Social teamwork
Microsoft Teams gains a slew of new features in September update
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Microsoft Teams has several new features as part of the September update, including improved chatting, calling, and meeting features.
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Account Management
Microsoft Teams for iOS update brings account switching and more
Microsoft Teams now supports account switching, quote replying to specific messages in a chat, and more thanks to its latest update.
seeing through you
Microsoft Teams can now make you translucent to show off whiteboards
Microsoft Teams now supports content cameras that can make you translucent inside a Microsoft Teams Room system. The feature makes it so collaborators can always see the whiteboard in a meeting.
Year of Linux?
It's official: Microsoft Teams is coming to Linux
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A recent update to a UserVoice page confirms that Microsoft is "actively working on" Microsoft Teams for Linux.
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Microsoft Teams could be on its way to Linux
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Microsoft Teams is already available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android, and it might make its way to Linux soon.
Back to school
Microsoft Teams gets updates for assignment experience
Microsoft Teams has several new features that enhance and improve the assignments experience from start to finish.
Teamwork
Microsoft is retiring Skype for Business Online
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Skype for Business Online will be retired in two years. Microsoft is pushing users towards Microsoft Teams leading up to the retirement.
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Microsoft Teams for Android gains emoji reactions and more in latest update
Microsoft Teams users on Android can now react with emojis. The app also gained several new features in its recent update.
Slack attack
Slack's CEO doesn't see Microsoft Teams as a threat
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Despite Microsoft Teams surpassing Slack in terms of daily active users, the CEO of Slack doesn't see it as a threat.
Week in Microsoft
This week in Microsoft news: Teams overtakes Slack, PC shipments up, more
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A lot happens in Microsoft news each week, so check out this handy roundup for some of the top stories. This week: Teams potentially overtakes Slack, the Minecraft Earth closed beta starts in two weeks, and PC shipments saw an uptick in Q2 2019.
Teamwork makes dreams work
Microsoft Teams hits 13 million daily active users
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Microsoft Teams hit 13 million active daily users. Microsoft's collaborative service now has potentially more daily active users than its rival Slack.
Flying solo
Microsoft Teams users 'unable to perform various actions' right now
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Microsoft Teams users can't do a variety of actions on the service right now. Microsoft is currently investigating the issue.
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Microsoft Teams now supports more emoji reactions
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Microsoft Teams now lets you express more emotions in reactions to messages. You can now use six emoji reactions on mobile and desktop.
Modern schooling
Teams for Education gets sharing updates ahead of back-to-school season
Teams for Education has a group of updates aimed at getting students and teachers ready for going back to school.
Stay Connected
Microsoft reportedly working on version of Teams for friends and family
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Microsoft Teams has seen quite a bit of success in the enterprise and education sectors, but now Microsoft may be setting its sights on your home life as well. At an internal meeting, the company reportedly showed off a new version of Teams designed for friends and family, complete with shared documents and calendars.
Privacy is key
Microsoft 365 bolsters security with new features for Teams, Office 365
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Microsoft 365 is getting a big boost to privacy and security with new features rolling out to protect confidential data and more.
Restore on Command
Microsoft Teams and SharePoint get 'Files Restore' feature
"Files Restore" is now rolling out to Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for Microsoft 365 users, helping to make sure your data isn't lost.
Digital Collab
Microsoft Whiteboard comes to Teams meetings in preview
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Microsoft Teams meetings attendees can now tap into Microsoft Whiteboard to collaborate and brainstorm in real time.
Swap 'Em
Microsoft Teams reportedly getting custom backgrounds for video calls
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You can already blur your background in Microsoft Teams video calls, but you may soon be able to outright replace your background with something else.
Firstline Healthcare
Microsoft Teams embraces healthcare professionals with latest updates
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Microsoft Teams is adding a trip of new messaging features, each aimed at streamlining urgent patient care in the healthcare sector.