We are pleased to announce the following features will be available to improve your Teams Meeting experience:
- Background effects in Teams meetings – Roadmap ID 62890
- Rolling out beginning in mid April
- New experience for launching instant channel meetings - Roadmap ID 62904
- Rolling out starting in late April
- Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience - Roadmap ID 62905
- Rolling out starting in late April
[How does this affect me?]
Background effect in Teams meetings: Users will be able to select Microsoft provided background images prior to or during a video call.
New experience for launching instant channel meetings: Users will now see the Meet Now button in the Channel header in the top-right corner.
Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience: When launching a Teams meeting from a link, users will be provided with clearer options for how they would like to join the meeting.
[What do I need to do to prepare?]
You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate.