Microsoft’s new enhancements to Teams meetings
3 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft’s new enhancements to Teams meetings

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced a new set of features to improve the meeting experience for users on the Teams platform. Using the ‘virtual breakout rooms’ feature, meeting organisers will be able to split meeting participants into sub-groups to enable discussions. Organisers can create up to 50 breakout rooms in a Teams meeting or a Teams channel meeting, with participants either manually or automatically assigned to the sub-groups. In December last year, the tech giant had announced a number of new enhancements to Teams Calling, and introduced new features like artificial intelligence -based noise suppression, polls, along with a new Starbucks app.

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Microsoft Teams launches public preview for collaborative notes feature
1 year, 6 months ago

Microsoft Teams launches public preview for collaborative notes feature

India TV News  

Microsoft has recently unveiled a new feature for its video conferencing platform, Teams. The Collaborative notes feature is now available to everyone on the public preview channel which aims to enhance the meeting experience by simplifying the process of creating agendas and managing action items. In a blog post, the company expressed excitement over the public preview of Collaborative notes, …

Microsoft Plans to Integrate Teams Into Outlook Soon
2 years ago

Microsoft Plans to Integrate Teams Into Outlook Soon

News 18  

Microsoft has started testing a new feature, Teams chat, that it plans to integrate into Outlook soon. This feature will provide an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat, reports The Verge. In addition to the new Outlook and Teams integration, Microsoft Teams recently …

Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let You Sign Documents During Meetings: What It Means
2 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let You Sign Documents During Meetings: What It Means

News 18  

Microsoft has created a sample app for Teams that allow people to sign documents during remote meetings. According to Windows Central, the application lets users add a document to a meeting for attendees to sign, such as a purchase agreement, invoice, or NDA. The sample app was made by Teams Ecosystem Engineering as a proof of concept aimed at independent …

Microsoft Teams: 8 features teachers and students should know
3 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft Teams: 8 features teachers and students should know

Live Mint  

Since the advent of the pandemic last year, virtual classes have become a new reality. Create engaging, accessible blended and hybrid classes with Dynamic View Dynamic view intelligently arranges content and participants during class, showing both content and participants side-by-side. If your main spoken language during class is German, Portuguese, Japanese, Hindi, or any of the other supported languages, you’ll …

Microsoft Teams users can now get live transcription, new dynamic viewing options in Android
3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft Teams users can now get live transcription, new dynamic viewing options in Android

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced several new enhancements to its Teams platform to improve the meeting, chat and collaboration experience of its users. Teams already allows users to start an instant meeting through the Meet Now icon on the calendar tab. Apple MacBook users can now use their device’s dynamic touch controls above the keyboard to quickly access meeting functions like ‘view …

Microsoft Teams offers live transcription for meetings in English
3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft Teams offers live transcription for meetings in English

India TV News  

Microsoft Teams has announced Artificial Intelligence -powered live transcription, a written record of the spoken text, for meetings in English. Live transcription in Teams uses a meeting's invitation, participant names, attachments, etc. Teams live transcription files are stored in the meeting organiser's Exchange Online account and only the organiser and tenant admin have permissions to delete it. However, the company …

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration
3 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration

The Hindu  

March 12, 2021 07:50 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST Microsoft has announced new meeting, chat, and security features in Teams to help people connect and collaborate better on the platform. Teams users will be able to use the new view switcher in the top bar to control the content display during a meeting. Also, Teams will seamlessly scale to …

Microsoft Teams Announces Together Mode, Custom Backgrounds & Breakout Rooms For Virtual Holiday Parties
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams Announces Together Mode, Custom Backgrounds & Breakout Rooms For Virtual Holiday Parties

News 18  

With the holiday season just around the corner, Microsoft has thought of those who are working from home and missing out on all the office parties. Microsoft Teams is introducing new holiday-themed Together mode scenes and custom backgrounds for users during the Christmas-New Year holidays. The new Together mode in Microsoft Teams reimagines meeting experiences to bring people closer together …

Microsoft Teams gets new calling features
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams gets new calling features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced a number of new features to Teams Calling, aimed at improving the calling experience for its users. Moreover, through automatic reverse number look-up, Teams users will be able to see the name of the caller when they are receiving calls. The platform is also getting CarPlay support, and will allow Teams users to place and receive calls …

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced new features in Teams desktop and mobile app, making it easier for people to connect with others via their platform. The new features will let users to add personal accounts in the desktop or web app to easily stay on top of work as well as personal conversations through a single interface. The mobile app also got …

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced new Teams platform apps aimed at improving productivity and engagement on the platform. The new apps for meetings in the Teams app store include Asana, Bigtincan, Buncee, Decisions, HireVue, Lucid Agreements, Microsoft Forms, Monday.com, Phenom, Pigeonhole Live, Polly, Priority Matrix, Range, Slido, Soapbox, Talview, Teamflect, Wakelet, and xMatters. Microsoft says, over 115 million people use Teams every …

Microsoft Teams adds live captions, spotlight features
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams adds live captions, spotlight features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has added live captions with speaker attribution in Teams so that users can see who is speaking and what is being said. Also, Teams Rooms will now support the spotlight feature in Teams meetings, which enables the organiser or presenter to select a video feed as the spotlight for all attendees. The technology company has also introduced new features …

Microsoft Teams Gets New Features Like Live Captions, Meeting Reports & More
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams Gets New Features Like Live Captions, Meeting Reports & More

News 18  

Microsoft is adding a slew of new features to its video conferencing tool Microsoft Teams. Couple of weeks after Microsoft enhanced the AI-based noise cancellation feature for Teams, Microsoft has now announced few new features like live captions with speaker attribution, a meeting report, the ability to pin messages or individual feeds, and more. The new features mostly deal with …

Microsoft Teams announces virtual commutes, breakout rooms, custom layouts and more
4 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft Teams announces virtual commutes, breakout rooms, custom layouts and more

India Today  

Microsoft Teams saw a surge in users in the backdrop of the pandemic. Virtual commutes: Offices in real life require to and fro commute time and according to research done by Microsoft, commute time helps employees with productivity as they get time to reflect. Starting October, Microsoft is also going to bring productivity insights for teams that will give an …

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls
4 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls

Firstpost  

With this integration in place, users will get event notification while conducting a meeting, and be able to pull apps into an ongoing call. Bringing greater flexibility to how Microsoft Teams works, users will now be able to integrate third-party apps into Teams meetings — before, during and even after a meeting. In a company blog written by Jared Spataro, …

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