Latest Microsoft Teams updates, July and August 2021

Here’s your monthly end-user focused catch up of updates for  Microsoft  Teams. We look back at July and forward to August and beyond.

Here’s what we’ve got:

• Revised timelines
• Full Updates
  • New default settings options when opening Office files in Teams
  • Fluid live components in Teams chat
  • Music Mode for Teams
  • Real-time Telemetry for Teams End Users 
  • Microsoft Stream: Viewing the transcript for a Microsoft Teams meeting recording
  • New default native notification setting for new Teams users
  • Variable playback speed for Teams meeting recordings
  • New Side-by-side and Reporter Presenter modes with desktop and window sharing
• Bite sized updates
• Ones to watch

If you want more details or like your updates in another format, search for the video on YouTube  using the search term 'Super Simple 365'. 

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