The beginning of May brings new functionalities and tweaks for MS Teams. For example, you can enjoy a more transparent display of meeting participants, news in Breakout Rooms, or the possibility of an immediate meeting via Outlook.
When organizing a meeting in Teams, you now have the option of meeting settings, which automatically sends to the lobby those who the organizer did not originally invite. For example, suppose your invited colleague forwards a meeting invitation to another colleague. In that case, he or she will be instructed to wait in the lobby until the presenter (organizer) decides to accept it. This prevents uninvited people from attending the meeting without your knowledge.
You can still download the attendance list during the meeting, as you are used to. In addition to the standard format, you now have an extended version available, which you can find in the chat or when opening the event in its details. This new version also shows the meeting duration, the email (if it's a university address), and the role within the meeting.
In meetings, you will find a new view that puts participants with the camera on in the foreground, and others are only on a smaller scale. It also allows visibility (Select/Spotlight) for up to 7 participants at once. This functionality is gradually being deployed, don't be afraid if you don't have it in your Teams yet.
There are three new tweaks available in the Breakout rooms:
Adding an external presenter means that an anonymous or external user can be in the role of presenter, however, he/she must use the Teams desktop application.
You can now start a Teams meeting directly on the Calendar tab in Outlook by clicking Instant Meeting.
When you add a Teams meeting in Outlook, you can modify the meeting permissions before sending it (you can find them in Meeting Options). That's all - a minor tweak that will please.
As of 1 August 2024, the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop licence, which was previously available to all MU employees and students, will no longer be available at Masaryk University. As an alternative, we recommend switching to the more modern ArcGIS Pro, which offers a modern user interface, greater stability, more advanced features and better user support.
Do you want to know the news about Microsoft 365 tools used at the university? What changes and improvements await us in 2024? We have prepared a webinar for you, where we will not only summarize all the current information, but also look at tips on how to work (together) more securely and efficiently in Microsoft 365.
