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Microsoft June 2022

Information on the latest updates from Microsoft that will affect your business.

 

This month Microsoft has lots of new features and feature enhancements.


Teams Microsoft Teams Updates

 

1. Meeting Chat Bubbles on iOS and Android

NEW FEATURE
How this will affect your organisation:

User will see chat bubbles for meeting messages on mobile. Users can turn them off temporarily in the current meeting by tapping on the snooze icon. They can turn them off permanently by tapping on "Don't show chat bubbles" in the overflow (...) menu.


When this will happen:
Mid-June and expect to complete rollout by late June.

 

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2. Teams Chat with self

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

The user will now be able to send themselves messages the same way they would with anyone else.

Previously, the user wasn't able to directly send themselves messages. There were workarounds, however, where a user could start a meeting with themselves and utilize the meeting chat as a self chat. Another workaround was if everyone in a group chat left, and the user was there alone. These will continue being part of the experience, but they are different from a chat with self.

A chat with self allows the user to type in their name in the To field when creating a new chat, and have a conversation with themselves. They can also access chatting with themselves from their people card.

When this will happen:
Mid June and expect to complete by late June.

 

3. Join Meetings by a Meeting ID and Passcode

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

All meetings will have a Meeting ID and passcode that is automatically assigned to a Microsoft Teams user and added to the meeting invite under the meeting link. Meeting attendees can join the meeting by entering the Meeting ID. For all meeting attendees, the pre-join, lobby and security will remain the same.
To join a meeting by ID in Outlook, you can find the meeting details section in the meeting invite in Outlook in the details for Meeting ID and Passcode. You can enter this Meeting ID and Passcode on the Teams app or the Website to join the meeting.

 

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When this will happen:
Early July and expect to complete rollout by mid July.

 

4.Viva Topics in Teams

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

If your organization has users with Viva Topics licenses, those users will be able to mention topics by typing the # character and choosing a topic from the topic picker. The topic picker will narrow selections based on what the user types. Once a topic is selected, users can post the message.

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Recipients with Viva Topics licenses will see the selected topic's name as highlighted text and will be able to hover over the highlight and see details of the topic in the topic card such as the alternate names for the topic, descriptions, associated people and resources.

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When this will happen:
Late June and expect complete rollout by late July.

 

5. E-signature Approval Requests Creation on Mobile

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

**Requires Integration with Adobe Sign or DocuSign**
Users will now be able to create e-signature approvals on mobile devices.
Tutorial on creating an esign request in Teams: Create an e-sign approval request (microsoft.com)

When this will happen:

Mobile support will begin rolling out in June with list and action e-signature approval requests rolling out in mid-July. Roll out is expected to be completed by mid-August.

 

ExchangeUpdates Exchange Updates

 

1. Microsoft Feed on the Outlook Mobile Search Page

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

The feed in Outlook Mobile is a view of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem that aims to consolidate information into one organized destination for the user from different Microsoft products and services.

Users will now see a new feed on the Search page in Outlook Mobile. The new feed allows new and existing content to be intermingled and ranked by what is currently the most important insight for the user. The ranking is personal and adopts to the usage patterns of each user by customizing the content types that the user is most interested in.

 

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Admins can turn on and off the Microsoft Feed feature through the existing Discover feature in MDM. This means they can deploy app settings to the devices in the tenant. More details and instructions can be found in the documentation here.

When this will happen:
Mid June and expect to complete rollout by early August.