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Product:
Teams, Windows
Platform:
Mac, Teams And Surface Devices, TeamsAndSurfaceDevices, US Instances, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Feature Rollout Status Not Supported
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Teams is introducing automatic location updates for bookable desks and BYOD rooms, with a rollout timeline updated to mid-September through early November 2024. This feature will allow users to automatically update their work location, improving in-office connectivity and providing usage analytics. Admins can enable this at the tenant level, and users can activate it in Teams settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118 is associated with this update.
Details:
Updated October 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office.
In addition to this feature rolling out to bookable desks, it will also be rolling out to BYOD rooms.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118.
[When this will happen:]
General availability (Worldwide) for bookable desks: We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September).
General availability (Worldwide) for BYOD rooms: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024.
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2024-10-03 | MC prepare | You may want to notify your users about this new capability to detect nearby rooms using the laptop microphones, which will receive the ultrasound signal broadcasted from select Microsoft Teams Rooms that have consoles built with a dedicated ultrasound speaker. Audio peripherals connected to laptops may affect the device's ability to detect the ultrasound signal.
https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=380681 | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. To prepare for this feature, we recommend communicating this new feature to your users and admin team and sharing instructions if needed. After this feature rolls out, admins can enable automatic location updates at a tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable automatic location detection in Teams Settings > Privacy as described earlier.
https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bring-your-own-device https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy?view=teams-ps https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=401118 |
| 2024-10-03 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon support Proximity Join via ultrasound, improving room detection without penetrating walls. Rollout starts mid-September 2024, with full availability expected by early November 2024. This feature will be enabled by default and is detailed on Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380681. Users should be notified about the new detection method. | Microsoft Teams is introducing automatic location updates for bookable desks and BYOD rooms, with a rollout timeline updated to mid-September through early November 2024. This feature will allow users to automatically update their work location, improving in-office connectivity and providing usage analytics. Admins can enable this at the tenant level, and users can activate it in Teams settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118 is associated with this update. |
| 2024-10-03 | MC Last Updated | 09/19/2024 01:23:14 | 2024-10-02T20:04:50Z |
| 2024-10-03 | MC Messages | Updated September 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows will soon support Proximity Join via ultrasound. It will be an alternative to using Bluetooth or QR codes and typically will not penetrate walls, therefore improving the quality of detected rooms by personal devices. This release will be rolling out to Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows and MacOS) for receivers and to select Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380681 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September). General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024. | Updated October 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office. In addition to this feature rolling out to bookable desks, it will also be rolling out to BYOD rooms. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118. [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide) for bookable desks: We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September). General availability (Worldwide) for BYOD rooms: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024. |
| 2024-10-03 | MC End Time | 10/31/2024 08:00:00 | 2024-12-16T08:00:00Z |
| 2024-10-03 | MC How Affect | The user experience for Proximity Join on Microsoft Teams Rooms will not change as a result of this feature. The suggested room in the room list will be improved using ultrasound.
Previous tenants that were not able to leverage the Proximity Join feature due to Bluetooth restrictions will be able to use Proximity Join via ultrasound with this release. This new feature will be enabled by default. | Bookable desks refer to unassigned seats in the office that are equipped with devices such as monitors or other peripherals. Admins can associate these devices to a workspace account using the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This association will allow users to automatically claim a desk, and (in future) will provide IT with valuable usage analytics and reports. Learn more: Setting up Bookable Desks in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. After configuring bookable desks, admins can enable automatic location updates at the tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable the feature at Teams > Settings (three-dot menu in top right of the screen) > Privacy > Sharing your work location. After users enable the feature, their work location will automatically update to In the office when they connect to a bookable desk, if their location was previously set to Unknown or Remote.
To help users find this feature, after an admin enables the feature, the banner "Looks like you're in the office" will appear the first time a user plugs into a bookable desk. After a user enables automatic location updates, the banner "You're connected to your organization's network or device" will appear once when they plug into a bookable desk. The banner confirms that the user has successfully enabled automatic location update. |
| 2024-09-19 | MC prepare | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. To prepare for this feature, we recommend communicating this new feature to your users and admin team and sharing instructions if needed. After this feature rolls out, admins can enable automatic location updates at a tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable automatic location detection in Teams Settings > Privacy as described earlier.
https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy?view=teams-ps https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=401118 | You may want to notify your users about this new capability to detect nearby rooms using the laptop microphones, which will receive the ultrasound signal broadcasted from select Microsoft Teams Rooms that have consoles built with a dedicated ultrasound speaker. Audio peripherals connected to laptops may affect the device's ability to detect the ultrasound signal.
https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=380681 |
| 2024-09-19 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams is introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to simplify updating work locations. This feature will be globally available from early to mid-September 2024. Admins can enable this at the tenant level, and users can activate it in Teams settings. | Microsoft Teams will soon support Proximity Join via ultrasound, improving room detection without penetrating walls. Rollout starts mid-September 2024, with full availability expected by early November 2024. This feature will be enabled by default and is detailed on Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380681. Users should be notified about the new detection method. |
| 2024-09-19 | MC Last Updated | 08/02/2024 20:11:13 | 2024-09-19T01:23:14Z |
| 2024-09-19 | MC Messages | Updated August 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118. [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late August). | Updated September 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows will soon support Proximity Join via ultrasound. It will be an alternative to using Bluetooth or QR codes and typically will not penetrate walls, therefore improving the quality of detected rooms by personal devices. This release will be rolling out to Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows and MacOS) for receivers and to select Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380681 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September). General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024. |
| 2024-09-19 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks |
| 2024-09-19 | MC How Affect | Bookable desks refer to unassigned seats in the office that are equipped with devices such as monitors or other peripherals. Admins can associate these devices to a workspace account using the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This association will allow users to automatically claim a desk, and (in future) will provide IT with valuable usage analytics and reports. Learn more: Setting up Bookable Desks in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. After configuring bookable desks, admins can enable automatic location updates at the tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable the feature at Teams > Settings (three-dot menu in top right of the screen) > Privacy > Sharing your work location. After users enable the feature, their work location will automatically update to In the office when they connect to a bookable desk, if their location was previously set to Unknown or Remote.
To help users find this feature, after an admin enables the feature, the banner "Looks like you're in the office" will appear the first time a user plugs into a bookable desk. After a user enables automatic location updates, the banner "You're connected to your organization's network or device" will appear once when they plug into a bookable desk. The banner confirms that the user has successfully enabled automatic location update. | The user experience for Proximity Join on Microsoft Teams Rooms will not change as a result of this feature. The suggested room in the room list will be improved using ultrasound.
Previous tenants that were not able to leverage the Proximity Join feature due to Bluetooth restrictions will be able to use Proximity Join via ultrasound with this release. This new feature will be enabled by default. |
| 2024-08-27 | MC Feature Status | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported | |
| 2024-08-22 | MC Feature Status | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported | |
| 2024-08-21 | MC Feature Status | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported | |
| 2024-08-20 | MC Feature Status | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported | |
| 2024-08-08 | MC Feature Status | 401118
All, FeatureRolloutStatusNotSupported Desktop, FeatureRolloutStatusNotSupported Mac, FeatureRolloutStatusNotSupported | Feature Rollout Status Not Supported |
| 2024-08-03 | MC Last Updated | 07/04/2024 00:10:08 | 2024-08-02T20:11:13Z |
| 2024-08-03 | MC Messages | Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118. [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024. | Updated August 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118. [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late August). |
| 2024-08-03 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2024-08-03 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams is introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to simplify updating work locations. This feature will be globally available from early to late August 2024. Admins can enable this at the tenant level, and users can activate it in Teams settings. | Microsoft Teams is introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to simplify updating work locations. This feature will be globally available from early to mid-September 2024. Admins can enable this at the tenant level, and users can activate it in Teams settings. |
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