Teams Update: New Features and Improvements for Meetings

New Features:

• Join Zoom meetings by ID via Direct Guest Join. Support for joining Zoom meetings by ID has been added and will be enabled in the coming weeks.
• A new default wallpaper (Vivid Flag) and four other new wallpapers introduced.

Enhancements:

• In-meeting notification improvement implemented.
• Meeting chat functionality enhanced in Gallery, Large gallery, and Together mode.
• Start whiteboard feature available in Teams meetings.
• Fit-to-frame room video roster control added.
• Overflow meeting support improved.
• Quality fixes for third-party meetings (Direct Guest Join).

Fixed Bugs:

• Fix for license information in settings showing no license when Teams is not signed in.

Open Issues:

Nothing known.

Update Instructions:

• Administrator configuration for hiding meeting chat from all meeting layouts through XML can be found in Manage a Microsoft Teams Rooms console settings remotely with an XML configuration file.