Upcoming Enhancements to Microsoft Teams Meeting Chat Controls

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There are many kinds of meetings, and Teams is a great tool to have virtual meetings in. As an example, it is possible to get to the chat of the meeting and start the discussion up front or continue the discussions or ask follow up questions after the meeting is over.  But sometimes, there are scenarios where organizer would want to keep the chat closed for comments outside of the meeting timeframe. And here is a new feature coming our way, to control exactly that behavior. The Teams admin center will soon allow setting up policies that will enhance your control over meeting chats. These new options are designed to give administrators more flexibility in managing how and when participants can interact via chat during meetings. These options will be available across all platforms, including Teams for Windows and Mac desktops, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This update is part of the Microsoft 365 Roadmap   If you are an admin, here is where you can find and contro...

New file experience coming to Teams

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We all know (I hope) there is a tight integration between Teams and SharePoint. But many have pointed out the files tab isn't as rich the library experience in SharePoint.

Today, Microsoft announced an update that will bring these two products closer together and make the files experience a lot better. You can read about all the new features and how it make it easier to solve your tasks from within Teams. (Link)

Personally I've been using the "Open in SharePoint" many times, but after I started testing the new feature, I see I'm using it less than before.