Customize consent notifications for Teams recording and transcription
Microsoft has rolled out new admin controls to customize consent notifications for recording and transcription in Teams meetings.
1. February 2026
Tagged: Teams Meeting
How to prepare Breakout Rooms for delegated Teams Meetings
In delegated Teams meetings, the breakout rooms option is not visible by default. This post explains where to find it and how delegated organizers can still prepare breakout rooms before the meeting.
28. January 2026
Interpreter Agent rolling out to Teams Rooms on Windows
The Interpreter agent is rolling out for Teams Rooms on Windows with Teams Rooms Pro licensing, enabling real-time interpretation across nine languages. Each license includes 20 hours of interpretation per month.
24. January 2026
Teams meeting invitations now display the full URL instead of a “Join the meeting now” link
Microsoft is rolling out shorter meeting URLs for Teams. With this change, meeting invitations via email now display the full shortened URL instead of the “Join the meeting now” text.
24. January 2026
Shorter “Meet now” URLs and an updated meeting URL lifecycle in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is rolling out shorter “Meet now” URLs to all users to improve shareability and security. The update also introduces a new meeting URL lifecycle with defined expiration rules.
18. January 2026
Microsoft Teams now supports noise suppression for PSTN dial-in participants
Microsoft is adding noise suppression for PSTN dial-in participants in Teams Audio Conferences. This update uses machine learning to reduce background noise from phone callers, ensuring clearer and more consistent audio in mixed-device meetings.
19. October 2025
Prevent screenshots and recordings in Teams meetings
Teams Premium now includes a new Prevent screen capture feature. The feature blocks screenshots and recordings on Windows, Mac, and Android, limits video capture on iOS, and forces unsupported platforms into audio-only mode.
21. September 2025
Teams Meeting Audio Recap: Listen to your meeting summaries
Teams is introducing Audio Recap in Meetings, a new feature that adds a dedicated “Audio recap” tab in the Teams Meet app for Windows and Mobile. The update extends the existing Copilot audio capabilities by providing quick access to meeting summaries directly within your meetings.
3. September 2025
Microsoft is changing the Teams meeting policy for Copilot
Microsoft is updating the Copilot setting in Teams meetings. Until now, Copilot started with transcription turned on by default. With the new setting, Copilot will start without transcription, and organizers must enable transcription manually if they need it for post-meeting insights.
30. August 2025
Enhanced Meeting Search in Teams for Windows and Mac
Teams for Windows and Mac is getting an enhanced meeting search experience. Users can now filter by meeting name or participant and take direct actions from search results, such as joining, RSVPing, reviewing recaps, or opening meeting chats, making it faster to discover and follow up on meetings.
23. 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
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
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
Custom dictionaries for meeting transcripts in Teams
Teams will soon enhance meeting transcripts by allowing the upload of a custom dictionary, improving recognition of specific terminology from your organization.
27. June 2025
Turn off copying of captions, transcript and recap in Teams meetings
Meeting organizers have an updated control in Teams to prevent copying and forwarding of meeting chat, live captions, and transcripts. This feature enhances privacy by restricting sharing of insights from meetings.
18. May 2025
Disable the ability to send messages in Teams meeting chat before and after a meeting
Microsoft Teams introduced new meeting chat options, allowing admins to disable chat before and after meetings. Participants can only send messages during the meeting with these settings.
15. April 2025
How to use the new multilingual speech recognition feature in Teams Meetings
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature for multilingual meetings. Participants can choose their spoken language and receive captions and transcripts in that language.
14. April 2025
Post and reply as “Organizer” in Microsoft Teams Q&A
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature for town halls, webinars, and meetings. The feature allows organizers to respond to questions as “Organizer” instead of their real names.
13. April 2025
How to manage Interpreter Agent as a Teams Administrator
Microsoft released the new Interpreter Agent for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Teams administrator can manage the agent with a Teams policy.
1. April 2025