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.