What's new in Microsoft Teams

Make your channel announcements stand out

Capture attention and engage your team with custom channel announcement backgrounds, available in Microsoft Teams Premium and . Simply type a description or let our AI generate a unique background for you. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Use Copilot without recording a Teams meeting.

Loop components now in channels

Stay in the flow of your work and keep your content synced with Loop components in channels. Now when you compose a post in a channel, you can easily co-create and collaborate with Loop components like tables, lists, progress trackers, and more. To learn more, see Send a loop component in a channel.

Improved search experience in chat and channels

With the new "find in channel" search button, you can easily search within a specific chat or channel and view the results in the right pane of the screen. This allows you to quickly glance at your search results alongside the channel or chat interface, without disrupting your workflow.

Never miss a conversation

Easily follow up on missed calls with the new chat button in your activity feed. Just select the chat button to start a chat with the person you missed.

OneDrive app now in Teams

The Files app in Teams is now the OneDrive app, bringing you the latest OneDrive features, performance improvements, and more views. Access it from the left side of the Teams desktop client. To learn more, see Explore the Files list in Microsoft Teams.

Search smarter with domain-specific filters

Quickly find what you're looking for with new domain-specific search filters in Teams. Narrow your results by searching for "files," "group chats," or "teams and channels." You can even search for a stakeholder's name to find shared files and group chats.

See your Copilot conversation history

View your past Copilot conversations in Microsoft Teams. Open the Copilot flyout and type in a question. When you close and reopen the Copilot flyout, you'll see your previous conversations with Copilot. To learn more, see Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels.

New webinar and town hall templates in Outlook

Create webinars and town halls directly in Outlook with the Teams add-in. Access new meeting templates from the Teams meeting dropdown menu in the Calendar tab. These templates will appear on calendars in both Outlook and Teams apps.

New calling shortcuts for Teams Phone

Make calls more efficiently with updated calling shortcuts for Teams Phone. These shortcuts are designed to be easier to navigate, especially for those with mobility or vision disabilities.

Windows:

• Alt + Shift + A: Initiate an audio call

• Alt + Shift + V: Start a video call

MacOS:

• Option + Shift + A: Initiate an audio call

• Option + Shift + V: Start a video call

To learn more, see Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams.

New Copilot features are ready for takeoff

• Copilot in Teams meetings without transcript retention
  Copilot can now be used in Teams meetings without saving the meeting transcript or other Copilot interactions. To enable this setting, open an existing meeting, select Meeting options, and select Without transcription from the Copilot dropdown menu. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Use Copilot without recording a Teams meeting.

• Craft clear messages with Copilot
  Whether you're in a chat or channel, Copilot can help you craft concise messages with writing assistance in the compose box. Rewrite, adjust tone, and modify message length before sending. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Rewrite and adjust your messages with Copilot in Microsoft Teams.

• Stay caught up with Copilot
  Ask Copilot to highlight key information from channel posts, such as task lists, discussion points, and more. Copilot will generate an organized summary with citations to keep you informed of the source. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. To learn more, see Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels.

• Call on Copilot for more call insights
  Access Copilot from the Calls app in Teams to gain insights from past calls. Copilot in Teams Phone uses AI to capture key points, task owners, and next steps. VoIP and PSTN calls are supported. Generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users.

Try the new Teams on web

The new Teams is now generally available on web for Edge and Chrome. To try it, sign into Teams for web and turn on the new Teams toggle at the top of the screen. To learn more, see Switch to the new Teams.

Chat embedded in Microsoft Edge browser

If you open a web link from your Teams chat using Microsoft Edge, the chat window will appear in your browser. No need to switch between the apps – you can continue the conversation while you browse. To learn more, see Send a file, picture, or link in Microsoft Teams.

Save time with AI file-sharing suggestions

In chat conversations, Teams AI can now recognize your intent to share a file and will suggest this action, saving you from interrupting your workflow to locate and attach the file.

New engagement analytics for Teams events

Understand your audience better with more advanced insights about your Teams webinar and town hall events. View engagement details, including live reactions and raised hands, across your whole audience or at the individual level. To view this data, open a past webinar or town hall from your Teams calendar and select Attendance > Engagement. To learn more, see Manage meeting attendance reports in Microsoft Teams.

Virtual appointment insights

Find out the average lobby wait times, how many appointments started or ended late, and more with new virtual appointments insights. Just open a past virtual appointment in Teams and select the Analytics tab.

Desktop to web join experience for virtual appointment attendees

You can enable the Have attendees join from a web browser setting for virtual appointments to direct attendees to join on the web when they try joining on desktop. This will give attendees access to engagement features like raised hands and live reactions. To learn more, see Create and edit appointment types.

Screen reader improvements

Screen reader assistive technologies are more clear and less verbose across many areas of the app.

Switch to the new Teams

Experience new features and performance improvements in the new Teams, now generally available on Windows and Mac OS devices. Reimagined from the ground up, the new Teams is simpler, quicker, and more reliable than ever. To switch, turn on the Try the new Teams toggle in your Teams window. To learn more, see Switch to the new Microsoft Teams.

Get the most out of meetings with Meet

Prepare for upcoming meetings and find recordings, chats, and recaps all in one place with Meet in Microsoft Teams. In the Teams app bar, select More added apps, search Meet, and select it to add it. To learn more, see Stay on top of meetings with Meet in Microsoft Teams.

Bring everyone together with town hall in Microsoft Teams

Organize large-scale virtual events like never before with town hall in Microsoft Teams. Town halls are optimized for producing high-quality events and can host up to 10,000 attendees, or 20,000 in Teams Premium, for up to 30 hours. To learn more, see Get started with town hall in Microsoft Teams.

Understand each other better with live translated transcripts

Try live translated captions during your Teams meeting to view live meeting transcripts in the language you’re most comfortable with, now available in Teams Premium. Choose from more than 30 translation languages and view the original transcript as a reference. To learn more, see View live transcription in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Stand out during meetings with portrait blur

Apply portrait blur to your video during a Teams meeting to bring more focus to you and subtly blur your background. When your camera is on, select Video effects > Portrait > Portrait blur.

External presenter join link in webinars and town halls

When you add an external presenter to a webinar or town hall, they’ll automatically receive an email with a unique join link to enter the event. The link allows them to bypass the lobby and join directly as a presenter.

New channels experience

Enhance your channels experience with new features like conversation view and improvements to the compose box, in-channel search experience, and more. To learn more, see Get to know the new channels experience in Microsoft Teams.

Bring your Outlook contacts to Teams

Add the People app in Microsoft Teams to sync your Outlook contacts across all your M365 apps and devices. Quickly sort through and filter them so you can find who you need, when you need them. To learn more, see Manage-your-contacts-with-the-People-App-in-Teams.

Add external organizations to shared channels in Teams

Collaborate with external orgs by filing requests in shared channels. To enable this, your admin will have to set up an internal support page or request form in advance. To learn more, see Share a channel with a team in Microsoft Teams.

SMS notifications for Virtual Appointments

Now guests who schedule Virtual Appointments will receive text message confirmations, updates, and reminders about their appointment. They’ll also receive the meeting link so they can join directly from their device. This is available in Teams Premium and operates only in the US. 

Create up to 1,000 channels in a team

Need a separate space or workgroup for a project? There's a channel for that. Create up to 1,000 standard or shared channels in new and existing teams, without running out of space or making another team for your workgroup. Private channel support coming soon. To learn more, see First things to know about channels in Microsoft Teams.

Publish webinar recordings in Teams

Publish webinar recordings directly in Teams to share with attendees after the event ends. To publish, open a past webinar in Teams, go to Recordings, and select Publish. Attendees will automatically receive an email with a link to the recording. To learn more, see Manage webinar recordings in Microsoft Teams.

Record more in video clip messages

Now you can blur your background, record your screen, and record audio-only clips when you send a video clip message in a chat. To learn more, see Record a video or audio clip in Microsoft Teams.

Keep your meeting moving with animated backgrounds

Meet in front of dynamic, animated backgrounds for a more immersive virtual experience during Teams meetings. Before your meeting, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects on the pre-join screen. Then, select a background with a video icon in the corner of the preview picture. To learn more, see Change your background in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Get important chat details at a glance with compact mode

Scan chats quickly with compact mode. In compact mode, message previews are hidden from the chat list, showing more of your conversations.  Consecutive messages from the same sender are condensed and separated by line breaks. To use compact chat mode in Teams, select Settings and more > Settings and set Chat density to Compact. To learn more, see Change the spacing of your chat messages in Microsoft Teams.

Edit and reply to specific messages in chat using hover menu

Hover over a message you received in chat and select Reply  to respond to that specific message. Hover over a message you sent and select Edit   to make changes to the message you sent. To learn more, see Edit or delete a sent message in Microsoft Teams.

Join a webinar from up to three devices

Attendees can join a public webinar from up to three different devices using their unique registration link. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams webinars.

Stay on track with Microsoft Loop task lists

Organize your tasks in Microsoft Loop to track them across multiple apps. Edit your task list component in Outlook or Teams to see the changes sync across Microsoft Planner and To Do. To learn more, see Manage your tasks from Loop Task lists and Collaborative notes in Planner and To Do.

Navigate and join calls faster on Teams phone devices

New updates to the Teams phone device UI enable faster meeting joins and easier navigation across applications. Experience fewer dialing mistakes with the redesigned Teams phone dial pad and new “dial pad only” view in landscape mode. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams phones.

Call delegation enhancements

Call delegates can now easily switch between tabs and see call records for themselves and their delegators. Delegators can also view and join active calls handled by the delegate and allow delegates to join their active calls. To learn more, see Get started with Microsoft Teams phones.

Connect quickly with Teams hotline phones

You can now program Microsoft Teams Phone certified devices to directly dial a specific phone number or contact, such as emergency services or an org’s help desk. When a user picks up the Teams phone handset, it’ll automatically dial the pre-programmed phone number. Phones enabled with a Teams Shared Device License can be configured through the device settings or the Teams admin center.

Protected voicemail notifications

You will now receive notifications in Teams when you’ve received a protected voicemail. The notification will show in the Calls app in Teams, where you can click a link to open the voicemail in the Outlook web app. To learn more, see Check your voicemail in Microsoft Teams.

Share your location during emergency calls using Teams for web

For users located in the United States, you can now add your location to alert personnel during emergency calls made in Teams for web. To learn more, see Work from Home Emergency 911: enable location services.

Customize webinar emails in Teams

Communicate with webinar attendees the way you want to with webinar email customization. Change the sender’s name, email subject, banner and logo image, and body text. To customize webinar emails, open your webinar in your Teams calendar. In Communications, select Edit in the row of the email you want to customize. To learn more, see Manage webinar emails in Microsoft Teams.

Instantly publish and share webinar recordings

After a webinar ends, an on-demand recording is instantly available for organizers to manage and share with attendees. When organizers publish the recording, attendees will automatically receive an email with a link to the recording. Organizers can view and edit the email before it’s sent. To learn more, see Manage webinar emails in Microsoft Teams.

Zoom in and out of a screenshare during a Teams meeting

Use the zoom buttons at the bottom of your meeting window to zoom in, zoom out, or restore the original view of a screenshare during Teams meetings. To learn more, see Zoom in and out of Microsoft Teams.

Switch it up with participant shuffle in Teams breakout rooms

Randomly assign participants in Teams breakout rooms with participant shuffle. Decide to shuffle everyone or just participants who aren’t assigned to a room yet. To shuffle participants, open the meeting on your Teams calendar and select Assign participants > Shuffle. Choose to shuffle Everyone or Only assigned people. Then, select Save. To learn more, see Use breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams.

Copy and send the link of a group chat message

Need to reference a specific message in a group chat? Right-click the message, then select Copy link to copy that message’s link. Paste it into another message or post to share. When recipients select the link, they’ll go right to that message in the conversation. To learn more, see Share a link to a specific message.

Enhanced video experience in Teams chat.

Play shared Microsoft Stream videos, like meeting recordings, and see their captions directly in chat.

Manage your Teams calendar with agenda view

Use the agenda view in your Teams calendar to view and join your upcoming meetings. You can also RSVP, chat with participants, and access meeting notes. Switch to agenda view by going to your Teams calendar, selecting your current view, and selecting Agenda from the dropdown menu. To learn more, see Manage your calendar in Microsoft Teams.

Drag and drop meetings into new timeslots

Easily reschedule an event in your Teams calendar by selecting the event, dragging it into a new timeslot, and dropping it. You can also check other participants’ availability before you update the event. To learn more, see Schedule a meeting in Microsoft Teams.

Hear where others are coming from in Teams meetings

Experience natural, immersive audio during Teams meetings with spatial audio. Hear people’s voices coming from their relative positions in together mode, gallery view, and speaker view. Enable spatial audio from your meeting’s pre-join screen by selecting Device settings, connecting a compatible device under Speakers, and turning on the Spatial audio toggle. To learn more, see Spatial audio in Microsoft Teams meetings. 

Together mode improvements

Usability improvements in Together mode let you see each person’s name, reactions, or raised hand by their videos. Status icons show if someone’s muted, speaking, pinned, or spotlighted. To see your meeting in Together mode, select View > Together Mode. 

Change your view of meeting captions

Customize font size, color, positioning, and how many lines are displayed in captions during meetings. To edit caption settings in your meeting, go to More ...> Language and speech > Turn on live captions. Then, select Settings > Captions settings. To learn more, see Use live captions in a Teams meeting. 

Mark all as read

All caught up? Mark all notifications in your Teams activity feed as read by opening your activity feed and selecting More options > Mark all as read. To learn more, see Manage notifications in Microsoft Teams. 

Set your work location for the day

Whether you decide on an impromptu afternoon at the office, or to wrap up your project at home, Teams work location settings are as flexible as you are. Switch your work location in Teams by selecting your Teams profile picture and choosing your location from the location dropdown menu. To learn more, see Set your work location in Microsoft Teams. 

Focus on who’s talking in meetings  

Focus on who’s speaking during bigger meetings with Speaker view, a setting that spotlights the video of whoever is talking. Turn on Speaker view by selecting View > Speaker view from the meeting controls.   

Review meetings in minutes in the meeting recap tab  

See a past meeting’s details in one place. View meeting recordings, transcripts, and more without switching screens or apps. Just open the meeting in your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams. 

Review smarter, not harder, with intelligent meeting recap  (Teams Premium) 

Get AI-powered insights from past meetings with intelligent meeting recap, available in Teams Premium. Look through AI-generated notes, meeting speakers, and more. Just open a meeting from your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. To learn more, see Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams.  

Avatars in Microsoft Teams 

Maintain presence in meetings off-camera with avatars in Teams. Avatars are customizable, so you can create one that best represents you. To get started, add the Avatars app from Apps on the left side of Teams and make your first avatar. Then, turn your camera off before or during a meeting, then select More options > Effects and avatars. There you can choose an existing avatar or make a new one. To learn more, see Join a meeting as an avatar in Teams. 

Filter profanity from Teams live captions   

The Teams profanity filter lets you filter profanity out of live captions in your Teams meetings. To turn it on, go to Captions and transcripts in your Teams settings and turn the Filter profane words in meeting captions toggle on. To learn more, see Use live captions in a Teams meeting. 

Collaborate in channels with the new Notes tab 

Add and search for notes, share files, and more in channels with the new Notes tab. The Notes tab will now appear by default in new channels you create. For other channels, you can add the Notes tab manually. To learn more, see Add a OneNote notebook to Teams. 

Make time for in-person meetings in your Teams calendar 

Whether you’re meeting in-office or joining colleagues for lunch, you can now put time on your Teams calendar for in-person meetings. These meetings will appear in your calendar but won’t have chat threads or other virtual meeting functionalities. To schedule an offline meeting, create a meeting in Teams and turn off the toggle next to Online meeting. 

Change and update your call greetings  

Easily manage your business hours greeting, add on-hold music, and more by managing your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Teams settings. Go to Settings > Calls > Call queue or auto attendant to make changes. To learn more, see Manage your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Microsoft Teams. 

Compliance recording for redirected calls 

Compliance recording policies will now be maintained for redirected calls, including calls that are forwarded, transferred, redirected to voicemail, and delegated. To learn more, see Call forwarding, call groups, and simultaneous ring in Teams. 

Hand raised, hand lowered

Never forget to put your hand down in a meeting again. Now, Teams automatically lowers your hand when it senses that you’re done sharing. 

Improve your video quality with green screen 

Look sharper and clearer in your Teams meetings, or move and use props without distorting your virtual background, with green screen. To use green screen, you’ll need a solid-colored backdrop or wall behind you. Then, go to Settings > Devices and turn on the Green Screen toggle to apply it to your next meeting.  

Keep your event top-of-mind with webinar reminder emails 

Let people know your webinar is coming up with reminder emails. Email reminders include the event name, date, and start time and are sent an hour before the event starts. To manage reminder emails, open your webinar in the Teams calendar and go to Communications > Reminder email. 

Closed captions for videos in PowerPoint Live 

Turn on closed captions for any video in a PowerPoint Live presentation that includes a closed captions file and choose which language you want to see captions in. To learn more, see Introducing closed captions in PowerPoint Live for Microsoft Teams meetings. 

New files experience 

Find and access your files quickly and efficiently with the new files navigation panel in Teams: 

• Home: View files you accessed recently.

• My files: Access personal files saved in your OneDrive.

• Shared: Look at files shared by you or with you across M365 apps.

• Downloads: See files downloaded from Teams onto your device.

To learn more, see Explore the Files list in Teams. 

Manage automated call greetings, announcements, and more 

Change your call queue and auto attendant greetings without leaving Teams. Update business hours, on-hold music, and more. To make changes, select Settings > Calls > Call queue or auto attendant. To learn more, see Manage your call queue and auto attendant greetings in Microsoft Teams. 

Express yourself with Teams video filters 

Show your personality in Teams meetings with custom video filters. Go to Video effects before or during your meeting to apply animated frames, color hues, and more to your video. To learn more, see Introducing video filters in Microsoft Teams meetings. 

Leave a meeting on all your devices 

Skip the trouble of leaving a meeting on multiple devices by selecting the arrow next to Leave and choosing Leave on all devices. 

Live transcription now supported in web meetings 

Start a live transcription in your web meeting to read text of what’s being said in real-time. Live transcription makes meetings more accessible to anyone hard-of-hearing, deaf, or less familiar with the language being spoken. To learn more, see View live transcription in a Teams meeting. 

Create and collaborate with Whiteboard 

Open an existing whiteboard in your meeting to share and collaborate with others. You can also copy and paste Loop components from chats to your whiteboard. To learn more, see Whiteboard features and functionality.  

New and improved meeting toolbar 

Navigate your favorite Teams features more conveniently from the redesigned meeting toolbar. Use the Raise button to raise your hand right away, navigate the More menu easily, and more. 

Eliminate echoes and howling from Teams audio with ultrasound howling detection 

Teams will automatically notify you if other people join your meeting in the same area and mute their mic and speakers to prevent unwanted audio feedback.  

Teams profiles just got more personal 

Get to know your colleagues better from the expanded view of Teams profiles. See someone’s LinkedIn profile, career updates, birthday, and more. You can also add pronouns to your profile card.  

See someone’s LinkedIn profile from their Teams profile card 

If an external person includes their LinkedIn profile in their Teams profile, you can see it right in Teams by clicking to expand their profile card. 

Add apps to channel meetings 

Make channel meetings more dynamic by adding interactive apps.  

Discover useful apps while you explore Teams 

In-context stores in Teams let you find and download apps that might be relevant to you based on where you are in Teams.  

Visio personal app comes to Teams

Visio is now available as a personal app to use as a private workspace in Teams. View and edit Visio files directly in Teams or open the pop-out app to see it in another window. 

Streamline your selling experience on Teams with Microsoft Viva Sales 

Microsoft Viva Sales weaves your customer relationship management (CRM) system with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams to bring continuity and AI-power to your selling experience. 

Yammer encoded events powered by Teams 

Yammer events, formerly powered by Stream, will now be powered by Microsoft Teams.