Enhancing Teams Configurability and New Features Updates

Hello Readers, I hope you’re well.

Welcome to Episode 61 of the UCStatus Podcast. This episode features me (@randychapman), Mark Vale (@markvale83) and Shawn Harry (@shawnharry).

This week we started where we left off last time with Microsoft Places. Plus I put together a list of stuff from the Message Centre. Very good discussion I think. And a lot of voice stuff for Mark.

Here’s the list

• Microsoft Places
• Dynamics 365 contact centre
• The new Queues app for Microsoft Teams is now generally available
• Custom backgrounds on MTRoA and Teams Panel
• Ultrasonic proximity join
• New policy to disable in product messages such as what’s new
• Automatic location detection for bookable desks
• New Progressive Web App available for Windows and Mac
• People app on Teams phones
• Private lines on Teams phones
• Explicit consent for recording on Teams phones
• Call my phone for Teams Phone Mobile (TPM)
• New administrative units (AUs) for Teams administration
• Multiple camera view for Teams Rooms on Windows
• Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows
• Video tile re-sizing based on people count for Teams Rooms on Windows
• Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows can be a Breakout Room participant
• Ability to rename General channel

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