Here’s a quick summary of “what’s new in the April 2020 for Microsoft Teams”:
What’s new for End Users:
- “Increase in the number of simultaneous videos” in Teams meetings from 4 to 9
- “Raise Hands” for interrupting the speaker
- “Background effects”
- “Background Blur for iOS”
- Live captions in iOS and Android
- Microsoft 365 Live Event Limit Increases
- Attendee limit: events can support up to 20,000 attendees
- Concurrent events: 50 events can be hosted simultaneously across a tenant
- Event duration: event length has been increased to 16 hours per broadcast’
- Share system audio in Teams live events
- End the meeting for all participants
- 1:1 Call Recording
What’s new for IT Admins:
- [NEW] Meetings Dashboard
- Improve voice quality with local media optimization for direct routing
- Local Media Optimization
- Control profile picture settings on Teams
- Get insights into Teams app usage in your environment
- Easily assign a policy to a large group of users
- New Meeting Controls
- Default lobby setting
- Lobby settings for PSTN participants
What’s new for Chat & Collaboration:
- The Yammer app for Microsoft Teams is now available!
- Acknowledge exceptional efforts and mindsets
- Channel cross-post editing
What’s New: Developers
- Additional Power Automate triggers for Teams
- Compliance recording partner solutions for Microsoft Teams
What’s New: Teams for Education
- Teams meetings for remote learning
- Live events for A1 faculty licenses
What’s New: Government
- Private Channels now available in GCC
- Advisor for Teams in now available in GCC as a preview
Read the details here:
- What’s New in Microsoft Teams | April 2020
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-april-2020/ba-p/1347929?ocid=usoc_TWITTER_M365_spl100001244271528
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