{"id":34120,"date":"2024-04-03T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/?p=34120"},"modified":"2024-04-03T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:00:12","slug":"ub-microsoft-teams-upgrades-starting-march-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/2024\/04\/03\/ub-microsoft-teams-upgrades-starting-march-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"UB Microsoft Teams Upgrades Starting March 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning on March 31<sup>st<\/sup>, anyone at UB who has access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubit\/services\/microsoft365.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft 365<\/a> applications will receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubit\/news\/article.host.html\/content\/shared\/www\/ubit\/news\/2024\/microsoft-teams-upgrade.detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Microsoft Teams upgrade<\/a>. This will be a gradual rollout to the UB community over the course of a few weeks, so some may notice this change on March 31<sup>st<\/sup> while others may be days or weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>There is no need for anyone to download new software or take any action with this upgrade. If you have Teams currently installed on a device, the upgrade will happen automatically.<\/p>\n<p>Some updated features on the new Microsoft Teams include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Faster performance:<\/strong> The new Teams app is twice as fast, consuming 50% less memory on devices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simpler design:<\/strong> Microsoft Teams features simplified meetings, less cluttered with notifications and messages, and more ability to customize settings in conversations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessibility upgrades: <\/strong>There are improvements for those who use screen readers to avoid repeated information, interpret the app, and arrange channel conversations. There are also more keyboard shortcut options.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved contact search:<\/strong> Students can find colleagues quickly with an upgraded contact search feature. You can also chat with and meet with others outside of UB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone with the current version of Microsoft Teams can preview the new version of Teams immediately, before the upgrade begins on March 31<sup>st<\/sup>. Toggle the \u201cTry the new Teams\u201d button on the top left side of the current Teams app to make the switch.<\/p>\n<p>UBIT always welcomes your feedback as we continue to incorporate technology to enhance communication around campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning on March 31st, anyone at UB who has access to Microsoft 365 applications will receive a new Microsoft Teams upgrade. This will be a gradual rollout to the UB &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/2024\/04\/03\/ub-microsoft-teams-upgrades-starting-march-31st\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UB Microsoft Teams Upgrades Starting March 31st<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34122,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34120\/revisions\/34122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}