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Microsoft Teams currently doesn't have an option to resume a live event that has ended or been interrupted. That’s about to change. Microsoft is working to fix that and make it easier to resume a live event.

 

Coming soon to Microsoft Edge Stable, users will be able to enable the View in File Explorer capability on SharePoint Online for Modern Document Libraries.
 

Microsoft announced Operator Connect earlier this year at Ignite 2021, a new feature allowing business to directly enable PSTN calling from their existing phone carries in Teams
 

Do you love the idea of Breakout Rooms, but wished you had more flexibility on manage those rooms?  Well, you are in luck.  Microsoft is introducing exciting new features in the coming weeks.
 

Here are 4 tips on using Microsoft Forms polls to make virtual meetings more engaging and effective for your participants.

Viva Connections, part of Microsoft Viva, is your gateway to a modern employee experience. The Viva connections app incorporates a customizable dashboard, the feed, and relevant resources all in one experience in the Microsoft Teams mobile app. This Public preview release includes the ability to: Set a SharePoint home site from the SharePoint admin center Create, author, and manage a dashboard from the home site Use Video news links to communicate announcements Use the new Dashboard.

This release will allow users to now share Microsoft Lists using the same sharing links that they have been using for files and folders. 

Microsoft Forms has always focused on providing the best polling experience to our customers. However, according to customer feedback and telemetry, we have determined that many people don't know the "Forms" App provides polling capability in Teams. To provide a better experience we are delivering a new Teams app specifically for polling capabilities. This new app will be discoverable in Teams meetings/chats as “Polls”.

Silverlight, a component used in Power View, will no longer be supported beginning on October 12th. In response, we will be starting the process to retire Power View from Microsoft 365. As an alternative to Power View, we recommend using Power BI Desktop, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.

Apps in meetings offer a more effective way to facilitate collaboration, enhance team productivity, and drive results during the flow of a Teams meeting. We can use them while we talk with one another, to help us stay on track with an agenda, to log action items in our plans, and more.

But until now, we could only interact with an app through the side-panel or through in-meeting notifications. Now, Microsoft is introducing share-to-stage.  With this new capability, you’ll be able to add an app to a meeting and then share it onto the meeting stage where everyone can then see and interact with the app content – allowing for real-time collaboration.