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    Microsoft Teams Insider members can check out a UI refresh for personal desktop Team users

    Members of the Microsoft Teams Insider program can check out a preview version right now of a new and upcoming user interface refresh of the Windows 11 Teams desktop app for personal use.

  • Microsoft is bringing more Copilot smarts to Teams

    Microsoft is continuing on its mission to inject AI into more of its products and features. For one thing, Copilot is coming to more parts of Teams in the coming months, including the meeting chat and the chat compose box. The AI will soon be able to offer you insights and information from the meeting chat and the transcript, so if something was either written or spoken, Copilot will be able to pull from it. Microsoft says that when you open Copilot in a meeting chat, you’ll have a “more...

  • Microsoft merges its Windows and Surface teams under one leader

    Microsoft is bringing together its Windows experiences and its Windows devices teams to form one division, and it has appointed company veteran Pavan Davuluri with the task of leading it. As The Verge notes, Davuluri has been serving as head of the Surface team since last year, after Microsoft split up Windows experiences and devices following Panos Panay's departure. The company is expanding his role again after another departure, this time of former Windows experiences lead Mikhail Parakhin,...

  • Google, Microsoft and Nucor team up on clean energy development

    North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation and US tech giants Google and Microsoft Corporation are to work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies, including advanced nuclear.

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    Microsoft and Nvidia team up to improve Gen AI for enterprises

    Microsoft and Nvidia have expanded their collaboration to improve their generative AI offerings for enterprises including healthcare and life science organizations. The announcement was made at GTC.

  • Microsoft Teams to introduce intelligent message translation in chats

    Microsoft has announced a new feature for Microsoft Teams that will provide intelligent message translation within chats. This functionality can improve communication by helping users understand messages in different languages. When a user receives a message in a language other than their preferred language, a translation will be suggested to them for better understanding. Users […]

  • Microsoft Teams to bring walkie-talkie functionality on iPhones

    Microsoft has announced on their Microsoft 365 Roadmap that Teams Walkie-Talkie on iOS will soon integrate with Apple’s Push-to-Talk framework. As the name suggests, Apple’s PTT framework is a tool for developers to create walkie-talkie-style features within their apps. Microsoft Teams Walkie-Talkie is a PTT feature that offers instant and secure voice communication, allowing users […]

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    Microsoft's Windows and Surface teams are now both lead by Pavan Davuluri

    Microsoft has named Pavan Davuluri to be the new leader of the company's Windows and Surface teams. The previous Windows team leader, Mikhail Parakhin, will now "explore new roles".

  • Microsoft Teams will bring walkie-talkie functionality to iPhones

    Microsoft's Teams will bring walkie-talkie functionality to Apple iPhones in May, according to its development roadmap. This will tap into Apple's Push-to-Talk framework to enable walkie-talkie usage in Teams. This will offer instant and secure voice communication with efficient background operation. You'll be able to walkie while you talkie from the lock screen even. So it will work even when you don't have Microsoft Teams in the foreground. The integration is currently aiming for...

  • Microsoft Teams down: sign-in issue for first-time users on Windows PC

    There is a current sign-in issue that is affecting users attempting to access Microsoft Teams for the first time or on a new device using the Windows desktop app. This issue may result in a “Failed to Fetch Your Profile” error message. It was seen on X. Note: This is not a widespread outage. It specifically […]

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    Microsoft reveals new improvements for Teams apps, including reviews and ratings

    Microsoft has revealed some new features and improvements it is making to help admins and users find and access third-party apps from the Teams app store, including reviews and ratings.

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    Microsoft 365 Roadmap Weekly: Teams to add translation feature to chats and more

    In this week's look back at the last seven days on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the company says it will add intelligent message translation in Teams chats in April, along with more new features.