Teams

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Teams Channels Get Threaded Layout

Many Teams users love to use group chats as a way to get work done. Group chats are effective, but the information shared in chats ends up in personal OneDrive accounts. To help switch people back to channel conversations, Teams has a new threaded layout to make conversations behave much like chats. The new layout works well for some channels but not for others.

July 15, 2025

Teams Android-Based Meeting Devices Move to AOSP

Microsoft recently announced a breaking change for all Android-based Teams devices. Teams Administrators must prepare some required policies in Microsoft Intune and also check and validate Conditional Access policies. If the changes aren’t made, Teams Android devices cannot log in after the automatic update installation.

May 13, 2025

Practical Graph: Figuring Out Inactive Teams Isn’t That Easy

Some people say that the Teams usage report (available in the Microsoft 365 admin center) is a great way of finding inactive teams. I consider that viewpoint to be rubbish because the Teams usage report doesn't include all the kinds of activities that a team might host. This article explains how to use audit data to supplement the usage report and create a better view of inactive teams.

March 31, 2025

Practical Teams: Teams Premium Administration and Licensing Guidance

When at least one user has a Teams Premium license assigned within an organization, several new features and settings are activated. In this article, we provide guidance to Teams administrators on which settings to monitor, features that are enabled by default or require specific configurations to work, and help identify who needs a Teams Premium license to access and use these various features.

February 4, 2025