Get to know the Microsoft Teams new chat and channels experience

The new Microsoft Teams chat and channel experience is designed to transform the way you collaborate, making it more dynamic and intuitive than ever before. With enhancements to streamline communication, this update ensures you never miss an important message. The goal of this document is to bring together new resources to help you best understand future updates, how to best use them, and best plan for broader adoption within your organization.

The redesigned interface prioritizes ease of use, making it easy to categorize conversations and identify the most important communications. Whether you’re managing a project, coordinating with a team, or participating in a spontaneous brainstorming session, the new chat and channel experience in Microsoft Teams helps you connect, collaborate, and achieve more with confidence and clarity.

Now let’s learn about the new chat and channel experience in Microsoft Teams.

Start by watching the new Meet the Makers video.

Join leaders on the Microsoft Teams product team. Russell Dicker (Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Teams) and Apana Barb In conversation with (Microsoft Teams Senior Group Engineering Manager) Caruana Gatimu (Director, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group) Describes the future of chat and channels in Microsoft Teams, shares insights into the strategy and design behind the changes, and what you can expect as you deliver, share, and adopt this new Teams experience. We will guide you through the details.

“Meet the Creator | New Microsoft Teams chat and channel experience design“(Now available on request). Watch now:

Now let’s go a little further and read the related release blog.

…starting with a new sizzling video, Watch now:

Jeff Teper posted a hero blog on the Microsoft 365 blog highlighting the new experience and how it is designed to help you collaborate more efficiently and effectively. Jeff calls it “simple by default and powerful by necessity.”

Read Jeff’s full blog. “Streamline collaboration with the new chat and channel experiences in Microsoft Teams.”

This is the default view of the new chat and channel experience in Microsoft Teams.

Let’s dive deeper into specific feature details of the new chat and channel experience. In this tech blog, you’ll find more insights and visuals on how to categorize your messages, organize conversations, and save time when communicating, and we’ll also outline the next steps.

Read Noga Ronen’s full blog, “Introducing the new Microsoft Teams chat and channel experience.”

The new @mention view collects all messages delivered to you into a single, interactive list.

But there’s more! Check out the new chat and channel ‘microsite’ on adoption.microsoft.com.

The Microsoft Adoption Center (adoption.microsoft.com (AMC)) provides a valuable resource for technologists, providing comprehensive guidance, best practices, and community support essential to successful deployment and adoption of Microsoft technologies. Today the AMC team posted the following: New ‘microsite’ Make it easier for all employees to adopt the experience by promoting and sharing new user activation materials to help them consume and understand these changes. Our goal is to help you stay ahead, ensuring seamless integration and maximizing the potential of your Microsoft Teams use and investment.

This is the screen you see when you onboard to the new Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience.

Learn more New Microsoft Teams chat and channel experiences Pages on recognition.microsoft.com, including new content ebook and user guide.

Want more? Continue reviewing the new Microsoft Learn documentation.

Microsoft Learn is your gateway to learning new skills and advancing your career through engaging, hands-on learning experiences. Through interactive modules and practical guides, Microsoft Learn helps users unlock the full potential of Microsoft Teams to improve collaboration and productivity. this new document It will help you set up everything you need to do during the public preview period.

Screenshots: (left) Dragging and dropping chats and channels in Teams desktop and (right) the default view when using the new experience in Teams mobile.

Learn more: “Microsoft Teams public preview” (Public Preview Document | Microsoft Learn)

We are now planning to participate in the upcoming product demo tour. + Contact Microsoft Anything (AMA) with the manufacturer of your Microsoft Teams product.

“Make the most of new chat and channel experiences + live AMAs (Ask Microsoft Anything).” | Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT

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Check out the new Microsoft Teams chat and channel experiences and tips and tricks on how to make them yours. Additionally, during a live Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA), Teams product manufacturers will answer your open questions and provide feedback on what they’ve learned about the new chat and channel experience in Microsoft Teams.

60 minutes total = 30 minutes of product demos, tips and tricks, and 30 minutes of Q&A – your chance to connect live with a Teams product expert. Join us live, November 12 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT:

Some final thoughts…

As the new Microsoft Teams chat and channel experience becomes available to your Microsoft 365 tenant, explore its features and enhancements and create your own. This isn’t just an update. It’s a change. making new section. check it out @mention Filters (a good way to sort inline without losing context). You can apply multiple filters to narrow down to the right chats and channels. Follow Russell Dicker’s expert tips. Ctrl + G (This is the actual /goto function).

Make Teams more efficient and productive, ensuring every interaction is discoverable and impactful. Explore and discover everything the new Microsoft Teams chat and channel experience has to offer.

Cheers, Mark