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The latest Microsoft Teams coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AnywhereNow Targets U.S. and Canada with Tendfor Investment, But Compliance Gaps Linger
On September 16, AnywhereNow announced a strategic investment in its subsidiary Tendfor, aiming to accelerate the adoption of its Teams-native contact center software across North America. The move...
SymphonyAI Connects Plant Floors to Microsoft Teams via MCP
SymphonyAI announced on September 16 that its IRIS Foundry industrial AI platform now surfaces insights directly inside Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, using the Model Context Protocol to...
Microsoft's Agentic Collaboration: Teams, Copilot Studio, and AI Agents Reshape Enterprise Work
Microsoft is no longer just adding features to Teams; it is re-architecting the collaboration hub as the central nervous system for AI agents that perform work alongside humans. The company's...
Microsoft Agrees to Unbundle Teams Globally After EU Probe, Offers $2.20/User Discount
The European Commission is poised to approve a landmark settlement with Microsoft that formally unbundles Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365, closing a five-year antitrust drama while reshaping...
Microsoft Teams August Update Brings Copilot Dictionaries, Emoji Reactions, and 24 More Features
Microsoft dropped a hefty August update for Teams on August 28, 2025, packing 26 new capabilities across chat, meetings, voice, hybrid workplace management, and AI-powered admin controls. The...
Microsoft Teams Premium's AI Recap Suite Automates Meeting Follow-ups with Copilot and Agents
Microsoft’s internal experiment with AI meeting recaps has become standard practice, and the company is now packaging the technology for customers as a suite of features in Teams Premium....
Microsoft Teams Gets Tougher: Automatic Blocks for Weaponized Files and Malicious URLs
Microsoft is raising the shield on its flagship collaboration platform. Starting in September, Microsoft Teams will automatically block messages containing weaponizable file types and warn or block...
Voca CIC Secures Teams Unify Certification and UC Today Award, but 99.999% Uptime Claim Needs Scrutiny
AudioCodes’ Voca Conversational Interaction Center has achieved Microsoft Teams Unify certification, a milestone that immediately propelled the contact-center-as-a-service platform to win UC...
Windows 11 LE Audio Update Delivers Super-Wideband Stereo for Clearer Calls and Game Chat
Microsoft has finally addressed the muffled voice quality that has plagued Windows Bluetooth headsets for decades, with a new update introducing support for Bluetooth LE Audio and its super-wideband...
Teams Channels Disappeared? Microsoft’s New Combined View Is Likely the Culprit—Here’s the Fix
Microsoft rolled out a sweeping UI update this month that merges chats and channels into a single, unified view—and it’s causing mass confusion. Across forums and IT help desks, the complaint is...
Microsoft Teams to Block Executables, Scan URLs in Real Time with New Defender Integration
Microsoft Teams will soon automatically block executable and other high-risk file types in chats and channels, while also scanning shared URLs at the moment of click to warn or prevent access to...
Microsoft Teams Flaw CVE-2025-53783: Unauthenticated RCE via Heap Overflow Sparks Urgent Patching
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53783, a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code remotely over a network. The...