Microsoft Teams Monthly Update August 2025
In this comprehensive Teams Monthly Update for August 2025, Tom Arbuthnot provides a detailed rundown of the latest developments in Microsoft Teams and related technologies. Special thanks to Logitech for their continued support.

MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams news and announcements in less than 15 minutes.
Many thanks to Logitech for their support
- Microsoft Q4 2025 Earnings In-Car Teams Video Calls
- Trigger workflows using emoji reactions
- On-Behalf-Of Outbound Teams Phone Calls Change
- First Unify Certified Contact Center
- No more Paid Teams Metered APIs
- GPT-5 is here in M365 Copilot and more
- Summarise Email with Copilot Chat
- Improved M365 Copilot in Word
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Briefings
- Microsoft Teams Native Bluetooth Headsets Explained: Say Goodbye to Dongles - Gregory Franc De Ferriere from Logitech
- Understand Microsoft's Native AI Agents, Researcher, Analyst and more with Alev Tamer and Chris Wheeler, Senior Copilot Solution Engineers at Microsoft
- Neat's Latest Meeting Room Innovations with Lee Edgerton, Alliance Lead for Neat in the APAC region
Teams Insider Podcasts
- Microsoft's AI SHift and Fastest Ever Changes with Mary Jo Foley, Editor in Chief at Directions on Microsoft
- Managing Microsoft Teams at Enterprise Scale with Callum Moore, Enterprise Product Manager for Microsoft Teams
- AI, AV and the Evolving Role of the Integrator with Dave Hatz, VP of Machine Intelligence at CTI
- Scaling Partner Management of Teams Phone in SMB and Midmarket with Mark Herbert, co-founder of Call2Teams-
Blogs
MC1115314 - Intelligent meeting recap in Teams will include content shared on screen
Trigger workflows using emoji reactions (Team or chat)
MC998512 - Postponed: Copilot to analyse content shared onscreen in a meeting
Microsoft Teams Phone Extensibility and Unify: Which Contact Center Integration Model Wins?
Microsoft Teams Contact Center Comparison
MC1122163 - Microsoft Places Management web portal
MC1122162 - New desk modes: Unavailable, Assigned, Reservable, and Drop-in
MC1124563 - Map-Based Desk Booking Experience
MC1122144 - Microsoft Teams 'Metered' Graph APIs will no longer incur charges
MC1124564 - Summarise button in Outlook for Copilot users (no Microsoft 365 Copilot license)
MC1129126 - M365 Copilot in Word will soon be able to further edit documents
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