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Enable/Disable guest access at the teams level
Ability to enable/disable guest access per teams rather than at a tenancy level.
45 votes -
Background.
Please can you add a import photo where you can blur your background? Then we can import our own photos and have them as our background.
Also can you please make a setting where we can change the background of where we type?45 votes -
Can there be a way to mute particular Teams?
I am a member of multiple Team classes as I attend them once a month. However, I get daily class invite notifications as they are sent to the entire class. I would like to be able to click on the three dots and have "mute Team" or "mute notifications" as an option. This would include the emails that arrive from the invites as well.
44 votes -
private chat
Private chat
so now u can private chat and also make ur own chat so u can join a meeting put only for u and ur friends
43 votes -
Recurring Tasks in Planner app > Schedule
In the Planner app, create feature for recurring tasks. Use Outlook Calendar Recurring events/appointments as an example.
43 votes -
Let Students Change Display Name
There are many transgender students and international students that use a different name than what is shown for their display name. Not allowing them to change their name on the platform can dangerously out transgender students and would reveal personal information about them to the class.
40 votes -
Voting in Teams
I would like to propose "voting model" in Teams. Sometimes team need to vote, even secret ballot. We use third party aplications - but to have voting possibility in Teams would be better.
39 votes -
Add email button to teams sidebar that integrates with 365
Add an email button to the sidebar where I can view my exchange email. I use Teams and Outlook in my browser in two separate tabs. Integrating email and teams would allow for me to manage everything in one area. That would be awesome. Great work so far. Thanks!
38 votes -
Add whiteboard capabilties
There is often a need to draw on a whiteboard. This is still a key area for classrooms and meetings.
In a channel, it could be very useful to allow multiple whiteboards. This way a person can draw something out, and leave it (the "Do Not Erase" model in real conference rooms). But then also allow others to add/modify/comment, etc.
Skype for Business fell way short, as whiteboard does not function for Mac OS.
Whiteboard app on MS Hub will release for Win 10, but no verdict on support in Teams or Mac OS.
38 votes -
show a raised hand while sharing screen
The raised hand idea is great but the teacher cannot see the raised hand when he/she is sharing the screen. That would be a good feature
37 votes -
Notifications
In the settings, Notifications section - add an option to put a notification into the Windows 10 'notifications' because the current banner notification is easily missed if you are not looking at the screen. Also, other apps put their notifications there (IE: Outlook, Slack) so it's a nice 'one location to look' and see all notifications.
37 votes -
Sync Distribution Lists with TEAMS
Can you please have distribution lists in outlook merged with TEAMS so they update automatically?
36 votes -
kicked out
you should add a feature where if some one kicks it show who did it
34 votes -
Unmute
I would like to be able to unmute my pre-k students.
33 votes -
Enable posts to be pinned within a Team.
Allow owners posts to be pinned at the top of the feed so that they do not get lost, an 'important' announcement gets lost when you have 100+ users commenting.
33 votes -
Install Teams App per Device
Currently the Teams app installs per user instead of per device. For schools that are interested in using Teams on the desktop this is not ideal. There should be a way to install the Teams app on a device and then prompt the user to login when they open the app or allow them to open the app via Teams in Office 365, similar to the functionality in Word Online.
32 votes -
Planner gantt chart view
Ability to view planner tasks in a gantt chart view.
31 votes -
Connect outlook and TEAMS
Please consider a connection between outlook mail and teams. Most users (educators, students, and corporate) are accustom to receiving notifications in the outlook email. While I love the ability to narrow the focus to a single team, when appropriate, it is still much more efficient for users to have a single location to receive all notifications.
31 votes -
Sound alerts
Can you add the option of an alert sound option instead of just a banner or an email?
29 votes -
Multi-tenant please!
So many people have multiple jobs where both jobs are now on Teams, especially with COVID-19 and WFH. I love using Teams for one job, but with two jobs it's really hard.
I realise that adapting it for multi-tenant will take some time, so how about a quick fix to allow multiple instances of the app to run simultaneously?
I can run two instances of most apps on MacOS, but Teams doesn't seem to like it. A patch to remove this limitation might be fast way to enable lots of us multi-job WFH people to be more productive.
28 votes
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