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Welcome back! This month we have a packed blog with a lot of new features that are now generally available to improve your experience with meetings and calling, chat and collaboration, as well as a number of new updates to Microsoft Teams devices. This blog also contains a few industry specific items for Education, Firstline Workers, and our Government customers. We have updates on Teams platform capabilities and we\u2019re introducing a new section called \u201cApp spotlight\u201d that showcases 3rd party apps available in Teams.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s New: Meetings & Calling<\/strong><\/span>
Live Captions with speaker attribution<\/strong>
Microsoft Teams added speaker attribution to live captions so that you can see who is speaking along with what\u2019s being said, making meetings more inclusive and easier to follow along.<\/p>\n

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Spotlight an individual video participant for all attendees in a Teams meeting<\/strong>
Presenters can now pin an individual video feed for all attendees to see during a Teams meeting. Once pinned, the individual identified as the spotlight will be the main video shown to all participants. This applies to PC, Mac, mobile (view only) and Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prevent attendees from unmuting in Teams Meetings<\/strong>
Meeting organizers and presenters can now prevent attendees from unmuting during the meeting and enable specific attendees to unmute when they raise their hands. This can be helpful for press conferences and classrooms scenarios where you want to be in control of who\u2019s speaking. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Advanced Production for Teams Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transform your Teams Meeting into a virtual stage with a new advanced production option for broadcasts. Network Device Interface (NDI) support for Teams allows event producers to convert each participant’s video into a discrete video source that can be used in the video streaming production tool of your choice. This functionality enables you to use Teams meetings in new ways, including bringing speakers into Together Mode or customized views, to deliver professional broadcasts to the end point of your choice and reach audiences wherever they are.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Whiteboard read-only mode<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft Whiteboard read-only mode is available in Teams allowing for more flexibility for you to either present the digital whiteboard in read-only mode, or to allow others to edit and collaborate when given access.<\/p>\n

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Meeting & Calling recordings stored in OneDrive and SharePoint<\/strong>
Teams meeting and call recordings can now be stored in your OneDrive for Business or in SharePoint, providing the ability to share recordings with guests or external users, access meeting recordings faster, and manage recordings with security and compliance controls available to other file types in Microsoft 365. Teams Admins can select their recording storage location by updating policies using PowerShell. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Updated functionality for downloading participant reports in Teams meetings<\/strong>
Meeting organizers, especially teachers and event organizers, often need to know who joined and how many people joined their Teams meetings. Now you can easily download a participant report after the meeting within the meeting chat. We’ve also added new data into the report that allows you to better manage your attendance. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

Changes in Incoming IP Video policy (New Audio and Video Policies)<\/strong>
We are updating our meeting policies to allow IT administrators more control over how video is managed in Teams meetings. Current policy can only be set to prevent outgoing video. We have extended the Allow IP Video policy to prevent both outgoing and incoming video as needed. Tenant administrators can use this policy to manage bandwidth. Learn more <\/a><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s New: Devices<\/strong><\/span>
ARM64 Native Teams App<\/strong>
Unleash the full power of Microsoft Teams on your favorite ARM devices with the new native ARM64 Teams client now generally available. Stay connected and organized while enjoying improved performance, reliability, and battery life in devices such as the Surface Pro X.<\/p>\n

New capabilities coming to Microsoft Teams Rooms<\/strong>
Features beginning to roll out to Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows include:<\/p>\n