New regional settings in Teams for Windows and Mac
Teams now lets users set UI language, date and time formats independently on Windows and Mac.
14. August 2025
Tagged: Teams
The Teams legacy calendar experience will be deprecated
Microsoft will remove the legacy Teams calendar, making the new experience the only option with no ability to opt out.
13. August 2025
New Teams now lets users save chat and channel messages
Microsoft is reintroducing a feature that allows users to save Teams messages for easy access later. This capability, previously available in Teams Classic, was removed when New Teams launched.
9. August 2025
How Teams Virtual Events use SharePoint Embedded containers
Teams Virtual Events use SharePoint Embedded containers to store published video recordings. Microsoft has a built-in cleanup logic for these containers. In this post, I explain how the cleanup process works, how to identify these containers, and how Teams admins can disable video publishing if needed.
3. August 2025
Members of Teams private channels have no access to the SharePoint site
Some Teams private channels fail to sync permissions with their associated SharePoint sites, leaving members (internal and guest users) without access to the Files tab. Microsoft has acknowledged this as an uncommunicated bug.
2. August 2025
Teams introduces a new meeting join bar for quicker access to meetings
A new feature in Teams allows users to join meetings more easily. When a meeting is live, a banner will appear, letting users join directly.
27. July 2025
New setting for Teams Events: Control town hall access with TownhallEventAttendeeAccess
Teams has introduced a new policy setting that separates access control for town halls from webinars, giving admins more flexibility.
26. July 2025
Attach/share files in Teams chats with external users
Teams is enhancing collaboration by allowing users to attach/share files in chats with external users. This feature will streamline file sharing in 1:1 and group chats, making it easier to work with guests.
19. July 2025
Microsoft Mesh will be retired
Microsoft is retiring Microsoft Mesh in December 2025, along with other Mesh products.
15. July 2025
Customize keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Teams
Teams allow users to customize keyboard shortcuts, enabling them to modify existing shortcuts and assign preferred key combinations.
6. July 2025
Speaker Coach in Teams will be retired
The Speaker Coach feature in Teams will be retired due to feedback and usage evaluations.
5. July 2025
Personal meeting templates in Teams
Teams Premium users can now personalize their meeting scheduling experience with personal meeting templates, making scheduling faster and more consistent.
2. July 2025
Changes for feedback policies in Microsoft Teams
Teams is streamlining feedback management by transitioning to the Cloud Policy service. This change simplifies feedback processes by unifying all feedback entry points under a single policy.
29. June 2025
New countdown timer for Teams Meetings
Teams will soon introduce a countdown timer feature to help keep meetings on track. Participants can set a visual timer of up to 100 minutes, with alerts and color changes as time runs out.
29. June 2025
Comparing Intelligent Meeting Recap vs. Copilot Meeting Recap
I prepared a comparison between Intelligent Meeting Recap and Copilot Meeting Recap, as Microsoft primarily promotes the Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
28. June 2025
New Teams policy setting for Speaker Attribution on personal devices
A new feature for speaker attribution on personal devices is available for Teams Premium and Microsoft 365 Copilot users. The feature is enabled by default.
15. June 2025
New Teams client health dashboard for Teams administrators
Teams is introducing a ‘Teams client health’ dashboard, allowing IT admins to monitor client health metrics.
14. June 2025
The Teams Recording Rollout Policy will be retired in June 2025
A key update is coming to a Teams policy: the MeetingRecordingOwnership setting will transition to default recordings being saved in the meeting organizer’s OneDrive.
10. June 2025
Upcoming change for the global calling policy in Teams
New Teams calling policy updates will soon make call recording and transcription features accessible by default for new users and those on the unmodified host policy.
9. June 2025
Multiple emoji reactions in Teams chat or channel messages
Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to add multiple emoji reactions to a single message.
8. June 2025