Separate recording policies for webinars and town halls

Release notes for Microsoft Teams admin features
May 09, 2025

• Microsoft Teams: Individual desk booking for bookable desks: Previously, you could reserve a spot within a desk pool, now you can book an individual desk when plugging into a shared desk peripheral. In addition, IT admins can get valuable individual desk utilization data in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal making flexible work environments better for users and IT. This feature requires a Teams Premium license.
• Microsoft Teams: Occupancy status on Teams panels: Teams panels can now smartly utilize signals from Teams Rooms devices or occupancy sensors paired with panels to indicate when a room is in use (for example, LED glow), so you’re not surprised to find an available room is actually occupied.
• Separate policies to control transcription for town halls and webinars: Currently, the transcription policies for town halls and webinars inherit the transcription policies set for meetings. With this new change, both webinars and town halls will have separate policies to allow or disable transcription.
• Separate recording policies for webinars and town halls: Currently, the recording policies for town halls and webinars inherit the recording policies set for meetings. With this new change both webinars and town halls will have separate policies to allow or disable recordings.
• Monitor Teams client updates in Teams admin center: Teams administrators will now be able to monitor Teams client updates and obtain detailed version information. This feature enables administrators to proactively understand version adoption, assess version health, and access granular details about devices and users who are on the latest client versions. Additionally, it provides visibility on recency of client versions. Administrators can now proactively view insights and address issues preventing users from automatically updating to the latest and most secure version of the Teams client.
• Teams client health dashboards in Teams admin center: IT Administrators will now have the capability to view and monitor the health of Teams desktop clients for both Windows and Mac systems. This feature offers comprehensive admin actionable insights into client health metrics, including client crashes and launch failures. Administrators are equipped with detailed information on issues, insights, and mitigation tools to promptly and effectively address any potential client health problems.
• Microsoft Teams: Enhancing usability for the frontline: We are enhancing the default experience for frontline workers by making it easier to connect with their organization and introducing more intuitive app names. These updates include adding the Communities experience into the tailored frontline app experience and renaming apps for better clarity.