One of the best Microsoft Teams features is coming to more users

Date:
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:08:30 +0000

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Microsoft Teams update will make a popular feature available to a new set of users.

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Microsoft is readying an update for collaboration platform Teams that will bring one of the most popular features to a wider pool of users.

As per two new entries in the Microsoft 365 product roadmap, Microsoft is extending the ability to replace and blur the background of a video call to people running on virtual desktops from Citrix and VMware.

The update is currently under development, but should begin to roll out to relevant Microsoft Teams users at some point next month. Microsoft Teams backgrounds

Since the transition to remote working , practically all major video conferencing vendors have rolled out virtual background functionality, which allows users to block out the room behind them with an overlay of their choice.

A more subtle option is to blur the background, which has the double effect
of obscuring anything incriminating that might be laying around a bedroom or home office and focusing the attention on the persons face.

Although Microsoft Teams has offered such a feature for a while now, it has traditionally been available to users of its desktop and mobile clients only. Read more

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After bringing background effects to the web client and those running Teams
on Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365 earlier this year, the feature will now be made available to users of Citrix and VMware virtual desktops too.

The broad objective is to ensure the meeting experience is consistent for all Microsoft Teams users, no matter which client or hardware they are using the dial in.

Beyond the virtual backgrounds feature, Microsoft has made a number of recent additions to Teams with this goal in mind, including the ability to benefit from end-to-end encryption when dialling in from the office, combine work and business accounts and access screen-sharing controls across all clients. Complete your setup with the best headsets for conference calls



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One of the best Microsoft Teams features is coming to more users

Date:
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:22:32 +0000

Description:
Microsoft is extending one of the most useful Teams features to a wider range of users.

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Microsoft Teams is working on an update that will extend one of its most useful features to a wider pool of users.

According to a new entry in the Microsoft 365 product roadmap, guest users will soon gain access to the live captions feature for Microsoft Teams on desktop, a facility currently available to registered users only.

The roadmap suggests the update for the collaboration platform is still under development, but should take effect for all users by the end of April. TechRadar Pro has asked Microsoft whether users can expect the change to be extended to the mobile client in future. Microsoft Teams live captions

Introduced soon after the widespread shift to remote working as a result of the pandemic, the Microsoft Teams live captions feature is designed to ensure that all video meeting participants can follow the thread of conversation effectively. That includes anyone with hearing impairments or whose command
of the language spoken in the meeting is imperfect, but also anyone with a poor connection or working in a noisy environment.

Until now, the live captions feature has been gated behind a registration wall. In other words, if someone was joining a meeting as a guest via a link provided by the host, they would have to make do without the accessibility feature.

Multiple queries from IT administrators in the Microsoft help forum suggest this is a problem a number of businesses have encountered. Strangely, responses from advisors suggest there may be a workaround that involves meddling with settings in the Admin Center, but the reliability of this
method is unclear. Read more

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With the upcoming update, however, Microsoft will make it far simpler for guests to access the live captions feature in Microsoft Teams meetings, without the administrator of the host domain having to wade through the advanced settings.

The update is the latest in a long line of improvements delivered by
Microsoft in an effort to establish Teams as the go-to platform for workplace collaboration, in the face of increasingly fierce competition from the likes of Zoom and Slack.

In recent months, for example, Microsoft has announced new integrations between Teams and Office , chat filters designed to help users focused on the task at hand, and optimizations that reduce the platforms power consumption . Complete your setup with the best business webcams and best headsets for conference calls



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