Managing your breakout rooms experience in Microsoft Teams is about to get even better as Microsoft is now testing a new feature called “Breakout Rooms managers”
One of the best features in Teams is support for virtual breakout rooms which are similar to rooms offered on the Zoom platform. With virtual breakout rooms, organizers can set up different rooms for individuals to brainstorm ideas before joining the main session, and it’s especially useful in education institutes.
Microsoft Teams latest addition is “breakout rooms manager” and it will allow organizers to select presenters for each breakout room. A selected presenter will be called “manager” for that Teams room and presenters/managers will be able to manage the operations of the specified virtual room.
These presenters will have access to all features including the ability to mute, unmute, allow and kick members. The feature is currently under development and will begin rolling out to users in mid-September.
Search experience in Teams
Microsoft is also experimenting with a new Top Hits section for the autosuggest results in search. The Top Hits section will allow users to see the relevant results across people, chats, files and more and it’ll be powered by AI.
In addition to Top Hits, the Microsoft Teams search results page is also getting a new design that will make it easier to find people, answers, recordings, files, and messages in a matter of minutes.
The redesigned search results page is powered by AI and Microsoft says it can fetch far better results than the traditional search pages, and it will also surface content from prominent places like Microsoft 365.
In other words, the redesigned search page could improve the overall Teams experience and save your time.
It is worth noting that this feature will be released in November and it will only be available in the desktop version of Microsoft Teams. In related news, Microsoft Teams is also getting a new messaging experience on Windows 11.
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