Microsoft’s Teams conferencing software recently received a September 2023 update, bringing 52 new features and device support. highlights are as follows:
Online conference on-demand recording video
After the web meeting ends, organizers can publish the video recording and automatically send attendees an email with a link to watch the on-demand video.
Posted videos will be hosted on the online event page, or administrators can set it to post-only recordings.
Teams Phone shared calls
Shared Calls allows administrators to let groups of users make and receive PSTN calls using shared phone numbers and calling plans. It allows administrators to make and receive calls using a shared phone plan and create up to 1,000 channels per team, so organizations can create a virtually unlimited number of meeting group channels for side projects and ad-hoc projects. Teams Phone mobile is now available in Denmark and the UK.
Video clip message enhancements
Users can already record and send video clip messages in one-on-one and group chats. Now, users can also blur the background, record the screen, and record audio-only clips.
Teams Phone shared calls
Users can now choose whether they want to keep or delete their Teams call and meeting history details in their iOS device’s call history. Users can set preferences in the Call settings in the Teams mobile app.
Automatically install approved apps
Use smart signals from users to install and display apps that administrators have allowed tenants to use. Administrators can enable it to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft finally said it would begin offering the Teams service as a standalone product outside of Microsoft 365 in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. This is Microsoft’s attempt to avoid EU antitrust fines.
