Multi-line support for Teams Phone users
Teams Phone now supports multi-line users, letting administrators assign up to 10 numbers to a single Teams Phone user.
16. May 2026
Tagged: Teams
Rollout canceled: The option to start Teams chats with anyone by email address has been withdrawn
The feature allowing Business-licensed Teams users to start chats with external contacts by email address has been canceled. The previously announced feature is no longer available, and guest accounts remain the only way to chat with external users.
13. May 2026
Office files in Teams will now open in the desktop or web app by default
Microsoft is changing the default app for opening Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from Teams. Files will now open in the desktop or web app rather than within the Teams window.
10. May 2026
Teams Events now support a backup RTMP-In source
Events in Teams, such as Town halls, Webinars, and Meetings, now support a backup RTMP-In source to keep a live broadcast running if the main stream is interrupted.
9. May 2026
RequiresAdminAttention: Investigating failed Teams Private Channel migrations
Microsoft added a new migration state to expose details about failed Private Channel migrations, including ownerless channels requiring manual intervention. Teams admins should review their state.
7. May 2026
Teams meetings now support automatic transcription without recording
Teams meetings now support automatic transcription without recording. Meeting organizers can select “Transcribe only” when scheduling, giving them more granular control in environments where recording is restricted by compliance or privacy policies.
3. May 2026
Report a suspicious call in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is adding a built-in option for users to report suspicious one-to-one Teams calls directly from their call history, with submitted reports surfacing in the Microsoft Defender portal.
3. May 2026
Automatic spoken language detection in multilingual Teams Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars
Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars in Teams now support automatic spoken language detection, replacing manual selection in multilingual events when Interpreter or multilingual speech recognition is enabled.
2. May 2026
Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams Admin Center
A new Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams admin center gives admins visibility into enrollment status and metrics across the tenant for the last 180 days.
30. April 2026
Collaborative Notes are now available for instant meetings in Teams
Collaborative Notes powered by Loop are rolling out for instant (Meet now) meetings in Teams. The notes are stored in OneDrive.
27. April 2026
First Teams channel in newly created teams will use the Threaded layout
Starting in May, Microsoft is changing the default layout of the first channel in a new Teams team to Threaded.
26. April 2026
Teams Reader role gets broader read-only access in the Teams Admin Center
Microsoft is expanding the Teams Reader role with broader read-only access to the Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs.
25. April 2026
Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events in Enterprise license suites
Microsoft is activating two new service plans, Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events, across all Enterprise licenses, as announced in January. Neither is included in Microsoft 365 Business licenses.
20. April 2026
Teams admins should check their private channel migration status
Microsoft reports the migration of private channels is 95% complete, with completion expected by late April 2026. Teams admins should check the migration state to determine whether their tenant is affected by failed channel migrations.
15. April 2026
Microsoft introduced Teams Premium and Teams Premium Legacy licensing
Microsoft introduced a new Teams Premium SKU. Existing licenses remain valid as Teams Premium Legacy until renewal, after which the included features change.
15. April 2026
A simplified app installation experience in the Teams Admin Center
A new app installation experience in the Teams Admin Center lets apps be installed individually for users, groups, or Everyone, finally replacing the inflexible app setup policies.
14. April 2026
Microsoft retires the CAPTCHA challenges for Teams meeting join
Microsoft is retiring the CAPTCHA verification setting for Teams meeting join and replacing it with a new bot-detection capability that gives organizers better control over automated participants.
5. April 2026
Numeric-only meeting passcodes in Teams
Teams administrators can now enable 8-digit numeric-only meeting passcodes as an alternative to the default alphanumeric format, making manual entry easier while increasing the risk of unauthorized access.
5. April 2026
Town Hall events in Teams for Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise users
Users with a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise license can now schedule Town Hall events in Teams with up to 3’000 interactive or 10’000 view-only attendees. The eCDN enhancement is still pending.
3. April 2026
Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – April 2026
Microsoft has published the new Teams Events capacity packs and the updated Teams Shared Space license, to replace the previous Teams Premium capabilities.
1. April 2026