If you happen to’re fed up of fiddly or disruptive Microsoft Groups updates, then your worries may quickly be over.
The corporate has revealed it’s engaged on a brand new improve that ought to make updating Microsoft Groups simpler than ever.
The transfer ought to imply that the video conferencing service ought to take pleasure in smoother updates within the background, with minimal disruption to customers, hopefully spelling an finish to annoying or surprising shutdowns to put in the most recent improve.
Microsoft Groups updates
In its entry on the official Microsoft 365 roadmap (opens in new tab), the replace is solely entitled “Microsoft Groups: Simplified app replace expertise”.
The change guarantees, “a transparent and clear app replace expertise” for customers, who will solely have to approve an replace as soon as per app, Microsoft says, including that the brand new model will take impact seamlessly in all their chats, channels and conferences.
The replace remains to be listed as being “in improvement” for now, however has a normal availability date of February 2023, which means customers should not have too lengthy to attend. When launched, it is going to be out there to Microsoft Groups customers throughout the globe, with Net, Desktop and Mac customers all in a position to set up and profit.
The information is the most recent try by Microsoft Groups to try to simplify its consumer expertise for patrons the world over. In an analogous vein, the corporate lately introduced that it’s retiring the free model of its video conferencing app instead of a brand new providing.
From April 12 2023, the ‘Microsoft Groups Free (basic)’ app will not be out there, with the corporate apparently suggesting that customers as a substitute improve to ‘Groups Necessities’ for $4/£3 per consumer monthly – though they will additionally join the legacy free app’s alternative, ‘Groups (free)’.
The corporate additionally lately revealed that its Microsoft Groups Premium service has formally launched, providing a brand new tier of collaboration for customers.
The brand new platform contains plenty of AI-boosted instruments and capabilities, together with superior Microsoft Groups assembly protections like watermarks and recording restrictions, upgrades to webinars resembling a digital inexperienced room, and several other options for the collaboration software program’s appointments system, resembling SMS reminders.
