
It includes meeting templates, which Microsoft calls guides, that IT can create with the right settings for calls with customers, internal meetings for brainstorming or calls to the help desk as well as for things like retention and whether the URL is private or can be shared.įor external meetings, you can add your company logo to meeting lobbies and create custom backgrounds and Together Mode templates, or you can send text message or email reminders to customers to remind them when they’ve booked a meeting or appointment with you. In addition, it hopes to make organizations more comfortable that external meetings represent their brand well and that internal meetings are secure. The new Microsoft Teams Premium features promise to help with that. Looking at a recorded meeting that you missed - or had on in the background while you were handling other work - can mean sitting through a lot of topics that aren’t relevant to catch the five minutes where your boss volunteers you for something important.

On the other hand, almost everyone complains about how many virtual meetings they have and that they can end up double or triple booked. In the latest Microsoft Work Trend Index, 80% of workers say they’re just as productive or more so since switching to remote and hybrid work. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Microsoft thinks new digital meeting tools - which include Mesh avatars that reduce the pressure of being on camera for video calls and AI that summarizes meetings - are worth the extra cost.

How to run better meetings with new Microsoft Teams tools
