Microsoft has rolled out its communities feature on Teams for Windows 11.
The Discord-like feature, which launched on mobile in December, allows for family and friends, or small community groups and businesses, to organize through meetings, calendars, and chat.
"On Windows 11, community owners can create communities from scratch, share and invite members, create and host events, moderate content with critical trust and safety features, and get notified about all important activities," Amit Fulay, VP of Microsoft Teams Product, says in a blog post. Support for communities on Windows 10, macOS, and the web “soon.”
The Windows 11 rollout also includes new features, such as the ability for owners to approve or reject community join requests and assign owner controls to other members of their community. Microsoft also added Polls, powered by MSForms, and an option to share posts as emails with the intention of making it easier for owners to reach members who don’t use Teams every day.
Poll feature in TeamsMeanwhile, Microsoft Teams iOS will allow community owners to scan and invite multiple emails or phone numbers from an online document, paper directory, or other list using the mobile camera. At the same time, using Microsoft’s new capture experience, community members will be able to record videos from their mobile devices.
Microsoft is also adding a preview version of Designer to Microsoft Teams on Windows 11. Powered by generative AI technology, the feature allows users to create personalized designs by describing a design idea in words or uploading an image.
The tech giant is also updating GroupMe by granting support for Microsoft Teams calling. The move allows users to create and join group video Teams calls inside GroupMe chats. The mobile group messaging service came under Microsoft’s wing when it bought Skype in 2011.
