New Security Detection Report in the Teams Admin Center
Microsoft published a new Security Detection Report in the Teams admin center to provide unified visibility into messaging security detections across Microsoft Teams.
24. August 2026
Tagged: Teams
New attendance and engagement policy settings for Teams Events
Microsoft is separating controls for Teams Events attendance and engagement reports from those for Teams Meetings. Teams admins should review and prepare their attendance and engagement reporting settings in Teams Events policies before the rollout.
23. August 2026
Redesigned meeting controls are rolling out in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is rolling out the redesigned meeting controls and a new share panel in Teams. The changes are designed to prevent misclicks between actions such as Share, Leave, and Raise hand. IT staff should inform their users about the change, as Microsoft will automatically move them to the new experience.
20. August 2026
Teams Phone now supports customized recording and transcription consent notifications
Microsoft is rolling out customized consent notifications to Teams Phone, extending a capability previously available only for meetings.
20. August 2026
Production tools in Teams Meetings and Webinars, plus guest user support
Microsoft is extending control of production tools in Teams Meetings and Webinars, with support for guest users to manage production during events.
18. August 2026
Report a security concern now covers Teams meetings and group calls
Microsoft is extending the report a security concern feature to Teams meetings and group calls, helping organizations detect phishing, impersonation, and scams.
13. August 2026
How to download a Teams meeting transcript via Microsoft Graph
The tenant control for Graph API access to Teams transcripts is now active. I am testing the new control to access Teams transcripts, including two PowerShell samples for downloading meeting transcripts with and without speaker attribution.
12. August 2026
Retention policies for Teams call logs are now manageable in the Purview admin portal
Retention policies for Teams call logs can now be created, modified, and deleted directly in the Microsoft Purview admin portal. Previously, a Purview compliance administrator had to manage these retention policies with PowerShell.
11. August 2026
Asynchronous file uploads in Teams Chats and Channels
Teams now lets users keep typing and sending messages while a file uploads in the background, ending the delay caused by the previous blocking upload experience. Users should not close the Teams client, as the upload requires a running client.
11. August 2026
Multiple Managed Accounts support for the Teams and Outlook iOS apps
With the latest Teams for iOS update, users can now sign in with more than one MAM-enabled work or school account at the same time. Outlook for iOS should follow.
30. July 2026
Moving to Unified App Management across the Microsoft 365 and Teams Admin Center
Microsoft has started phase 4 of unifying app and agent management, bringing cross-platform apps into a single, synchronized experience across the Microsoft 365 and Teams admin center. A Global Administrator should start the transition.
26. July 2026
Teams Mobile now supports outbound calls with multi-line numbers
Teams Mobile now supports outbound calls from multi-line numbers, closing the gap with desktop from last May.
25. July 2026
New Meeting Recap App in Microsoft Teams
A new Recap app in Microsoft Teams brings recordings, transcripts, and AI-powered summaries together, letting users browse recaps from the past 30 days and watch or listen to them.
20. July 2026
Recently used emojis and reactions now sync across Teams devices
Microsoft is rolling out an update that keeps recently used emojis and reactions consistent across Teams devices, including Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, and Android.
18. July 2026
Manage built-in Teams agents from a dedicated location in the Teams admin center
Built-in Teams agents (such as Facilitator, Channel Agent, and Copilot Agent in Teams) now have their own dedicated governance experience in the Teams admin center, separate from traditional app management.
18. July 2026
Enhanced Assistant information on the Microsoft 365 Profile Card
Assistant information now also appears in the Organization section of the profile card, including in Org Explorer, Outlook, and Teams, improving discoverability across Microsoft 365 for users.
18. July 2026
New setting for large audience events in Teams Events
Microsoft is simplifying the Broadcast and Collaborative event types with a new large audience setting in Teams Events. The setting automatically applies to events with more than 1,000 attendees.
13. July 2026
Open Teams message links in a new window
Microsoft is adding a way to open links to Teams messages in chats or channels in a separate window, so users can view a linked conversation without leaving the one they are already in.
13. July 2026
Teams Apps are now generally available in Private channels
Teams now supports apps, including bots, tabs, and message extensions, in Private channels, matching the model already in place for Shared channels. Previously, only a limited set of tabs was supported in such channels.
11. July 2026
SRT Streaming Support for Teams Events
Events in Microsoft Teams now support SRT as an inbound streaming protocol alongside RTMP, offering better resilience for external encoder setups.
11. July 2026