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Microsoft Teams Update

Copilot in Microsoft Teams was the star of the show at Enterprise Connect
Join mid meeting and get a summary of the meeting so far
- Points made
- Sentiment
- Summary of pros and cons of a decision
“Follow” a meeting, don’t attend and be sent a summary

Performance improvements
- Launch app up to 2X faster
- Join meetings up to 2X faster
- Switch chats/channels up to 1.7X faster
- Up to 50% less memory
- Up to 70% less disk space
Be signed into multiple organisations and accounts simultaneously and receive notifications for all your accounts
Some Features still in development:
- 3rd party apps, Line of Business (LOB) apps
- Advanced calling features such as call queues,
- Advanced meeting capabilities, including breakout rooms
Public preview program: Try the new Teams toggle.

Surface Hub will run full Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
All new Surface Hubs ship with the Teams Rooms experience starting later this year
Full support for MTR-W peripherals
First touch-enabled board running Teams Rooms on Windows
Surface Hub Windows Team edition going away
Surface Hub 2S, Microsoft will continue to support Windows Team edition until October 14, 2025.
The Teams Rooms experience will only be available to Surface Hub 2S devices, both 50” and 85” (not 1st gen)

Use the Shared Device Licence on Teams mobile app for Android
Enable a shared/common area android device with Walkie Talkie and Teams Phone
Call queues, auto attendants, cloud voicemail, call park and all other features currently supported for common area phones will be available through the Teams Android app
Timeline: Later this year

Developers can add, customise, and program the widget
Connect customers on your public website to a specific Teams user, call queue, or auto attendant.
Note, the example shows video but CQ and AA are audio only
Leveraging Azure Communication Services/WebRTC
No license/consumption cost details
Public Preview CY2023 Q3