Microsoft Teams March 2021 update includes a few great features, most of them have to do with the New Look of Teams which not only brings a slight color scheme change but also convenience and streamline enhancements.

Make sure you have the latest version of Teams

Just to make sure you get the latest version, make sure you go to the top-right hand corner and check for updates. If you need to, update Teams and then restart it. I've had it in the past when simply singing out and singing in after an update didn't refresh everything so you need to actually quit Teams, from the bottom-right notification area in Windows, click the Teams icon and Quit. Then restart it and you should have the latest edition with the new look. The version I'm using in this video is 1.4.00.7174 from 3/18/2021.

Back and forward buttons added

When I work in Teams during the day, I jump around to various areas, teams, sections, calendars, tabs, chat windows and so on. It can get hard to figure out where you are or where you've been. Now Teams added 'back' and 'forward' navigation arrows in the top-left corner of the window. Clicking these arrows moves you back and forward but if you don't want to click multiple times, you can just hover these arrows and Teams will show you a recent history so you can just jump directly to recent places.

Easy access to organizations you're part of

If you've been invited to various organizations, there used to be a drop-down next to your name and profile picture in Teams, so you can switch to other organizations. But now, that list has been moved inside the top-right menu, under 'Accounts & organizations'. Clicking this menu item will show a list of companies or organizations you're part of so you can easily switch between the organizations you're a member of.

Meetings and calendar integration with Outlook

You have the 'Meet now' button if you are in the calendar, on the top-right hand side. But if you're in Outlook on the desktop and you go to Calendar, the 'Meet now' button there is the same.

Pre-meeting screen invite options

If you start a meeting, either from Teams 'Meet now' or Outlook 'Meet now', you get an 'Invite' pane after you choose your meeting options (such as a microphone, camera, etc.). This Invite pane allows you to invite other people to join your meeting, right before you start it. You can copy the meeting link, add participants by name or email or send an invite via email, right from this start screen ahead of your meeting.

Add an online meeting to all meetings in Outlook automatically

If you're using Outlook for the desktop, you can start a meeting manually or from the calendar, but if you find that you want to add online meetings to your calendar meetings, you had to do it manually. Now, in Outlook options, you can go to the Calendar options and activate "Add online meeting to all meetings" option. As soon as you activate that, every meeting you schedule will have an online meeting request created for it automatically, so you won't have to click meeting every time.

Even if you have this option activated, suppose you have a meeting that you don't want to have an online meeting to it, from the meeting invite screen, you can click "Settings" and "Don't Host Online", which will remove the online meeting invitation from your meeting.

Improved dark and high-contrast mode

Finally, with this new Microsoft Teams look, you also get updated themes for Dark and High contrast.

Chapters for this video:
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Check you have the latest MS Teams
01:20 Back and Forward Navigation Arrows
02:17 Quick access to your organizations
03:07 Pre-meeting invite options
04:09 Online meetings added by default in Outlook
05:05 New look dark themes improved

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