Microsoft Teams’ new entrance row format arrives later this 12 months

Microsoft has been teasing its imaginative and prescient for the way forward for Teams conferences not too long ago, and it’s now committing to creating components of it a actuality this 12 months. Front row is the official identify for the brand new Microsoft Teams format, which incorporates strategies designed to bridge the hybrid work hole between these bodily current in a gathering and distant members.

“Visually, this new layout moves the video gallery to the bottom of the screen so in-room participants can see remote colleagues face to face across a horizontal plane–similar to if they were in the same room,” explains Jared Spataro, head of Microsoft 365.

Microsoft will likely be utilizing its new Fluid elements to energy this format, with issues like agenda, duties, and notes all collaborative and up to date in actual time. The assembly chat will even be extremely seen on this view, giving everybody equal footing to take part within the assembly.

Alongside this new view, Microsoft can also be tweaking the way it manages video calls in Teams. New video layouts for Teams Rooms will make the most of the bigger display screen actual property of displays and screens sometimes present in assembly rooms to spotlight distant members extra clearly. An identical redesign is coming to Teams on Surface Hub, too. A brand new assembly canvas with chat bubbles, stay reactions, and all the most recent Teams options will enter preview later this month for Surface Hub homeowners.

Microsoft Teams will even be up to date with the brand new Whiteboard design that’s coming this summer time. You can learn extra about Microsoft’s Fluid elements and Whiteboard plans right here.