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Microsoft has announced that the new AI-based custom background generation feature for video meetings that launched as a public preview in Microsoft Teams is now generally available for Premium users.

The new Town Halls feature in Microsoft Teams will be able to host as many as 20,000 people at once and will replace the Live Events feature, as it will be retired on September 30, 2024.

This week, the Microsoft 365 Roadmap added a number of upcoming features that will be added to Outlook and Teams, along with new List templates that will be added to Sharepoint in October.

The latest updates to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap include plans to help Outlook users schedule meetings across different time zones and a way to view engagement data in Microsoft Teams.

The new public preview feature in Microsoft Teams Premium will translate what people have said in the transcript for online meetings into another language, with over 30 languages currently supported.

An upcoming feature for Microsoft Teams Premium will let users check out an AI-created recap of a previous online meeting, including AI assistance when looking back at recordings and transcripts.

Microsoft has outlined all the improvements it made to the standard version of Teams and Teams Premium during February 2023. Despite being a shorter month, the changelog is quite massive.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news about modified versions of Windows 11 and other third-party tweaking tools, a bunch of Teams and Edge updates, and some ChatGPT hype.

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Teams Premium. Priced at $10/month/user, the SKU now offers advanced webinars with richer and dynamic experiences for organizers and attendees.

Microsoft is taking away some existing Teams functionalities such as live translated captions in an arguably hostile manner by locking them behind the more expensive Premium paywall next month.

Microsoft has announced that Teams Premium is now available as a preview for its commercial customers. It is also offering a free 30-day trial, meaning you can try it now without paying a fee.

Microsoft has announced the availability timeframes for a range of exciting new features for Teams. This includes Mesh avatars, a Microsoft Places app, and a massively improved channels experience.