microsoft Universal Print, and other updates

To end the recap, we’ll look at some updates for Microsoft Universal Print and the other Microsoft 365 services. The software giantlaunched a new Microsoft 365 cloud print solution, Universal Print, in public preview last year. The subscription-based service that enables organizations to centralize print management through the Universal Print portal is now generally available.

Lastly, Microsoft is expanding the availability to Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo to Teams. Coming in Spring, this update will let organizations control the storage location of their Teams data in specific data centers.

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

[Update] Ignite 2021: Microsoft unveils new features coming to Teams, Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services#

Microsoft Teams#

Microsoft Outlook#

Security, Compliance, and Identity features#

Microsoft Universal Print, and other updates#