In an effort to make Teams a bit simpler to undertake, Microsoft is now engaged on a brand new characteristic that can improve the group chat restrict from 100 to 250. The characteristic is predicted to roll out step by step to all tenants by mid-May.
Microsoft Teams just lately noticed a surge within the variety of lively customers duo the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration software now has greater than 75 million every day lively customers, up from 44 million within the month of March. In the course of the previous couple of months, Microsoft added a bunch of helpful new options to make WFH(Work From Home) a seamless expertise.
The improve in group chat restrict 100 to 250 in Microsoft Teams may also be very helpful to plenty of giant companies, or anybody who wants giant group chats, however with this elevated capability, chatrooms would possibly witness a barrage of notifications which may very effectively act as a distraction. And in an effort to keep away from that, Microsoft will turn-off options reminiscent of Outlook automated replies and Teams standing messages, typing indicator, video and audio calling, sharing, and browse receipts as soon as a chat crosses 20 folks.
However, at present, admins can’t restrict the variety of customers that be part of a chat in Microsoft Teams. It’s additionally price noting that the replace has made no adjustments to the max capability for calls, which is at present 20. Limits for attachments aren’t impacted both.