This month, the University of Toronto community can expect to see several updates to their Microsoft Teams experience. With these updates come several new and useful features that will enable staff and faculty across the University to make the most of their online meetings.

The most significant of these updates is the introduction of new Teams ...

In the second half of July, users who are on old versions of Teams (below version numbers containing 1.2.00.XXXX) will receive in-app notifications advising them to update to the latest version. After 28 days of receiving the first notification, these users will see a redirect page which will inform them ...

Microsoft will be retiring the Teams support on Android 4.4. Instead they recommend that users upgrade to newer Android builds.

The exiting Teams build 1.0.0.2020050801 will continue to work on Android 4.4 for the next 2 months but there won’t be any app updates going forward.

Instead of using ...

This May, Microsoft launched several new important features to the University of Toronto’s Teams environment. These updates cover new features such as background effects, downloadable attendance lists and a larger nine-person video grid.

Providing value to both staff and faculty, this array of Microsoft Teams updates will enhance the video conferencing experiences of U of T’s community of Teams users. Please review this ...

Microsoft is increasing the maximum Teams meeting call and meeting chat size from 250 to 300 in response to customer requests.

When this will happen

• Microsoft will begin rolling this out in late May.
• The roll-out will be complete in mid-June.
• The feature will stay in effect until the ...