What is New in Microsoft Teams for December 2023

Brink · Jan 3, 2024

Happy New Year! Welcome to our December 2023 update of What's New in Microsoft Teams. This month, we are excited to showcase 49 new features and enhancements that will help you collaborate more effectively, streamline your workflow, and stay connected with your team. From the new Microsoft Teams app in VDI to improvements in chats, webinars, town halls, Teams Phone, Teams Devices, Platform, and Frontline Workers, there is something for everyone. Read on to learn more about the latest updates and how they can benefit you and your organization.

My personal favorites are custom channel announcement backgrounds, improved search and domain-specific search, and calling shortcuts for Teams Phone. Custom channel backgrounds allow you to generate unique images for your channels using AI removing the need to use external applications to create new images. Improved search within Chat and Channels allows you to quickly find specific threads you are looking for in long conversations or chats and the domain-specific search lets you search for specific file types or a person’s name to quickly narrow your search so you can find exactly what you need. And updated calling shortcuts for Teams Phone give you the ability to perform repetitive tasks quickly while using a Teams Phone.

And every month we highlight new devices that are certified and ready to use for Teams. You can find more devices for all types of spaces and uses at aka.ms/teamsdevices.

Please read about all the updates and let me know your thoughts! I’ll do my best to respond and answer questions as they come up.

New Teams

Chat and Collaboration

Webinars and Town Halls

Teams Phone

Teams Rooms and Devices

Platform

Collaborative Apps

Frontline Worker Solutions

Virtual Appointments

Teams for Education