Daily Teams News
A cross-product view of Microsoft Teams changes related to General.
The article replaces references to “Who can attend webinars” and “Who can attend town halls” with “Who can attend events up to 1k attendees” and “Who can attend events optimized for a large audience,” including updated configuration steps.
The dropdown label changed from “Town hall chat experience” to “Events optimized for a large audience chat experience.” The options remain Optimized (default) and None.
The documentation now refers to the setting as **Events registration form questions** instead of **Webinar registration form questions**. The page metadata was also updated.
The setup steps now use revised names for webinar and town hall recording-publishing dropdowns, including audience-size descriptions.
The article now groups webinars and town halls under events and documents the settings for recording events with up to 1,000 attendees or for large audiences. Policy assignment instructions were also clarified.
The documentation replaces the webinar and town hall toggle names with attendee-based labels and clarifies policy-assignment steps. Both settings remain On by default.
The reference table now lists several language locales in a different order, including Indonesian/Icelandic, Lithuanian/Latvian, and the Serbian-to-Spanish entries. The Spanish (Spain) audio link remains associated with es-ES.
The Teams Rooms app has included automatic updates since April 2024, so the app update tool is no longer recommended for new deployments.
The release notes now document a fix for certain devices sending low-bitrate video in specific meeting scenarios.
The table now includes Meeting Owl 5 Pro, Owl Tablet, and multiple Cisco devices with associated software versions and certification dates.
Microsoft Teams will introduce a Workflows app template to automatically add users to channels when they are added to a team tag. This optional feature, rolling out worldwide in mid-December 2026, helps streamline access for location- or project-based groups without default changes.
Microsoft Teams mobile users will soon be able to decline incoming calls with a predefined or custom message sent via Teams chat. This feature, rolling out worldwide in December 2026, enhances communication without answering calls. It applies only to Teams-to-Teams calls with available chat and requires no admin action.
Microsoft Teams will introduce two new chat sections—Muted chats (enabled by default) and Meeting chats (disabled by default)—to organize conversations. Rollout begins January 2027. Users can enable/disable and reorder these sections; no admin action is needed. Muted chats move automatically to their section unless favorited.
The article now explains how to select a chart bar to view individual rooms, people counts, occupancy details, and comparisons with configured capacity.
