Microsoft Teams has, for some years now, been a key application used by a large proportion of UK businesses.
The use of Teams soared during the Covid pandemic, when home-working was suddenly thrust upon many organisations. Since then, it has continued to be a market-leader as a business communication tool and meeting forum.
Microsoft continues to invest in regular enhancements, upgrades and new feature roll-outs. Here are some of the latest developments:
- Speaker view, a setting that helps you focus on who is talking during larger meetings, by spotlighting the video of the person currently speaking.
- A Recap tab, located in your Teams calendar, enabling you to review a past meeting’s details in one place. View meeting recordings and transcripts without switching screens or apps.
- Avatars are now available in Teams, enabling you to maintain a presence in meetings, off-camera. Avatars are customisable, so you can create one that best represents you, and then switch your camera off.
- Call queue and Auto-attendant management. Easily manage your business hours greeting, auto-attendant and on-hold music, without needing to leave 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’ve finished sharing.
- 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.
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