Town Hall, Webinar, and AMA Events in Viva Engage
Viva Engage introduces new community and storyline event types: Broadcast (Town Halls), Meeting (Webinars), and Async (AMA) events, alongside a unified events landing page.
6. May 2026
Tagged: Teams Premium
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
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
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
Upcoming changes for Teams Events and Teams Premium licensing
Microsoft is changing how Teams event capacity is licensed. Teams Enterprise will cover up to 3,000 interactive attendees, and capacity packs will replace the current Teams Premium capabilities for larger events.
7. March 2026
Upcoming changes to the Microsoft Places licensing model
Microsoft Places transitions to space-based licensing in April 2026. The new Teams Shared Space license replaces the Places Enhanced service plan previously included in Teams Premium.
22. February 2026
Understanding Microsoft Teams Language Translation Capabilities in Meetings
Microsoft keeps expanding Teams with new language translation capabilities, including live translated captions, Multilingual Speech Recognition, and the Interpreter Agent. Here’s how these features differ.
4. November 2025
Town halls in Microsoft Teams now let attendees request to speak
Attendees in Teams Town hall events can now raise their hands to request to speak, making live events more interactive.
28. October 2025
Teams Premium users can now use Polls in Town hall events
Microsoft Teams now supports real-time polls in Town hall events for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The Polls app is the first Premium app for Town halls, allowing organizers to collect instant feedback and boost audience engagement during live events.
27. 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
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
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
Streamline appointment management with Queue in Microsoft Bookings Premium
Microsoft Bookings has been updated with a new Queues feature for improved workload management.
3. 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
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
New Teams Premium experience in the Teams Admin Center
A new experience in Teams Premium will streamline management for admins, allowing them to monitor licenses, usage, and settings all in one place.
8. March 2025
License updates for Microsoft Cloud products – January 2025
Promotions for Microsoft licenses expired at the end of December 2024. The promotion for Microsoft 365 Copilot has been extended.
2. January 2025
New service plan in Teams Premium: Queues app for Microsoft Teams
Employees with a Teams Premium license will be able to use a Queues app for Teams Telephony in the future. The new service plan has been added to the license.
24. July 2024