Microsoft Teams Gets One-Click Polls, Scheduled Messages, More

Microsoft lately introduced new options as a part of an replace to its enterprise-centric video conferencing platform, Microsoft Teams. The updates herald new options that embrace the flexibility to view as much as 49 movies on display screen by default, schedule messages. Users may also launch immediate polls, and use the newly added unread-only toggle. Microsoft made the announcement as a part of its replace for November 2022 in a weblog publish detailing every of the newly launched options.

First of the brand new options introduced by way of the blog post by Microsoft is the flexibility to launch a one-click immediate ballot throughout a Teams assembly. Presenters may have the flexibility to launch spoken ballot questions by clicking on the launch immediate ballot buttons which are current on the backside proper of the display screen. Users can decide from three buttons with binary responses on the ballot: sure or no, thumbs up thumbs down, and a coronary heart and heartbroken icon. These questions don’t require to be ready upfront, in accordance with Microsoft — customers can communicate the query out loud after which click on on the corresponding response toggle icon which can routinely set off the query to go reside.

Microsoft claims that Teams is the primary video-conferencing platform to supply such a ‘one-click immediate ballot’ function.

The second function that has been launched to Teams is the flexibility for Public switched phone community (PSTN) dial-in, dial-out, and call-me attendees in conferences to hitch breakout rooms. These customers will even be capable to re-join the principle room assembly when the breakout assembly ends. PSTN calls will now additionally assist an automated browser launch display screen pop up that can show related info together with CRM information, case information, and so on. This function must be enabled by admins within the Teams Admin Center.

The third function launched is the flexibility to view a most of 49 movies on the display screen in a gathering at a single time by way of a 9×9 grid format that replaces the 3×3 grid which solely allowed for 9 movies to be seen at a single time. This is a big leap within the variety of simultaneous movies that may be watched with out having the necessity to click on on any button to navigate to different person video bins. However, the precise variety of movies seen by a person will depend upon {hardware} or gadget capabilities, in accordance with the corporate.

Microsoft has additionally launched transcription for calls on Microsoft Teams on 1:1 calls in addition to group calls on Android. The firm has additionally launched the flexibility for customers to just accept or block a bunch chat invitation from an unmanaged person as an extra security layer.

The video conferencing platform will now additionally permit customers to schedule and ship a message. The function, which is analogous to the one seen on the corporate’s e-mail platform Outlook, will permit customers to manually choose a date and time for the chat message to be delivered to the recipient person. The function might be accessed by right-clicking the ship button and deciding on the schedule ship possibility.

The platform has additionally launched an unread toggle button on customers’ exercise feed, which as soon as enabled will permit customers to view solely chat message notifications that haven’t been learn.

Teams customers will even be capable to begin a Teams Chat with distribution teams, mail-enabled safety teams, and Office 365 teams, with as much as 250 members. The platform has additionally tweaked the way in which searches inside messages are seen. Chat message searches won’t be introduced with whole message threads, as an alternative of single key phrase referencing messages in isolation. The prolonged chat historical past exhibits up as soon as the search consequence merchandise is clicked on, in accordance with Microsoft.