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.

Microsoft Teams Monthly Update August 2025

MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams news and announcements in less than 15 minutes.

Many thanks to Logitech for their support

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  • 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

Teams Insider Podcasts

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

MC1123837 - Teams Phone Configuration Change November 1st, 2025 – On-Behalf-Of Outbound PSTN Calls May Fail

MC1123835 - Teams Phone Configuration Change November 1st, 2025 – On-Behalf-Of Outbound PSTN Calls Will Fail (Pay-As-You-Go (PayG) licenses required)

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

Events