Last week in the world of Microsoft Teams a new feature was added which simplified the way live chats would appear in a meeting.
Essentially, participants in a meeting would not have to click the chat icon which opens up the side-bar to view new messages. Rather, live chats would appear on the main meeting window making it more central to the conversation.
Control Type: User Level
Launch Timelines: This feature would be rolled out on tenant level mid July - late July (2021).
By default this will be on, however the option remains for users to hide this by disabling this from the menu which unfolds upon clicking the ellipses [...] icon.
Personally, I'll leave this feature on as my focus shifts every now & then by navigating to the chat side-bar for something trivial. But on the contrary if chats become too much then this could become a distraction on the main window as well. I guess to each their own & it's nice this won't be an admin enforced policy on the client level. The end-user will adapt here based on their preferences.
As usual, this feature was listed in the roadmap for a while, however, only last week (11 June) appeared as a notification in the message center.
As an admin you may want to notify your end users of this minor change in advance (create buzz) or could wait for the rollout in July.
References
Microsoft Road Map ID 655948
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