Save time with agents or bots in chat

February 2025
Save time with agents or bots in chat

Add and prompt agents and bots in a Teams chat for easy organization, updates, and more based on the context of the conversation. In a chat, select View and add participants Add people icon>Add agents and bots Icon to add a bot in Microsoft Teams​​​​​​​. @Mention a bot in a message to assign tasks or prompt anything else the bot assists with. To learn more, see Chat with a bot in Microsoft Teams.

Schedule channel messages
Whether you’re working with people from different time zones or during off-hours, schedule your channel messages and posts to make sure they publish at the right time. To learn more, see Schedule channel messages in Microsoft Teams.

Choose your notification location
Customize where Teams notifications appear on your screen. In Teams, select Settings and more Microsoft Teams more options icon>Settings Settings icon >Notifications and activity Activity button. Under Display>Position on the screen, choose where you want to see notifications. Available on Teams desktop for Windows.

Meeting transcription enhancements
Check out these updates to the transcription experience in meetings:

• Simpler settings: Select Transcript >Language settings>Meeting spoken language for meeting language and translation settings.
• Better transcription accuracy: People will be prompted to select the spoken language when turning on meeting transcription, recording, or Copilot.
• Access to spoken language settings: Only the meeting organizer, co-organizers, and person who initiated the transcript can change the spoken language.
• Mismatched language notifications: The organizer, co-organizers, and transcript initiator will be notified if someone speaks a different language than the one selected in the spoken language settings.

Debrief in the green room after events
Recap with other organizers, co-organizers, and presenters after an event in the green room. Select End event in the meeting controls to end the event for attendees and return to the green room. To learn more, see Using the green room in Microsoft Teams.

A smarter way to recap events
Intelligent recap is now available after Teams town halls and webinars. Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can browse the event recording by speakers and topics and access AI-generated notes, tasks, and name mentions. Intelligent recap is available with Teams Premium and Copilot for M365 licenses. To learn more, see Intelligent productivity with Microsoft Teams Premium.

Link to recaps
Give people in your org more context about past meetings and events by sharing links to the recaps. People can request access to the recording and transcript once you share the recap with them. To learn more, see Recap in Microsoft Teams.

Presenter Q&A moderation during events
Town hall and webinar organizers and co-organizers can now allow presenters to moderate the event Q&A. To learn more, see Q&A in Microsoft Teams.

Easily integrate apps in Teams
Apps you’ve installed in Teams now display in your app search, making it easy to integrate them into your group chats, channels, meetings, and more.