Teams Updates and Announcements

U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Policy coming September 16

Date: May 29, 2024
To: InfoTech listserv, AMS listserv, EITU, MTAC
From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration
Re:  U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Policy coming September 16 

Dear colleagues,

As an important element in records management and data security, the University of Toronto will be implementing a ...

Channel owners and administrators can now archive channels

As per Microsoft latest update, Microsoft Teams channel owners and administrators can now archive channels to avoid any activity on them and can restore if needed. Channel members will not be able to take actions on the channel like messaging, reacting, commenting, editing etc., but they can still access and ...

The New Teams client updated rollout schedule

Date:  March 11, 2024
From:  Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration
To: U of T Community
Re:  New Teams client updated rollout schedule

Dear colleagues,

We are writing to remind you that as of early April 2024: New Teams as the default client app
Beginning early April 2024, new Teams will ...

Changes in Google Chrome affect Microsoft Teams in 2024

According to Microsoft message center notification, starting in early 2024, Chrome will begin gradually rolling out privacy sandboxing in the web to 1% of their users, with general rollout happening in late 2024. This will impact some Teams experiences in Chrome. The recommendation is to use the Teams desktop client ...

Teams features that will move to Teams Premium

Some Teams features are part of the preview for Teams Premium and will move from Teams licenses to Teams Premium licenses. Each of these features has a grace period of 30 or 60 days after general availability. When the grace period expires, users will lose access to that feature.

The ...

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