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Teams Mobile Gets a Search Upgrade: Now Find HR Policies Instead of Old Chat Messages
Microsoft is rolling out a new search behavior in the Teams mobile app that will finally give employees a direct line to their corporate intranet when using the SharePoint app. Beginning in June...
TD SYNNEX Maverick Expands Ribbon Partnership, Delivering Secure Teams Direct Routing to EMEA
TD SYNNEX Maverick has extended its distribution agreement with Ribbon Communications into the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, a strategic move that streamlines access to certified...
Microsoft Teams Will Force Suspicious Bots Into Lobby Limbo Starting 2026
Microsoft is building a gatekeeper for the next wave of AI meeting assistants. Starting in 2026, Teams will automatically intercept unrecognized third-party bots and dump them into the meeting lobby,...
Regal Rexnord Brings AI-Powered Empathy Coaching to 4,000 Leaders via Microsoft Teams
Regal Rexnord is betting that artificial intelligence can teach its managers empathy. The century-old manufacturer of electric motors and power transmission components is piloting an AI-driven...
Hy-Vee Shuts India Engineering Hub, 150 Laid Off via 9 P.M. Microsoft Teams Call
Roughly 150 software engineers at American grocery chain Hy-Vee lost their jobs during a 9 p.m. Microsoft Teams call on June 29, 2026, according to a first-hand account posted on a Windows enthusiast...
Microsoft Teams Wi-Fi Check-In Sparks Privacy Debate as It Automatically Tracks Office Attendance
Microsoft will begin rolling out Workplace Check-In via Wi-Fi for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Places in June 2026, a feature designed to automatically update an employee's work location when their...
Microsoft’s Copilot Agents Drive 7,500-Hour Productivity Surge at Energy Giant SOCAR Türkiye
SOCAR Türkiye’s digital transformation team has eliminated more than 7,500 hours of repetitive work annually by orchestrating Microsoft Copilot agents that autonomously route and resolve internal...
Microsoft Teams Recap App Launches July 2026, Unifying Recordings, Transcripts, and AI Summaries
Microsoft is poised to streamline the post-meeting experience for millions of Teams users with a new dedicated Recap app set to arrive by late July 2026. The standalone application, designed for...
PowerPoint Live Gets Copilot 'Explain' for Attendees and One-Click Deck Refresh for Presenters
Microsoft is adding two long-awaited capabilities to PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams: private Copilot-powered explanations for meeting attendees and a seamless deck refresh that lets presenters...
Microsoft Teams to Surface Assistant Info from Entra ID in Org View Starting July 2026
Starting in July 2026, Microsoft Teams will begin displaying the names of designated administrative assistants directly inside the app’s Organization view. The rollout, confirmed on the Microsoft...
Microsoft Teams Desktop and Mac Will Finally Get App Slash Commands, but You’ll Wait Until Late 2026
Microsoft is building a new way to command your apps inside Teams without lifting your hands from the keyboard — and it is going straight to the desktop and Mac clients where millions of knowledge...
Microsoft to Bring Real-Time Translation to Android Meeting Rooms in 2026—Here's Who Gets It
Microsoft is adding its AI-powered Interpreter agent to Android-based Teams Rooms in August 2026, a move that turns ordinary conference rooms into multilingual collaboration hubs—provided they...