Express search intent better with rich query language

Release notes for Microsoft Teams admin features

August 28, 2025

• Slide control for presenters: There's no longer a need to say 'next slide'. Users can now share control of their presentation slides with their fellow presenters during meetings and events.
• Threaded channels: Threading in channels provides an avenue for deeper and more collaborative conversations. It also allows you to start a side conversation within a channel and focus on specific topics while keeping the main conversation clutter-free. You can reply to specific messages and create a separate thread, helping to minimize distractions and foster better collaboration.
• Express search intent better with rich query language: Users can now leverage query language when formulating search terms, to easily express their intent and scope search. Users can now use:

1. "from:" to find content from a person,
2. "with:" to find content around a person,
3. "in:" to narrow down search results to a specific chat or channel, or
4. "is:" to recall specific content type (message, file, groupchat, channel).