Microsoft is unlocking the "Full Potential" of Private Channels in Microsoft Teams: What You Need to Know

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It has been a while since I posted something just about a Microsoft Teams update, as a lot have been Copilot in Teams to be honest. But here is a real Microsoft Teams update I think is worth knowing about, and it involves Security and Compliance as well. Microsoft is rolling out a "major" update to private channels in Teams, starting in late September 2025 and continuing through mid-December. This biggest change in this update is a shift in how private channel data is stored from individual user mailboxes to a dedicated channel mailbox. Not only will this simplifie compliance management, it will also and align private channels with shared channels, making governance and experience more consistent across Teams. This update promises to increase the support up to 1000 channels per team and 5000 members per channel, removing previous limitations. Teams will also allow meetings to be scheduled directly within private channels, enhancing collaboration.  For organizations using Micr...

A couple of favorite news about the world of Teams - Week 19

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Another week, and thus another short summary of things happening in the world of Teams last week.

First of all, to all my Canadian friends and followers: Calling plans went GA on may the 1st Calling Plan GA Check out the following spreadsheet showing available calling plans.

The Teams app from the Windows 10 store has bee released for general preview, and can be found right here. A word of caution, I have been testing for a couple of weeks in a closed beta, and can recommend you only run one type of client on your desktop. Either the desktop version or the store version. Do a proper logout and uninstall of the client you do not want to use.

Not directly linked to Teams (yet), but as SRS support is coming to Teams soon I thought it would be nice to know Microsoft has refreshed the documentation set for SRS and posted it at docs.microsoft.com.

Finally this week, a reminder to tune into Teams on Air for bi-weekly updates. This latest episode was on managing users and policies.