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Meeting notes:
Targeted Release Features: Ricardo discussed the new targeted release features in Microsoft Teams, including the ability to edit display names in meetings, DVR in town halls, and storyline integration in Teams. He highlighted the potential benefits of these features for meeting organizers and participants.
Editing Display Names: Ricardo introduced the new feature that allows users to edit their display names during meetings. This feature enables participants to add additional information such as their company or title, which can be useful for meeting organizers and participants. Ricardo emphasized the value of this feature for personalizing meeting experiences and providing context about attendees.
DVR in Town Halls: Ricardo explained the addition of DVR functionality in town halls, allowing participants to pause, rewind, and skip forward during live events. This feature, previously available in live events, is now extended to town halls, enhancing the flexibility and accessibility of these sessions.
Storyline Integration: Ricardo discussed the integration of the storyline feature in Teams, which allows users to share personal posts and updates with colleagues. This feature is now easily accessible within Teams, providing added convenience for users to connect and share information.
Editing Display Names: Ricardo explained the new feature that allows users to edit their display names in meetings, which can be useful for adding additional information such as company or title. This feature can enhance the meeting experience for organizers and participants.
Feature Overview: Ricardo detailed the new feature that allows users to edit their display names during meetings. This can include adding their company, title, or other relevant information, which remains throughout the duration of the meeting.
Use Cases: Ricardo provided examples of how this feature can be used, such as adding only a first name, including a company name in parentheses, or specifying a title. This can be particularly useful for meeting organizers to understand the context of participants.
Practical Benefits: Ricardo highlighted the practical benefits of this feature, such as enhancing the meeting experience by providing more context about attendees. This can be valuable for organizers and presenters who like to know more about their audience.
DVR in Town Halls: Ricardo mentioned the addition of DVR functionality in town halls, allowing participants to pause, rewind, and skip forward during live events. This feature was previously available in live events and is now being extended to town halls.
Storyline in Teams: Ricardo introduced the storyline feature in Teams, which allows users to share personal posts and updates with colleagues. This feature is now easily accessible within Teams, providing added convenience for users.
Together Mode: Ricardo discussed the together mode feature in Teams, which allows participants to appear in a shared virtual space during meetings. He mentioned that this feature is often used for team pictures and can add a fun element to meetings.
Feature Explanation: Ricardo explained the together mode feature, which allows participants to appear in a shared virtual space during meetings. This feature can be used to create a more engaging and interactive meeting environment.
Common Uses: Ricardo mentioned that together mode is often used for team pictures, where participants can appear together in a virtual setting, making it a fun and memorable part of meetings.
Future Potential: Ricardo discussed the potential for together mode to become more popular in regular meetings, as well as its integration with VR spaces for a more immersive experience.
Preview Files in Chat: Ricardo demonstrated the new feature that allows users to preview shared files directly in the chat without opening them. This feature provides a convenient way to quickly review documents shared during meetings.
Feature Demonstration: Ricardo demonstrated the new feature that allows users to preview shared files directly in the chat. This includes the ability to click through slides in a PowerPoint presentation or pages in a PDF without fully opening the document.
Practical Benefits: Ricardo highlighted the convenience of this feature, allowing users to quickly review documents shared during meetings without the need to open them fully. This can save time and streamline the review process.
Meeting Transcript Enhancements: Ricardo highlighted the improvements in meeting transcription accuracy and the ability to access spoken language settings. These enhancements can be particularly useful for global organizations with participants speaking different languages.
Accuracy Improvements: Ricardo discussed the enhancements in meeting transcription accuracy, which can improve the reliability of transcriptions for meeting records.
Language Settings: Ricardo explained the new ability to access spoken language settings and receive notifications if someone speaks a different language than the one selected. This feature is particularly useful for global organizations.
Use Cases: Ricardo provided examples of how these enhancements can be beneficial, such as in meetings with participants from different countries who may switch languages during the discussion.
Intelligent Recap for Events: Ricardo mentioned the availability of intelligent recaps for Teams town halls and webinars, which provide AI-generated notes and summaries of events. This feature is part of Teams Premium and can help users quickly review key points from meetings.
SharePoint Usage: Ricardo reflected on the continued use of SharePoint for document repositories and landing pages. He emphasized the importance of SharePoint as a high-fidelity platform for displaying content and its role in collaboration alongside Teams and Viva Engage.
Document Repositories: Ricardo emphasized the continued use of SharePoint as a primary document repository, highlighting its importance for storing and managing documents.
Landing Pages: Ricardo discussed the use of SharePoint for creating landing pages with rich content, images, and updates, which can serve as an intranet for organizations.
Integration with Teams: Ricardo explained how SharePoint integrates with Teams, providing a seamless experience for accessing documents and content within the Teams environment.
Teams and Viva Engage Integration: Ricardo discussed the integration of Viva Engage with Teams, allowing users to add Engage communities or topics as tabs within Teams channels. This integration provides a seamless way to access and engage with content from within Teams.
Follow-up tasks:
Feature Feedback: Provide feedback on the new feature allowing editing of display names in meetings. (the team)
Language Settings: Notify if there is interest in a session dedicated to discussing language settings, captions, transcription, and translation in Teams. (the team)
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