Keeping track of all your activities on Microsoft Teams should soon be much easier thanks to a new update.
The video conferencing platform has announced a change that will bring all your chats, teams and channels into one location in the chat menu.
Microsoft says the Teams update should make online collaboration much more efficient and effective, keeping users on top of all the notifications that really matter.
Microsoft Teams channel upgrade
“The pace of work has increased exponentially, making it more challenging to keep up with the volume of conversations, manage messages spread across locations, and find information,” Microsoft wrote in a blog post announcing the change.
“We’ve redesigned the chat and channels experience to simplify your digital workspace by bringing chats, teams, and channels into one place under Chat.”
In addition to the new central activity hub, Microsoft Teams is also getting a new @mentions view to help users stay on top of direct messages in one place.
The tool also offers new filters to help users focus on what’s important now, new controls to choose your personal workflow and preferred information consumption style, and more. Users also get a range of new controls for greater visibility and personalization, meaning they can view chat and channels separately, preview messages, or view all channels in one list.
Users can also create custom sections, which bring together chats, channels, and meetings related to a specific area, such as a specific work project or topic. There will also be a new favorites section, bringing together pinned chats and channels in one place.
The new approach is coming to desktop, mobile, Android and iOS, meaning users can stay on top of their workloads on the go, with an expected launch within days.
The company also revealed that it is working on threaded conversations in Teams chat, to make the app “more streamlined and simple” – it hopes to launch this feature in mid-2025.