check before: 2025-04-01
Product:
Teams, Windows
Platform:
Mac, Online, US Instances, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Feature Rollout Status Not Supported
Change type:
New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Teams will introduce a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing words surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rolling out from June 2025 to January 2026 across various regions, it requires no admin action and will be enabled by default on Windows and Mac desktops.
Details:
Updated October 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression.
This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid October 2025 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously mid September).
General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid October 2025 (previously mid September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late September).
General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early December 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by mid-December 2025 (previously late September).
General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2026 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously mid October).
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2025-02-08
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2025-10-23
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User Experience with Emoji Insertion
Users may experience confusion or frustration if they are not aware of the new emoji insertion method, leading to potential miscommunication in chats.
- roles: End Users, Team Leaders
- references: https://support.microsoft.com/office/send-an-emoji-gif-or-sticker-in-microsoft-teams-174248c9-e64d-4de1-9f41-3199cc0751ad" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://support.microsoft.com/office/send-an-emoji-gif-or-sticker-in-microsoft-teams-174248c9-e64d-4de1-9f41-3199cc0751ad, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=369345
Documentation and Training Gaps
Lack of prior notification about the change may result in outdated training materials, leading to decreased productivity as users struggle to adapt to the new feature.
- roles: IT Support, Training Coordinators
- references: https://cxcs.microsoft.net/file/ccp/en-us/c7fcab0a-41a6-4848-96cb-049addb05d98, https://support.microsoft.com/office/send-an-emoji-gif-or-sticker-in-microsoft-teams-174248c9-e64d-4de1-9f41-3199cc0751ad" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://support.microsoft.com/office/send-an-emoji-gif-or-sticker-in-microsoft-teams-174248c9-e64d-4de1-9f41-3199cc0751ad
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-10-23 | MC Last Updated | 08/19/2025 15:37:56 | 2025-10-22T18:46:46Z |
| 2025-10-23 | MC Messages | Updated August 19, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late September 2025 and expect to complete by early October 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early October 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. | Updated October 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid October 2025 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously mid September). General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid October 2025 (previously mid September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late September). General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early December 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by mid-December 2025 (previously late September). General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2026 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously mid October). |
| 2025-10-23 | MC End Time | 11/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2026-03-02T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-10-23 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will introduce a feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing words surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rolling out from June to October 2025 across various environments, it requires no admin action and will be enabled by default on Windows and Mac desktops. | Microsoft Teams will introduce a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing words surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rolling out from June 2025 to January 2026 across various regions, it requires no admin action and will be enabled by default on Windows and Mac desktops. |
| 2025-08-20 | MC Last Updated | 07/23/2025 21:31:56 | 2025-08-19T15:37:56Z |
| 2025-08-20 | MC Messages | Updated July 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. | Updated August 19, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late September 2025 and expect to complete by early October 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early October 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. |
| 2025-08-20 | MC End Time | 10/27/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-11-24T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-08-20 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). This feature will be available on Windows and Mac desktops, rolling out from June to September 2025, depending on the release group. No admin action is required. | Microsoft Teams will introduce a feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing words surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rolling out from June to October 2025 across various environments, it requires no admin action and will be enabled by default on Windows and Mac desktops. |
| 2025-07-24 | MC Messages | Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. | Updated July 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. |
| 2025-07-24 | MC Last Updated | 06/27/2025 16:45:02 | 2025-07-23T21:31:56Z |
| 2025-07-11 | MC Feature Status | Scheduled | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported |
| 2025-06-28 | MC Last Updated | 04/16/2025 20:41:38 | 2025-06-27T16:45:02Z |
| 2025-06-28 | MC Messages | Updated April 16, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (Gallatin): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. | Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. |
| 2025-06-28 | MC End Time | 09/08/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-10-27T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-06-28 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rollout starts in June 2025 for various releases and completes by July 2025. No admin action is required, but user notification and documentation updates are recommended. More details are available in the provided links. | Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). This feature will be available on Windows and Mac desktops, rolling out from June to September 2025, depending on the release group. No admin action is required. |
| 2025-04-17 | MC Messages | Updated March 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by early June 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (Gallatin): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. | Updated April 16, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (Gallatin): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. |
| 2025-04-17 | MC Last Updated | 03/19/2025 20:09:53 | 2025-04-16T20:41:38Z |
| 2025-04-17 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will introduce a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). The rollout will occur from early May to late July 2025 across various platforms. This feature will be enabled by default with no admin action required. | Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). Rollout starts in June 2025 for various releases and completes by July 2025. No admin action is required, but user notification and documentation updates are recommended. More details are available in the provided links. |
| 2025-03-20 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact |
| 2025-03-20 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will introduce a new feature allowing users to insert emojis by typing a word surrounded by colons (e.g., :smile:). The rollout will occur from early May to late July 2025 across various platforms. This feature will be enabled by default with no admin action required. | |
| 2025-03-20 | MC Last Updated | 02/08/2025 00:03:58 | 2025-03-19T20:09:53Z |
| 2025-03-20 | MC Messages | Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression.
This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Gallatin): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. | Updated March 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by early June 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (Gallatin): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (USSec, USNat): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. |
| 2025-03-20 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis |
| 2025-03-20 | MC End Time | 07/31/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-09-08T09:00:00Z |
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