Microsoft Teams gets video messaging and collaborative annotations features

Over the past one year, Microsoft has added more than 460 new features in Teams. Some of the new features include Front Row, Cameo, Recording Studio, PowertPoint Live. At Inspire 2022, Microsoft today announced the following three major features for Microsoft Teams.

1. Video Clip: You can now send video messages to others in Microsoft Teams. With the new Video Clip feature, you can record, send, and view short videos.
2. Collaborative annotations: Teams meeting participants can now draw, type, and react on top of content shared in a meeting using the toolset available as part of Microsoft Whiteboard. This feature is now generally available.
3. Excel Live: Excel Live allows people to collaborate on Excel workbooks in real time in Teams meetings. This app is built on Teams Live Share SDK.

Microsoft today also announced the general availability of Teams Connect Shared Channels which will allow Teams users to collaborate with people outside their organization in one shared space.